Month: January 2023

By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. home sales tumbled to the slowest pace in nearly a decade as soaring mortgage rates and…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Inspections of ships carrying Ukrainian grain and other food exports have slowed to half…

By MICHAEL PHILLIS and ADAM BEAM Associated Press ACAMPO, Calif. (AP) — On Sunday morning, Kyle Starks woke up to floodwaters that reached the door…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The first Native American woman in space ventured out on a spacewalk Friday to prep…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles County coroner’s office says “Will & Grace” actor Leslie Jordan died from natural causes and…

LONDON (AP) — British scientists say they don’t think pollution killed thousands of crabs that washed up on beaches in northeast England in late…

By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Dior mania descended on Paris Fashion Week menswear Friday as over a thousand screaming fans…

By ANDREW MELDRUM and BARRY HATTON Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia claims its forces have captured a village in an intense and…

By IBRAHIM GARBA and CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press KANO, Nigeria (AP) — Health authorities in Nigeria have confirmed an outbreak of diphtheria,…

By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia says there’s “a whole lot more” he wants to…

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani officials say a bomb planted on the tracks by suspected militants derailed a passenger train in a remote area in…

By NICOLAE DUMITRACHE AND STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A judge in Romania has granted a request to extend by another…

LONDON (AP) — A British judge has rejected a lawsuit that accused the U.K. government of allowing the import of cotton products associated with…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is visiting Senegal with a message about the future…

By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia’s government and al-Qaida-linked fighters are both claiming more than 100 people…

BEIRUT (AP) — Three suicide drones have attacked a U.S. base in eastern Syria, wounding two Syrian opposition fighters. The U.S. military says no…

By SYLEJMAN KLLOKOQI and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Western envoys have visited Kosovo and Serbia as part of their…

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Google is laying off 12,000 workers, or about 6% of its workforce, becoming the latest tech company…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan has formally resubmitted documents seeking to obtain UNESCO World Heritage recognition for a…

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — DeMeco Ryans’ day as San Francisco defensive coordinator started with meetings…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s prime minister and the nation’s security official say that foreign divers rescued from near a key port…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Church of England formally apologized Friday for its treatment of LGBTQ people, even as it said…

By ALICE FUNG and KARMEN LI Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — In crowded Hong Kong, where most apartments range from small to miniscule, rabbits…

By JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian state television says that a man’s body has been pulled out of a swollen river…

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Andy Murray just wanted to go to the bathroom. It was 3 a.m., he’d already…

By SOPHENG CHEANG and DAVID RISING Associated Press SIEM REAP, Cambodia (AP) — A group of 15 Ukrainian deminers are wrapping up a week of training…