Month: October 2023

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — An appeals court in South Carolina is allowing Alex Murdaugh to ask a judge to throw out his murder convictions and life sentence and get a new trial after his lawyers accused the court clerk in his trial of influencing the jury. The one-paragraph decision Tuesday

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden has reported partial damage to an undersea telecom cable in the Baltic Sea running to Estonia. Authorities believe it happened at the same time as damage to an undersea gas pipeline and telecom cable from Finland to Estonia. Finland has launched an investigation into possible sabotage after reporting the damage to

By The Associated Press Athletics reliever Trevor May ripped Oakland owner John Fisher and implored him to sell the franchise while announcing his retirement Monday in an empassioned video message. Fisher’s parents founded Gap, Inc., and Fisher became majority owner of the A’s in 2005. He is attempting to relocate the A’s to Las Vegas

By BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The United Nations says its peacekeepers have started departing from two bases in northern Mali as part of a forced withdrawal from the country and amid increasing insecurity. The mission began leaving from two camps in the Kidal region, Tessalit and Aguelhok, in an attempt to

ROME (AP) — Juventus midfielder Nicolò Fagioli has been banned for seven months by the Italian soccer federation for betting violations. Fagioli has agreed to a plea bargain with the FIGC that includes therapy for a gambling addiction. The 22-year-old Fagioli alerted the Italian soccer federation’s prosecutor about the case and has been co-operating with

NEW YORK (AP) — Deion “Coach Prime” Sanders has counted the ways to success. The Gallery Books imprint 13a announced Tuesday that Sanders’ “Elevate and Dominate: 21 Ways to Win On and Off the Field,” will come out March 12, 2024. The NFL and college football Hall of Famer, now head coach of the Colorado

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Rite Aid’s plan to close more stores as part of its bankruptcy process could hurt access to medicine and care, particularly in some majority Black and Hispanic neighborhoods and in rural areas, experts say. The drugstore chain said late Sunday that its voluntary Chapter 11 process will allow it

By HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press/Report for America MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature are withholding pay raises for Universities of Wisconsin employees amid a fight over the school system’s diversity, equity and inclusion spending. The Legislature’s employment relations committee voted to approve raises for other state employees but did not take

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A man who brought a loaded handgun into the Wisconsin Capitol, demanding to see Gov. Tony Evers, and returned hours later with an assault rifle after posting bail has been charged with a misdemeanor. Forty-three-year-old Joshua Pleasnick of Madison was charged Monday in Dane County with carrying a firearm in a

By JUSTIN SPIKE and KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has held talks with Vladimir Putin, becoming the first leader of a European Union nation to meet in person with the Russian president since the beginning of the war in Ukraine. The two leaders met in Beijing on Tuesday

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “Killers of the Flower Moon,” a $200-million, 206-minute epic produced by Apple that’s in theaters Friday, is an audacious big swing by Martin Scorsese to continue his kind of ambitious, personal filmmaking on the largest scale at a time when such grand, big-screen statements are

By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A volleyball shoe startup is bringing attention to colleges’ multi-million-dollar contracts with athletic apparel companies and terms that prevent athletes from wearing other brands. Nebraska volleyball player Harper Murray is an ambassador for Avoli. She said she would prefer to wear Avoli shoes in practices

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. official says the longer-range ballistic missiles long sought by Ukraine have been delivered quietly by the U.S. and are being used on the battlefield against Russia nearly a month after President Joe Biden promised them to his Ukrainian counterpart. The official was not authorized

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “Killers of the Flower Moon” is an audacious big swing by Martin Scorsese to continue his kind of ambitious, personal filmmaking on the largest scale at a time when such grand, big-screen statements are increasingly a rarity. In an interview with The Associated Press, Scorsese

By CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press Eleven days after 57-year-old Anthony Talotta arrived at a Pittsburgh jail, he died from what his family says was a treatable and preventable infection from a foot wound. Talotta, who had autism and developmental disabilities, had been brought to the Allegheny County Jail after a fight with a staff member

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin state Assembly is set to approve a plan to spend more than half-a-billion dollars to help cover repairs at the Milwaukee Brewers’ stadium. The Brewers contend that American Family Field’s glass outfield doors, seats and concourses should be replaced, the suites and scoreboard need

HOLYOKE, Mass. (AP) — Two more people have been charged in connection with a shooting investigation in Holyoke, Massachusetts, during which a pregnant woman on a bus was hit by gunfire and delivered a baby that later died. A total of five people have been named by prosecutors following the Oct. 4 shooting. Two are

By SARAH RANKIN and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Speculation that Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin might jump in the race for president has long swirled and could be set to further escalate, depending on the outcome of next month’s legislative elections in the state. Youngkin is holding a major donor retreat

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA and VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s voters delivered a clear verdict. After eight years of rule by a right-wing government, they have had enough. While the conservative ruling Law and Justice party won more votes than any other single party, it lost its majority in parliament and will

By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — Health ministers in the Western Pacific has nominated a surgeon from Tonga to lead the World Health Organization’s regional office at a meeting in Manila on Tuesday. Dr. Saia Ma’u Piukala’s nomination for WHO’s top job in the Western Pacific comes months after the U.N. health

By RAF CASERT and LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union leaders are holding a virtual summit to try overcome different opinions and voices over the Israel-Hamas war and have a bigger diplomatic impact on the global stage. Ever since the attack of Hamas on Israel on Oct. 7, the EU has

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gender-affirming surgery for minors would be banned in Wisconsin under a Republican-sponsored bill up for final approval in the GOP-controlled Legislature. Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has vowed to veto the measure. The Assembly passed the bill last week, without any Democratic votes, and the Senate was slated to give it final

By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer Are 3D mammograms better than standard 2D imaging for catching advanced cancers? A clinical trial is recruiting thousands of volunteers — including a large number of Black women who face disparities in breast cancer death rates — to try to find out. People like Carole Stovall, a psychologist

LONDON (AP) — Greta Thunberg has been detained by British police alongside other climate activists who gathered outside a central London hotel to disrupt a meeting of oil and gas company executives. Thunberg was among dozens of protesters who attempted to block access to the InterContinental Hotel on Park Lane, which is hosting the Energy

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Americans showed their steadfast resilience and kept spending in September even as they grappled with higher prices, interest rates and a host of other headwinds piling up. Retail sales rose 0.7% in September, more than twice what economists had expected, and close to a revised

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — They are playfully called the “forgotten five”: A handful of toys — the pogo stick, the Fisher-Price Corn Popper, My Little Pony, PEZ dispensers, and Transformers — that regularly approach toybox royalty as finalists for the National Toy Hall of Fame, only to be tossed back

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Commerce Department has updated and broadened its export controls to stop China from acquiring advanced computer chips and the equipment to manufacture them. Tuesday’s revisions come a year after the export controls were launched to counter the use of the chips for military applications including the

Associated Press Choice Hotels International is asking shareholders of rival chain Wyndham Hotels & Resorts to sign off on a buyout worth nearly $8 billion after Wyndham broke off negotiations. Choice, based in Rockville, Maryland, is offering $49.50 in cash and 0.324 shares of Choice common stock for each Wyndham share they own. Choice operates

PARIS (AP) — France’s anti-terror prosecutor says a suspected Islamic extremist declared allegiance to the Islamic State group before fatally stabbing a teacher in school attack last week. The prosecutor, Jean-François Ricard, said, in a press conference Tuesday, an audio recording was found by police investigators in the suspect’s phone. In it, the alleged attacker

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Fiji’s prime minister says he hopes Australia’s acquisition of a fleet of submarines powered by U.S. nuclear technology will enhance peace in the Pacific region but stopped short of endorsing the increased military cooperation with the United States. Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka says he will discuss

By AMI BENTOV and AMY TEIBEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The mother of a young Israeli woman held by Hamas has appealed for her release, calling the seizure of some 200 hostages by the Palestinian militant group “a crime against humanity.” On Monday, Hamas’s military wing released a video showing a dazed Mia Schem,

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The upcoming season of “Sesame Street” features an octopus as a chef, an exploration of American Sign Language and Quinta Brunson giving Cookie Monster a little bit of attitude. The 54th season of the iconic children’s show debuts Nov. 9 on MAX with a gentle

HELSINKI (AP) — The Swedish security police has arrested two people suspected of gross unauthorized possession of secret information following an early morning police raid where several houses were searched in the greater Stockholm area. The security police, known by the abbreviation SAPO, said in a statement the suspects are now being questioned. It declined

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The battle for the throne of South Africa’s ethnic Zulu nation has reached the courts as a faction of the royal family seeks to dethrone the king after less than a year. The North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria is hearing legal arguments this week in the

PARIS (AP) — The Palace of Versailles, one of France’s most visited tourist attractions, is being evacuated for a security scare. It’s the second time in four days the palace has had to close. France is on heightened alert against feared attacks after the fatal stabbing last week of a teacher in a school. The

Jet engine maker Rolls-Royce says it’s cutting up to 2,500 jobs globally as part of a corporate overhaul that its new CEO is carrying out. The aerospace company was hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic that decimated demand for air travel. U.K.-based Rolls-Royce didn’t disclose Tuesday where the jobs will be cut. Around half of

By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees has urged the international community not to forget the plight of ethnic Rohingya refugees from Myanmar in the midst of many other world crises. High Commissioner Filippo Grandi says more support is needed to help the displaced Rohingya and also relieve

By KATE ASHFORD of NerdWallet Open enrollment is no one’s idea of a good time, but health coverage is a crucial part of your financial health. Whether you’re getting insurance through an employer or the Affordable Care Act marketplace, it’s important to ask the right questions before you choose a plan for 2024. The right

MOSCOW (AP) — The lower house of the Russian parliament has given preliminary approval to a bill revoking the ratification of a global nuclear test ban. The State Duma voted unanimously on Tuesday to rescind the ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty known as the CTBT, in the first of three required readings.

PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech coalition government is facing a parliamentary no-confidence vote over opposition claims that it is incompetent in handling the economy and in controlling immigration. The main opposition centrist ANO (YES) movement led by populist billionaire Andrej Babis has accused the government of failing to deal with high inflation driven by energy