Month: September 2023

By BROOKE SCHULTZ Associated Press/Report for America HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Majority control of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives will once again come down to a special election. Republican voters face a strongly Democratic lean in a Pittsburgh district to flip power back to their caucus on Sept. 19. Democrat Lindsay Powell and Republican Erin

By The Associated Press After a year and a half of fighting in Ukraine, Russia needs to replenish its supplies of ammunition for what could be a long war of attrition. Along with ramping up its domestic arms production, Moscow is turning to North Korea — one of its few allies with a vast arsenal.

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Australian who fell ill while working at an Antarctic research station is now in a hospital in Australia after being rescued by an icebreaker. The Australian Antarctic Division said Sunday that the “unwell expeditioner” was transferred from the icebreaker to a hospital in Hobart in

By JOSH BOAK and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — President Joe Biden heads to a Vietnam that’s looking to dramatically ramp up trade with the United States. It’s a sign of how competition with China is reshaping relationships across Asia. The president has made it a point of pride that Vietnam is

By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Barack Obama congratulated Coco Gauff on her U.S. Open title, less than two weeks after attending her first comeback of the tournament. After Gauff rallied to beat Aryna Sabalenka 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, messages quickly poured onto the social media platform formerly known as Twitter in

PHOENIX (AP) — How hot is Phoenix? Amid the hottest summer ever measured, the sizzling desert city set yet another record Saturday when temperatures topped 110 degrees. It was the 54th day this year that the official reading at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport made the mark. The previous record of 53 days was set in

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis are apologizing for character letters the celebrity couple wrote on behalf of fellow “That ’70s Show” actor Danny Masterson before he was sentenced for rape this week. A judge in Los Angeles on Thursday sentenced Masterson to 30 years to life in prison for raping two

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer TORONTO (AP) — Vicky Krieps stars in Viggo Mortensen’s feminist Western “The Dead Don’t Hurt” as a woman assaulted while her partner is away fighting for the Union army. The film is the latest in a naturally evolving project for Krieps of playing women throughout history who reject the

By FABIOLA SANCHEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities say a convoy of vehicles crossing into Mexico from the U.S. has been attacked by armed civilians, and nine people, including American citizens, were wounded. The Tamaulias state security department says the attack happened early Saturday on the international bridge that connects the town

BIG SKY, Mont. (AP) — Officials have closed part of the Custer Gallatin National Forest in southwestern Montana after a hunter was severely mauled by a grizzly bear. The hunter was tracking a deer on Friday when the bear attacked, according to the Gallatin County Sheriff’s office. Members of the hunting party called 911 at

ISLAMORADA, Fla. (AP) — An Olympic gold medalist and a former college All-American won top honors at an annual 8-mile swim around the Alligator Reef Lighthouse. Olympian Brooke Bennett of Clearwater was the top female swimmer. She finished second overall behind Connor Signorin. Signorin was an All-American swimmer at the University of Florida. About 400

The Associated Press An earthquake struck Morocco late Friday and killed more than 1,300 people. The death toll is expected to increase as rescuers struggle to reach some areas. Some of the deadliest earthquakes over the past 25 years have resulted in tens of thousands of deaths in countries such as Haiti, China and Pakistan.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian health authorities say that Israeli security forces have killed a 16-year-old Palestinian in a confrontation in the southern occupied West Bank. Saturday’s shooting marked latest violence to roil the territory during one of the most violent stretches of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in nearly two decades. The death of Milad al-Rai brings

By GABE STERN and SCOTT SONNER Associated Press Legal scholars and advocates say New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s emergency order suspending the right to carry firearms in public in and around Albuquerque will spur a legal fight but might also move the debate about gun violence. Lujan Grisham on Friday announced at least a

HONOLULU (AP) — Most of West Maui will officially reopen to travelers next month under a new wildfire emergency proclamation signed by Hawaii’s governor. Part of the island’s western coastline has been closed to visitors since devastating wildfires killed at least 115 people last month. State tourism officials initially urged travelers to stay away from

MADELIA, Minn. (AP) — A meat processing company in Minnesota will pay $300,000 in penalties for employing children as young as 13 to work in hazardous conditions. The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry and Tony Downs Food Company signed a consent order Friday following an investigation. The agency says the company employed at least

ROME (AP) — “Poor Things,” a film about Victorian-era female empowerment, has won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. The film, starring Emma Stone, won the top prize at the festival that is often a predictor of Oscar glory. Stone wasn’t on the Lido though because of the Hollywood writers and actors’ strike.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has hosted a celebration of hip-hop’s 50th anniversary, with appearances by some of the music genre’s pioneers and stars. Common, Jeezy, MC Lyte and Roxanne Shante were among the hip-hop artists invited to join Harris for the party Saturday at the vice president’s residence. Hip-hop’s 50th birthday has

By MARKO DROBNJAKOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Hundreds of Pride activists have gathered in the Serbian capital amid heavy police presence and anti-gay messages sent by the country’s conservative leadership and threats by far-right groups. The LGBTQ+ event last year was marred by skirmishes between the police and anti-Pride groups who believe the

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s conservative governing party and the opposition has showered potential voters with promises as the country’s political parties revealed their campaign programs before the Oct. 15 parliamentary election. The nationalist ruling Law and Justice party wants to win an unprecedented third term. But the government’s tenure has been marred with bitter

By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Residents and authorities in a town in Somalia say an airstrike has caused several casualties that include children, while three members of an al-Qaida-linked extremist group were killed. The U.S. military says “unfortunately, civilians were injured and killed” in the vicinity of a military operation by

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — NATO member Romania found new drone fragments on its territory near the border with war-torn Ukraine, which the Ministry of National Defense said are “similar to those used by the Russian army.” It is the second such discovery in Romania this week. Romanian President Klaus Iohannis responded on Saturday by saying

By SIBI ARASU Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — G20 leaders have agreed to triple renewable energy and try to increase the funds for climate change-related disasters but maintained the status quo with regards to phasing out carbon spewing coal. At a news conference shortly after the leaders of the Group of 20 of the

By AAMER MADHANI and JOSH BOAK Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — The Saudi crown prince once vilified by President Joe Biden has been elevated from a fist bump to a hearty handshake. Biden warmly greeted Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed bin Salman after they appeared together along with other leaders at the Group of 20 summit

Rescue has begun of ailing US researcher stuck 3,000 feet inside a Turkish cave, Turkish disaster management agency says. Rescue crews had been waiting for doctors to give the go-ahead for an operation to move out an American researcher who fell ill almost 1,000 meters (more than 3,000 feet) below the entrance of a cave

BANGKOK (AP) — An official says that one of Myanmar’s biggest and most powerful ethnic minority militias has arrested and repatriated more than 1,200 Chinese nationals allegedly involved in criminal online scam operations. The United Wa State Army group and Chinese media said Saturday that 1,207 Chinese nationals who were arrested by the Wa state

WEST CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — Police are reporting two more confirmed sightings of an escaped murderer on the run for more than a week in southeast Pennsylvania amid a search by hundreds of law enforcement officers. Thirty-four-year-old Danelo Souza Cavalcante escaped from the Chester County Prison while awaiting transfer to state prison on Aug. 31.

When the Group of 20 nation leaders arrived in host country India, they were feted by a classic Indian formula of Bollywood song and dance on the tarmac. Now, as they tuck in to dinner, they will be in for yet another cultural treat: dressed-up versions of a humble, earthy grain that’s a staple for

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press The son of a prominent conservative activist has been convicted of charges that he stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, bashed in a window, invaded the Senate floor and helped a mob disrupt the certification of Joe Biden’s election victory. The Justice Department says 44-year-old Leo Brent Bozell

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The U.S. and the Canadian navies have sailed two warships through the Taiwan Strait in a challenge to China’s sweeping territorial claims. The U.S. Navy says The USS Ralph Johnson and the Royal Canadian Navy Halifax-class frigate HMCS Ottawa sailed through the narrow band of ocean that separates China and self-ruled

BERLIN (AP) — Prince Harry arrived in the western German city of Duesseldorf on Saturday where he will open the Invictus Games, a competition for wounded, injured and ill service personnel and veterans. Harry, also known as the Duke of Sussex, was welcomed by the mayor, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, and about 100 cheering

By DEMETRIS NELLAS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Another village near a major Greek city was ordered evacuated Saturday afternoon as authorities frantically shored up flood defenses against a rising river following torrential rain earlier in the week. Rescue crews were evacuating stranded residents from already flooded areas in the central region of Thessaly.

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Follow live updates of a deadly, powerful earthquake that struck Morocco: ALGERIA OFFERS TO OPEN ITS AIRSPACE Algeria has offered humanitarian aid to neighboring Morocco after a powerful earthquake in the kingdom on Friday night left more than 1,000 people dead. In an exceptional move, Algeria offered to open its airspace

ROME (AP) — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has met with Chinese Premier Li Qiang on the sidelines of the G20 summit. She vowed Saturday to “consolidate and deepen” relations as her government considers abandoning Beijing’s “Belt and Road” initiative of Chinese-built and -funded infrastructure projects. Neither government mentioned the initiative in brief statements after the

By NOREEN NASIR, AARON MORRISON and AISHA I. JEFFERSON Associated Press The motivations of a shooter who recently targeted and killed Black people in Jacksonville, Florida, have revived concerns about the threat of hate violence and domestic terrorism. Experts say most hate crime victims in the U.S. are Black. That has been the case every

By AVET DEMOURIAN Associated Press YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Lawmakers in a breakaway Armenian-populated region of Azerbaijan have elected a new separatist president in a move that was strongly condemned by the Azerbaijani authorities. Samvel Shakhramanyan’s election on Saturday as the new president of Nagorno-Karabakh comes amid soaring tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan’s Foreign

By MATT O’BRIEN and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The cost of building an artificial intelligence product like ChatGPT can be hard to measure. But one thing Microsoft-backed OpenAI needed for its technology was plenty of water, pulled from the watershed of the Raccoon and Des Moines rivers in central Iowa

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Clashes resumed at the largest refugee camp in Lebanon between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah group and Islamic groups, killing three people and wounding 10 others Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister, Najib Mikati, discussed with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas the volatile situation in an attempt to end the

AGADIR, Morocco (AP) — The status of Morocco’s soccer game Saturday night as part of African Cup of Nations qualifying was uncertain after an earthquake struck the country, killing more than 800 people. Morocco was scheduled to play Liberia at Adrar Stadium in Agadir. The earthquake struck late Friday night. It has killed hundreds of

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British police say they have captured a former soldier who escaped from prison while awaiting trial on terrorism charges. Daniel Abed Khalife was on the run four days before a massive search managed to nab him Saturday. Khalife escaped on the bottom of a food delivery truck

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Large swells are battering the northeast Caribbean as Hurricane Lee churns nearby through open waters as a Category 3 storm. The storm is not forecast to make landfall and was located 385 miles east-northeast of the northern Leeward Islands. It had winds of up

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Several thousand climate activists blocked a Dutch highway on Saturday in anger at billions of euros in government subsidies for industries that use oil, coal and gas. They broke through a police barrier and sat on a road in The Hague heading to the lower house of parliament on Saturday.

By DENG MACHOL Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Basketball has united the South Sudanese. The country which gained its independence just 12 years ago is still celebrating the men’s national team after its first-ever qualification for the Olympics. South Sudan will play at the Paris Olympics as the automatic qualifier from Africa thanks

By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The United Nastions atomic watchdog has reported a spike in fighting near Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in Ukraine, warning about a potential threat to nuclear safety amid escalating hostilities as Ukrainian forces continued pressing their counteroffensive on Saturday. The International Atomic Energy Agency said that

GUWAHATI, India (AP) — Police say violence erupted in India’s northeastern state with a history of ethnic clashes when armed men exchanged gunfire with security forces, leaving at least two dead. Police say the shootout took place in Pallel village in Manipur state on Friday. Police say that as reports of the shooting spread, hundreds

By HANK KURZ Jr. AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Virginia hopes its first home football game in 10 months is the high point of a long, emotional journey that started in an horrific way. Tributes and dedications for three players killed last Nov. 13 began Friday afternoon with a tree planting and placement