Month: April 2023

By JON MARCUS, The Hechinger Report When Santos Enrique Camara arrived at Shoreline Community College in Washington state to study audio engineering, he quickly felt lost. “It’s like a weird maze,” remembered Camara, who was 19 at the time and had finished high school with a 4.0 grade-point average. “You need help with your classes

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The blue-and-white Finnish flag rises outside NATO headquarters Tuesday afternoon, making Finland a member and doubling Russia’s border with the world’s biggest security alliance. The move is a strategic and political blow to President Vladimir Putin, who has long complained about NATO’s expansion toward Russia and partly

By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — This year, when the slavery-to-freedom story of Passover unfolds, mass demonstrations in Israel will be top of mind for many Jews around the globe. One Seder host plans to recite portions of Israel’s Declaration of Independence. Others will connect the traditional symbols on the Seder plate

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer WWE is saying goodbye to existing as a family-run business as it joins with the company that runs Ultimate Fighting Championship to create a $21.4 billion sports entertainment company. The deal announced Monday between Endeavor and World Wrestling Entertainment, on the heels of its biggest event of the year,

By JARI TANNER and DAVID KEYTON Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Finnish voters have given a boost to conservative parties in a weekend election, depriving the popular left-wing Prime Minister Sanna Marin of another term as the country prepares to make its historic entry into NATO in a day’s time. Marin won popularity for her

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine government has identified four new local military areas where rotational batches of American forces with their weapons will be allowed to stay indefinitely despite strong objections from China. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has approved an expansion of the U.S. military presence in the country by allowing American forces to

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Russian athletes are set to compete again in taekwondo at next month’s world championships. The decision by World Taekwondo’s ruling council could see Ukraine fulfil a threat by its government to boycott sporting events where athletes from Russia or Belarus are involved. Russia is strong in

By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet Good savers who take full advantage of their 401(k) plans and other tax-deductible retirement plans could be setting themselves up for unnecessarily high tax bills in retirement. This tax bomb could be set off because the retiree’s withdrawals will be taxable, and required minimum distributions could even force them into

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Burkina Faso’s military junta has expelled two journalists working for French media without reason, said the outlets. Sophie Douce, a French correspondent for Le Monde, and Agnes Faivre, correspondent for Liberation, were given 24 hours to leave the West African country with no explanation, said articles

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s prime minister has tweeted a message of support for former U.S. President Donald Trump. In the Twitter post on Monday, Viktor Orban urged Trump to “keep on fighting” as he faces a criminal indictment for making hush payments during his 2016 presidential campaign. “We are

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron says a new bill to be drafted this year will address end-of-life options. The move comes after a panel of citizens issued a report in favor of legalizing medically assisted suicide and euthanasia in the country. Macron on Monday vowed to “move forward toward a French model regarding

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The leaders of Egypt and Saudi Arabia have met in the Gulf kingdom in the first face-to-face discussions between the two men in months as the North African country battles a domestic economic crisis. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the de

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — It started with a letter that Martha Burk figured would never see the light of day. When she mentioned the all-male membership at Augusta National, the National Council of Women’s Organization didn’t even vote on whether to take action. “It was a very casual conversation

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — This year’s record-breaking women’s NCAA Tournament featured breakout stars, upsets and capped off with the flamboyant Kim Mulkey leading LSU to its first basketball championship. Mulkey’s unforgettable outfits were just one of several memorable moments. There was Caitlin Clark’s 40-point triple-double in the Elite Eight game,

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Teachers in England have rejected the government’s latest pay offer, raising the specter of more strikes and further disruptions for parents and children as double-digit inflation sparks labor unrest across the country. News that teachers had voted to reject the offer came as U.K. passport workers kicked

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Leave it to Snoop Dogg to emerge as the Most Valuable Performer of WrestleMania 39. During a weekend that saw World Wrestling Entertainment set a two-night attendance record for their signature event, the company on the verge of being sold and Roman Reigns remaining the

By COLLEEN LONG and JOSH BOAK Associated Press FRIDLEY, Minn. (AP) — President Joe Biden ventured to suburban Minneapolis on Monday to talk about factory jobs and contrast his agenda with “the last guy” who had his job. The “last guy,” as Biden calls Donald Trump, was simultaneously touching down in New York to become

GENEVA (AP) — The Swiss attorney general’s office says it has opened a probe into the events surrounding embattled bank Credit Suisse, which is to be taken over by rival UBS. Switzerland’s government and financial regulators helped engineer the hastily arranged, $3.25 billion agreement that will leave the country with a single huge global bank.

By JERRY HARMER Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Hundreds of would-be lawmakers in Thailand have begun the official registration process for the upcoming general election, a vote that will pit supporters of an exiled prime minister against the conservative political establishment and its allies in the military. Underscoring the political tensions, four protesters under the

By KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — A court has suspended a two-year prison sentence for Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi as he appeals his criminal conviction for mocking the prime minister’s surname. The conviction resulted in Gandhi’s expulsion from Parliament, dealing a huge blow to his Congress party ahead of general elections

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s presidential office has announced that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will pay a visit to Warsaw this week. The visit is scheduled for Wednesday and will begin with talks between Zelenskyy and his host, Polish President Andrzej Duda. It will be followed by a meeting with the public, according to the

By The Associated Press Russian authorities blamed Ukrainian intelligence agencies on Monday for orchestrating a bombing at a St. Petersburg cafe that killed a Russian military blogger who fervently supported Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, and they arrested a suspect. Ukrainian authorities did not directly respond to the accusation, but President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in reference

By ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French authorities see the police as protectors who ensure that citizens can peacefully protest President Emmanuel Macron’s contentious retirement age increase. But to human rights advocates and demonstrators who were clubbed or tear-gassed, officers have overstepped their mission. A man in Paris lost a testicle to an

BERLIN (AP) — Authorities say four people have been seriously hurt in an overnight fire at a hospital in Berlin, including a patient who sustained life-threatening injuries. A man was arrested on suspicion of starting the blaze. The fire service said that the fire on the third floor of the Klinikum am Urban in the

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Kosovo’s former president has pleaded not guilty to charges including murder, torture and persecution as he went on trial with three other former leaders of the Kosovo Liberation Army. Hashim Thaci resigned from office in 2020 to defend himself against the charges of crimes against

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer McDonald’s has closed its U.S. offices through Wednesday and told its corporate staff to work remotely as it prepares to announce a round of layoffs. In a memo to workers posted on the website TheLayoff.com, the Chicago-based burger giant said it wanted to “ensure the comfort and confidentiality of

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Disaster relief workers in Papua New Guinea are assessing the extent of damage in a remote region following a powerful magnitude 7.0 earthquake. The head of the Port Moresby Geophysical Observatory says some buildings and homes were destroyed near the epicenter of Monday’s quake in

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — As the trial of a woman charged in three killings in what prosecutors say was a doomsday-focused plot began Monday, attorneys asked potential jurors if they would have trouble being impartial after viewing autopsy photos of children. “This is a case that deals with murder. This

By SAM MEDNICK and MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — It was a walk 16-year-old Adama had done countless times, feeding the cows not far from his grandmother’s house in northern Burkina Faso. But one day in mid-February, the teen didn’t come home. The next time his family saw him, it was

By SAM MEDNICK and MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — It was a walk 16-year-old Adama had done countless times, feeding the cows not far from his grandmother’s house in northern Burkina Faso. But one day in mid-February, the teen who dreamed of becoming an imam didn’t come home. The next time

By WILL WEISSERT and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Ten years ago this month, Sen. Chuck Schumer declared, “We all know that our immigration system is broken, and it’s time to get to work on fixing it.” Sen. John McCain quoted Winston Churchill. But it was Lindsey Graham who offered the boldest

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More than two dozen Democratic members of Congress who are active on TikTok are now facing questions about whether they’ll continue to use it. Many are defending their presence on the platform, saying they have a responsibility as public officials to meet voters they wouldn’t otherwise reach.