Month: August 2023

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares rose Wednesday, boosted by a Wall Street rally that came on positive reports on consumer confidence and job openings. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 added 0.9% in morning trading to 32,529.72. South Korea’s Kospi rose 0.6% to 2,567.44. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng gained 0.4% to

Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — El huracán Franklin tiene vientos de 241 km/h, según el Centro Nacional de Huracanes (NHC). El huracán se encuentra a un0s 675 kilómetros al oeste-suroeste de las Bermudas y se mueve hacia el norte a 14 km/h. Sigue vigente una alerta de tormenta tropical para las Bermudas. Estas condiciones son posibles

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Anti-government protests in southern Syria have stretched into a second week, with demonstrators waving the colorful flag of the minority Druze community, burning banners of President Bashar Assad’s government and at one point raiding several offices of his ruling party. The protests were initially driven by surging

Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN Español) — En medio de la polémica desatada por los nuevos libros de texto gratuitos federales, más de 24 millones de estudiantes de educación básica en México iniciaron este lunes el ciclo escolar 2023-2024, informó en un comunicado la Secretaría de Educación Pública (SEP). La dependencia detalló que la distribución fue suspendida

By HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press PORT ANGELES, Wash. (AP) — Jeanette Kiokun, the tribal clerk for the Qutekcak Native Tribe in Alaska, doesn’t immediately recognize the shriveled, brown plant she finds on the shore of the Salish Sea or others that were sunburned during the long, hot summer. But a fellow student at a weeklong

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM, GARY D. ROBERTSON and SARAH RANKIN Associated Press CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — A University of North Carolina graduate student walked into a classroom building, shot his faculty adviser and quickly left, authorities said a day after the attack paralyzed campus as police searched for the gunman. Tailei Qi, 34, was charged

By JESSE BEDYAN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — A Colorado dentist accused of killing his wife by lacing her protein shakes with poison is expected to plead not guilty to a first-degree murder charge in October. Police said that James Craig had searched online if arsenic was detectable in autopsies and how to

By Homero De la Fuente, CNN (CNN) — The Atlanta Braves’ game against the Colorado Rockies on Monday was delayed momentarily when two spectators ran onto the field, approached and made contact with Braves outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. at Denver’s Coors Field. The incident happened in the middle of the seventh inning, with video showing

By Jessie Yeung, Junko Ogura, Emiko Jozuka and Saki Toi, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — A wave of online harassment and vitriol directed at Japanese people following the release of treated radioactive wastewater from Fukushima has sent tensions between Japan and China soaring, prompting Tokyo to summon the Chinese ambassador. China’s heavily censored internet exploded in

By Christina Maxouris and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Hurricane Idalia could hit Florida’s west coast as an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 storm Wednesday morning, the National Hurricane Center warned as Idalia continued to intensify and churn toward the state late Tuesday. Officials across coastal communities repeatedly pleaded with residents Tuesday to immediately evacuate, stressing

By Nick Valencia, Devon M. Sayers and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The suspect in the fatal shooting of a faculty member at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Monday is a graduate student at the school, UNC police said in a news release Tuesday. Tailei Qi, the grad student, was charged

By JAMES MARTINEZ Associated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) — After a rousing tribute from former first lady Michelle Obama, Billie Jean King on Monday celebrated the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Open becoming the first sporting event to offer equal prize money to female and male competitors, promising never to stop fighting to maintain

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s weather authorities warned residents of heavy rain and strong winds starting Wednesday as Typhoon Saola skirts by the island’s southern coast on its way to China. The typhoon is moving northwest with sustained winds of 101 mph, according to Taiwan’s Central Weather Bureau. The typhoon’s

By Celina Tebor, CNN (CNN) — The New Jersey Attorney General’s office is investigating the fatal shooting of a man who family and authorities say was mentally ill, after police said he lunged at them with a knife. Andrew Jerome Washington was fatally shot by Jersey City police officers on Sunday, Jersey City Mayor Steve

By ARIEL GILREATH of The Hechinger Report and JACKIE VALLEY of The Christian Science Monitor On a breezy July morning in South Seattle, a dozen elementary-aged students ran math relays behind an elementary school. One by one, they raced to a table, where they scribbled answers to multiplication questions before sprinting back to high-five their

PHOENIX (AP) — A founder of Backpage.com will face his second trial on charges of facilitating prostitution and laundering money in what authorities say was a scheme to knowingly sell ads for sex on the classified site. Jury selection for Michael Lacey and four former Backpage employees will resume for a second day Wednesday. Their

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Two courtroom dramas 700 miles apart arising from Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the last election conjured a preview of the most tortured campaign season of modern times next year. In Washington, DC, a federal judge set a trial date for the former president’s federal election subversion case

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Sitting alone before a grand piano in a stark studio, Ryuichi Sakamoto takes the listener on a journey of his life, playing 20 of his compositions. Shot entirely in black and white, on three 4K cameras, the film “Opus,” directed by Neo Sora, is the Japanese composer’s

By Tim Lister and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — After months of intense lobbying, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is ebullient about the upcoming transfer of Dutch, Norwegian and Danish F-16 fighter jets to the Ukrainian air force. In many ways, the US-made F-16 is the ideal platform for the Ukrainians. It’s multi-role: it can provide

By WILL WEISSERT and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has hosted his Costa Rican counterpart, Rodrigo Chaves, at the White House. They discussed strengthening an agreement between the two countries on possible legal pathways for the increasing numbers of Central American migrants arriving to the U.S. southern border. Biden and Chaves also

By CHRIS MEGERIAN, TOM MURPHY and AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden touted the potential cost savings of Medicare’s first-ever price negotiations for widely used prescription drugs on Tuesday as he struggles to convince Americans that he’s improved their lives as he runs for reelection. The drugs include the blood thinner

By DANIEL KOZIN Associated Press CEDAR KEY, Fla. (AP) — Florida residents living in vulnerable coastal areas were ordered to pack up and leave Tuesday as Hurricane Idalia gained steam in the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico and threatened to unleash life-threatening storm surges and rainfall. Idalia also pummeled Cuba with heavy rains

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — With more than a year to go before the 2024 election, a constellation of conservative organizations is preparing for a possible second White House term for Donald Trump. The conservative organizations are recruiting thousands of Americans to travel to Washington on a mission to dismantle the

By STEVE PEOPLES and BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Ron DeSantis scoffed when the NAACP issued a travel advisory this spring warning Black people to use “extreme care” if traveling to Florida. The leading civil rights group argued that the state’s loose gun laws and the Republican governor’s “anti-woke” campaign to deny

Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Recorrer tres de los senderos de larga distancia más remotos y escarpados de Estados Unidos sería un reto para cualquier excursionista. Pero intentar recorrerlos con varios niños pequeños a cuestas es otro nivel. Sin embargo, después de completar el Sendero de los Apalaches, que se extiende a lo largo de casi

Analysis by Nectar Gan, CNN (CNN) — When leaders of the BRICS nations gathered for group photos at the end of their summit in Johannesburg last week, it offered a glimpse of the contours of the new world order Beijing is trying to shape. Standing at the front and center was Xi Jinping, China’s powerful

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, were in the Arthur Ashe Stadium stands to watch Coco Gauff’s first-round victory at the U.S. Open on Monday night. Afterward, Gauff met the Obamas — and even received some advice. “I wasn’t sure they were here

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — All 28 vehicle assembly lines at Toyota’s 14 auto plants in Japan shut down Tuesday over a problem in its computer system that deals with incoming auto parts. The automaker doesn’t believe the problem was caused by a cyberattack but the cause is still under investigation,

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Mississippi voters will head back to the polls Tuesday to resolve a handful of state legislative contests from the Aug. 8 primaries in which no candidate reached the vote majority needed to advance to November’s general election. Six runoff primaries will be held in House districts throughout

By Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — News organizations are in a cold war with OpenAI. While a shot has yet to be fired, some of the nation’s largest newsrooms are actively taking defensive measures to safeguard their content from ChatGPT, the groundbreaking artificial intelligence chatbot that is seen as a potential aggressor to an already

By MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Thousands of protesters on cars and motorbikes took to the streets of Colombia’s main cities on Monday to reject recent hikes in gasoline prices that have drastically increased the price of fuel in the South American country. Protesters say that the monthly price hikes set by

By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer Georgia attorney Sonny Seiler has died at the age of 90. He was owner of the University of Georgia’s famed line of “Uga” bulldog mascots. He also served as lead defense counsel in a notorious case chronicled in the book “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.” The

Sofía Benavides (CNN) — Es la pesadilla de cualquier persona que tenga una mascota: llevártela de viaje y que se pierda. Eso es justamente lo que Paula Rodríguez está viviendo, luego de que el personal del aeropuerto de Atlanta —el más transitado del mundo— perdiera a su perra Maia cuando ella debía tomar un vuelo

Analysis by Rhea Mogul, Vedika Sud and Sania Farooqui, CNN Harayana, India (CNN) — Satish Kumar sits in front of his submerged rice paddy in India’s Haryana state, looking despairingly at his ruined crops. “I’ve suffered a tremendous loss,” said the third generation farmer, who relies solely on growing the grain to feed his young

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The bodies of three U.S. Marines killed in a tiltrotor aircraft crash during a training exercise in Australia have been retrieved from the crash scene. They were from Illinois, Virginia and Colorado. The V-22B Osprey with 23 Marines on board crashed Sunday in tropical forest on

By Nicki Brown and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Yale University agreed to settle a lawsuit alleging the prestigious university discriminated against students with mental health disabilities, according to a joint statement from the university and plaintiffs. The lawsuit, filed in Connecticut federal court last November by current students and the non-profit Elis for Rachael,

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says its leader, Kim Jong Un, has called for the military to be constantly ready for combat to thwart plots to invade, as the U.S., South Korea and Japan hold a trilateral naval exercise to deal with North Korea’s evolving nuclear threats. It

By Natasha Chen, Anna-Maja Rappard and Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — Hawaiian Electric Company said that power lines falling in high winds seem to have caused a fire during the early morning of August 8, but power lines in West Maui had been de-energized for more than six hours by the time a second afternoon

MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — Police have arrested a second man in a July shooting at a massive block party in central Indiana that left one person dead and 17 others wounded. Muncie police say the 29-year-old man was arrested on preliminary felony charges of criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon and being a serious violent

By SONIA PÉREZ D. and MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Progressive candidate Bernardo Arévalo was confirmed the winner of Guatemala’s presidential election by the country’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal on Monday, but the same day another government body ordered his political party suspended. Arévalo has faced a slew of legal challenges and allegations

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations is in the throes of what Secretary-General António Guterres calls an “unprecedented” six-month exit from Mali on orders of the West African nation’s military junta, which has brought in mercenaries from Russia’s Wagner Group to help fight an Islamic insurgency. The U.N.

By RUSS BYNUM and VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A campus security officer tipped off by observant students likely stopped the killer who fatally shot three people at a nearby Dollar General Store from carrying out his racist attack at Edward Waters University, the president of the historically Black institution said Monday.

DENVER (AP) — Denver will pay $4.7 million to settle a class action lawsuit that alleged that protesters were unjustly targeted for violating the city’s curfew during demonstrations over the killing of George Floyd in 2020. City councilors unanimously agreed to the deal Monday without any debate. The lawsuit alleged that the city directed police

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A local news outlet that helped expose a wide-reaching public corruption scandal has filed its legal defense against a defamation lawsuit brought by former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant. The news outlet, Mississippi Today, is arguing that it engaged in constitutionally protected speech. In Mississippi

NEW YORK (AP) — Police say a family of four has been found stabbed to death inside a New York City apartment. The dead were a mother, father and their two young children, ages 1 and 3. Police say the bodies were found just before 3 p.m. Monday on Manhattan’s Upper West Side by officers

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican lawmakers voted Monday to temporarily silence a Democratic member of the so-called Tennessee Three during an already tense House floor session after determining the young Black member violated newly enacted rules designed to punish disruptive members. The move directed at Rep. Justin

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Voice assistants like Google Assistant, Siri and Alexa can help with things like the weather and recipes, but what about CPR? Perhaps not so much, a new report showed. Only 59% of voice assistant responses actually included information related to cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), according to a study published Monday.

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Chadwick Boseman may be gone, but he is not forgotten. Monday marked three years since the “Black Panther” star died, and some of his Marvel co-stars took to social media to remember their friend. Lupita Nyong’o, who starred alongside Boseman in the 2018 “Black Panther” movie, on Monday posted

DENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) — A powerful earthquake and two strong aftershocks have rocked Indonesia’s resort island of Bali and other parts of the country, causing panic but no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck early Tuesday in the Bali Sea was centered about 181

Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) —  El pronóstico para Idalia es alarmante: se anticipa una rápida intensificación a medida que avanza por el Golfo de México y se adentra en unas de las aguas más cálidas del planeta antes de tocar tierra, esta misma semana, en Florida. De ser así, se uniría a una creciente lista de

By HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon has been quietly raising the amount some customers must spend on its site to get free shipping. To qualify for no-cost deliveries, some Amazon customers who don’t have Prime memberships now need to spend $35, up from $25 previously.  Amazon spokesperson Kristina Pressentin confirmed that

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency has announced changes to its wildfire compensation rules after last year’s planned burn by the U.S. Forest Service exploded into the largest and most destructive blaze in New Mexico’s recorded history. FEMA officials say they are expanding coverage for those affected for mental health treatment and

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The conservative chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court told the new liberal majority in a scathing email that they had staged a “coup” when they voted recently to weaken her powers and hire a new director of state courts. Chief Justice Annette Ziegler said in

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump falsely claimed Monday that he “never” faced an impeachment inquiry. Trump made the claim in a social media post the day after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said in a television interview that launching an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden is a “natural step forward”

WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) — Newspaper publisher G. Ogden Nutting has died. He was 87. The newspaper in Wheeling, West Virginia, where Nutting’s family business was based says he died Friday. The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register published Nutting’s obituary and a separate story on his death Monday. Nutting once held a stake in the Pirates before

Sofía Benavides (CNN Español) — Casi nueve meses después de la conquista de la Copa del Mundo Qatar 2022, la selección argentina vuelve a jugar por los puntos tras cuatro partidos amistosos. El equipo de Lionel Scaloni disputará seis partidos por las Eliminatorias Sudamericanas en lo que resta de 2023. Las primeras 6 fechas para

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A November trial has been set for former NFL running back Marshawn Lynch on misdemeanor charges following his arrest a year ago on suspicion of drunken driving when he was found in a damaged sports car on a downtown Las Vegas street. A Las Vegas Municipal Court judge on Monday scheduled

By Amber Gerard Click here for updates on this story     MYERSTOWN, Pennsylvania (WGAL) — A man who barricaded himself inside an apartment in Lebanon County was found dead, according to Pennsylvania State Police. Troopers said they were contacted Sunday afternoon by Lebanon County Crisis about a 37-year-old man who had threatened to harm himself or

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s very complicated legal calendar is coming into view. It currently appears that his criminal trials will occur after a large portion of Republican primary voters have decided whether to make him their nominee for the third consecutive time, but before Election Day. On Monday, a

By Imani Fleming and Tim Callery Click here for updates on this story     DURHAM, New Hampshire (WMUR) — The New Hampshire Attorney General’s office is investigating a homicide after a man was found dead at his Durham home early Saturday morning. Alexander Talcott, 41, of Durham, was killed by a stab wound to the neck,

By Sarahbeth Ackerman Click here for updates on this story     BARRE TOWN, Vermont (WPTZ) — A Barre Town program designed to care for and nurture infants is under fire after numerous violations show a staff member screaming and cursing at babies and at one point, causing inappropriate discipline. NBC5 found out the infant program within

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Leading officials within the Spanish Football Federation asked suspended president Luis Rubiales to resign on Monday because of his behavior at the Women’s World Cup, including kissing a player on the lips after Spain won the championship match. The heads of the regional bodies that make

Alexandra Ferguson Nota del editor:  Steven Lubet es profesor emérito del Williams Memorial en la Facultad de Derecho Pritzker de la Universidad Northwestern. Es coautor de “Modern Trial Advocacy” y ha escrito muchos otros libros y artículos sobre ética legal y práctica jurídica. Las opiniones presentadas en este artículo le pertenecen exclusivamente a su autor.

By Sara Murray and Jason Morris, CNN (CNN) — Ray Smith, one of the 19 defendants in the election interference case in Fulton County, Georgia, has waived his arraignment and entered a plea of not guilty, according to a new court filing. Smith is the first defendant in the case to enter a plea. “It

Sofía Benavides (CNN) — La Comisión de Presidentes de Federaciones de España, conocidos como los presidentes de las territoriales, pidió la dimisión de Luis Rubiales —suspendido de la Real Federación Española de Fútbol— ​​en un comunicado publicado este lunes tras una reunión de emergencia. Rubiales fue suspendido el sábado por la FIFA, el organismo rector

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Two new laws restricting transgender Missourians’ access to gender-affirming health care and school sports are now in effect. Both laws took effect Monday and expire in 2027. One law bans minors from beginning puberty blocks and hormones and outlaws gender-affirming surgeries for youths. The other law

By Jessica Albert Click here for updates on this story     BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Friends, family and community members celebrated the life of Rachel Morin, a 37-year-old mother of five, who was murdered after going on a walk on the Ma & Pa Trail in Bel Air earlier this month. Harford County detectives are still searching

By Deidre McPhillips and Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Dr. Edward Barksdale needed answers and he turned to Cleveland’s SWAT team, the county juvenile detention center and the local police to get them. Barksdale, a pediatric trauma surgeon and the surgeon-in-chief at UH Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital/University Hospitals, wanted to know exactly what it

By Mike Hellgren Click here for updates on this story     BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A carjacking victim is recounting the frightening moments when suspects took his SUV at gunpoint in West Baltimore, and he is offering a big reward. “I’ve put a bounty out for the vehicle. It’s $10,000 for any information leading to the location

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, who became known as “Joe the Plumber” after pushing then-Sen. Barack Obama on his economic policies during the 2008 presidential campaign, has died, according to his family. He was 49. “When I met Joe he was already known by everyone else as ‘Joe the Plumber’

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida is altering its travel plans for the team’s season opener at No. 14 Utah on Thursday night, hoping to avoid Tropical Storm Idalia. A team spokesman said Monday that the Gators will practice in Gainesville on Tuesday, fly to Dallas and spend the night there, and then travel to Salt