Month: February 2023

By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Residents of a historically Black neighborhood in west Baltimore filed a complaint this week asking federal officials to investigate whether the city’s redevelopment policies are violating fair housing laws by disproportionately displacing Black and low-income residents to make way for so-called urban renewal projects. The complaint focuses

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Farsi-language satellite news channel based in London long critical of Iran’s theocractic government says it has moved its broadcasts to Washington “to protect the safety of its journalists” after being targeted by Tehran. Iran International described making the decision Saturday after London’s Metropolitan

MUNICH (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has called on world leaders to “double down” on support for Ukraine, saying arms and security guarantees are needed to protect the country and the rest of Europe from Russian aggression now and in the future. Sunak delivered the message on Saturday in a speech to the

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A law enforcement official says a bomb threat against an American Airlines flight that diverted the plane from the tarmac of a Texas airport Friday was not credible. KVIA-TV reports an FBI official says the passengers on the noon flight from El Paso, Texas, to Chicago were not in danger.

By ROBERT BADENDIECK and MUCAHIT CEYLAN Associated Press ADIYAMAN, Turkey (AP) — A 17-year-old high school student has captured Turkish hearts after he filmed a farewell message to his loved ones as he was trapped under the rubble of his home during last week’s earthquake. Taha Erdem and his family were fast asleep when a

By GERALD IMRAY AP Sports Writer Christian Atsu, the Ghana international forward who played for Premier League clubs Chelsea and Newcastle, has died in the earthquake in Turkey. He was 31. Search teams recovered Atsu’s body in the ruins of a luxury 12-story building where he had been living in the city of Antakya, Hatay

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Saturday fired a long-range missile from its capital into the sea off Japan, according to its neighbors, a day after it threatened to take strong measures against South Korea and the U.S. over their joint military exercises. According to the South Korean

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A visit by a Chinese official at the invitation of the Taiwanese capital’s newly elected China-friendly mayor has drawn protests on the self-ruled island. The head of Shanghai city’s Taiwan Affairs Office arrived Saturday, marking a rare point of contact between the sides. China deems Taiwan a part of its territory

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — No one in Godgift Inemesit’s family of eight is sure when they will eat each day — except for her three kids, two of whom have malaria. She can’t pay for the drugs they need or feed the rest of her family regularly. Like most Nigerians,

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Viktoria Kovalenko saw the death of her husband Petro and 12-year-old daughter Veronika last March when the car they were in was hit by a shell in northern Ukraine. Kovalenko survived, along with her then 1-year-old baby, Varvara. But they were soon picked up by Russian soldiers

By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Nearly a year after Russia invaded Ukraine, the battlefield has narrowed and stiff resistance has forced Moscow to scale back its military goals. But the diplomatic consequences of the war still reverberate worldwide. The fighting has reshaped global alliances, renewed old anxieties and breathed new life into

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A building collapse in Alaska Friday evening killed one person and briefly trapped two others, including a victim who communicated with firefighters before being freed and transported to a hospital, officials said. The Anchorage Fire Department confirmed the death of one victim after a building housing the Turnagain CrossFit gym collapsed,

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine president said Saturday the Chinese coast guard’s use of military-grade laser that briefly blinded some of the crew aboard a Philippine patrol vessel in the disputed South China Sea was not enough for him to invoke a mutual defense treaty with the United States,

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Republican Party has elected Kristina Karamo to be its next chair during a convention in Lansing. Karamo is a community college professor who lost her race for secretary of state after mounting a campaign filled with election conspiracies. She will lead the party through

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Wafting across the United States and into the attention of an alarmed national and global public, a giant Chinese balloon has changed Americans’ awareness of all the stuff floating in the air and how defense officials watch for it and respond. President Joe Biden said Thursday that

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A court filing in a lawsuit against Fox News lays bare a panic at the network that it had alienated its viewers and damaged its brand by not lining up with President Donald Trump’s false claims that he had won the 2020 presidential election. That

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision on the Second Amendment is upending gun laws across the country, dividing judges and sowing confusion over what firearm restrictions can remain on the books. The high court’s ruling that set new standards for evaluating gun laws

NEW DELHI (AP) — India has welcomed 12 cheetahs from South Africa that will join eight others it received from Namibia last year as part of an ambitious drive to reintroduce the big cats in the country after 70 years. An aircraft carrying the cheetahs landed at Gwalior Air Force base on Saturday, the Press

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Since ESPN won back the NHL rights two years ago, it has carried the All-Star Game and Stanley Cup finals on ABC. The only thing it hasn’t had is an outdoor game. That changes Saturday night when ABC has the Stadium Series contest between the Washington Capitals and Carolina

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tiger Woods had some explaining to do Friday, about a putter so cold he nearly missed the cut at Riviera, and about a chauvinist prank he played on Justin Thomas in the Genesis Invitational. In his return to elite competition for the first time in

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean state media says leader Kim Jong Un has brought his young daughter to a soccer game celebrating the birthday of his father, her latest in a series of public appearances that have triggered debate on whether she’s being prepped for a future leadership

By JOHN FLESHER Associated Press TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Two train derailments in neighboring states had very different outcomes — and officials say that’s not unusual. Some cars in a Norfolk Southern cargo train went off the tracks Thursday in Michigan’s Van Buren Township near Detroit. A couple cars turned over, but apparently nothing

NEW YORK (AP) — Three New York City firefighters were seriously injured Friday amid wind-swept flames tore through a Staten Island duplex. Firefighters rescued a lieutenant from the second floor after he transmitted a mayday signal while searching for occupants in one of the homes, in the borough’s Arden Heights neighborhood. A nozzle man involved

By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Abortion rights groups are challenging abortion bans in some states by arguing the bans — supported by religious principles — violate the religious rights of people with different beliefs. In Montana, a state lawmaker who is also an ordained Jewish rabbi is trying to use

By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — As he languished in a Missouri prison for nearly three decades, Lamar Johnson never stopped fighting to prove his innocence, even when it meant doing much of the legal work himself. This week a St. Louis judge overturned Johnson’s murder conviction and ordered him freed. Johnson

WINTER PARK, Fla. (AP) — Family members say an 11-year-old Florida boy has died just days after a sprained ankle led to a flesh-eating bacterial infection. Jesse Brown, a fifth grader at Lakemont Elementary School in Winter Park, was injured while using a treadmill last month. His cousin, Megan Brown, told local news outlets that