Month: April 2023

By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Willow branches in hand, Ukrainians marked Palm Sunday in the country’s most revered Orthodox site that has been at the heart of a religious dispute playing out in parallel with Russia’s war on Ukraine. Dozens of worshippers filled the grand Refectory Church of Anthony and Theodosius

PARIS (AP) — Four people have died in an avalanche in the French Alps, according to France’s interior minister. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said the death toll was a provisional count. The avalanche rolled down the Armancette glacier in Contamines-Montjoie, in the Haute-Savoie region on Sunday. Darmanin didn’t provide any other details, but the Alps

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Tiger Woods withdrew from the Masters before the resumption of the third round because of an injury Sunday, ending his streak of completing all 72 holes of every tournament he has played at Augusta National as a professional. The tournament announced about 90 minutes before

By LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer CHICAGO (AP) — The first openly gay person to lead the American Medical Association takes the reins at a fractious time for U.S. health care. Transgender patients and those seeking abortion care face restrictions in many places. The medical judgment of physicians is being overridden by state laws. Disinformation

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Saudi officials are in Yemen’s capital for talks with the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, part of international efforts to find a negotiated settlement to Yemen’s nine-year war. The Houthi-run SABA news agency says Saudi officials have met with the Houthis’ top political official. It says an Omani delegation

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Police have warned people in Hamburg, Germany, to close their windows early after a large fire that engulfed several warehouses sent black, chemical-laden smoke drifting over the city. German news agency dpa said the fire broke out around 4:30 a.m. Sunday in the eastern part of Germany’s second-largest city. The smoke

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese state media say electric car maker Tesla Inc. plans to build a factory in Shanghai to produce power-storage devices for sale worldwide. The reports say Tesla made the announcement at a signing ceremony in Shanghai, where the company operates an auto factory. Plans call for annual production of 10,000 Megapack units.

By The Associated Press Police in Florida say four people including a child are dead after a suspect shot three victims and then was killed by police after opening fire on officers responding to a domestic violence report. The Orlando Police Department says officers heard gunshots inside a home before the suspect exited and shot

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Pakistani military says a roadside bomb killed two soldiers in the country’s northwest. Pakistan is witnessing increased attacks on security forces after a banned militant group ended a cease-fire with the government last November. The two soldiers died after an improvised explosive device struck their vehicle in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on

CHRISTIANA, Del. (AP) — A Delaware mall shooting left three people injured and forced shoppers to evacuate as police investigate. Delaware State Police said authorities do not have a suspect in custody in the shooting at the Christiana Mall, in a northern community near Pennsylvania. “We can confirm that there are 3 victims who were

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer As Deshaun Watson prepares for his second season with Cleveland, his legal troubles in Houston linger. The Browns quarterback is scheduled to give a deposition on Monday in one of the two remaining civil lawsuits filed against him for sexual misconduct. According to court documents filed in Harris County,

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Unified School District workers have approved a labor deal following a three-day strike over wages and staffing that halted education for students in one of the nation’s largest school systems. The agreement, which was voted on this week, would increase wages by 30% for workers who are paid an

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Saturday that he is seeking to pardon a U.S. Army sergeant who was convicted of murder in the 2020 fatal shooting of an armed protester during nationwide protests against police violence and racial injustice. Abbott tweeted that because the state constitution limits him to a pardon

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House Select Committee on China said Saturday the U.S. must take seriously the threat posed to Taiwan, as Beijing launched military drills around the island in the aftermath of the Taiwanese president’s meetings with American lawmakers. Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., who attended

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and KEN MILLER Associated Press Emma Hernandez is defiant even if she fears what may come in the latest stage of the nation’s fight over abortion: a widening prohibition to safe and legal ways to end unwanted pregnancies, including access to abortion pills. Competing rulings by two federal judges over the

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Award-winning cyclist Ethan Boyes died after being struck by a car at a national park in San Francisco, the U.S. Park Police said Saturday. The athlete was hit while riding his bike Tuesday afternoon around Presidio, a historic park south of the Golden Gate Bridge, authorities said. Boyes was taken to

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels say Saudi Arabia released 13 war prisoners. The Houthis say the prisoners arrived Saturday in the capital, Sanaa. They say the prisoners were released in exchange of a Saudi prisoner who the Houthis freed earlier. Omani officials, meanwhile, landed in Sanaa for talks with

NORTH RIM, Ariz. (AP) — Officials at Grand Canyon National Park are delaying the opening of the North Rim to visitors for the 2023 season. Like other parts of the West, northern Arizona received an abundance of snow over the winter, and park officials say pushing back the opening from mid-May to June 2 will

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Thousands of Israelis gathered for a weekly demonstration against the government’s contentious judicial overhaul plans despite security concerns stemming from a surge in Israeli-Palestinian violence. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has put the plans on hold last month as the protests gained huge momentum and united large swaths of Israeli society

By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said its forces attacked targets in Syria early Sunday after six rockets were launched from Syrian territory in two batches toward Israel in a rare attack from Israel’s northeastern neighbor. After the second barrage of three rockets, Israel initially said it responded with artillery

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Visitors at the Memphis Zoo said goodbye Saturday to giant panda Ya Ya during a farewell party ahead of her departure back to China. Highlighted by Chinese cultural performances, the sendoff marked the end of a 20-year loan agreement with the Chinese Association of Zoological Gardens that landed Ya Ya in

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis returned to public view on Saturday, presiding over Easter vigil Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, a day after unseasonably chilly weather in Rome convinced the recently ailing pontiff to skip Good Friday’s nighttime procession at the Colosseum. The evening basilica service began in darkness.

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A 19th century “anti-vice” law is at the center of a new court ruling that threatens access to the leading abortion drug in the U.S. Dormant for a half-century, the Comstock Act has been revived by anti-abortion groups and conservative states seeking to block the mailing

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — A British performance of “The Bodyguard” musical ended in unrequited love for some audience members who couldn’t refrain from singing along to the anthemic finale. The show at the Palace Theatre in Manchester screeched to a halt Friday when two unruly patrons were ejected for joining the lead in singing “I

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Jazz saxophonist and music teacher Edward “Kidd” Jordan died in his sleep Friday, surrounded by family at his New Orleans home. Family publicist Vincent Sylvain said Jordan grew up in Crowley before moving to New Orleans where he became a professor at Southern University of New Orleans and later chaired the