Month: December 2022

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Bayer, the German pharmaceutical and biotechnology company, will pay Oregon $698 million to end a lawsuit over PCB pollution associated with products made by Monsanto, the agriculture giant it now owns, the state’s attorney general announced Thursday. The move makes Oregon the latest U.S. state to

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Govs. Brian Kemp of Georgia and Chris Sununu of New Hampshire have banned TikTok and  popular messaging applications from all computer devices controlled by their state governments. The Republicans issued their orders Thursday, also banning the messaging app WeChat. Kemp also banned Telegram. Kemp says there’s too

By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — A Peruvian judge has ordered ousted President Pedro Castillo to remain in custody for 18 months, approving a request from authorities for time to build their rebellion case against him. The ruling Thursday came a day after the government declared a state of emergency as

By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — As Lionel Messi approaches his second and likely last World Cup final, the stakes could hardly be higher. The same goes for Argentina after more than 30 years of disappointment since it last won soccer’s ultimate prize. For Messi, victory against France at Lusail Stadium

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Revelations that the Vatican let a famous Jesuit priest off the hook twice for abusing his authority over adult women has exposed two main weaknesses in the Holy See’s abuse policies. One is that sexual and spiritual misconduct against adult women is rarely if ever punished. The

By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — Slovakia’s coalition government has fallen after losing a parliamentary no-confidence vote. In the country’s 150-seat parliament, 78 lawmakers, two more than 76 needed, voted to oust the three-party minority government of Prime Minister Eduard Heger on Thursday. President Zuzana Caputova will have to appoint a new prime

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal coach Fernando Santos has quit after eight years in the job and five days after Portugal’s exit from the World Cup in the quarterfinals. The Portuguese soccer federation announced Thursday that it reached an amicable agreement with the 68-year-old Santos to leave two years before his contract ends. The federation

By SAM PETREQUIN and RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — EU leaders have added Bosnia to the list of official candidates to join the wealthy 27-nation bloc, according to diplomats. The Western Balkan country joined the waiting room Thursday despite continuing criticism of the way the Balkan nation is run. Three diplomats told the

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has imposed a new round of financial penalties on people and entities involved in Russia’s financial sector. The targets include one of that country’s richest men, Vladimir Potanin, his family and a commercial bank he acquired this year. The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — A man who was serving in the Air National Guard died after he fell while snowboarding at an indoor ski park inside a New Jersey mall, officials and family members said. Peter Mathews, 24, of Bay Shore on New York’s Long Island, fell Dec. 8 as he snowboarded at the

By AAMER MADHANI and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says he will visit sub-Saharan Africa next year, announcing the trip as he wrapped up a U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington. He told the visiting African leaders on Thursday that he’s serious about increasing U.S. attention on the growing continent. The

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Ireland’s foreign minister says “the world is a crazy and tragic place at the moment.” Siimon Coveney pointed to the war in Ukraine and other conflicts, looming famine in the Horn of Africa, Iran’s expanding nuclear program, global impacts of climate change and a polarized

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Legislation requiring Ohioans to present photo ID to vote and giving them fewer days to apply for absentee ballots or to vote early in person has cleared the Republican-led state Legislature. It also would allow for ballot drop boxes but limit those to one per

By HILARY FOX Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Daryl McCormack is having a busy and rewarding year with appearances on TV in brutal period drama “Peaky Blinders” and dark comedy thriller “Bad Sisters.” That’s in addition to his star-making performance as the title character in the film “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande.” The roles

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The burly, bearded men belting out holiday classics have made the night before Christmas more than just a time this year to watch the Philadelphia Eagles try and slay the competition. Lane Johnson, Jason Kelce and Jordan Mailata — with a little assist from some melodic

By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Unemployment didn’t last long for Trevor Noah — he’s hosting the Grammy Awards in early 2023. The comedian who recently left his post as host of “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central has been asked to be master of ceremonies on Feb. 5, which will be his

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Sports Writer Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker will be the next president of the NCAA, stepping in to lead an organization with diminished power amid sweeping change across college sports. The NCAA announced Thursday that Baker will replace Mark Emmert as the head of the largest college sports governing body

By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The operator of a pipeline with a large onshore crude oil spill has reopened all of it except for the stretch in Kansas and northern Oklahoma that includes the site of the rupture. Canada-based T.C. Energy said in a statement Wednesday night that its Keystone system

By The Associated Press Was it real? Or staged? Very real, it turned out. Will Smith’s slapping of Chris Rock at the 2022 Academy Awards after the comedian told a joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, reverberated through the entertainment industry and the nation. It also led to Smith being banned from the Oscars

By The Associated Press Queen Elizabeth II died on Sept. 8 after a 70-year reign over the United Kingdom. She left behind generations of subjects — many of whom had never known any other monarch. The death and funeral, and the ascent of King Charles III, played out over more than a week. In that