Month: October 2022

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The plastics industry says there is way to help solve the crisis of plastic waste plaguing the planet’s oceans, beaches and lands— recycle it, chemically. Chemical recycling typically uses heat or chemical solvents to break down plastics into liquid and gas to produce an oil-like mixture

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The plastics industry says there is a way to help solve the crisis of plastic waste plaguing the planet’s oceans, beaches and lands— recycle it, chemically. Chemical recycling typically uses heat or chemical solvents to break down plastics into liquid and gas to produce an oil-like

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron says France will become the latest European Union country to leave an energy agreement which climate groups claim is being used by the fossil fuel industry to legally challenge environmental measures. The Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) entered into force in 1998 to protect

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The third and final defendant in an illegal scheme to supply $20 million worth of substandard counterfeit clothing and gear made in China to the U.S. military has been sentenced to two years in prison, federal prosecutors said. Terry Roe, 49, of Burlington, North Dakota, was the manager of a supplier

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to dismiss wire fraud and bribery charges against a former Arkansas state senator who was set to face trial next month for a second time after a jury deadlocked last year. Gilbert Baker, who also served as a former chairman of the state Republican

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Thousands of police officers from around the country have gathered in a football stadium in Connecticut for the funeral for two officers shot to death in an apparent ambush. Friday’s service for Bristol officers Dustin DeMonte and Alex Hamzy was held at the University of

NEW YORK (AP) — Stephen Curry’s latest move is one for the books. The NBA superstar is launching a graphic novel series, “Stephen Curry Presents!: Sports Superheroes,” in partnership with Penguin Workshop. The first of four planned installments will focus on Curry’s career and is scheduled for fall 2024. The series will be created through

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Some complete works of George Orwell are coming to Substack. On Oct. 28, the Orwell Foundation will launch Orwell Daily, which for free will serialize at least a portion of the author’s famous books and other writings. Orwell Daily begins with his debut, “Down and

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of former President Donald Trump, is scheduled to be sentenced Friday in federal court in Washington. He was convicted of defying a subpoena from the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. In July, Bannon was convicted of

CYPRESS, Texas (AP) — Court records show a woman accused of starving and abusing her twin teenagers had been arrested a decade earlier on a child abuse charge. One of the twins told police he and his sister were handcuffed and endured horrific abuse before escaping their family’s home near Houston. A neighbor’s doorbell camera

By BRITTANY PETERSON Associated Press Castle Rock, Colo. (AP) — When Eric Seufert brewed a test batch of beer in 2017 with water from recycled sewage, he wasn’t too concerned about the outcome. The engineering firm that approached him about the test explained the process, and together they sipped samples of recycled water. Seufert quickly

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — A top U.N. official says the humanitarian situation has become so dire in Burkina Faso that some women and children have only eaten leaves and salt for weeks. U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths visited the West African nation on Thursday. He says hunger

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he has agreed to meet with Sweden’s new prime minister in Ankara to discuss the Scandinavian country’s bid to join NATO. He described the visit as an opportunity to test Stockholm’s “sincerity” in meeting Turkey’s conditions for membership. In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,

BERLIN (AP) — The German parliament has cleared the way for the government to provide up to 200 billion euros in subsidies to households and businesses to ease the strain of high energy prices. The plan has been greeted with suspicion elsewhere in Europe. Lawmakers agreed Friday to let a government economic stabilization fund borrow

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British government debt rose to the highest level in almost 60 years last month and retail sales slumped. That’s underscored the scale of the economic challenges facing whoever replaces Prime Minister Liz Truss after her administration imploded from a failed financial plan. The Office for National Statistics

By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press SUIPPES, France (AP) — From tracking down suspects in the 2015 Paris terror attacks to fighting extremists in Africa’s Sahel region, dogs have helped French soldiers, police officers and rescue teams save lives for more than a century. In recognition of the four-pawed partners, France this week inaugurated a memorial

ISTANBUL (AP) — A Turkish pop singer accused of “inciting hatred and enmity” with a joke about Turkey’s religious schools has denied the charge during her first court appearance. Singer-songwriter Gulsen was charged and briefly jailed over the joke she made during a concert in April, when she quipped that the “perversion” of one of

By The Associated Press The Defense Department says U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin has spoken on the phone to Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu. Friday’s call was the first time Austin and Shoygu had spoken since May 13. Defense officials have said that for some time the Russians had not responded to U.S.

By ALI ZERDIN Associated Press LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Voters in Slovenia are preparing to choose a new president in a weekend election that is seen as a test for the European Union nation’s liberal government. Opinion polls ahead of Sunday’s balloting suggested no candidate will receive more than half of the vote, the threshold

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is promoting Biden administration policies as the key to advancing the nation’s “long-term economic well being” in the lead-up to the midterm elections. The former Federal Reserve chair is visiting a Virginia research and development business park with Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine on

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer TikTok’s algorithms are very good at finding videos to keep people glued to their phone screens for hours on end. But a new report has found what they are not so good at: detecting ads that contain blatant misinformation about U.S. elections. That’s despite TikTok last year banning all

By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press A Facebook search for the words “election fraud” first delivers an article claiming that workers at a Pennsylvania children’s museum are brainwashing children so they’ll accept stolen elections. Facebook’s second suggestion? A link to an article from a site called MAGA Underground that says Democrats are plotting to rig next

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Emergency services say that two people have died and two more are missing after a water taxi and a ferry collided on the Wadden Sea near the northwestern Dutch island of Terschelling. Authorities say that the ferry was carrying 27 passengers and crew while there were eight people on board

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese medical equipment maker Olympus has tapped Stefan Kaufmann, a German who has worked for two decades at the manufacturer, to be its chief executive. The appointment of Kaufmann takes effect April next year, pending the board’s approval in March, according to Tokyo-based Olympus Corp. Founded

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s telecoms regulator has agreed to allow a merger between the country’s two main phone carriers in a decision that raises worries over whether reduced competition will harm consumer interests. The $7.3 billion deal will merge True Corp. and smaller DTAC, a subsidiary of Norway’s Telenor