Month: January 2023

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer Mikaela Shiffrin has done quite a lot in only 12 years. Shiffrin raced to a record-breaking 83rd win on Tuesday in her 238th race on the World Cup circuit. Shiffrin won a giant slalom in Italy to move ahead of former United States teammate Lindsey Vonn. Shiffrin also has

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Jennifer Coolidge, who saw a career resurgence following her Emmy-winning turn as Tanya McQuoid-Hunt in the acclaimed HBO series “The White Lotus,” was named the 2023 Woman of the Year by Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals on Tuesday. The Pudding is the oldest theatrical organization in the nation and one of

By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The United States has slapped sanctions on a high-profile Lebanese economist alleged to be a financial adviser to Hezbollah. The U.S. Treasury Department announced Tuesday sanctions against economist and money exchanger Hassan Moukalled; CTEX Exchange, a money service business owned by him; and Moukalled’s sons, Rayyan Moukalled

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Oil drilling has begun in a Chinese-operated field in Uganda and the East African country expects to start production by 2025. The spokesman for Uganda’s ministry of energy and mineral development said Tuesday the beginning of drilling at the Kingfisher oil field in the Kikuube district was “a significant stride” toward

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer CBS Sports is gearing up for its 66th consecutive year covering the PGA Tour and one of its busiest seasons. The coverage starts this week at Torrey Pines and ends with a Saturday prime-time finish. This will be the first year CBS has every FedEx Cup playoff event. It

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. government says scores of children who arrived in Britain as asylum-seekers have disappeared. Opposition parties and children’s advocates have responded by accusing the government of putting vulnerable young people in danger. Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick said Tuesday that more than 200 children under 18 are

By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — More than 50 people have died in ongoing street protests in the weeks since Peru’s elected leader was jailed, mostly demonstrators at the hands of police officers, but only a few international voices of concern have emerged. The relative silence of much of the regional and

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and STAN CHOE AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — Sooner or later, either Wall Street or the Federal Reserve has to blink. Nearly a year into the Fed’s drive to quash inflation by hiking interest rates at a blistering pace, investors still don’t seem to fully believe what the Fed warns is

BERLIN (AP) — Supporters of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny have placed a replica of the tiny “punishment cell” he has repeatedly been held in outside Russia’s embassy in Berlin, in an effort to raise awareness of his fate. About 100 people attended the demonstration on the German capital’s famous Unter den Linden boulevard Tuesday.

By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Paris is rushing to finish construction work in time for the 2024 Olympics with just 18 months to go. Delays are being experienced in part because of the impact of Russia’s war in Ukraine on the steel industry. One venue was due to be finished this summer.

NEW YORK (AP) — Nurses who went on strike this month at two major New York City hospitals have ratified the contracts that were hammered out to end the walkout. Their union, called the New York State Nurses Association, said Tuesday that 98% of nurses at Mount Sinai Hospital and Montefiore Medical Center voted  in

By EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Killings of journalists around the world jumped by 50% in 2022 compared to the previous year, driven largely by the slayings of reporters in Ukraine, Mexico and Haiti. According to a report Tuesday by the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists, at least 67 news media

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Senators grilled Ticketmaster Tuesday, questioning whether the company’s dominance in the ticketing industry led to its spectacular breakdown last year during a sale of Taylor Swift concert tickets. Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee also debated possible action, including making tickets non-transferable to cut down on scalping

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen has told Pope Francis in a letter that war with China is “not an option” and said constructive interaction with Beijing, which claims the island as part of its territory, depends on respecting self-ruled Taiwan’s democracy. Vatican City is the last European government to have diplomatic relations

By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer Mikaela Shiffrin’s record 83rd World Cup victory is only the latest exploit by an American team that has been producing success after success on the circuit since Daron Rahlves and Bode Miller started it all off more than 20 years ago. Then Lindsey Vonn and Julia Mancuso burst onto

By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A popular online chatbot powered by artificial intelligence is proving to be adept at creating disinformation and propaganda. Researchers at NewsGuard asked ChatGPT to create content from the perspective of anti-vaccine activists, conspiracy theorists and foreign propaganda agencies. In most instances the chatbot quickly complied, creating content

By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Art returned to a glittering Chanel couture universe Tuesday with monumental animal sculptures gathering in the center of the runway-in-the-round like a surreal zoo for its Paris Fashion Week show. Designer Virginie Viard collaborated with contemporary artist Xavier Veilhan who used a bestiary in house founder

CUMBERLAND, R.I. (AP) — The Rhode Island Department of Health says it was not able to definitively confirm or refute the presence of Santa in a young girl’s home after she requested to have a partially eaten cookie and a couple of gnawed-on carrot sticks tested for DNA to see if Santa Claus is real.

By KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Willie Nelson is turning 90 this year and he’s celebrating with an all-star, two-day concert in Los Angeles this April. The Texas troubadour’s milestone birthday party at the Hollywood Bowl will feature dozens of performers, including Neil Young, Chris Stapleton, Miranda Lambert, Snoop Dogg

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a surprise trip to Jordan on Tuesday to meet with King Abdullah II, his first visit since taking power at the helm of Israel’s most right-wing and religiously conservative government in history. Official statements from Israel and Jordan gave scant information about the discussions between the

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — The man accused of killing nearly two dozen people in a racist attack at a Texas Walmart plans to plead guilty to federal charges in the case. That’s according to court records filed days after the federal government said it wouldn’t seek the death penalty in the case. Patrick Crusius

SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Any Iowa student who wants to attend a private school could use public money to pay for tuition or other expenses under a plan passed Tuesday by the Legislature and quickly signed into law by Gov. Kim Reynolds, making the state the third to pass a

LONDON (AP) — U.K. Princess Eugenie and her husband Jack Brooksbank are expecting their second child this summer, Buckingham Palace said Tuesday. Eugenie, 32, is the niece of King Charles III and the younger daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah, Duchess of York. She gave birth to a son, August, in 2021. “The family are