Month: January 2023

WINDHOEK, Namibia (AP) — Rhino poaching in Namibia increased dramatically last year. The country’s environment ministry says nearly twice as…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is imposing sanctions on a group of people and organizations connected to Myanmar’s…

By MARK LONG AP Sports Writer GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Jason Jitoboh won’t step foot onto a basketball court without his glasses. And he…

By CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America CHICAGO (AP) — A judge dismissed sex-abuse charges against R&B singer R. Kelly on Tuesday…

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press Former U.S. Senator David Durenberger has died at age 88. Durenberger was a Minnesota Republican who espoused a…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer American consumers are kicking off 2023 slightly less confident than they were at the end of last year as inflation…

BERLIN (AP) — Doug Emhoff, the husband of U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, has met Ukrainian refugees at a Berlin synagogue and visited the…

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Dozens of African civil society groups and press associations have called for an independent investigation into the death of…

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s police commissioner has apologized after seven officers were placed under investigation for allegedly extorting money…

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — The military says the death toll from a boating accident in a lake in northwest Pakistan over the weekend has reached 51.…

By JIM RENDON of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy Over his six years at the Southern Poverty Law Center, Esteban Gil watched…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Officials in Ohio’s largest city have reached a $225,000 settlement with a man who said police officers used improper force…

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Parliament’s legal affairs committee has voted unanimously to lift the protective immunity of two lawmakers…

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police in Nebraska say two officers were wounded and a suspect was killed in a shootout during an attempted burglary. Omaha…

By MEGAN JANETSKY and PIERRE RICHARD LUXAMA Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Jimmy Cherizier zips through Haiti’s capital on the…

By The Associated Press The U.S. Justice Department has requested documents from Tesla Inc. related to its Autopilot and “Full Self-Driving”…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Pay and benefits for America’s workers grew at a healthy but more gradual pace…

By TOM DAVIES Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Former Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels says he won’t seek that state’s open U.S. Senate seat…

By SALLY HO and GARANCE BURKE Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Justice Department has been scrutinizing a controversial artificial…

By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — It is Maximinio Vertiz’ busy season. Dozens of beloved but worn and broken baby…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Two years after Myanmar’s generals ousted Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected government,…

By BECKY BOHRER and PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency took an unusually strong step…