Month: January 2023

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — The World Economic Forum says billionaire Elon Musk wasn’t on the guest list for the annual meeting of business executives, global leaders and cultural trend-setters in Davos, Switzerland — despite what the Twitter owner claims. Notables from European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen to actor

By AMANCAI BIRABEN and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A group of South Dakota Republican lawmakers are pushing a bill to outlaw gender-affirming health care for transgender youth. At least a dozen states are considering anti-transgender legislation this year. The South Dakota bill aims to keep children under 18 from accessing puberty-blocking

LOUISIANA, Mo. (AP) — A former police chief in a small northeast Missouri town is charged with second-degree murder after his girlfriend’s brother died of a drug overdose in his home in October. A Pike County grand jury indicted 50-year-old William Jones, who was arrested Friday and is being held on $1 million cash bail.

By KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Two Illinois paramedics face first-degree murder charges, having been accused of strapping a patient facedown on a stretcher while taking him to a hospital last month. Illinois authorities filed the charges against Peggy Finley and Peter Cadigan on Jan. 9, nearly a month after Earl L. Moore

By CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America CHICAGO (AP) — Peoria police and fire officials are investigating a fire at a central Illinois Planned Parenthood clinic as arson, police said Tuesday. The incident occurred Sunday night, two days after Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law reproductive health care legislation to protect out-of-state abortion seekers. The

By CARLA BRIDI Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Authorities have charged dozens of people accused of rioting in Brazil’s capital to overturn former President Jair Bolsonaro’s recent election defeat. In a statement Monday, the prosecutor-general’s office said it had filed charges against 39 people in connection to the Jan. 8 riots. The defendants have

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge has dismissed an open records complaint against a Republican member of the Wisconsin Elections Commission who served as a fake elector for former President Donald Trump. Allegations that the elections commission violated the state open records law will go forward, but claims made

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump will be joined by two of his highest-profile South Carolina supporters at the first public campaign event of his 2024 White House bid later this month in the early voting state. Gov. Henry McMaster and U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham will be with

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sally Field will be honored at the 29th Screen Actors Guild Awards with the SAG lifetime achievement award. The actors guild announced Tuesday that Field will be the 58th recipient of the tribute award, following recent honorees including Helen Mirren, Robert De Niro, Alan Alda and Morgan Freeman. “She has an

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Comedian Leslie Jones will be taking a temporary whirl as host of “The Daily Show” this week, and she says viewers can expect her trademark — some blunt, edgy humor. “I’m not Jon Stewart. I’m not Trevor Noah, I’m Leslie Jones. So I’ll be bringing

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s migration minister says the number of migrants arriving in Greece has dropped dramatically over the past two years, while the number of asylum-seekers living in the country has also fallen. Speaking Tuesday at an event marking the third anniversary of the Migration and Asylum Ministry’s foundation, Notis Mitarachi credited the

By FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A 30-year-old woman has died following a shooting that broke out between rival gang members during a Martin Luther King Jr. Day event in Florida, sheriff’s officials said Tuesday. The woman, whose name has not been released, was attending a party with her 6-year-old daughter Monday evening

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Iran’s top diplomat says Tehran welcomes steps toward a reconciliation between Turkey and Syria and is ready to help move the efforts forward. Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian made the comments in Ankara on Tuesday. The Turkish and Syrian defense ministers held talks in Moscow late last month. It was the first

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The men’s basketball game between Iowa and Northwestern scheduled for Wednesday in Iowa City will not be played due to COVID-19 health and safety protocols within the Northwestern program. The two schools will work with the Big Ten to reschedule the game. All distributed tickets for the Northwestern-Iowa contest will

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press Does The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have too much power and influence? The foundation’s CEO Mark Suzman raised that question in an annual letter released Tuesday and when asked, said the answer was, “No.” With $8.3 billion to give away in 2023, the Gates Foundation is the largest private

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Officials say nearly 250,000 migrants crossed the treacherous Darien Gap between Colombia and Panama in 2022 on their way north. That figure is nearly double the number a year earlier. The United Nations’ International Organization for Migration said Tuesday that at least 36 migrants died during the journey. The agency says

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities say they unearthed 10 dismembered bodies that had been buried under the floor of an events hall in central Mexico. Investigators made the grisly discovery in the town of Tenango del Valle, just west of Mexico City. Prosecutors said they arrested nine men believed to belong to the Jalisco drug

CLEVELAND (AP) — Republican state Sen. Matt Dolan says he’s again running for U.S. Senate as the GOP tries in 2024 to flip the Ohio seat long held by Democrat Sherrod Brown, who is expected to seek reelection. Dolan’s Tuesday announcement makes him the first Republican in that race. Dolan is a member of the

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — The head of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning World Food Program says support from donors like the United States and Germany have allowed it to postpone — though not entirely avert — famine in Somalia. But WFP Executive Director David Beasley stressed that “we’re not out of

By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Madonna will “Take a Bow” with a new tour through North America and Europe starting this summer that will be a “Celebration” of the pop icon’s hits, which include 38 songs in the Billboard Hot 100. The 35-city Live Nation-backed “Madonna: The Celebration Tour” will kick off

By STEPHEN McGRATH AND ANDREEA ALEXANDRU Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Two of three NATO surveillance planes deployed temporarily to Romania have arrived at an air base near Bucharest. From there they will fly missions to monitor Russian military activity near the borders of the 30-nation military alliance. The Airborne Warning and Control System

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Semiofficial Iranian news agencies are reporting that a German national has been arrested in Iran after photographing an oil facility. The Tasnim news agency and the Student News Network, both close to Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, reported on Tuesday that the individual was taking photographs at the Omidiyeh oil

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Jordan has summoned the Israeli ambassador to Amman to protest a move by Israeli police to block the Jordanian envoy from entering a volatile holy site in Jerusalem. Tuesday’s incident quickly escalated tensions between the neighbors and reflected the heightened sensitivity around the sacred compound under Israel’s

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The fastest Corvette ever made comes out later this year, and it’s not powered solely by a howling V8. The E-Ray is a gas electric hybrid, the first all-wheel-drive version of Chevrolet’s storied sports car with the front wheels running on an electric motor the traditional