Month: April 2023

CONSHOKOCKEN, Pa. (AP) — David’s Bridal has filed for bankruptcy protection, the second time for the chain in the past five years. The announcement Monday arrives days after the company, one of the largest sellers of wedding gowns and formal wear, said it could eliminate more than 9,200 jobs across the United States. Based in

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press Japanese police say they have confiscated metal tubes, tools and possible gunpowder from the home of a man suspected of throwing what was believed to be a homemade pipe bomb at Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at a campaign event. Kishida was evacuated unharmed, but experts say the attack could have

By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghan authorities say they are closing education centers supported by non-governmental groups in the country’s south until further notice. The centers are mostly for girls, who are banned from going to school beyond sixth grade, and are in the Taliban heartland provinces of Helmand and Kandahar. One

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas (AP) — SpaceX called off the first launch attempt of its giant rocket Monday after a problem cropped up during fueling. Elon Musk’s company had planned to fly the nearly 400-foot Starship rocket from the southern tip of Texas, near the Mexican border. The test

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — China’s defense minister has toured the top Russian military academy on a visit to the Russian capital that underscores the increasingly close ties between Moscow and Beijing amid the fighting in Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted Gen. Li Shangfu in the Kremlin on Sunday, noting that

By LINDSEY TANNER and ANGIE WANG Associated Press Anxiety over academics. Post-lockdown malaise. Social media angst. Study after study says American youth are in crisis, facing unprecedented mental health challenges that are burdening teen girls in particular. Among the most glaring data: A recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report showed almost 60% of

ROME (AP) — The doctors caring for former Premier Silvio Berlusconi in a Milan hospital, where he is recovering from a lung infection, say his treatment continues now that he is out of intensive care. His longtime personal physician and a blood cancer specialist signed off on the brief medical bulletin Monday a day after

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s Roman Catholic bishop arrived in Beijing on Monday, marking the first visit to the Chinese capital by the city’s bishop in nearly three decades, despite signs of Sino-Vatican strains. The five-day trip by Bishop Stephen Chow began about two weeks after Vatican News, the

ROME (AP) — Italian police have scooped up two tons of cocaine that was wrapped in protective plastic and bobbing in the sea off eastern Sicily. The financial police squad estimated that the “catch” on Monday would  have fetched about 400 million euros (nearly $450 million) in street sales. The police said in a statement

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy’s right-wing government is pressing ahead with plans to crack down on migrants after hundreds arrived in the last few days. Most of them were rescued either by the Italian coast guard or a charity boat. Still others arrived on Italian shores without help, including some spotted

LONDON (AP) — Senegalese singer-songwriter Baaba Maal has been named a goodwill ambassador for the U.N. Covention to Combat Desertification. Maal has long been an activist on climate change and refugees. Since 2003, he has been committed to various development challenges in Africa, working with different U.N. family organizations. The veteran musician released his first

By OLIVIA SANCHEZ, The Hechinger Report NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — It’s almost 4 p.m. at the Nashville branch of the Tennessee College of Applied Technology, and the students in the auto collision repair night class are just starting their school day. One is sanding the seal off the bed of his 1989 Ford F-350. Another

BANGKOK (AP) — Officials in Thailand say a freak storm in the country’s south has capsized a dozen fishing boats and killed at least three people. More than 100 others who were also at sea have been accounted for. Seven people were injured after the sudden storm off the coast of Nakhon Si Thammarat province

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Defending Boston Marathon champion Evans Chebet wasn’t focused on beating Eliud Kipchoge, the world record holder considered the greatest marathoner of all time. Conquering the course was the goal. Chebet won the world’s oldest and most prestigious marathon on Monday for the second year in a

By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet If you’re going to need a home loan in retirement — to buy your next house or replace the mortgage you’ve got — you’re far better off applying while you’re still working if you can. Even with good credit scores and solid income, retirees can find it more difficult to

BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s wife says she is stepping down as the education minister of the region where the couple lives, citing disagreement in her party over a policy proposal. Britta Ernst has been education minister in the eastern state of Brandenburg, which surrounds Berlin, since 2017. Like Scholz, she is a

By ALI ABDUL-HASSAN and ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq has offered to mediate between Ukraine and Russia to try resolve the war in Europe, but Ukraine’s top diplomat rejected the offer during a rare visit to Baghdad. Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba reiterated on Monday his country’s position that it would not engage

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer Anthony Davis scared Los Angeles Lakers fans by grabbing at his right shoulder and saying he couldn’t move his arm. Luckily for the Lakers, Davis worked through a mere stinger in time to return for the start of the third quarter of a big road win over the

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer The NHL playoffs are going on without Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin for the first time since their rookie year in 2006. But that doesn’t mean the chase for the Stanley Cup isn’t packed with star power. Nathan MacKinnon and the Colorado Avalanche are trying to go back to

By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — A lot was happening in March 1965 in the bungalow in Selma, Alabama, that then-4-year-old Jawana Jackson called home, and much of it involved her “Uncle Martin.” There were late-night visitors, phone calls and meetings at the house that was a safe haven for the Rev.

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia has delivered the remaining nine of the 13 Soviet-era MiG-29 fighter jets that it promised to Ukraine. The Slovak Defense Ministry says the warplanes were transported overland for security reasons. The first four were flown from Slovakia to Ukraine by Ukrainian pilots on March 23. Defense Minister Jaroslav Nad says:

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press Every day, Americans donate their time, skills and energy to their communities by volunteering with nonprofit organizations. The Associated Press interviewed five volunteers about what motivated them to get involved and why they think more people don’t give their time. Recently released data from the U.S. Census and AmeriCorps showed

By The Associated Press A Russian court has convicted top opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza, Jr. of treason for publicly denouncing Moscow’s war in Ukraine and sentenced him to 25 years in prison. It was the latest move in the Kremlin’s relentless crackdown on anyone who dares to criticize the invasion. Kara-Murza has rejected the charges

By RIAZ KHAN Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say a Chinese national has been arrested on blasphemy charges after he allegedly insulted Islam and the Prophet Muhammad. Under Pakistan’s controversial blasphemy laws, the charge carries the death penalty. Pakistani police on Monday identified the man only as Mr. Tian. They said he

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Saudi-led military coalition has freed 104 more prisoners captured in Yemen’s war, a unilateral release that followed an organized prisoner swap amid renewed diplomatic efforts to halt the conflict. The International Committee of the Red Cross said it flew on Monday 96 released detainees from Saudi Arabia’s Abha

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong says her country is working to stabilize relations with China but can’t return to the thriving economic relationship with its biggest trading partner that existed 15 years ago. Wong told Australia’s National Press Club on Monday that bilateral relations that existed when