Month: August 2023

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — There is no mystery why the Mega Millions jackpot has grown to $1.55 billion, making…

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (AP) — A boater who had been missing for more than a day and a half was rescued off the Florida coast in a half-submerged boat,…

GLEN COE, Scotland (AP) — Police say the bodies of three missing hikers have been recovered from a mountain in the Scottish Highlands. A search for…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A lawyer for Pakistan’s Imran Khan has met with him at a prison where the former prime minister…

By EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Several thousand people — their faces covered to conceal their identities —…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — William Friedkin, the Oscar winning director of two gripping film classics, “The French…

By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois will soon outlaw advertising for firearms that officials determine…

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — The European Union and NATO began sending urgent aid to Slovenia after severe flooding over the weekend affecting…

By CARA ANNA and CARLEY PETESCH Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Nearly two weeks have passed since the coup in Niger, and the two men making…

GARLAND, Texas (AP) — A worker was injured early Monday when an explosion set a paint manufacturing plant in the Dallas suburbs ablaze and shot a…

By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press TUSAYAN, Ariz. (AP) — President Joe Biden set out Monday on a Western swing aimed at showcasing his work on…

By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Supporters of a former historical marker dedicated to a feminist and labor activist from…

UNION, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, nearly four decades after a woman was strangled with her body dumped in…

By The Associated Press A Russian court has handed a writer an eight year prison sentence, finding him guilty of deliberately spreading false…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — CBS’ latest game show, “Superfan,” premiering Wednesday, gathers one musical act…

By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis said definitively that rival Donald Trump lost…

By CORA LEWIS and ADRIANA MORGA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Business for scammers is booming. The most recent Federal Trade Commission data…

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish officials say at least 12 people have been injured in an explosion at a port in the country’s northwest. The blast at…

NEW YORK (AP) — Elon Musk says he may need to get surgery before a proposed “cage match” with Mark Zuckerberg. The two tech billionaires…

By FABIANO MAISONNAVE, TERESA DE MIGUEL and ANDRÉ PENNER Associated Press GUAJARA-MIRIM, Brazil (AP) — In late June, the Amazon city of…

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Two people have been fatally shot on a fifth day of violent protests in the South…

CHICAGO (AP) — In a story published Aug. 7, 2023, and resent Aug. 8, 2023, about a Chicago girl who was shot and killed while riding a scooter, The…