Month: January 2023

By RAQUEL REDONDO Associated Press MADRID (AP) — A Spanish regional chief has contradicted an announcement by a far-right member of his cabinet that doctors would have to give women a chance to listen to the heartbeats of fetuses before any abortion procedure. The conservative regional president, Alfonso Fernández Mañueco, said Monday that Castile and

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The German and Dutch foreign ministers have condemned the deportation by Russians of thousands of Ukrainian children, calling it a deliberate policy of cruel and inhumane abductions that is tearing apart families. Germany Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said at a joint press conference Monday with

VISALIA, Calif. (AP) — Six people — including a 17-year-old mother and her 6-month-old baby — were killed in a shooting early Monday at a home in central California, and authorities are searching for at least two suspects, sheriff’s officials said. Deputies responded around 3:30 a.m. to reports of multiple shots fired at the residence

By The Associated Press This week’s new entertainment releases include an album from Lukas Graham, the Showtime series “Your Honor” starring Bryan Cranston returns for its second and final season, and “Hellbound” director Yeon Sang-Ho unveils his new sci-fi action pic, the dystopian “Jung_E,” where Earth has become uninhabitable and war is about to break

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. special envoy for Yemen says he is encouraged by intensified regional and international diplomatic activity to end the country’s eight-year conflict. He urged the warring parties Monday to work toward “a shared vision” with concrete steps to restore peace to the Arab world’s

By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press TURIN, Italy (AP) — Making his first speaking appearance since #MeToo-era allegations derailed his career, actor Kevin Spacey used a colorful Italian term to thank the National Cinema Museum in the northern city of Turin Monday for having the courage to invite him. Spacey received a lifetime achievement award from

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — The remains of a man who has been missing since Hurricane Ian hit Florida’s Gulf Coast last year have been recovered from a sunken sailboat. Lee County Sheriff’s officials said Sunday that they’ve identified the remains of 72-year-old James “Denny” Hurst. He told his family he planned to ride out

By COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — Milan Fashion Week has closed on a note of tranquility after four days of mostly menswear previews for next fall and winter. Milan stalwart Giorgio Armani and Indian newcomer Dhruv Kapoor created similar moods in their collections but with vastly different aesthetics. One presented a study

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Authorities in South Africa are searching for a tiger that escaped from its enclosure at a farm near Johannesburg over the weekend. The female tiger has injured a man and killed a dog since escaping. Local media said the man survived the attack but was taken to the hospital. Residents have been

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A police chief in Memphis, Tennessee, says police officers will face disciplinary action after a 29-year-old Black driver died following a traffic stop. Tyre D. Nichols’ death earlier this month has sparked outrage in the community, with relatives accusing police of beating Nichols and causing him to suffer a heart attack.

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden’ s advocacy for curing cancer didn’t start with her son’s death in 2015 from brain cancer. It began decades earlier, long before she came into the national spotlight, and could now be further energized by her own brush with a common form of skin cancer.

By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania has handed a verbal note to the British ambassador to Tirana to protest what it called a “verbal lynching” by a U.K. official in comments about Albanian immigrants in the country. Tirana’s Foreign Ministry’s note Monday expressed “concern on the last statement of the Minister

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus has opened the trial of a journalist and prominent member of the country’s sizable Polish minority. It was the latest in a series of court cases against critics of the authoritarian regime of President Alexander Lukashenko. Andrzej Poczobut faces up to 12 years in prison if convicted of the charges

LONDON (AP) — British judges have given the go-ahead for the Court of Appeal to consider challenges to the British government’s plan to send some asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda. Two High Court judges ruled in December that the controversial policy is legal, rejecting a lawsuit from several asylum-seekers, aid groups and a

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — The World Economic Forum is back with its first winter meetup since 2020 in the Swiss Alpine town of Davos, where leaders are seeking to bridge political divisions in a polarized world, buttress a hobbling economy and address concerns about a climate change — among many

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s top prosecutor wants to start a conversation with lawmakers and the governor in hopes of charting a new course for a state beleaguered by violent crime, poor educational outcomes and persistently dismal child welfare rankings. Attorney General Raúl Torrez says one of his

BERLIN (AP) — An Austrian theater says it is canceling all shows starring one of its actors after reports surfaced that he was charged with possession of child pornography. On Friday, the Burgtheater in Veinna fired Florian Teichtmeister. He also plays Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph in the film “Corsage,” which is on the short list

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian health officials say that Israeli security forces fatally shot a 14-year-old Palestinian during an early morning raid into a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. It’s the latest incident in weeks of surging violence. The Palestinian Health Ministry on Monday identified the deceased teenager as Omar Khumour and

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — While still grappling with the fallout from a company he did take private, beleaguered billionaire Elon Musk is now facing a trial over a company he didn’t. Long before Musk purchased Twitter for $44 billion in October, he had set his sights on Tesla, the

By COLLEEN SLEVIN and THOMAS PEIPERT Associated Press ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — For the second time in a month, a Colorado library has closed its doors to clean up methamphetamine contamination. Officials in the Denver suburb of Englewood shut down the city library last week within a couple of hours of getting test results Wednesday

By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Richard Blodgett, a single father, was jailed on a drug charge when a worker from Arizona’s child welfare agency delivered the news: His son was brain dead and on life support — just days after being taken into state custody. Blodgett screamed, cried and screamed some

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Russian man who reportedly is a former high-ranking member of the Russian private military contractor Wagner Group, has sought asylum in Norway. The Norwegian Directorate of Immigration confirmed Monday to The Associated Press that Andrey Medvedev has sought shelter in Norway. Last week, police in Arctic Norway said a person

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas has released a video of an Israeli it said was being held captive in the Gaza Strip, rare footage it described as a warning to Israel’s new army chief. On Monday, Hamas’ military wing, the Qassam Brigades, shared a video purportedly showing Israeli prisoner Avera Mengistu pleading

PARIS (AP) — Up to 12,000 people have marched to the EU Parliament in the eastern French city of Strasbourg in support of Iran’s anti-government protesters. And the Eiffel Tower lit the night Monday with the slogan “Woman. Life. Freedom,” which embodies the protest movement spilling beyond Iran. The Eiffel Tower display also beamed the

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italian film legend Gina Lollobrigida, who achieved international stardom during the 1950s and was dubbed “the most beautiful woman in the world” after the title of one of her movies, died in Rome on Monday, her agent said. She was 95. The agent, Paola Comin, didn’t provide

By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A 19th-century orphanage in Jerusalem’s Armenian Quarter has reopened its doors as a museum, a hundred years after taking in scores of children whose parents were killed in the Armenian genocide. The Mardigian Museum documents the community’s rich, if pained, history. It showcases Armenian culture and

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s prime minister says he wants the German government to supply a wide range of weapons to Ukraine. He also voiced hope that Germany would soon approve a transfer of battle tanks to strengthen Ukrainian defense against Russian forces. The comments by Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on Monday come as German

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A London police officer has admitted sexually assaulting a dozen women over a 17-year period. Prosecutors described the case as one of the most shocking involving a serving police officer. David Carrick pleaded guilty on Monday to 49 offenses, including 20 counts of rape and charges including