Month: April 2023

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Sexual abuse in the nation’s federal prisons must be rooted out. That’s the message the Justice Department’s second-highest-ranking leader carried to prison wardens gathered for their first nationwide training since revelations that a toxic, permissive culture at a California prison allowed abuse

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Deion Sanders became the NFL draft’s first fashion icon by accessorizing a black and white track suit with loads of sparkling gold jewelry and dark shades when he took the call from the Atlanta Falcons before they selected him fifth overall in 1989. As memorable as

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — People in France with disabilities have protested by showing how difficult and frustrating it is for them to travel alone by train into Paris. The demonstration in a town on the outskirts of the French capital on Wednesday delivered a rebuke to government inertia before the 2024

CAIRO (AP) — A rubber boat carrying dozens of Europe-bound migrants has sunk off the coast of Libya and at least 55 people drowned, including women and children. The International Organization for Migration said the disaster took place on Tuesday. The boat was carrying at least 60 migrants and had set off from the coastal

BERLIN (AP) — Officials in Germany’s southern state of Bavaria said Wednesday that they want to make it easier to shoot wolves after farmers complained that their livestock on Alpine pastures are being preyed upon. Governor Markus Soeder said his state administration has passed a decree allowing hunters to carry out a general cull in

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s foreign minister says the new government led by a communist prime minister will give priority to enhancing relations with both of its giant neighbors, India and China, but won’t use them against each other for its own benefit. Foreign Minister Narayan Prakash Saud said in

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota House is considering a “red flag law” to allow the temporary confiscation of guns from people judged to be an immediate threat to themselves or others, as well as another proposal for expanded background checks for firearms transfers. The two gun-safety measures were

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping has told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a phone call that his government will send an envoy to Ukraine and other nations to discuss a possible “political settlement” to Russia’s war with the country. A government statement gave no indication whether the envoy also would visit Russia. A

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s domestic intelligence agency says it has concluded that three organizations linked to the country’s biggest far-right party have “extremist” goals that are in breach of the German constitution. The announcement from the BfV agency means it can formally step up its surveillance of the youth wing of the Alternative for Germany,

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — He was the king of Queen and his crown could be yours — for the right price. Freddie Mercury’s extensive collection of costumes, fine art, and even handwritten working lyrics for “We Are the Champions” and “Killer Queen” will be auctioned in September. Queen’s frontman had said

By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans narrowly passed sweeping legislation Wednesday that would raise the government’s legal debt ceiling by $1.5 trillion in exchange for steep spending restrictions, a tactical victory for Speaker Kevin McCarthy as he challenges President Joe Biden to negotiate and prevent a catastrophic federal

KYIV Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke by phone Wednesday for the first time since Russia’s invasion, two months after Beijing said it wanted to act as a peace mediator in the war against Ukraine and after Xi visited Moscow last month. Zelenskyy said he had “a long and meaningful phone

BERLIN (AP) — A German court says a landlord sunbathing naked in the courtyard of his building isn’t a reason for his tenants to reduce their rental payments. The case involved a building in an upmarket residential district of Frankfurt, which included an office floor. The landlord sued the human resources company that used the

By CHEYANNE MUMPHREY AP Education Writer DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — Every decision Assata Salim makes for her young son is important. Amid a spike in mass killings, questions of safety were at the top of her mind when choosing a school. Next on her checklist was the school’s culture. Salim and her 6-year-old, Cho’Zen Waters,

By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The U.N.’s humanitarian affairs agency says Afghanistan needs $4.62 billion in humanitarian aid from the international community this year for nearly 24 million people in need. Afghanistan is facing its third consecutive year of drought, its second year of severe economic hardship and the continued consequences of

By NICK KURZEWSKI Edmunds The arrival of warmer weather across the U.S. will soon have many car shoppers considering a sun-loving convertible. That’s because having limitless headroom and a mobile means of sunbathing is automobile nirvana for a number of car buyers. While electric cars steal the majority of automotive headlines and sales of pickup

NEW DELHI (AP) — An official says Maoist insurgents have detonated an explosive device in a forested area of central India, killing 10 policemen and their driver. The state’s health minister, T.S. Singh Deo, says the insurgents targeted the policemen who were trying to set up camps as part of a campaign to clear the

WREXHAM, Wales (AP) — Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney are making an audacious — and very public — bid to entice Gareth Bale out of retirement to play a season at Wrexham. Bale, a Wales great who retired after the World Cup at age 33, offered his congratulations to Wrexham’s celebrity owners following the team’s

By AAMER MADHANI and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Presidents Joe Biden and Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday will sign an agreement that includes plans to have U.S. nuclear-armed submarines dock in South Korea for the first time in more than 40 years, a conspicuous show of support to Seoul amid growing concern

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A small town near Albuquerque in New Mexico has adopted an ordinance that prohibits distribution of abortion medication or supplies by mail. The ordinance won approval Wednesday by a 4-1 vote of the town commission in Edgewood. It extends a wave of local government restrictions

By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s president has asked its parliament to approve a four-year International Monetary Fund program to reduce the country’s debt by $17 billion though restructuring. Lawmakers began a three-day debate Wednesday on President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s proposal to accept the IMF program. If approved, it would

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Iranian court has issued a $312.9 million judgement against the United States over a 2017 Islamic State-claimed attack on Tehran. Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency, in reporting Wednesday on the decision, offered no direct evidence to support the court’s allegation that American officials

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Prosecutors have acknowledged that new scientific evidence leaves reasonable doubt that an imprisoned Australian mother deliberately killed her four children. A retired judge is hearing final submissions in an inquiry into whether Kathleen Folbigg should be pardoned. Her children all died before their 2nd birthday from