Month: June 2023

MONTREAL (AP) — Quebec provincial police say a fishing excursion ended in tragedy when four children died in a village in northeastern Quebec. Authorities say they were still searching for a missing man in his 30s who was a member of the fishing party and remained unaccounted for. The bodies of the four children were

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The award-winning film “20 Days in Mariupol” made its premiere in Ukraine on Saturday, when it was seen for the first time by some of the Ukrainian medics and first responders who were chronicled in the documentary about how Russian forces bombed and blasted their way

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) — Police in Florida have arrested one man and announced arrest warrants for two others believed to be the gunmen who opened fire along a crowded beachside promenade on Memorial Day. The shooting wounded nine people and sent others scrambling for cover. The Hollywood Police Department on Saturday said authorities have arrested

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Police in Juneau, Alaska, say three people were found dead over the course of three days on board a vessel anchored offshore. Police said Saturday that a 34-year-old woman reported on Wednesday that she found her 51-year-old friend dead on board the boat. His body has been sent to Anchorage for

By COSTAS KANTOURIS Associated Press THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Five police officers accused of cooperating with human traffickers to facilitate the entry of at least 100 migrants into Greece are being held in custody pending trial. Authorities say the officers assisted in at least 12 illegal border crossings, collaborating with four traffickers of undetermined nationality

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A federal appeals court has vacated a stay of execution granted to a Missouri inmate who was convicted of killing two jailers. The order issued Friday reinstates the death penalty for 42-year-old Michael Tisius. He is scheduled to be executed on Tuesday. Tisius was convicted of killing two Randolph County jailers

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Thousands of people have rallied for a fifth time in a month after two mass shootings in Serbia that shook the nation, even as the country’s populist president rejected any responsibility and ignored their demands to step down. The crowd, chanting slogans against President Aleksandar Vucic,

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — A wildfire that forced thousands of residents from their homes in Canada’s Atlantic Coast province of Nova Scotia is now contained, while a second wildfire remains out of control, officials said Sunday. Nova Scotia’s natural resources department said the Tantallon fire northwest of Halifax is now under control, meaning it

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police have detained eight people on the eve of the 34th anniversary of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown. The arrests are a sign of the city’s shrinking freedom of expression. Police said late Saturday that four people had been arrested for allegedly disrupting order in

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The head of St. Peter’s Basilica performed a special rite Saturday after a man stripped naked and hopped on the main altar with the words “Save children of Ukraina” written on his back. Cardinal Mauro Gambetti performed the penitential rite following the desecration of the altar with other priests and members

By EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Officials say one person has died and 14 were rescued after an overloaded boat traveling without authorization capsized near Haiti’s southern coast. Auguste Sony, an inspector with Haiti’s Maritime and Navigation Service, told The Associated Press Saturday that the search is still ongoing. He said the

By MICHELLE L. PRICE, HANNAH FINGERHUT and THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Amid plates of sliced pork, statement-making leather ensembles and piles of political T-shirts, eight Republican presidential hopefuls descended on Iowa to pitch themselves to voters and, in Mike Pence’s case, hop on a motorcycle. The former vice president and

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A top Twitter executive responsible for safety and content moderation has left the company, her departure coming soon after owner Elon Musk publicly complained about the platform’s handling of posts about transgender topics. The departure pointed to a fresh wave of turmoil among key officials at Twitter since Musk took over

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) — The second leg of Manchester City’s treble mission is secure. Add the FA Cup, after a 2-1 win over great rival Manchester United on Saturday, to its latest Premier League title. Now only a first ever Champions League title stands between City and immortality in English

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A slate of gun control measures is headed to Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont’s desk. The state Senate debated through the night and voted early Saturday to approve the state’s most wide-ranging gun legislation since the laws that followed the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting. The Democratic governor plans to sign the

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman said Saturday that journalists from countries that Russia regards as unfriendly have been banned from covering this year’s economic forum in St. Petersburg, one of the country’s showpiece events. The move underlines the intensifying animosity between Russia and countries that have imposed sanctions connected to the fighting

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A son of Libya’s late leader Moammar Gadhafi, who has been held in Lebanon for more than seven years, has started a hunger strike to protest his detention without trial. Hannibal Gadhafi’s lawyer said Saturday that his client is serious and will continue with the hunger strike

BERLIN (AP) — Austria’s center-left Social Democrats have elected Hans Peter Doskozil as their new party leader Saturday, hoping to turn around the party’s fortunes ahead of expected parliamentary elections in the small Alpine nation next year. Doskozil, the governor of the southeastern Burgenland region of Austria, won 53% of the vote among party delegates

By BABACAR DIONE and SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s government says the number of people killed in clashes between police and supporters of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has now risen to 15, including two security officers. While Dakar was calmer on Saturday, clashes continued into the evening as protesters threw rocks

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Libyan activists say authorities in eastern Libya have rounded up thousands of migrants and amassed them in an area on the border with Egypt. They say the migrants, mostly from Egypt, were detained in raids over the past two days on trafficking warehouses in the border town

By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s prime minister had been scheduled to inaugurate an electrical semi-high-speed train equipped with a safety feature _ another step in the modernization of an antiquated railway that is the lifeline of the world’s most populous nation. Instead on Saturday, Narendra Modi traveled to eastern Odisha

By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Concerns around civilian safety spiked in Ukraine on Saturday, as officials announced that an inspection had found nearly a quarter of the country’s air-raid shelters locked or unusable, just days after a woman in Kyiv allegedly died waiting outside a shuttered shelter during a Russian missile

By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA (AP) — The Turkish defense ministry announced Saturday it will be sending a commando battalion to northern Kosovo in response to a NATO request for troops to help quell violent unrest. The request came from NATO’s Joint Force Command Naples, the ministry said in a press statement posted on

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is traveling to Mongolia at the end of the summer. The visit will be a first for a pontiff and one rich in geopolitical significance given Mongolia’s position sandwiched between Russia and China. The Vatican on Saturday confirmed the Aug. 31-Sept. 4 trip. The visit comes as Francis is