Month: March 2023

By KARENA PHAN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — In the HBO series “The Last of Us,” a fungal infection has taken over Earth, rendering the United States an apocalyptic landscape protagonists Joel and Ellie need to traverse. Fans unfamiliar with the video game, from which the series was adapted, might assume this is just

By BECKY BOHRER, MATTHEW BROWN and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Biden administration is approving a major oil project on Alaska’s petroleum-rich North Slope that supporters say represents an economic lifeline for Indigenous communities in the region but environmentalists say is counter to President Joe Biden’s climate goals. The decision on

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer It looks like the BBC picked on the wrong guy. The network went up against a national treasure when it chose to make an example of Gary Lineker by suspending him for criticizing the British government’s asylum policy on Twitter. It quickly became clear there was only going to

By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — An activist group that supports rescue operations in the Mediterranean Sea is accusing Italy of failing to offer timely assistance to a smugglers’ boat in distress, resulting in a deadly shipwreck that left at least 30 migrants missing and presumed dead in Libya’s search-and-rescue area. Seventeen survivors

By JAMEY KEATEN and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — A U.N.-backed commission says the international community and the Syrian government did not act quickly enough last month to help people in need in the rebel-held northwest after a deadly earthquake hit Turkey and conflict-ravaged Syria. The Feb. 6 magnitude 7.8 earthquake with strong

HERMANN, Mo. (AP) — The search for the man suspected of killing one small-town Missouri police officer and badly injuring another ended Monday when the man came out of a home after police fired tear gas inside. The shooting happened about 9:30 p.m. Sunday in Hermann, which is about 80 miles west of St. Louis.

By The Associated Press The Associated Press Streaming king Drake is headed out on the road with his collaborator 21 Savage, following the release of two albums last year. The tour will kick off June 16 in New Orleans and make stops in Dallas, Miami, New York, Montreal, Los Angeles and Las Vegas. The Canadian

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman says a large number of migrants in Mexico who tried to push their way into the United States were prevented from crossing a bridge leading to El Paso, Texas, from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. A U.N. migration official says the movement of hundreds of

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli parliament on Monday advanced a bill that would make it harder to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the corruption charges against him, as it plowed ahead with a broader plan to overhaul the country’s legal system in defiance of mass protests. Lawmakers in the Knesset gave preliminary approval during

By JAMEY KEATEN and KARL RITTER Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — A Russian delegation at talks with senior U.N. officials says Moscow is ready to accept an extension to a grain export deal that has helped bring down global food prices amid the war with Ukraine. But it said it would accept only a 60-day

By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — A Swedish think tank says Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that led to a substantial flow of military aid to Kyiv made Ukraine the world’s third largest importer of arms in 2022. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, or SIPRI, reported that from 1991, when Ukraine became independent

By ANDREW DALTON and LINDSEY BAHR Associated Press BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Newly minted Academy Award winners kicked up their heels at post-Oscars parties. Best actress winner Michelle Yeoh and best supporting actress nominee Angela Bassett had a long, warm hug at the Vanity Fair party after Yeoh walked in to a wave of

By MATTHEW DALY and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Monday it is approving a huge oil-drilling project on Alaska’s petroleum-rich North Slope, a major environmental decision by President Joe Biden that drew quick condemnation as flying in the face of his pledges to slow climate change. The announcement came

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani officials say former Prime Minister Imran Khan is rallying supporters in the eastern city of Lahore as courts in the capital, Islamabad, issued two more arrest warrants for him. The warrants on Monday followed Khan’s recent failure to appear before judges in graft and terrorism cases.

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Florida has long been known for sunshine — not only the warm rays that brighten its beaches but also the light of public scrutiny afforded by some of the nation’s strongest meetings and records laws. Although years of rollbacks have gradually clouded the impact, advocates are ringing alarms that

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The top editors at the Dutch national broadcaster’s sports department have stepped down amid reports that there was a culture of inappropriate behavior and bullying among staff spanning more than two decades. The decision Sunday evening followed a report last week compiled by external experts

By MARK PRATT Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Attorneys painted widely different pictures of the former mayor of a Haitian town who is on trial in the U.S., accused of terrorizing his political opponents. The suit against Jean Morose Viliena began Monday in a federal court in Boston. The case highlights the violence and lack

By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia’s new parliament has convened for the first time after the president suspended the previous legislature in 2021. President Kais Saied and many Tunisians blamed the Islamists who dominated the old parliament for the country’s economic and social crises. Saied has since legislated by decree

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Tens of thousands of junior doctors went on strike across England on Monday to demand better pay, kicking off three days of widespread disruption at the U.K.’s state-funded hospitals and health clinics. Junior doctors — who are qualified but in the earlier years of their career —

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo’s high court on Monday ordered a retrial for an 87-year-old former boxer who has been on death row for more than five decades after his murder conviction that his lawyers said was based on forced confession and fabricated evidence. The Tokyo High Court said Iwao Hakamada

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a bombing over the weekend at a cultural center run by the minority Shiite community in northern Afghanistan. The center belonging to the Hazaras in Balkh province was targeted on Saturday, during an event honoring local journalists. At least one person was killed and

By TOM MURPHY and MICHELLE CHAPMAN Associated Press Pfizer is spending about $43 billion to reach deeper into new cancer treatments that target tumor cells while sparing surrounding healthy tissue. The pharmaceutical giant said Monday it will pay $229 in cash for each share of Seagen Inc. Pfizer then plans to let the biotech drug

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Olaf Scholz has expressed pride that the German antiwar movie “All quiet on the Western Front” won four Oscars, including best international film. “Congratulations on four Oscars!” Scholz tweeted on Monday. “It is a huge success for the German film, one can be rightly proud of