Month: October 2022

By TOM HAYS and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The sex abuse trial of actor Kevin Spacey hit a snag Thursday when the judge announced one of Spacey’s top lawyers had come down with COVID-19. U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan told the jury that attorney Jennifer Keller was missing because she

By The Associated Press No. 5 Michigan hosts No. 10 Penn State with Big Ten championship race and College Football Playoff stakes. The winner Saturday at the Big House will be in a position to compete for championships and the loser will need some help to reach its goals. How Michigan running back Blake Corum

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — George W. Bush and his wife, Laura, are returning to Washington to be honored for their work to combat AIDS worldwide. The U.S. Global Leadership Coalition says it will recognize the former president and former first lady at its annual gala in Washington on World AIDS Day,

By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s leader has launched the country’s first home-grown COVID-19 shot. President Joko Widodo announced that IndoVac includes primary series vaccines, boosters and vaccines for children. During an unveiling ceremony, 15 residents who had not received any COVID-19 vaccine got their first IndoVac jabs. Indonesia’s Food and

Associated Press Samsung Electronics has been granted an exception that will allow it to continue to temporarily maintain its memory-chip production facilities in China after the U.S. announced last week it’s tightening export controls to limit China’s ability to get advanced computing chips, according to a Biden administration official. The official, who was not authorized

By MELISSA MURPHY AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Angel City FC founding investor Alexis Ohanian says there needs to be a safe work environment in the National Women’s Soccer League. The former executive chairman of Reddit and husband of Serena Williams is this year’s recipient of the Champions for Equality Award from the

By CORA LEWIS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Tens of millions of older Americans will see a major increase in benefits this January when a new cost-of-living adjustment (or COLA) is added to Social Security payments. The increase is not expected to have a big impact on the trust that funds Social Security. That

By PAMELA HASSELL Associated Press On the eastern end of Long Island, New York, lies a trove of art venues and a rich cultural scene to explore at leisure. You can find works in lush gardens and meadows, on manicured lawns, around ponds with waterlilies, by marshy creeks and in historic Hamptons buildings. Several galleries

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates reached their highest level in more than two decades this week and are likely climb further as the Federal Reserve all but promised more rate increases as it tries to tamp down inflation. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The Palestinian president has used a meeting with Vladimir Putin to say his leadership has no faith in the U.S. to mediate a solution to the conflict with Israel. Mahmoud Abbas’ remarks effectively ruled out Washington as the main peace broker in the region, a

BRUSSELS (AP) — Ukrainian entries are dominating the shortlist to win to European Union’s top human rights prize. The Christian Democrat, Socialist and Liberal groups, the three biggest within the European parliament, all nominated the people of Ukraine as their choice to win the  Sakharov Prize this year for their resistance to the Russian invasion.

By MADDIE BURAKOFF AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The war in Ukraine has heightened fears about nuclear exposure — and interest in iodine pills that can help protect the body from some radiation. Concerns have grown in recent weeks over periodic power cuts to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant that have increased the risk

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The managing director of the International Monetary Fund urged global policymakers to stop inflation from becoming “a runaway train″ at a time of extraordinary economic turmoil. The IMF’s Kristaline Georgieva noted that the world economy “has been hit by one shock after another″ — the coronavirus

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A jury spared Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz from the death penalty Thursday for killing 17 people at a Parkland high school in 2018, sending him to prison for the remainder of his life in a decision that left many families of the victims angered,

DAVENPORT, Fla. (AP) — A bulletproof vest saved a sheriff’s deputy who was shot in the chest while investigating a report of a family disturbance at a central Florida home, officials said Thursday. The shooting happened around 10 p.m. Wednesday in Davenport, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said in video posted on Facebook. Judd said

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish home furnishings giant IKEA says that despite “unprecedented challenges” caused by the war in Ukraine, supply chain disruptions, increased inflation and lingering fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, 2022 had been an “exceptional year.” The world’s biggest furniture brand on Thursday reported retail sales of 39.5 billion euros this financial year, which

ASTANA, Kazakhstan (AP) — Qatar’s emir has thanked Vladimir Putin for what he said was Russia’s support with organizing the upcoming World Cup. Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani also lauded Russia’s hosting of the soccer tournament in 2018 as a “great success.” He says Russia has provided “great support” with organizing the tournament. Putin