Month: September 2023

By SAM METZ and RICK BOWMER Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — It’s lunchtime at the Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District and a colony of sabethes cyaneus — also known as the paddle-legged beauty for its feathery appendages and iridescent coloring — find their way to Ella Branham. “They’re not very aggressive and

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer MONTEREY, Calif. (AP) — IndyCar will hold an all-star race next year at The Thermal Club in Southern California with $1 million guaranteed to the winner of the made-for-TV exhibition. The $1 Million Challenge will be held on March 24 and air on NBC. No points will be

By The Associated Press This week’s new entertainment releases include an album from country pop duo Dan & Shay, the return of Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon for season three of “The Morning Show” and you can own “Barbie” — for a price. Also, the docuseries “Welcome to Wrexham,” which features Ryan Reynolds and Rob

By FADI TAWIL and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press SIDON, Lebanon (AP) — Islamist factions in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp say they will abide by a cease-fire after three days of clashes killed at least five people and left hundreds of families displaced. Fighting between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement and Islamist groups has

JERUSALEM (AP) — The head of Israel’s Mossad spy agency says Israel is prepared to strike “in the heart of Tehran” to track down the perpetrators of Iranian attempts to hit Israeli and Jewish targets worldwide. Speaking at a security conference on Sunday, David Barnea said that Israel and its allies had foiled 27 attacks

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Like many horrors before it, bad reviews didn’t scare off moviegoers from buying tickets for “The Nun II.” The sequel to the 2018 hit, released in 3,728 theaters by Warner Bros., topped the box office in its first weekend in North American theaters earning an estimated $32.6 million, the

By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli official says a delegation has arrived in Saudi Arabia to attend a U.N. conference on world heritage sites. It’s the first public visit by Israeli government officials to the kingdom. The delegation is led by the head of Israel’s Antiquities Authority and includes diplomats. It’s

By JAMEY KEATEN and KIRSTEN GRIESHABER BERLIN (AP) — The Vatican has ordered an investigation into high-ranking Catholic clerics in Switzerland in connection with sexual abuse. The Swiss Bishops’ Conference said in a statement on Sunday that there were allegations against several active and retired bishops as well as other clergy for their handling of

ROCHEPORT, Mo. (AP) — Onlookers online and on the banks of the Missouri River had to wait more than an hour to watch officials use explosives to drop a historic steel trestle bridge into the river that for years carried cars across the waterway along I-70. The blast just southeast of Rocheport, Missouri, which is

By KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES Associated Press SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Police in North Macedonia say a migrant hiding on the roof of a freight train carriage was killed instantly early Sunday when he touched a live cable as he was descending near the central town of Gradsko. Police did not provide details about the nationality

NEW YORK (AP) — Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss has a book coming out next spring, in which she will reflect on her years in government, offer advice for future leaders and recall lessons she learned while often being “the only conservative in the room.” Truss’ 45 days as prime minister was the shortest

ARROWSIC, Maine (AP) — Eleven people were hurt when a walkway collapsed during an annual event that encourages tours of Maine lighthouses. The wooden walkway collapsed at Doubling Point Lighthouse in Arrowsic on Saturday. The lighthouse was open to the public as part of Maine Open Lighthouse Day, which is a day when the state’s

By DAVID KOENIG and MARK VANCLEAVE Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The temperature says it’s summer outside, but Delta Air Lines is training employees in how to deice an airplane — a critical part of flying during the cold winter months. Every summer, Delta brings about 400 workers to Minneapolis to a three-day “summer deice

By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer Recent food recalls have been spurred by foreign objects like rocks, insects and plastic. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says this type of contamination is one of the top reasons for food recalls. Some objects come from manufacturing, like plastic from frayed conveyor belts. Companies use X-rays, metal detectors

By SCOTT BAUER and DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans have enjoyed outsize control of the Legislature in one of the most closely divided states for a dozen years. Retaining that power is now at the heart of a drama involving the state Supreme Court. A new liberal tilt to

KAREEM CHEHAYEB and ALBERT AJI Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The United Nations special envoy for Syria Sunday has urged donors not to reduce their funding as the war-torn country’s economic crisis spirals. Syrian President Bashar Assad’s decision to double public sector wages and pensions last month further skyrocketed inflation and fueled ongoing protests

The Associated Press PHOENIXVILLE, Pa. (AP) — An escaped murderer on the run for more than a week in southeast Pennsylvania has been spotted with what police called “a changed appearance.” Pennsylvania State Police said in a statement on Sunday that Danelo Souza Cavalcante was seen overnight near Phoenixville in north Chester County. State Police

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Navy veteran who was jailed in Iran for several years recently repaid the generosity of a fellow inmate who helped him behind bars. American Michael White sponsored an application for humanitarian parole for Mahdi Vatankhah, an Iranian he had met while the two were locked up

By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Maldivians will return to the polls on Sept. 30 to vote in a runoff election between the top two candidates in the country’s presidential race after neither secured more than 50% in the first round. Main opposition candidate Mohamed Muiz managed a surprise lead with

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Niger’s new military leaders have accused France of amassing forces for a possible military intervention in the country following the coup in July. But French President Emmanuel Macron said Sunday that he would only take action at the demand of deposed Nigerien leader Mohamed Bazoum. Niger’s

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — About 146,000 U.S. auto workers are set to go on strike this week if General Motors, Ford and Stellantis fail to meet their demands for big pay raises and the restoration of concessions the workers made years ago when the companies were in financial trouble. Shawn

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Rishi Sunak chastised China’s premier on Sunday for “unacceptable” interference in British democracy, after a newspaper reported that a researcher in Parliament was arrested earlier this year on suspicion of spying for Beijing. Sunak said he raised the issue with Premier LI Qiang when the

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s president said Sunday he will appoint a committee chaired by a retired Supreme Court judge to investigate allegations made in a British television report that the South Asian country’s intelligence was complicit in the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed 269 people. The

TASELI PLATEAU, Turkey (AP) — Rescue teams on Sunday in Turkey successfully carried an American researcher up from the depth of a cave at 1,040 meters (3,410 feet) to the 700-meter (2,297 feet) mark where he will rest at a base camp before they continue the taxing journey to the surface. An experienced caver, Mark

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Two foreign aid workers were reportedly killed in eastern Ukraine on Sunday as Russian shelling hit a van carrying a team of four working with a Ukrainian NGO, while dozens of Russian drones targeted Kyiv and wounded at least one civilian. The four volunteers from the Road to Relief NGO, which

NEW YORK (AP) — Novak Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev will meet again to determine the U.S. Open men’s champion. Their match Sunday afternoon is a rematch of the 2021 final in Flushing Meadows. Medvedev won that day for his lone Grand Slam title. The 27-year-old from Russia also denied Djokovic what would have been the

By FADLAN SYAM and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press BANYUWANGI, Indonesia (AP) — Thousands of soldiers from the United States, Indonesia, Australia and other allied forces demonstrated their armor capabilities in combat drills on the Indonesian island of Java at a time of increased Chinese aggression in the region. Sunday’s drills come as the U.S. administration

By The Associated Press Local elections are taking place this weekend in 79 regions of Russia. Voters are choosing local governors and legislatures as well as city and municipal councilors. Voting is also underway in the four Ukrainian regions that Moscow illegally annexed last year — the Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia provinces — as

By SHEIKH SAALIQ and DAVID RISING Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi touted his country as well-placed to bridge gaps in the Group of 20 top economies and solve global problems. But many were skeptical ahead of the weekend’s summit given grave divisions within the bloc over the Russia’s war

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Sudanese activists and medical workers say at least 23 people were killed in a drone attack on an open market south of the capital, Khartoum. They say at least three dozen others were injured in the attack Sunday and transferred to the Bashari University Hospital. The attack

By SAM METZ and MOSA’AB ELSHAMY Associated Press MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — Morocco is working to rescue survivors while praying for victims of the country’s strongest earthquake in more than a century. Soldiers and aid workers brought water and supplies to mountain villages in ruins. More than 2,000 people are confirmed dead but the number

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s annual inflation rate has hit a new record high in August, as the cash-strapped country continues to battle price hikes and a depreciating currency. Official data released Sunday shows the annual inflation rate reaching 39.7% last month, up from 38.2% recorded in July. The inflation rate in August more than doubled

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Pakistani military says a soldier was killed in an overnight shootout with militants in the northwest along the border with Afghanistan. A military statement late Saturday said the shootout took place in a major town of North Waziristan that served as a safe haven for militants for decades. The statement said

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — In an unprecedented move, the Vatican on Sunday is beatifying a Polish family of nine — a married couple and their small children — who were executed by the Nazis during World War II for sheltering Jews. Last year, Pope Francis pronounced the deeply Catholic Ulma

GENEVA (AP) — Voters in a southern Swiss region are casting their ballots to decide whether to allow large solar parks on their sun-baked Alpine mountainsides as part of the federal government’s push to develop renewable energies. The referendum in the Valais canton centers on economic and environmental interests at a time of rising concerns

By CHARLENE PELE Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — As children across Sweden have recently flocked back to school after the summer vacation, many of their teachers are putting a new emphasis on printed books, quiet reading hours, and practicing handwriting as the country’s yearslong focus on the digitalization of classrooms has come under scrutiny. The

By RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghanistan is the world’s fastest-growing maker of methamphetamine, a report from the United Nations drug agency said Sunday. The country is also a major opium producer and heroin source, even though the Taliban declared a war on narcotics after they returned to power in August 2021. The

By ISSAM ADWAN Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli fighter jets bombed the Zorob family’s two-story home in the Gaza Strip in 2019, leaving nothing but a pile of debris and despair. Four years later, the 10-member family lives in a 20-square-meter (215-square-foot) hut covered with nylon sheets as they wait to

By SAM METZ and AHMED HATEM Associated Press MOULAY BRAHIM, Morocco (AP) — The ground shook with a force few had ever felt, thundering through the remote Moroccan village in the dark of night. When the earthquake was over late Friday, the town carved into the Atlas Mountains lay in devastation — possibly dozens dead,

NEW DELHI (AP) — G20 leaders are paying their respects at a memorial site dedicated to Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi on the final day of this year’s summit. Host India ended the first day of the summit with diplomatic wins by adding a new member and reaching agreements on a range of issues. Adding