Month: September 2023

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH. N.C. (AP) — The NASCAR Cup Series All-Star Race is returning to North Wilkesboro Speedway in North…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A judge has closed the door on FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s hopes to be free during his…

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press LEESBURG, Va. (AP) — A Virginia jury has begun deliberations in the trial of a DoorDash driver charged with…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Attorneys for convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh want the federal government to take over…

By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The exodus of ethnic Armenians this week from the region known as Nagorno-Karabakh has been…

By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Designer Gabriela Hearst marked her farewell from Chloé with a jubilant dance alongside Rio’s…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — A court in northern Switzerland has acquitted a former Belarusian security operative over the…

By TOM KRISHER DETROIT (AP) — Nearly 3.4 million Hyundai and Kia  vehiclesin the U.S. are under recall due to the risk of engine compartment…

By COLLEEN LONG, ERIC TUCKER and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are repeatedly using the word “brand” at…

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois says an invasive insect called the spotted lanternfly has been confirmed in the state for the first time. The…

By FADI TAWIL and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press EIN AAR, Lebanon (AP) — Hundreds of Lebanese Armenians have scuffled with riot police outside…

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The Olympic doping case involving teenage Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva will resume for two more days in…

By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appointed former Ukrainian soccer great Andriy Shevchenko…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union governments are struggling to overcome obstacles to put a new asylum system in place…

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI and other government agencies should be required to get court approval before reviewing…

BY STEPHEN McGRATH and ANDREEA ALEXANDRU Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A court in Romania’s capital on Thursday has eased…

MIAMI (AP) — The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Rina has formed in the Atlantic Ocean. Forecasters said Thursday the storm had…

CAIRO (AP) — The United States has imposed sanctions on a former Sudanese government minister and two companies tied to the paramilitary force…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A fire has broken out at a car battery factory owned by Iran’s Defense Ministry for the second time in less than a week.…

By JONATHAN J. COOPER and JILL COLVIN Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Donald Trump ally Kari Lake, who’s refused to acknowledge her loss in…

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A former director of an Ohio memory-loss clinic accused by dozens of patients of falsely diagnosing them with Alzheimer’s…

LONDON (AP) — A famous tree that had stood for nearly 200 years next to Hadrian’s Wall, a Roman landmark in northern England, was…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The cost of a new Alabama super-size prison that is now under construction has risen to more than $1 billion, complicating…

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is proposing granting limited autonomy for Corsica in a modest step toward nationalist sentiment on…

By SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Two of Southeast Asia’s newest national leaders have exchanged congratulations on…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Police say a man wearing military clothing and carrying a handgun has shot and injured a person in a classroom at a…

By ZANA CIMILI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo’s interior minister has accused Serbia of direct involvement in weekend clashes…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany and Israel have signed an agreement for Berlin to buy the sophisticated Arrow 3 missile defense system, designed to intercept…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — There are rock stars, and then there is Ringo Starr. To call him prolific would almost…

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer The curtain is finally coming down on Netflix’s once-iconic DVD-by-mail service, a quarter century…

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese singer and actress Najah Sallam, who surged to fame in the mid-20th century for her songs promoting pan-Arabism, has died.…

By PAUL WISEMAN and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy grew at a 2.1% annual pace from April through June,…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer U.S. applications for unemployment benefits inched up modestly this week after reaching their lowest level in eight…