Month: June 2023

By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — People are hungry for accurate and reliable information online and may just need help to find it, according to a new media literacy project launched by Microsoft. The tech company worked with the Trust Project, a nonprofit consortium of news organizations, to create advertisements directing internet users

By JESSE BEDAYN and COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A shooting in downtown Denver amid fans celebrating the Nuggets’ first NBA championship win was likely sparked by a drug deal gone wrong, police said Tuesday. The violence left 10 people wounded, including one of two people arrested in connection with the shooting. All

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher on Wednesday after a cooler reading on U.S. inflation fueled hopes the Federal Reserve will postpone a possible interest rate hike. Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney rose. Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 index gained 0.7% to a 14-month

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s National Center for Seismology says a 5.4 magnitude earthquake struck the eastern India-controlled Kashmir region sending tremors throughout New Delhi and parts of northern India. The quake on Tuesday had its epicenter in Doda, a small town in Indian-controlled Jammu and Kashmir. It was at a depth of 6 kilometers

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The United Nations Development Program says it’s secured an insurance coverage to start a ship-to-ship transfer of 1.1 million barrels of crude from a rusting tanker moored off the coast of war-torn Yemen — oil that could cause a major environmental disaster. The UNDP says the insurance

By JIM GOMEZ AND JOEAL CALUPITAN Associated Press SANTO DOMINGO, Philippines (AP) — Truckloads of villagers on Tuesday fled Philippine communities close to the erupting Mayon Volcano, traumatized by the sight of red-hot lava flowing down its crater and fearful of sporadic blasts of ash. Nearly 15,000 people have left the mostly poor farming communities

By LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A leading rights group says the World Bank and Jordan are using a “flawed” algorithm to calculate aid for the kingdom, excludes some people who are impoverished, hungry or otherwise struggling. The report by Human Rights Watch released Tuesday says the automated program profiles and ranks the

By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police have arrested a man who allegedly spray-painted graffiti on the wall and gate of the U.S. Consulate. Photos from local media showed the English word “hegemony” and the Chinese words for “double standards” painted in white on the gate and a nearby wall.

By JILL LAWLESS and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British police say a knife-wielding assailant stabbed two college students to death in the streets of Nottingham and then fatally stabbed a middle-aged man, stole his van and ran down three pedestrians in a shocking early morning rampage. Police say a 31-year-old man was

By SIBI ARASU and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — Pakistan’s army and civil authorities are planning to evacuate 80,000 people to safety along the country’s southern coast before the arrival of Cyclone Biparjoy. Thousands in neighboring western India already have sought shelter. The cyclone The cyclone is forecast to slam ashore from

BERLIN (AP) — The Austrian Foreign Ministry says an Austrian man is being held in Afghanistan after he traveled to the country earlier this year. The ministry confirmed in an emailed response to a query about the case that the man went to Afghanistan in May and was arrested there. It noted that Austria has

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press KOWACH, South Sudan (AP) — Martha Nyanguour didn’t have time to bury her husband, son or granddaughter when they were killed by gunfire in September. Instead, the 50-year-old paid her respects by throwing bits of grass over their bodies, grabbed her remaining children and fled. It had taken years for

By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Check fraud is back in a big way, fueled by a rise in organized crime that is forcing small businesses and individuals to take additional safety measures or to avoid sending checks through the mail altogether. Banks issued roughly 680,000 reports of check fraud to

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mostly higher Tuesday ahead of a U.S. inflation update and a Federal Reserve decision on another possible interest rate hike. Shanghai declined while Tokyo and Hong Kong advanced. Oil prices rebounded from Monday’s plunge. Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 index rose 0.9%

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Toyota says it plans to make an all solid-state battery as part of ambitious plans for battery electric vehicles, amid mounting criticism Japan’s top automaker needs to do more to fight climate change. Toyota said on Tuesday it is aiming for a commercial next-generation battery as

DORSET, Vt. (AP) — Actor Treat Williams, whose nearly 50-year career included starring roles in the TV series “Everwood” and the movie “Hair,” died Monday after a motorcycle crash in Vermont, state police said. He was 71. Shortly before 5 p.m., a Honda SUV was turning left into a parking lot when it collided with

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAINT-LOUIS-DU-SUD, Haiti (AP) — Mylouise Veillard was 10 when her mother dropped her off at an orphanage in southern Haiti and promised her a better life. For three years, Mylouise slept on a concrete floor. When she was thirsty, she walked to a community well and hauled heavy buckets of

BEIJING (AP) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has begun a visit to China that comes as Beijing is seeking a larger role in Mideast politics and competing for energy resources. Abbas arrived Tuesday morning on a four-day visit. In announcing the visit, China’s Foreign Ministry said China was willing to help broker relations between the

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The United States military says a helicopter accident in northeastern Syria over the weekend has left 22 U.S. service members injured to various degree. The military said the cause of Sunday’s “mishap” was under investigation. It says no enemy fire was reported. The statement said 10 service

By ERIC TUCKER, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Donald Trump became the first former president to face a judge on federal charges as he pleaded not guilty in a Miami courtroom Tuesday to dozens of felony counts accusing him of hoarding classified documents and refusing government demands to

By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Kara Murphy, a transgender woman helping to organize the Union County Pride in a suburb of Charlotte, North Carolina, is heartened to see Pride celebrations across the country, big and small, shining a spotlight on transgender rights this year. “When we look and see who’s standing

By AMY BETH HANSON and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Young people challenging Montana officials over inaction on climate change are expected back in state court on Tuesday in a first-of-a kind trial of a lawsuit that environmentalists hope will spur changes in the fossil fuel-friendly state. State officials have sought to

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumer prices in the United States cooled last month, rising just 0.1% from April to May and extending the past year’s steady easing of inflation. At the same time, some measures of underlying price pressures remained high. Measured year over year, inflation slowed to just 4%

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom sparred with Fox News host Sean Hannity on Monday night, insisting President Joe Biden is physically fit for a second term as president while refusing to say whether supporters have urged him to run against Biden on the 2024 ballot. Asked if

CESSNOCK, Australia (AP) — Police allege a bus driver was driving too fast when the vehicle rolled on its side in heavy fog, killing 10 wedding guests and injuring 25 others in an Australian wine region. Brett Andrew Button was driving 35 passengers on a 20-minute journey from a wedding reception at the Wandin Estate

CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker says Amtrak travel between Chicago and St. Louis is about to get 15 minutes quicker thanks to a high-speed rail project allowing trains to reach speeds of 110 mph. Pritzker said Monday the higher speeds take effect June 26 and will reduce the duration of the trip from

By KEVIN FREKING and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy appeared Monday to have resolved, for now, an impasse with some of the more conservative members of his caucus who had brought the chamber to a standstill last week. McCarthy met with nearly a dozen lawmakers in his office in

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Navajo Nation Attorney General Ethel Branch says Navajo law enforcement teams that fanned out over metro Phoenix in recent weeks made contact with several hundred Native Americans from various tribes living on the streets amid a state crackdown on Medicaid fraud that recruited them to unlicensed sober

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — An autopsy report says the shooter who killed three children and three adults at a Nashville Christian school died from gunshot wounds to the head, torso and other parts of the body. The autopsy released Monday said the manner of death of 28-year-old Audrey Hale was

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pat Sajak is taking one last spin on “Wheel of Fortune,” announcing Monday that its upcoming season will be his last as host. Sajak announced his retirement from the venerable game show in a tweet. “Well, the time has come. I’ve decided that our 41st season, which begins in September, will

By REGINA GARCIA CANO and MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A custody battle has broken out among relatives of four Indigenous children who survived a plane crash and 40 harrowing days alone in the Amazon rainforest in an extraordinary showing of youthful resilience that captivated people around the world. The siblings, ranging

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press Two men who were active-duty members of the Marines Corps when they stormed the U.S. Capitol pleaded guilty on Monday to riot-related criminal charges. Joshua Abate and Dodge Dale Hellonen are scheduled to be sentenced in September by U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes. Both pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count

By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A bench trial has begung in Fargo in the federal lawsuit brought last year by two Native American tribes challenging North Dakota’s redistricting map the GOP-led Legislature approved in 2021. The Turtle Mountain and Spirit Lake tribes argue the map dilutes their members’ voting strength and