Month: June 2023

By JEFF AMY and BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A right-wing Republican Party faction in Georgia is seeking to punish GOP officials it considers ideological traitors by banning them from future primary ballots. The plan could be voted on at the state Republican convention, which opens Friday in Columbus. Donald Trump is supposed

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The archbishop of Canterbury has urged the Anglican Church of Uganda to reject the country’s new anti-homosexuality law. Archbishop Justin Welby says the Anglican Church of Uganda’s support for the legislation was a “fundamental departure” from the global Anglican movement’s commitment to protect the dignity of all

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian health officials say Israeli forces have shot and killed a Palestinian man at a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank. The Israeli army said Friday the man attacked a solider, wounded him lightly and tried to steal his weapons. Another solider shot the alleged Palestinian attacker. The Palestinian Health

By AHMAD MANTASH Associated Press KFAR CHOUBA, Lebanon (AP) — Israeli soldiers have fired tear gas to disperse scores of stone-throwing protesters along the border with Lebanon, leaving some demonstrators and troops with breathing problems. Friday’s tension near the Lebanese village of Kfar Chouba began earlier this week over Israeli digging in the area that

By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — The world’s first lipstick. The first modern perfume. The first Nivea cream. These are some of the treasures held in Guerlain’s first archive, which brings stories from the iconic French cosmetic company’s sensational past to life. The “warehouse of wonders” is shrouded in secrecy and hidden

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United Nations World Food Program says it is temporarily suspending food aid to Ethiopia because its supplies are being diverted. The announcement on Friday came a day after the United States Agency for International Development said it was doing the same. Some 20 million of Ethiopia’s 120 million people rely

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press FORT LIBERTY, N.C. (AP) — President Joe Biden traveled to the recently renamed Fort Liberty in North Carolina on Friday to sign an executive order that aims to bolster job opportunities for military and veteran spouses whose careers are often disrupted by their loved ones’ deployments. Less than 100 miles

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Two giant inflatable ducks made a splash in Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbor on Friday, marking the return of a pop-art project that sparked a frenzy in the city a decade ago. The two 18-meter-tall yellow ducks by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman resemble the bath toys many

By JAMEY KEATEN and JOANNA KOZLOWSKA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin says Ukrainian troops have started their long-expected counteroffensive. His comments Friday that Kiev’s forces suffered significant losses came just hours after a string of drone strikes inside Russian territory. Such strikes have been exposing vulnerabilities in Russia’s air defenses.

By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s president recently announced that national elections will take place on Aug. 23. The elections present an opportunity for change for many Zimbabweans battered by economic hardships and frustrated by President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s failure to fulfil promises of reform, six years after a coup that brought

ROME (AP) — The Vatican says Pope Francis is “progressively improving” and sitting in an armchair working. That follows surgery this week to remove intestinal scar tissue and repair a hernia in his abdominal wall. The Vatican spokesman said Francis had breakfast and read the newspapers from his armchair Friday. The Vatican quoted doctors as

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press LE PECQ, France (AP) — The attacker slashed at the 24-year-old man with the knife that he used to savagely stab one young child after another. But rather than run, Henri held his ground — using a weighty backpack he was carrying to swing at the assailant and fend off

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine troops, police and rescue workers began forcibly evacuating residents near Mayon Volcano on Friday as its increasing unrest indicated a violent eruption of one of the country’s most active volcanoes is possible within weeks or days. The area within a 6-kilometer (3.7-mile) radius of Mayon’s crater is supposed to be

By JACK JEFFERY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s government says the U.N. envoy to the country, a key negotiator in its brutal conflict, is no longer welcome. The announcement late Thursday comes weeks after the head of the country’s military, Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan, demanded in a letter that envoy Volker Perthes be removed

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — For Cypriots, it was a collective “here we go again” moment: In April, the U.S. and the U.K. included a handful of Cypriot nationals and Cyprus-registered companies on a list of “enablers” helping Russian oligarchs skirt sanctions. It was an unwelcome reminder of the lingering perception

By TIFFANY STANLEY Associated Press GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — As Ron DeSantis wrapped up a 12-stop campaign tour that began in an Iowa evangelical church and ended here in a South Carolina convention center, dozens of pastors met backstage to pray for the presidential candidate. Later, to the 1,500 people in the auditorium, DeSantis closed

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A little white pill has given Syrian President Bashar Assad powerful leverage with his Arab neighbors, who have been willing to bring him out of pariah status in hopes he will stop the flow of highly addictive Captagon amphetamines out of Syria. Western governments have been frustrated

By TIFFANY STANLEY Associated Press GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — As Ron DeSantis wrapped up a 12-stop campaign tour that began in an Iowa evangelical church and ended here in a South Carolina convention center, dozens of pastors met backstage to pray for the presidential candidate. Later, to the 1,500 people in the auditorium, DeSantis closed

By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon has long been known as a mecca for high-quality marijuana, but that reputation has come with a downside: illegal growers who offer huge amounts of cash to lease or buy land and then leave behind pollution, garbage and a drained water table. Now, a bill

By BEN FINLEY, PETER SMITH and DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Pat Robertson united tens of millions of evangelical Christians through the power of television and pushed them in a far more conservative direction with the personal touch of a folksy minister. His biggest impact may have been wedding evangelical Christianity to

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Drake could make an impactful mark at the BET Awards later this month. The chart-topping performer scored seven nominations at the show airing live on June 25 in Los Angeles. He’s up for best male hip-hop artist, male R&B/pop artist along with best collaboration

By JEFF McMURRAY and ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Sadaf Zahoor has bucked California’s car culture by never owning one, yet she and other residents who rely on public transit worry its bleak financial outlook could soon leave them standing at empty train stations and bus stops. The agencies running the public

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press A judge overseeing the case against Bryan Kohberger, charged with killing four University of Idaho students last fall, heard arguments Friday over a gag order that largely bars attorneys and other parties in the case from speaking with news reporters. A coalition of more than 30 media organizations has challenged

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is studying the history books and considering the appointment of a mix of lawmakers and business leaders as he lays the groundwork for a new commission to tackle the nation’s growing debt. McCarthy is fresh off his biggest political victory since becoming speaker

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer DEPTFORD, N.J. (AP) — Baseball is steeped in the tradition of fans wanting to jeer the umpire.  One Little League in New Jersey is taking a more hands-on approach. It’s trying to curb the appetite among the crowd watching 10- and 11-year-olds play baseball who curse at the unpaid

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer DEPTFORD, N.J. (AP) — Back in Mudville, when mighty Casey took an unheeded pitch for a strike, there went up a muffled roar: “`Kill him! Kill the umpire!’ shouted someone on the stand.” Even in 1888, well before pitch clocks, $17 beers and instant replay, a common thread for

By ERIC TUCKER, JILL COLVIN, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Donald Trump improperly stored in his Florida estate sensitive documents on nuclear capabilities, repeatedly enlisted aides and lawyers to help him hide records demanded by investigators and cavalierly showed off a Pentagon “plan of attack” and classified map, according

By MALAK HARB Associated Press ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Restoration efforts are underway in the United Arab Emirates as coral reefs face threats in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. Environment Agency Abu Dhabi is re-planting corals after growing them in nurseries, while Dubai has announced it will plant 1