Month: August 2023

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The destruction and suffering caused by the Maui wildfires in Hawaii prompted many to immediately look for ways to help. However, experts say immediate donations may not be the most useful following a natural disaster like the Maui wildfires. They suggest waiting a week or

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s interim central bank governor has frozen the accounts of the banks embattled former chief and close relatives and associates. The move comes days after the United States, United Kingdom and Canada slapped sanctions on them. Wassim Mansouri’s decision was made public Monday following a meeting of the central bank’s Special Investigation

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The judge in Donald Trump’s Manhattan hush-money criminal case has rejected the former president’s demand to step aside, denying defense claims that he’s biased against the Republican front-runner because he’s given cash to Democrats and his daughter is a party consultant. New York Judge Juan

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — A 45-year-old New Hampshire man will spend at least a year in jail for endangering the life of a newborn baby, after MLB Hall of Fame pitcher Dennis Eckersley’s daughter gave birth in the woods last year during subfreezing temperatures. George Theberge was sentenced on Monday after pleading guilty to the

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis opened her investigation into Donald Trump after the release of a recording of a January 2021 phone call between Trump and Georgia’s secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger. More than two years later, the indictment brought by a grand jury went far

By MATTHEW BROWN and AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Young environmental activists scored what experts described as a ground-breaking legal victory Monday when a Montana judge said state agencies were violating their constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment by allowing fossil fuel development. The ruling in this first-of-its- kind

BERLIN (AP) — Police say seven people have been injured in an accident at Germany’s biggest theme park. The accident happened at the Europa-Park in the town of Rust, near the French and Swiss borders. The park said that a mobile pool cracked and diving platforms attached to it from which acrobats jump collapsed during

By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The Argentine peso plunged Monday after a 52-year-old anti-establishment candidate who admires former President Donald Trump came first in primary elections that will help determine the country’s next president. Javier Milei rocked Argentina’s political establishment Sunday by receiving the biggest share of primary votes for

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is asking the major U.S. automakers and their workers’ union to reach an agreement that takes “every possible step to avoid painful plant closings” as the sector transitions to electric vehicles. He said in a Monday statement that the transition away from gasoline-powered vehicles

GUWAHATI, India (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey says an earthquake has struck along the border of northeast India and Bangladesh, sending tremors through the region. There were no immediate reports of any casualties or damage in the region Monday night. The 5.5 magnitude quake was at a depth of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) and

By KATE BRUMBACK and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Donald Trump and 18 allies were indicted in Georgia on Monday over their efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state, with prosecutors using a statute normally associated with mobsters to accuse the former president, lawyers and other aides of a “criminal

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Georgia will begin its drive for an unprecedented college football championship three-peat as the No. 1 team in The Associated Press preseason Top 25. The Bulldogs received 60 of 63 first-place votes in the poll released Monday to easily outpoint No. 2 Michigan, which received two first-place

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Doris Burke will become the first woman to serve as a game analyst on television for a championship final in one of the four major professional U.S. sports leagues. ESPN announced Monday that Burke and Doc Rivers will join Mike Breen on ESPN and ABC’s top NBA broadcast crew.

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer New guidance from the Biden administration on Monday urges colleges to use a range of strategies to promote racial diversity on campus after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in admissions. Colleges can focus their recruiting in high minority areas, for example, and take steps to retain students

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorneys for Hunter Biden are pushing to keep part of a plea deal they reached with the prosecutor whose new status as special counsel has intensified the tax investigation into the president’s son ahead of the 2024 election. As House Republicans continued their own investigations, Biden’s attorney

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer The International Ice Hockey Federation has ruled in favor of the Philadelphia Flyers by agreeing that Russian goaltender Ivan Fedotov had a valid NHL contract for the upcoming season. Fedotov signed with the Flyers in May 2022 and was planning to play last season in North America. Instead last

By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is assailing the federal judge overseeing the election conspiracy case against him, days after she warned him not to make inflammatory statements about the case. The former president made posts Monday on his social media network calling U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan “highly

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Libya’s judicial authorities have formally asked Lebanon’s prosecutor general to release one of Moammar Gadhafi’s sons, who has been held without charges in Lebanon since 2015. The health of Hannibal Gadhafi has been deteriorating since he went on hunger strike on June 3, to protest his detention

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Neymar is set to complete a move to the Saudi Pro League. Riyadh club Al Hilal has agreed a reported $98 million transfer fee with Paris Saint-Germain for the 31-year-old Brazil star. The fee would be a record for the league in its spending spree on high-end soccer talent. Al

By MICHAEL TARM Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago native pegged as the city’s next police superintendent has said at his introductory news conference that his top priorities include finding ways to tamp down violent crime. Fifty-four-year-old Larry Snelling is a former police patrolman and was the head of the department’s counterterrorism division. Snelling

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The ‘00s Irish boy band-turned-pop group Westlife are set to embark on their first-ever run of North American tour dates in 2024, surrounding St. Patrick’s Day. For U.S. and Canadian fans, this is a long-awaited trip. Westlife will kick off their four-date North American tour

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Police say an explosion has ripped through a hotel in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Khost, killing at least three people and wounding seven others. They say the blast occurred Monday at a city hotel frequented by Afghan people and refugees from Pakistan’s former militant stronghold of North Waziristan. Police are investigating to

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chance the Rapper will take Apple store customers in Chicago on his hip-hop journey as part of an audio series celebrating the genre’s 50th anniversary. The technology company announced Monday that Chance the Rapper will discuss becoming a rap. He’ll make an appearance Wednesday

NEW YORK (AP) — The illustrator of bestselling children’s books by former President Barack Obama, Madonna and poet Amanda Gorman has a six-figure deal with a Macmillan imprint for two of his own projects. Loren Long’s first book under his new contract is “The Yellow Bus,” scheduled for June 2024. Besides working on Obama’s “Of

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Ro, the care provider formerly known as Roman, has launched a “body program.” It’s a subscription service that aims to guide customers through weight loss with help from doctors, nurses and the latest obesity treatments. CEO Zach Greitano says the subscription model for care gives patients a rare form

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — CNN is emphasizing homegrown stars and reporting chops in a schedule reboot that gives weeknight shows to Abby Phillip and Laura Coates, along with bringing Christiane Amanpour back onto the domestic network regularly. Virtually no part of the day or weekend goes unchanged in the

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Clarence Avant, the judicious manager, entrepreneur, facilitator and adviser who helped launch or guide the careers of Quincy Jones, Bill Withers and many others and came to be known as the “Black Godfather” of music and beyond, has died. He was 92. Avant, inducted into

By JOSHUA A. BICKEL Associated Press KODIAK, Alaska (AP) — A research vessel motoring off the coast of Alaska is exploring the mounds and craters of the sea floor to surface new knowledge about life in some of the world’s deepest and most remote waters. The Okeanos Explorer is on a five-month mission run by