Month: August 2023

BEIJING (AP) — China’s internet watchdog has laid out regulations to curb the amount of time children spend on their smartphones, in the latest blow to firms such as Tencent and ByteDance, which run social media platforms and online games. The Cyberspace Administration of China on Wednesday published the draft guidelines on its site, stating

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The typhoon that damaged homes and knocked out power on Okinawa and other southern Japanese islands this week was slowly moving west Thursday but is forecast to make a U-turn and dump even more rain on the archipelago. Typhoon Khanun, now in the waters between China and

By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California State Supreme Court has ruled that Monterey County cannot enforce a ban on new oil and gas wells. Proponents of the measure are hopeful the ruling will not apply to similar bans in other counties. The decision comes a day after environmental

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, ERIC TUCKER, NOMAAN MERCHANT and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump pleaded not guilty Thursday to trying to overturn the results of his 2020 election loss, answering for the first time to federal charges that accuse him of orchestrating a brazen and ultimately unsuccessful attempt to block the peaceful

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A man suspected of trying to enter a Jewish school with a gun in Memphis, Tennessee, on Monday and firing shots outside the building has been charged with multiple crimes. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said Wednesday that 31-year-old Joel Bowman was charged with criminal attempted second-degree murder, reckless endangerment, possessing

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — At least 108 people were treated for heat-related illnesses at the World Scout Jamboree being held in South Korea, which is having one of its hottest summers in years. Most of them have recovered but at least two remain in treatment at an on-site hospital as of Thursday morning, said

By JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press A federal jury Wednesday acquitted a white Louisiana trooper charged with violating the civil rights of a Black motorist despite body-camera footage that showed the officer pummeling the man 18 times with a flashlight. After a three-day trial in Monroe, jurors found Jacob Brown not guilty of depriving Aaron Bowman

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The United States’ 0-0 draw against Portugal in the Women’s World Cup was the most-watched overnight program in Fox history. The game on Monday in Auckland, New Zealand, which kicked off at 3 a.m. EDT, averaged 1,354,000 viewers. Fox and Nielsen said the audience peaked at 1.73 million for the final

By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil coach Pia Sundhage is facing widespread criticism in the South American country after the team was eliminated in the group stage at the Women’s World Cup. Commentators and fans both complained about the team’s lack of flair and Sundhage’s tactics following a 0-0 draw

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police say a 23-year-old woman has been fatally wounded and three other people — including her 2-year-old son — also have been shot on the city’s South Side. Police say the toddler was hospitalized in good condition after being shot in a foot, as were his 29-year-old father, who also was

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — For days now, newly arrived migrants have been waiting outside New York City’s Roosevelt Hotel, hoping for a bed in an overly crowded shelter system. And for weeks, Mayor Eric Adams has said the city is out of room. City officials and activists alike have

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has unanimously authorized the U.N. political mission in Colombia to help verify implementation of the recent peace agreement between the government and its largest remaining guerrilla group, the National Liberation Army. It expressed willingness Wednesday to do the same if a

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government has reported for the first time that a body was spotted along the floating barrier that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott installed recently in the Rio Grande river, across from Eagle Pass, Texas. Mexico’s Foreign Relations Department said authorities were trying to recover the body, and did not know

SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego police have shot and killed a gunman who fatally wounded a police dog on a community college campus. Authorities say the 33-year-old man was pronounced dead at a hospital after the pre-dawn confrontation Wednesday at San Diego Mesa College. His name wasn’t immediately released. Police say they spotted a

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s warring parties have committed extensive war crimes in the ongoing conflict, including deliberate killings of civilians and sexual assault, a leading rights group said Thursday. The east African country plunged into chaos in mid-April when monthslong tensions between the military and a powerful paramilitary group, the

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A town on northern Mexico’s Pacific coast has seen its beaches littered with a carpet of dead fish, after what experts describe as a toxic algae bloom. Officials in the northern state of Sinaloa say beaches around the hamlet of El Maviri near the mouth of a coastal lagoon were carpeted

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The conservative chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court is accusing her liberal colleagues of a “raw exercise of overreaching power” after they flexed their new majority and fired the director of the state’s court system. On just their second day as a majority on the

HILO, Hawaii (AP) — A 71-year-old man has died after being mauled by four large dogs on Hawaii’s Big Island. Police say the man died while being transported to the Kona hospital after Tuesday’s attack. A witness saw the attack and chased off the dogs before calling authorities. The dog owners were not home during

By DAVID KOENIG Associated Press Investigators say the weather was quickly getting worse when a plane crashed last month near Murrieta, California, killing all six people on board. The National Transportation Safety Board issued a preliminary report Wednesday on the crash that provides new details and adds to questions about whether the pilots could see

By TERRY TANG Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — After recording the warmest monthly average temperature for any U.S. city ever in July, Phoenix climbed back up to dangerously high temperatures Wednesday. That could mean trouble not just for people but for some plants, too. Residents across the sprawling metro are finding the extended extreme heat

UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) — The former mayor of a Maryland college town has pleaded guilty to more than 100 counts connected to the possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material. Patrick Wojahn had been the mayor of College Park until March, when he was arrested. The city is home to the state’s flagship

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A Florida mother is going to prison for 14 years for the death of her newborn daughter who was found floating off the Palm Beach County coast five years ago. Arya Singh pleaded guilty Wednesday to manslaughter. Her daughter was found in June 2018. Detectives launched a massive search

By RICHARD LARDNER and ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — By not naming or charging six alleged co-conspirators in the indictment this week of Donald Trump, federal prosecutors may be signaling their desire to expeditiously put the former president on trial for seeking to overturn the 2020 election. More defendants mean more defense lawyers,

By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Racial justice groups and relatives of a Black man shot and killed this week by a Minnesota State Patrol trooper demanded that the governor fire three officers who were involved in stopping the man on a Minneapolis freeway. The groups and relatives of 33-year-old Ricky

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A utility company in Ohio says it’s being investigated by a state office focused on organized crime in connection with payments to the state’s former House speaker and a top utility regulator. Cleveland.com reports that FirstEnergy said in a financial report filed Monday that it had received a subpoena on June

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New lawsuits claim that the U.S. Defense Department and the Department of Veteran Affairs are making it difficult and sometimes impossible for veterans to get infertility treatments. Multiple lawsuits were filed Wednesday in federal courts in New York and Boston seeking to hold the United States

WASHINGTON (AP) — A research scientist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham has been named to succeed Dr. Anthony Fauci as the nation’s top infectious disease expert. Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo was appointed Wednesday to become director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. She will oversee the agency’s $6.3 billion budget, its

By EDUARDO VERDUGO Associated Press HUITZILAC, Mexico (AP) — Hundreds of police and soldiers have raided illegal logging camps on the southern edge of Mexico City and seized four illegal sawmills. Prosecutors in the neighboring state of Morelos said the raid involved at least 300 officers of the state police, the National Guard and the

By JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — New research shows winter waves off California’s Pacific coast are swelling in size as the planet warms. Oceanographer Peter Bromirski at Scripps Institution of Oceanography used a unique approach to gather historical data from the past 90 years to track the increasing height of the surf.

MIAMI (AP) — The Miami Marlins put together a whopper of a promotion to welcome trade deadline acquisition Jake Burger. The Marlins celebrated the slugger and his appetizing last name by offering $5 hamburgers for their game Wednesday against the Philadelphia Phillies. Burger, a power-hitting infielder, was acquired from the Chicago White Sox shortly before

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The 2024 election will determine whether Donald Trump returns to the White House. It could also decide if he’ll face time behind bars. For Trump, who’s now facing his third criminal indictment — this time for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election and block the

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Late Tuesday, Fitch Ratings became the second of the three major credit-rating firms to remove its coveted triple-A assessment of the United States government’s credit worthiness. Fitch cited the federal government’s rising debt burden and the political difficulties that the U.S. government has had in addressing

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada judge is requiring former NFL cornerback Damon Arnette to appear in person to resolve a felony gun case by pleading guilty to misdemeanors stemming from an argument with Las Vegas Strip casino valets in January 2022. The judge told Arnette’s attorney Wednesday that he

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling that transgender students in Indiana must have access to the bathrooms and locker rooms consistent with their gender identities. The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling Tuesday upheld a preliminary injunction from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of