Month: September 2023

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Abortion opponents in Ohio are at odds not only over how to frame their opposition to a reproductive rights initiative on the state’s November ballot but also over their longer-term goals on how severely they would restrict the procedure. The disagreements, roiling the anti-abortion side

By KEN MILLER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The latest search for the remains of victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre has ended with 59 graves found and seven sets of remains exhumed. Oklahoma state archaeologist Kary Stackelbeck says excavation ended Friday with the exhumed remains taken to an onsite forensic laboratory. An

By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press ONONDAGA NATION TERRITORY (AP) — The Onondaga Nation has protested for centuries that illegal land grabs shrunk their territory from a 2.5 million acre expanse in upstate New York to a relatively paltry patch of land south of Syracuse. They took their case to President George Washington, to Congress and,

By JEFF McMILLAN Associated Press The nation’s LGBTQ+ leaders are lauding the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein as a longtime friend who learned and evolved to become an ally. Feinstein died Thursday at her home in Washington. She became mayor of San Francisco after the sitting mayor and her pioneering gay colleague Harvey Milk were assassinated

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is returning to a new term to take up some familiar topics — guns and abortion — and concerns about ethics swirling around the justices. The year also will have a heavy focus on social media and how free speech protections apply online. A

By BRITTANY PETERSON and MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press Hours before devastating fires scorched the historic town of Lahaina on Maui, Kyle Ellison labored to save his rental house in Kula, a rural mountain town 24 miles away, from a different blaze. As high winds whipped burning trees and grass, Ellison and his landlord struggled with

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s state broadcaster reports that the collapse of a gold mine has killed six people, while 15 more are trapped underground. The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation said rescue operations are underway at the mine in the gold rich town of Chegutu, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) west of the capital, Harare. Such

By BERENICE BAUTISTA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Growing up on the border between Mexico and the United States, Becky G spoke English, but sang corridos, boleros and mariachi in Spanish. All her life, she dreamed of an album that would honor her family’s roots and delve into those genres that she enjoys so

LONDON (AP) — Several people were injured after the Flying Scotsman, the historic steam locomotive, was involved in a low-speed crash with another heritage train in the Scottish Highlands on Friday, authorities said. The National Railway Museum said the “shunting incident” took place at Aviemore Station in the Cairngorms National Park. The station is home

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s government has rebuked X owner Elon Musk after he criticized the recent work of migrant rescue ships that German humanitarian groups operate in the Mediterranean Sea. Musk late Friday shared a video that showed migrants and aid workers on a boat. The right-wing account that first put the content on X,

CAIRO (AP) — Libyan authorities say commercial flights with Italy have resumed for the first time in a decade. Flight MT522, operated by the Libyan carrier Medsky Airways, departed Mitiga International Airport in Tripoli for Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport on Saturday morning. Air authorities in Libya say a return flight is scheduled to land

By CORA LEWIS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Millions of Americans must start repaying their federal student loans again in October, with monthly payments averaging hundreds of dollars a month. To get ready, borrowers are cutting expenses, taking on additional work, and looking for options to reduce their monthly payments. The Supreme Court in

By LILIT DEMURYAN Associated Press YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenia’s government says an ethnic Armenian exodus has nearly emptied Nagorno-Karabakh of residents since Azerbaijan attacked and ordered the breakaway region’s militants to disarm. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s press secretary said on Saturday that said 100,417 people had arrived in Armenia from Nagorno-Karabakh. The region

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus is hailing a two-notch upgrade by credit ratings agency Moody’s that has brought the east Mediterranean island nation back into investment-grade territory a decade after a financial crisis left the country on the brink of bankruptcy. President Nikos Christodoulides said Saturday he was “deeply satisfied” with the upgrade that was

By ABDUL SATTAR Associated Press QUETTTA, Pakistan (AP) — The death toll from a bombing in southwestern Pakistan as people celebrated the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday has risen to 54 after two wounded patients died in hospitals overnight. A suspected suicide bomber or bombers blew themselves up Friday among a crowd in the Mastung district. No

By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday insisted that the residents of four Ukrainian regions that Moscow illegally annexed a year ago “made their choice — to be with their Fatherland.” In an address released in the early hours to mark the first anniversary of the annexation,

JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian health officials say Israeli soldiers have shot and killed a Palestinian man in the West Bank. The Israeli military said that soldiers late Friday shot at two Palestinians who hurled Molotov cocktails at an army post near the West Bank city of Ramallah. The incident was the latest in a spiral

Turkey’s oldest film festival has been canceled amid controversy surrounding a politically sensitive documentary about the aftermath of a 2016 coup attempt. The mayor of the city of Antalya announced the cancellation of the city’s Golden Orange Film Festival on Friday night after the Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry withdrew its support for the event.

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis presided over a ceremony Saturday to create 21 new cardinals, including key figures at the Vatican and in the field who will help enact his reforms and cement his legacy as he enters a crucial new phase in running the Catholic Church. Among the

TEUTOPOLIS, Ill. (AP) — Police say a semitruck carrying ammonia overturned in an Illinois county, spilling the chemical and causing an evacuation of area residents. WCIA-TV reports the Effingham County Sheriff’s Office says the accident happened on Friday night less than 1 mile east of Teutopolis near an intersection of Route 40. Residents were evacuated

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Voters in Slovakia cast ballots Saturday in an early parliamentary election that pits a populist former prime minister who campaigned on a pro-Russia and anti-American message against a liberal, pro-West newcomer. Depending on which of them prevails, the election could reverse the small eastern European country’s support for neighboring Ukraine in

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Emirati president-designate for the upcoming United Nations COP28 climate conference has offered a full-throated defense of his nation hosting the talks. The comments Saturday by Sultan al-Jaber come after climate activists roundly criticized his appointment as the president-designate of the talks because of

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine has hosted an international defense industry conference as part of a government effort to ramp up weapons production within the country to repel Russia’s full-scale invasion. The event marked a new development in support of Ukraine with the previous focus being on the delivery of

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish opposition leader Donald Tusk is facing an uphill battle to win new hearts in his efforts to unseat the nationalist conservative government in Poland’s upcoming parliamentary election. The ex-prime minister and former European Union leader returned to Polish politics several years ago, seeking to breathe

By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Republicans are seizing on flashpoint issues ahead of this November’s election. In recent talking points, they’ve been stoking skepticism toward offshore wind turbines. Another topic has been the state’s lawsuits against school districts to prevent schools from outing transgender students to their parents. Republicans

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ, BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — One of New York’s wettest days in decades has left the metropolitan area stunned and swamped. Heavy rainfall on Friday knocked out several subway and commuter rail lines, stranded drivers on highways, flooded basements and shuttered a terminal at LaGuardia

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Two Colorado gun control laws taking effect will require that firearm buyers wait three days before receiving their weapon and open up the gun industry to some legal liability. The laws take effect Sunday and come as violent crime and mass shootings surge nationwide. The

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press Footage from deep in the Pacific Ocean has given the first detailed look at three World War II aircraft carriers that sank in the pivotal Battle of Midway. The video could help solve mysteries about the days-long barrage in 1942 that marked a shift in control of the Pacific theater

By MOHAMED SHARUHAN Associated Press MALE, Maldives (AP) — Maldivians are voting in the runoff presidential election that has turned into a virtual referendum on which regional power, India or China, will have the biggest influence in the Indian Ocean archipelago nation. Neither main opposition candidate Mohamed Muiz nor incumbent President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih secured

BEIJING (AP) — An official Chinese survey says the country’s factory activity has recorded its first expansion in six months, providing another sign that the world’s second-largest economy is gradually improving following its post-pandemic malaise. The government statistics bureau and an official industry group said Saturday that the monthly purchasing managers’ index rose to 50.2

By KARL RITTER Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — It’s that time of the year in Scandinavia when the wind turns colder, the days get shorter and academics in Stockholm and Oslo grab the world spotlight as they announce the winners of the Nobel Prizes. First up, as usual, is the prize for medicine or physiology,

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities on Friday made their first arrest in the 1996 shooting death of hip-hop superstar Tupac Shakur with the indictment of Duane “Keffe D” Davis. On the night of the shooting, Shakur and Suge Knight, the head of his label, attended a Mike Tyson fight at a Las Vegas arena. After

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska’s new law restricting gender-affirming care for anyone under 19 goes into effect this weekend. But it will do so without a required set of regulations that will be drafted by the state’s new chief medical officer. He’s a political appointee of Republican Gov. Jim

By LISA MASCARO, KEVIN FREKING and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is on the brink of a federal government shutdown. Hard-right Republicans in Congress have rejected a longshot effort to keep offices open and now the Senate will be at work in a rare Saturday session to try to approve temporary

By ERIC TUCKER and JULIET LINDERMAN Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Before he was assigned to investigate President Joe Biden’s son, Leo Wise built a reputation in Baltimore as a tough and hard-charging federal prosecutor, taking on powerful figures, whether a gang of corrupt cops, a police commissioner, a top local prosecutor or even the

By RIO YAMAT and KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The first arrest in the 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur had its roots in the investigation of the killing of Biggie Smalls. Duane Keffe D. Davis was arrested and charged with murder Friday, with prosecutors saying he ordered and masterminded the Shakur killing.

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When Washington Sen. Patty Murray received a call early Friday morning that Sen. Dianne Feinstein had died, she immediately started calling her fellow female senators. The Democrat’s first call was to Republican Sen. Susan Collins, who had worked with Feinstein almost as long as she had.

By JOSH BOAK and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has pinned the blame for a looming government shutdown on House Republicans, who have been paralyzed by their inability to pass a funding package. President Joe Biden needs the rest of the country to see things the same way. He already

By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Nikki Haley has booked her largest venue in Iowa since launching her campaign. She’s hoping to fill a 600-person hall in a western Des Moines suburb on Saturday. That’d be a huge number for most campaigns and a disappointment for former President Donald Trump. In

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A fourth Bahraini soldier has died of his wounds after an attack earlier this week by Yemen’s Houthi rebels targeted forces patrolling Saudi Arabia’s southern border. The state-run Bahrain News Agency, citing a military statement Friday night, identified the slain soldier as 1st Lt. Hamad Khalifa al-Kubaisi. Yemen’s Iranian-backed