Month: April 2023

By MARK SCOLFORO and PETER SMITH Associated Press YORK HAVEN, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania grand jury in recent months accused nine men with connections to the Jehovah’s Witnesses of child sexual abuse in what some consider the nation’s most comprehensive investigation yet into abuse within the faith. The sets of charges filed in October

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai has told Japanese officials the United States hopes to deepen trade ties as it strengthens and expands economic security cooperation with its Asian allies and partners. Tai is visiting Tokyo after stopping in the Philippine capital, Manila. The United States, Japan and

NEW YORK (AP) — An $85,000 literary prize has been awarded to Sandra Lim, a poet who has published three collections. Lim is this year’s winner of the Jackson Poetry Prize, given to an American poet of “exceptional talent.” The award was announced Wednesday by Poets & Writers. The nonprofit organization publishes Poets & Writers

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press MUSKO NAVAL BASE, Sweden (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says it’s important that Turkey decides to allow Sweden to join NATO “sooner versus later.” Austin told reporters in Sweden he “feels confident” it will happen before the alliance summit in July. Sweden’s bid to join NATO remains stalled

By MARK SCOLFORO and PETER SMITH Associated Press YORK HAVEN, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania grand jury in recent months accused nine men with connections to the Jehovah’s Witnesses of child sexual abuse in what some consider the nation’s most comprehensive investigation yet into abuse within the faith. The sets of charges filed in October

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — The new chair of Disney World’s revamped governing body said Wednesday that new supervisors had good intentions about collaborating with the company after they were appointed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, so it was “shameful” when Disney signed agreements with their predecessors stripping them

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — U.K. officials say Russian hackers are seeking to “disrupt or destroy” Britain’s critical infrastructure and not enough is being done to stop them. Britain’s National Cybersecurity Center has issued an official threat notice to operators of Britain’s electricity, water and other critical systems, telling them to boost

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Moscow court has dismissed a prominent Russian opposition figure’s appeal of his 8 1/2-year prison sentence for criticism of Russia’s actions in Ukraine. Ilya Yashin was convicted in December of spreading false information about the military, which was made a criminal offense after Russian President Vladimir Putin sent troops into

By MEAD GRUVER and BRITTANY PETERSON Associated Press LYONS, Colo. (AP) — Garrett Cammans and his brothers sometimes don’t talk about their toughest moments on the job in the cloud seeding business, like the time when one of them got stuck in deep mountain snow and had to hike out alone in the dark. “They’re

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Most of the nation’s major professional sports leagues, plus the media companies Fox and NBCUniversal are creating an alliance to ensure that sports betting advertising is done responsibly and does not target minors. The Coalition for Responsible Sports Betting Advertising was created Wednesday, consisting of

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. Navy has sailed its first drone boat through the strategic Strait of Hormuz, a crucial waterway for global energy supplies where American sailors often faces tense encounters with Iranian forces. The trip Wednesday by the L3 Harris Arabian Fox MAST-13, a 41-foot

By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A memoir from a top aide to former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo who defended him during the deadliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic, and an investigation that concluded he sexually harassed 11 women, comes out in the fall. Melissa DeRosa says “nothing goes unaddressed” in

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Colorado lawmakers have pushed forward a slew of aggressive gun control bills that are nearing the governor’s desk for signatures. If passed, the once purple state that only recently saw a Democratic takeover will be more closely aligned with the liberal strongholds of California and

By ELIZABETH AYOOLA of NerdWallet People often assume estate planning starts when you’re rich, have a family or are elderly, but it can begin as early as your late teens. Parents can start the conversation by explaining their own estate plan and why it’s important to have one. This helps younger children understand they’ll be

By KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — The United Nations says India is on track to become the world’s most populous nation, surpassing China by 2.9 million people by mid-2023. While there are hopes India’s young citizenry could drive its economic growth for years, it also might just as easily become a liability

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The one-day volunteering event — where employees give back to their communities by packing boxes of food or cleaning up a park or fundraising — is so ingrained in corporations that it’s long been lampooned by pop culture. However, as the national decline of volunteerism

BERLIN (AP) — A German labor union is calling for railway workers to stage an eight-hour strike on Friday to back calls for an inflation-busting pay raise. Walkouts are also scheduled at three airports this week in a parallel pay dispute. The EVG rail workers union called for members to walk off the job from

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — An unemployed 24-year-old man who allegedly threw a pipe bomb at Prime Minister Fumio Kishida wanted to be a politician and believed that he was unfairly blocked from running for Japan’s parliament by an age requirement, according to media reports and social media posts that appeared to

LONDON (AP) — The manager of a Paris publishing house has been released by London police after his employer said he was arrested following questioning about participation in France’s protests against pension reform. A Metropolitan Police spokesperson on Wednesday didn’t name Ernest Moret but said a 28-year-old man arrested on suspicion of obstructing their investigation

SHANGHAI (AP) — News reports say Chinese authorities concluded Tesla Inc.’s Shanghai factory where an employee died in a Feb. 4 accident has weaknesses in its safety measures. The business news magazine Caixin and other outlets said the report by the emergency bureau of Shanghai’s Pudong district recommended an unspecified administrative penalty for Tesla. The

By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A giant panda on long-term loan from China died in a zoo in northern Thailand on Wednesday, six months before she was due to return home, officials from the Chiang Mai Zoo said. The cause of Lin Hui’s death was not immediately clear but she appeared to

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is leaving women’s access to a widely used abortion pill untouched until at least Friday, while the justices consider whether to allow restrictions on the drug mifepristone to take effect. The court is dealing with a new abortion controversy less than a year after

By JACK JEFFERY and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Sudan’s rival generals have made a new attempt at a 24-hour cease-fire after a failed truce the night before. But sporadic fighting continued late Wednesday, and aid groups said they needed guarantees and a wider window to help civilians trapped by five days

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The price of food in the U.K. rose at the fastest pace in 45 years last month, keeping inflation above 10% for a seventh straight month amid a cost-of-living crisis that has fueled a wave of strikes by government workers. The Office for National Statistics said Wednesday

BERLIN (AP) — German police have released an initial description of a suspect wanted in connection with a knife attack at a gym in the western city of Duisburg that left four men seriously wounded. Police said that witnesses interviewed after the attack late Tuesday described the man as being about 30 years old, 5

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Shares are mostly lower in Asia in narrow trading after they barely budged on Wall Street following a mixed batch of earnings reports from big U.S. companies. Oil prices also declined. Japan reported that its trade deficit narrowed in March as exports rose more than expected, helped by a

By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Parents whose children were killed in the Robb Elementary School massacre made sobbing pleads for stricter gun laws before legislators early Wednesday on languishing proposals that appeared headed to stall in the face of a Republican majority. The emotional late-night hearing — which started Tuesday morning