Month: June 2023

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway’s top court has ruled that the son of a Russian businessman close to President Vladimir Putin violated a law by flying drones over the Arctic last year. The Supreme Court’s decision Friday overnturns a lower court’s ruling that decided such flights were permitted. The high court said “the flight ban

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Inflation in Europe slid again in June but fell too slowly to offer much relief to shoppers grumbling over price tags. It also won’t stop more interest rate hikes that will raise the cost of borrowing across the economy. The European Union statistics agency said

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer Colleges across the country will be forced to stop considering race in admissions under Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling, ending affirmative action policies that date back decades. Schools that have relied on race-conscious admissions policies to build diversity will have to rethink how they admit students. It’s expected to result

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government says companies that produce machines that make advanced semiconductor processor chips will be required to have export licenses before they can sell them overseas starting in September. The government said Friday that the new measure, which was first announced in March, “is

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Patients who take the autoimmune disease treatment Humira may see some price relief when several lower-cost, biosimilar versions of the AbbVie drug reach the U.S. market in July. But lower pharmacy bills may not happen right away for some patients, if at all. It’ll depend largely on how pharmacy

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Newly formed Hurricane Beatriz is sweeping along Mexico’s southwestern Pacific coast, threatening heavy rain for several southern states. The U.S. National Hurricane Center saysthe storm was centered 50 miles south-southeast of Manzanillo late Friday and had maximum sustained winds of 85 mph. Beatriz is moving northwest at 12 mph and is

By ZARAR KHAN Associated PRess ISLAMABAD (AP) — The International Monetary Fund has agreed to provide $3 billion to Pakistan — a badly needed relief to bail out the impoverished country’s ailing economy. In a statement issued late Thursday, a top IMF official said the nine-month agreement must be approved by the IMF’s Executive Board,

By STEFANIE DAZIO and FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gabriel Trujillo’s family says he was killed in Mexico during a research trip. The 31-year-old Ph.D. student at the University of California, Berkeley, was studying the common buttonbush to learn how the flowering shrub is native to Canada, the U.S. and Mexico has

By RIAZAT BUTT and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Billboards line the Umm Al Qura highway leading to the Grand Mosque in Mecca, displaying manicured public spaces, glass-fronted stores and sleek towers. It’s part of a $26 billion project to bring more Muslims to the holy city’s high-end hotels, residences, retailers

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican lawmakers and Gov. Bill Lee have approved hundreds of laws in Tennessee this year. Many of the statutes take effect Saturday, including measures on health care for transgender children, police accountability and school safety. Notably, the first proposal introduced by lawmakers is

By LISA RATHKE Associated Press SHELBURNE, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont museum has acquired a more than 200-piece collection of Native American art. It is planning to construct a $12.6 million facility to house the pieces that make up a rare national collection in the Northeast. Officials from the Shelburne Museum say the donated collection

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has sent shockwaves through higher education with a landmark decision that struck down affirmative action and left colleges across the nation searching for new ways to promote student diversity. Leaders of scores of universities said Thursday that they were disappointed by what they

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The head of the U.N. children’s agency says close to half of Haiti’s people need humanitarian aid. That is an estimated 5.2 million people, including 3 million children. UNICEF executive director Catherine Russell also said Thursday that thousands of young Haitians face “staggering levels” of

By ALI SWENSON and JILL COLVIN Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The two leading contenders for the Republican presidential nomination have courted conservative women at the Moms for Liberty conference in Philadelphia . The presence of former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis at Friday’s event elevated a group that has gained substantial

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Heat waves like the one that engulfed parts of parts of the South and Midwest and killed more than a dozen people are becoming more common, and experts say the extreme weather events, which claim more lives than hurricanes and tornadoes, will likely increase in the future.

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press COLUMBIA FALLS, Maine (AP) — In the United States, many people view bigger as better. But some residents of a tiny community in Maine are balking at measuring patriotism by the size of a flagpole. Situated at the nation’s eastern tip, Maine’s Down East region is the place where the

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press COLUMBIA FALLS, Maine (AP) — Lobster boat engines rumble to life in quiet coves. Lumberjacks trudge deep into the woods. Farmers tend expanses of wild blueberries. Maine’s Down East region is where the sunlight first kisses the East Coast of the United States each day, where the vast wilderness and

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press OCEAN CITY, N.J. (AP) — Officials and residents of several New Jersey shore towns say the state’s law decriminalizing marijuana use is having an unintended effect: emboldening large groups of teenagers to run amok on beaches and boardwalks, knowing there is little chance of them getting in trouble for it.

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — In Japan, a nation reputed for loyalty to companies and lifetime employment, people who job-hop are often viewed as quitters. And that’s considered shameful. Enter “taishoku daiko,” or “job-leaving agents.” Dozens of such services have sprung up in the last several years to help people who simply

By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Elián González has the same big, expressive eyes he did 23 years ago when an international custody battle transformed him into the face of the long-strained relations between Cuba and the United States. Now 29, González is stepping into Cuban politics. He recently entered his country’s congress

By SYLVIE CORBET, JOHN LEICESTER and LEWIS JOLY Associated Press NANTERRE, France (AP) — Young rioters clashed with police and looted stores overnight Friday in a fourth night of unrest in France triggered by the deadly police shooting of a teen, piling more pressure on President Emmanuel Macron after he appealed to parents to keep

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Officials say a key dam in Puerto Rico that was severely damaged by Hurricane Maria will be rebuilt and improved. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will work with Puerto Rico’s Electric Power Authority on the multimillion-dollar project that is expected to take a decade. Priorities include installing an

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s health authorities have belatedly released a report showing a significant spike in heat-related fatalities in the last two weeks. The report was released late on Wednesday and comes after the country’s president repeatedly downplayed the deaths from the recent heat wave. The Health Department normally issues a report on heat-related

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A former Catholic priest with a lengthy career at parishes across New Mexico has been arrested on criminal charges of coercion and enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity through text messages. The U.S. attorney’s office and FBI field office in Albuquerque announced Thursday that Daniel Balizan of

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Hiroshima and Pearl Harbor, two symbols of World War II animosity between Japan and the United States, are now promoting peace and friendship through a sister park arrangement. U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel and Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui signed a sister park agreement on Thursday for

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a man arrested earlier this month in California has been returned to Florida to face charges in the 1984 killing of a woman. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said 65-year-old Donald Santini was booked into a Florida jail early Wednesday morning on a charge of first-degree murder. Florida authorities

ROME (AP) — Italian police on Thursday said they believe the man filmed while engraving his name and that of his apparent girlfriend last week on the ancient Roman Colosseum is a tourist who lives in Britain. The identification was made using photographic comparisons, Italian Carabinieri said in a press release. The statement did not

By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A man armed with explosive materials and weapons, and wanted for crimes related to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, was arrested Thursday in the Washington neighborhood where former President Barack Obama lives, law enforcement officials said. Taylor Taranto, 37, was spotted by law

By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — It was a report two years in the making — one that details how California, a state that never officially sanctioned slavery, can confront decades of policies that have kept Black residents from living in the neighborhoods they choose, being treated fairly at doctor’s