Month: September 2023

BERLIN (AP) — Berlin police are praising the actions of about 40 people who lifted a bus to free a young man trapped under the vehicle. Police in Germany’s capital said the 18-year-old got stuck by a tire of the rear axle when he fell down while running to catch the bus as it pulled

BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese army says two land mines exploded along the Lebanon-Syria border wounding three Syrians trying to illegally cross into Lebanon. The army said Wednesday that the mines exploded on the Syrian side of the border and that the wounded were rushed by the Lebanese Red Cross to a hospital in northern

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is launching an investigation into subsidies that China provides to electric vehicle makers. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday that global markets are flooded with cheaper Chinese electric cars that receive huge state subsidies. China’s leaders have made the country the biggest market for electric vehicles

PARIS (AP) — A French government watchdog agency has ordered Apple to withdraw the iPhone 12 from the market, saying it emits levels of electromagnetic radiation that are too high. The National Frequency Agency called on Apple in a statement Tuesday to “implement all available means to rapidly fix this malfunction.” It says it will

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Ending a global guessing game on when and where they would meet, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin convened at a rocket launch facility in Siberia. The two isolated, nuclear-armed leaders were expected on Wednesday to discuss expanding military cooperation

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Emergency crews are working to protect the Outback Australian town of Tennant Creek with containment lines as a huge wildfire threatens the remote community of 3,000. The fire had scorched 10,000 square kilometers (3,900 square miles) of grass and scrubland by Wednesday in the Northern Territory

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Rescuers have found more than 2,000 bodies as of Wednesday in the wreckage of a Libyan city where floodwaters broke dams and washed away neighborhoods. Officials fear the death toll could exceed 5,000 in the nation made vulnerable by years of turmoil and neglect. Mediterranean storm Daniel

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Stocks fell Wednesday in Asia after a slide in technology stocks dragged Wall Street lower ahead of a key report on U.S. inflation. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng lost 0.2% to 17,986,56 and the Shanghai Composite index sank 0.8% to 3,113.18. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index shed 0.2% to 32,706.52, while

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Qantas Airways has lost its challenge to a court ruling that the Australian flag carrier had illegally fired 1,700 baggage handlers, cleaners and other ground staff at the height of pandemic travel disruptions. Seven High Court judges on Wednesday unanimously rejected Qantas’ appeal against a Federal

By TED ANTHONY AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — North Korea’s Kim Jong Un’s train journey to Russia has a storified history. The tradition of train travel extends across the generations. That’s in evidence at the massive Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, where reconstructions of Kim Jong Un’s father’s and grandfather’s train cars, and

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut mayor who regained his office after serving prison time for corruption has won another Democratic primary, this time defeating a former aide. Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim on Tuesday defeated John Gomes, the city’s former chief administrative officer. Gomes ran for mayor after losing his job last year during a

By JEFF AMY and RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Georgia will give Hyundai Motor Group a projected $2.1 billion in tax breaks and other incentives to build electric cars and batteries in the state. That amount is up by nearly $300 million after Hyundai and battery make LG Energy Solution announced last

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press HERZLIYA, Israel (AP) — They contended with bloody uprisings, destabilizing wars and even the assassination of a prime minister during their service. But for dozens of former Israeli security commanders, the policies of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government are the biggest threat yet to the country’s future. In unprecedented

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Around a dozen people are feared dead after a massive fire broke out at an apartment building in Vietnam’s capital, Hanoi, state media said on Wednesday. The fire is believed to have started late Tuesday and 54 of the 70 people who were rescued from the building were hospitalized with injuries,

By MICHAEL CASEY and KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press LEOMINSTER, Mass. (AP) — People in flooded parts of Massachusetts and Rhode Island are cleaning up even as they brace for more rain Wednesday. Nearly 10 inches of rain fell in six hours Monday. Two communities declared a state of emergency and officials ordered evacuations out of

By The Associated Press The Sevastopol Shipyard in Russian-annexed Crimea was on fire Wednesday after a Ukrainian attack, and 24 people were injured, local Russian-installed official reported. Mikhail Razvozhayev, Moscow-appointed governor of the port city of Sevastopol on the Crimean peninsula, said on Telegram on Wednesday that the fire was sparked by a missile attack.

By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — School district officials in Las Vegas are asking a judge to put an end to what it claims is a coordinated union campaign of teachers calling in sick amid their bitter contract battle. A judge is expected to consider the motion Wednesday morning. The Clark County

By SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A record of more than one in five young Chinese are out of work, their career ambitions derailed by a depressed job market as the economy struggles to regain momentum after its long bout with COVID-19. An estimated 16 million young adult Chinese, daunted by the

By ED WHITE Associated Press A jury is set to hear closing arguments in Michigan in the fourth trial connected to a scheme by anti-government extremists to kidnap the governor just ahead of the 2020 presidential election. William Null, twin brother Michael Null and Eric Molitor are the last of 14 men to face charges

By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press CASTLETON-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. (AP) — The Hudson River is 315 miles from its source in the Adirondack Mountains to New York City. And Lewis Pugh is swimming all of it. The 53-year-old endurance swimmer plans to finish the last miles of his month-long river journey Wednesday at the lower tip of

By MARÍA VERZA and MADDIE BURAKOFF TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Preventing dengue fever has long meant teaching people to fear mosquitoes and avoid their bites. Now scientists are promoting a potentially more effective way to control the disease with the help of mosquitoes. These aren’t just any insects: Mosquitoes are bred in laboratories to carry

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and MATT O’BRIEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has been talking for several months about accomplishing a potentially impossible task: Passing bipartisan legislation within the next year that both encourages the rapid development of artificial intelligence and also mitigates its biggest risks. On Wednesday, he is

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired two ballistic missiles toward the sea Wednesday, as leader Kim Jong Un rolled through Russia on an armored train toward a meeting with President Vladimir Putin. That meeting underscores how the two leaders’ interests are aligning in the face of their separate,

By MARÍA VERZA and MADDIE BURAKOFF TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Preventing dengue fever has long meant teaching people to fear mosquitoes and avoid their bites. Now scientists are promoting a potentially more effective way to control the disease with the help of mosquitoes. These aren’t just any insects: Mosquitoes are bred in laboratories to carry

By WILL WEISSERT and JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The prospect of an auto workers strike could test Joe Biden’s treasured assertion that he’s the most pro-union president in U.S. history. A work stoppage against the Big Three U.S. automakers has the potential to reshape the political landscape in the battleground state

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A sharp increase in gas prices likely pushed inflation higher in August compared with a year ago, yet a measure excluding energy and food costs is expected to fall for the fifth straight month, suggesting that the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hikes are still bringing down

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom says the state will intervene in an ongoing court case blocking San Francisco from cleaning homelessness encampments. Newsom says the judge has gone too far and is preventing California from solving a critical problem. He says he hopes the case goes all

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military says North Korea has fired at least one ballistic missile toward its eastern seas. The launch Wednesday came as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was traveling in Russia for a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Meanwhile, there are international concerns about a potential arms deal

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is shuffling his Cabinet and party posts, in an apparent move to strengthen his position before a leadership vote next year. It’s the second Cabinet shuffle since Kishida took office in 2021. Kishida’s three-year term as Liberal Democratic Party president expires in

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s pension funds and the state of Oregon are suing Fox Corporation over Fox News’ 2020 election coverage. The case was filed Tuesday in Delaware. It alleges Fox invited defamation lawsuits through its amplification of former President Donald Trump’s conspiracy theories about the election. A spokesperson for Fox Corporation

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Republicans in the Legislature have backed off widespread limits to the state’s open records law, but they are still seeking limits on what can be released about the GOP governor’s travel and security. Republican lawmakers on Tuesday filed legislation

DERBY, Conn. (AP) — A Republican primary between the incumbent mayor of Connecticut’s smallest city and an alderman facing criminal charges that he entered the U.S. Capitol with a mob of rioters appears to be headed for a recount. Final unofficial results Tuesday showed a tight contest in the race in Derby, a city of

COVERT TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A company seeking to restart a southwestern Michigan nuclear power plant says it has taken a major step forward with the signing of a power purchase agreement. Holtec International said Tuesday that a subsidiary, Palisades Energy LLC, signed the deal this week with Wolverine Power Cooperative, a not-for-profit energy provider

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Lawyers for Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich are asking a United Nations body to urgently issue an opinion that he has been arbitrarily detained by Russia on espionage charges which are “patently false.” The request to the U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — A lawsuit accuses Beverly Hills police of racially profiling more than 1,000 Black people during traffic stops. The civil rights suit announced Monday represents drivers who were pulled over during a two-year period beginning in August 2019. Attorney Benjamin Crump says only two of those stopped for various reasons were

By ADAM BEAM AND SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers are working through hundreds of bills before the legislative session ends on Thursday. Before Tuesday’s action, lawmakers still had more than 600 bills eligible for votes. If approved, the bills will go to Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. Newsom has

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt is unveiling a proposal for a new $900 million downtown arena that would keep the NBA’s Thunder in the city through at least 2050 if approved by voters. The plan released Tuesday calls for the continuation of a 1% sales tax for six years, $70 million

By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Newly reelected Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has sworn in a new Cabinet that includes one of his sons and one of his nephews. They have been appointed to deputy minister posts. Mnangagwa’s Cabinet is largely made up of loyalists. The move to appoint his 34-year-old son

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press DARIEN, Ga. (AP) — Descendants of enslaved people living on a Georgia island are vowing to keep fighting after county officials voted to double the size of houses that can be built in their tiny community. Black residents of Hogg Hummock on Sapelo Island say they fear zoning changes approved

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — International aid groups have mobilized in Morocco where a 6.8 magnitude earthquake Friday night has killed 2,681 and injured more than 2,500. Donors, both big and small, are also mobilizing to support those relief efforts. Experts say the most direct way to provide aid to

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The top-selling vehicle in America will get a bit of a facelift next year, one of just a few new or updated vehicles that will be shown off this week at Detroit’s big auto show. Ford unveiled the latest version of the F-150 pickup at an

By TERRY TANG Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Attorneys say a former executive and two operations managers for the classified site Backpage.com on trial in Phoenix worked vigorously to keep the platform free of ads for prostitution even as strategies on how to do so constantly shifted. Defense lawyers had their chance Tuesday to make

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Prosecutors who have accused former President Donald Trump and 18 others of participating in an illegal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia maintain that all of the defendants should be tried together, citing efficiency and fairness. They wrote in a brief they

NEW YORK (AP) — Howard Safir, the former New York City police commissioner whose four-year tenure in the late 1990s included sharp declines in the city’s murder tolls but also some of its most notorious episodes of police killings of Black men, has died. Safir’s son told The New York Times his father had died

By DENISE LAVOIE and MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Democratic Virginia legislative candidate is moving forward with her campaign Tuesday after her race was rattled by the revelation that she and her husband livestreamed themselves having sex. Susanna Gibson was mocked on social media after the livestreams were reported Monday, but

GREENSBURG, La. (AP) — A student is dead and another is in custody after a shooting Tuesday at a high school in Louisiana. The St. Helena Parish Sheriff’s Office tells news outlets it happened around 3 p.m. at St. Helena College & Career Academy in Greensburg. At least two other people were transported to area

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. House has overwhelmingly approved several measures targeting Iran for its human rights record and placing restrictions on the country’s ability to import or export its expanding arsenal of weapons. The measures approved Tuesday would impose a series of sanctions on Iran’s supreme leader, president and