Month: June 2023

By TARA COPP Associated Press AMERICAN CEMETERY, Normandy, France (AP) — U.S. Joint Chiefs chairman Gen. Mark Milley says fighting in Ukraine has increased, but he is cautioning against reading too much into each day’s operations. Milley says there’s activity throughout Russia-occupied Ukraine and fighting has picked up. He says there will be days with

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico lowered the alert level on the Popocatepetl volcano Tuesday after more than two weeks of its eruptions of gas and ash had drawn the attention of those living in its shadow and people around the world. The 17,797-foot (5,425-meter) mountain just 45 miles (about 70 kilometers) southeast of Mexico City

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — An official with Poland’s state broadcasting authority says it has received multiple complaints over the way state media covered a huge anti-government protest. State broadcaster TVP played down the size and significance of the weekend protest led by main opposition leader Donald Tusk in Warsaw. Hundreds

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A top aide to Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is joining Daniel Cameron’s gubernatorial campaign in Kentucky. Cameron is adding another political heavy hitter to his team in trying to defeat Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear in one of the nation’s most closely watched races. Terry Carmack,

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge temporarily blocked portions of a new Florida law championed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis that bans transgender minors from receiving puberty blockers, saying in a Tuesday ruling that gender identity is real and the state has no rational basis for denying patients treatment.

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is weighing in on the controversy over Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters and his recent performances in Germany that have been deemed antisemitic by some. The State Department said Tuesday that Waters has “a long track record of using antisemitic tropes to denigrate

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal magistrate ruled Tuesday to make public the names of the cosigners on indicted Rep. George Santos ’ $500,000 release bond, but said she’ll keep them secret for now to give his lawyer time to appeal the decision. U.S. Magistrate Judge Anne Shields’ ruling

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer The PGA Tour ended its expensive fight with Saudi Arabia’s golf venture and now is joining forces with it, making a stunning announcement Tuesday of a merger that creates a commercial operation with the Public Investment Fund and the European tour. As part of the deal, the sides immediately

By COURTNEY BONNELL and WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — The collapse of a major dam in southern Ukraine sent global prices of wheat and corn higher. The destruction has renewed market fears about the fragility of the country’s ability to ship food to Africa, the Middle East and parts of Asia as

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press MILLBURN, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s Canoe Brook Water Treatment plant produces 14 millions gallons of drinking water a day. Each one of those gallons weighs around 8 pounds , so it’s quickly apparent that a large amount of energy is needed to move water from a reservoir to the

By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai state enterprise that has been exporting electricity to neighboring Myanmar has cut off power to two border towns with notorious casino complexes that allegedly host major organized crime operations. The towns host gambling and entertainment complexes developed by Chinese investors that are accused of being

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The European Union is urging Afghan authorities to follow up on the poisoning of schoolgirls in the country’s northern region. Almost 80 pupils were hospitalized after two separate attacks at primary schools in Sar-e-Pul province. The EU on Tuesday called the poisonings a heinous crime that needs to be followed up

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The Vegas Golden Knights and Florida Panthers didn’t have much of a joint history on the ice before meeting in the Stanley Cup Final — just 10 regular-season games before the series opened Saturday. Off the ice, the teams were connected by tragedy just over

MOSCOW (AP) — A Moscow court has set the date for a new trial of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny that could keep him in prison for decades. The Moscow City Court held a preliminary hearing on Tuesday with the trial starting on June 19. Navalny’s spokeswoman said that the trial will be held

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is sanctioning a network of people and firms from Iran, China and Hong Kong associated with the alleged development of Iran’s ballistic missile program. The Treasury Department says the network of seven people and six firms “facilitated procurement of sensitive and critical parts and technology

COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP) — World War II veteran Jake Larson, a 100-year-old American best known on social media under the name “Papa Jake,” enjoyed giving hugs to the many fans he met during his trip to Normandy for D-Day commemorations. Larson, who has more than 600,000 followers on TikTok, attended a ceremony on Tuesday at

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Merck is suing the federal government over a plan to negotiate Medicare drug prices, calling the program a sham equivalent to extortion. The drugmaker is seeking to halt the program, which was laid out in the Inflation Reduction Act and is expected to save taxpayers billions of dollars in

By The Associated Press New Jersey voters will cast ballots in 21 primaries for state legislature on Tuesday. Democrats hold majorities in both chambers. Without any statewide races on the ballot, turnout is expected to be low. Races to watch include the Democratic primary in the 27th Senate District, which features two longtime incumbents who

By SARAH BRUMFIELD, JAKE OFFENHARTZ and BEN FINLEY Associated Press Only minutes into a doomed journey that ended on a remote Virginia mountain, the pilot of a business jet was not responding to air traffic control instructions and the situation was soon reported to a network that includes military, security and law enforcement agencies, according

By PAUL WISEMAN and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The global economy is likely slowing sharply this year, hobbled by high interest rates, the repercussions of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the lingering effects of the coronavirus pandemic. That’s the latest outlook of the World Bank, a 189-country anti-poverty agency, which estimates that

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America The Human Rights Campaign declared a state of emergency for LGBTQ+ people in the U.S. on Tuesday and released a guidebook pointing to laws it deems discriminatory in each state, along with “know your rights” information and resources to help people relocate to states with stronger LGBTQ+ protections.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Maria Sherman has been named The Associated Press’ music writer, a key position responsible for delivering news on a beat of global significance for the news cooperative. Her first day was Monday. Sherman will lead music coverage for the AP’s entertainment and lifestyles department, which boasts video, photo and text journalists

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s parliament has formally approved the new government proposed by two main political rivals — the GERB party of ex-Premier Boyko Borissov, which won the April general election, and the runner-up, the pro-European liberal coalition “We Continue the Change — Democratic Bulgaria.” They have agreed to form the first-ever Bulgarian government