Month: March 2023

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Republican Party’s social media posts are being called “hateful” and “ignorant” for comparing gun reform to the Holocaust. The posts on Wednesday inaccurately claim that an 11-bill gun safety package proposed in the Democratic-led state Legislature would disarm all citizens. It includes a photo

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new World Bank report puts the cost of Ukraine’s recovery and rebuilding from Russia’s invasion at $411 billion over the next decade. That includes $5 billion simply to clean up all the war rubble and debris. The World Bank released the report Wednesday. It’s the joint

By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — More than 119,000 people have been injured by tear gas and other chemical irritants around the world since 2015 and some 2,000 suffered injuries from “less lethal” impact projectiles. That’s according to a new report by Physicians for Human Rights and the International Network of Civil

By AHMED AL-HAJ Associated Press SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni security officials say that at least 16 forces have been killed in renewed fighting in the strategic province of Marib. The new violence comes days after diplomats and leaders expressed new hope for peace efforts in the war-torn country and on the eve of the

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Moderna’s CEO is defending a plan to more than quadruple the company’s COVID-19 vaccine price. But he also says the drugmaker will work to ensure patients continue paying nothing at drugstores or clinics. Stephane Bancel appeared before a Senate committee Wednesday. He says the drugmaker will charge a list

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press No one is objecting to a settlement agreement to resolve allegations of workplace safety violations in the 2021 shooting death of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on the set of a Western movie. After a 20-day vetting period with no objections, the agreement between New Mexico workplace safety regulators and

By MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The Red Cross says the number of internally displaced people in Colombia increased significantly last year as several armed groups fought for control of rural pockets of the country. In its annual assessment of humanitarian challenges in the South American country, the organization says that while

BATESVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Five people were killed Tuesday evening in Mississippi after a car they were riding in crashed into a barricade on a bridge and plunged into a creek below. WMC-TV reported that four of the five people who died were children between the ages of 12 to 15. The adult who died

By ADRIANA MORGA and CORA LEWIS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Reserve raised its key rate by another quarter point Wednesday, bringing it to the highest level in 15 years as part of an ongoing effort to ease inflation by making borrowing more expensive. If you have money to save, you’ll probably

LAKE WORTH, Fla. (AP) — Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine, whose testimony against his own gang helped convict two high-ranking members, was assaulted by several people at a gym in Florida, officials said Wednesday. An “altercation between several individuals” brought Palm Beach County sheriff’s deputies to an LA Fitness outlet in Lake Worth on Tuesday night, the

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ‘ administration is moving to forbid classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in all grades, expanding the controversial law critics call “Don’t Say Gay” as the Republican governor continues to focus on cultural issues ahead of his expected presidential run.

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATION (AP) — The United Nations chief is urging the first world conference on water in more than 45 years to address the “21st century emergency” that is wasting the world’s most important resource and has left billions of people without clean water and basic sanitation. Secretary-General Antonio

By KRYSTA FAURIA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Celebrity stylist Law Roach helped reinvent Zendaya and turned Celine Dion into a fashion icon. Last week, he shocked the fashion world when he announced his retirement from dressing the rich and famous. On Tuesday, Roach told The Associated Press in Los Angeles that he plans

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Manhattan prosecutors have postponed a scheduled grand jury session in the investigation into Donald Trump over hush money payments during his 2016 presidential campaign. That’s according to four people familiar with the matter who insisted on anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation.

By The Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Muslim holy month of Ramadan began at sundown on Wednesday, as the faithful prepared for a month of dawn-to-dusk fasting intended to bring them closer to God and to remind them of the suffering of those less fortunate. For the next 30 days, Muslims

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials are reporting two more deaths and additional cases of vision loss linked to eyedrops tainted with a drug-resistant bacteria. The eyedrops from EzriCare and Delsam Phama were recalled in February and health authorities are continuing to track infections as they investigate the outbreak. In the latest government tally, 68 people

By VANESSA GERA and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Prince William made a surprise visit to Poland on Wednesday that underscored Britain’s support for a nation on the front line of efforts to help refugees displaced by Russia’s war in Ukraine and to assist the Ukrainian military in fighting off the invasion.

By COLLEEN SLEVIN and JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A body was found Wednesday night in the Colorado woods near the abandoned car that belonged to a 17-year-old student accused of shooting two administrators at his Denver high school earlier in the day, a sheriff said. Park County Sheriff Tom McGraw said the

BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group has refused to comment directly on last week’s killing of a man suspected of crossing into Israel from Lebanon. Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said Wednesday that the silence of the Iran-backed group is part of a psychological war. Nasrallah refused to say whether his group had

By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Water has long been a luxury in the sprawling low-income neighborhoods that surround Venezuela’s capital. The problem preceded the government of the late President Hugo Chavez. But under the watch of his successor, Nicolas Maduro, the shortages in Caracas have intensified and expanded to other

By MEGAN JANETSKY and FERNANDA PESCE Associated Press SOYAPANGO, El Salvador (AP) — For the family of 44-year-old Maritza Pacheco, opening a corner shop outside their home four months ago was a small miracle. Pacheco had lived like many in El Salvador’s capital: in constant panic. Warring gangs – MS-13 and Barrio 18 – would

By MEGAN JANETSKY and FERNANDA PESCE Associated Press SOYAPANGO, El Salvador (AP) — With semiautomatic weapons pressed to their chest, a pack of camouflage-clad police officers marches through rows of small brick homes winding up hills on the fringes of El Salvador’s capital. They rap sharply on door after door, pushing into homes with dozing

BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts man convicted of helping to steal millions of dollars from hundreds of people in online romance scams, often regaling the victims with stories of oil rig explosions, now faces a 4 1/2-year prison sentence. Federal prosecutors say 30-year-old Kofi Osei and his alleged accomplices from 2016 to 2020 targeted mostly