Month: July 2023

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Republicans have rejected proposals to create a second majority Black voting…

By TARA COPP and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is sending additional fighter jets and a warship to the Strait of…

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — When student activists assembled in Florida last year for Turning Point Action’s…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Dozens of followers of Pakistan’s former prime minister and top opposition leader Imran Khan…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The young cardinal in charge of Mongolia’s tiny Catholic community says Pope Francis’…

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper says he’ll keep to a lower public profile this week after testing positive for COVID-19. The…

By DAVID BILLER Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian composer and pianist João Donato, who helped lay the groundwork for bossa nova…

By KATE BRUMBACK and JEFF AMY Associated Press HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) — A few hundred people gathered Monday for a vigil to remember four victims of a…

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A review of the status of a vanishing species of whale found that the animal’s…

PRAGUE Officials says two buses have collided on a highway in the southeastern Czech Republic, killing at least one person and injuring 76. Police…

By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Leaders from the Western Balkan countries are meeting informally in the Albanian capital,…

CAIRO (AP) — BBC’s employees in Cairo have gone on a three-day strike to demand equal pay with other colleagues in the Middle East as…

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Meta will face a hefty fine over advertising practices that violate user privacy,…

OGDENSBURG, N.Y. (AP) — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ogdensburg in northern New York says it is filing for bankruptcy protection. Ogdensburg and…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities say a Russian warplane crashed into the sea during a training mission and that its pilot died after ejecting. The…

CINCINNATI (AP) — Hall of Famer Johnny Bench apologized for an antisemitic comment made at an event to honor former Cincinnati Reds general manager…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — To get a sense of just how much animosity is flying around Hollywood these days, watch how Ron Perlman…

ANTIOCH, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say carnival rides were shut down at an Illinois festival after a 10-year-old boy was thrown from his seat and…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose is running for the U.S. Senate. The Republican’s…

LONDON (AP) — A pod of 55 pilot whales have died after they were found washed ashore on a beach in Scotland in the worst mass whale stranding in…

BERLIN (AP) — An American woman has been fined after attempting to bribe a police officer at the Munich airport’s passport control over the…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press MASSAPEQUA PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Detectives on Long Island are hunting for fresh clues about an architect arrested…

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Another experimental Alzheimer’s drug can modestly slow patients’ inevitable worsening…

By EDWIN KINDZEKA MOKI Associated Press YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — A regional governor says an attack by armed separatists killed at least 10 people…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.N.’s World Food Program says it is facing a shortage of funds and won’t be able to help 100,000 people in…