Month: October 2023

By HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Some of the most used platforms for travel and online shopping said Tuesday they’re going to team up to battle fake reviews. Amazon, reviews site Glassdoor and Trustpilot as well as travel companies Expedia Group, Booking.com and Tripadvisor announced they’re launching a group called the “Coalition

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — WNBA players have one less option to play overseas with the conflict in Israel, adding to diminishing opportunities amid the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine. Last offseason nearly half the league played in overseas leagues in Israel, Australia, Turkey, Italy and about a half-dozen

By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Western analysts say Russia is throwing more units into its effort to take a key eastern Ukraine city, after apparent setbacks that have slowed its dayslong onslaught. The U.K. defense ministry said Tuesday the attempt to storm Avdiivka, a city that stands in the way of

BEIRUT (AP) — Clashes erupted again Tuesday on the border between Lebanon and Israel, where Israeli forces and armed groups in Lebanon have engaged in a series of low-level skirmishes since the outbreak of the latest war in Gaza. An anti-tank missile fired from Lebanon landed in the town of Metula in northern Israel Tuesday

By ISABEL DEBRE and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Gaza’s health ministry says that an estimated 1,200 people are still trapped under the rubble of destroyed buildings awaiting rescue, or recovery. That unreported toll shines light on the struggles of rescue teams in besieged Gaza to save lives, while cut

MUMBAI, India (AP) — Oscar-winning actor Michelle Yeoh has been elected an International Olympic Committee member. The academy of Olympic voters also made a former lawmaker in Peru their unanimous favorite. IOC members voted in eight new colleagues. The total of 107 is drawn from royal families, sports officials, current and former athletes plus leaders

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A complete ballot count confirms that three coalition parties that vowed to restore democratic standards in Poland together won over 54% of the votes in the nation’s weekend election. That puts them in a position to take power. The conservative Law and Justice party, which has governed the country for eight

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Sweden players are returning to their clubs after taking an overnight flight home from Brussels following the suspension of their European Championship qualifier against Belgium at halftime because a gunman killed two Swedish nationals before kickoff. The squad went directly to the airport and flew back to Sweden once

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s top court has refused to legalize same-sex marriages, with the chief justice of the country saying that it was up to Parliament to create such a law. The chief justice also urged the government to uphold the rights of the queer community and end discrimination against them. A five-judge bench

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — World shares advanced Tuesday after U.S. stocks rallied as investors unwound some of last week’s moves driven by worries about war in the Middle East. Oil prices slipped and U.S. futures also edged lower. Markets are awaiting China’s latest economic growth figures, due Wednesday. Economists are

By SYLVAIN PLAZY, RAF CASERT and LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Police in Belgium searched Tuesday for a suspected Tunisian extremist accused of killing two Swedish soccer fans in a brazen shooting on a Brussels street before disappearing into the night. Amateur videos posted on social media of Monday’s attack showed a man

By SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China is hosting its third international forum centered around President Xi Jinping’s signature policy, the Belt and Road Initiative, which over the past 10 years has built infrastructure across continents, burdening some smaller countries with debt. The forum which begins Tuesday brings a flurry of diplomacy to

By ZEN SOO AP Technology Writer HONG KONG (AP) — The Chinese search engine and artificial intelligence firm Baidu has launched the latest version of its artificial intelligence model Ernie 4.0. Baidu claims it rivals models such as GPT-4 in the U.S. Baidu CEO Robin Li demonstrated Ernie 4.0 at the company’s annual Baidu World

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing on Tuesday for a visit that underscores China’s support for Moscow during its war in Ukraine as well as Russian backing for China’s bid to expand its economic and diplomatic influence abroad. The two countries have forged an informal

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Stalled spending on electrical grids worldwide is slowing the rollout of renewable energy and could put efforts to limit climate change at risk if millions of miles of power lines aren’t added or refurbished in the next few years. The International Energy Agency said in

By NAJIB JOBAIN, RAVI NESSMAN Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The U.S. hoped to break a deadlock over delivering aid to increasingly desperate civilians in besieged Gaza following a brutal attack by Hamas militants, as President Joe Biden was set to head to Israel and Jordan on Wednesday. Aid workers warned that life

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans will try to elect a firebrand Rep. Jim Jordan as the new House speaker, elevating a chief ally of Donald Trump to a center-seat of U.S. power and showing just how far the hard-right flank has moved into the GOP mainstream. On Tuesday, the House

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press VACAVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric wants to bury many of its power lines in areas threatened by wildfires. But California regulators are balking at their plan in part because of its impact on rates. PG&E customers already pay some of the highest rates in the country. It

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump is scheduled to be questioned under oath as part of lawsuits from two former FBI employees who provoked the former president’s outrage after sending each other pejorative text messages about him. The deposition is scheduled to take place Tuesday in New York. Peter Strzok, who

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is returning to the Manhattan civil fraud trial that threatens to upend his real estate empire, but he won’t be seeing his former lawyer-turned-foe Michael Cohen on the witness stand — at least not yet. Cohen, citing a health problem, has

By RICHARD LARDNER, TRENTON DANIEL and AARON KESSLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s political fundraising machine is raking in donations at a prodigious pace, but he’s spending tens of millions of dollars he’s bringing in to pay attorneys to deal with the escalating costs of the various criminal cases he is contending with

By RICHARD LARDNER, TRENTON DANIEL and AARON KESSLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s political fundraising machine is raking in donations at a prodigious pace, but he’s spending tens of millions of dollars he’s bringing in to pay attorneys to deal with the escalating costs of the various criminal cases he is contending with

By JACKIE MADER of The Hechinger Report Laura Jackson became seriously concerned about her daughter and math when the girl was in third grade. While many of her classmates flew through multiplication tests, Jackson’s daughter relied on her fingers to count, had difficulty reading clocks and burst into tears when asked at home to practice

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — From its first months in office, the Biden administration made a distinctive decision on its Middle East policy: It would deprioritize a half-century of high-profile efforts by past U.S. presidents, particularly Democratic ones, to broker a broad and lasting peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians. Since

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s military brought together a group of foreign correspondents to screen a 40-minute reel of gruesome footage compiled from the Hamas attack last week. The footage showed a burnt baby, a dumpster full of burnt bodies and gunmen shooting at already slain civilians in cars.

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Defeated New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says he will continue to lead his liberal Labour Party — for now, at least — despite a big election loss on Saturday. He told reporters Tuesday that he still has a “bit of fight” left in him.

By COLLEEN SLEVIN and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Opening statements are set to start in the trial of a third police officer charged in the death of a Black man who was confronted by police as he was walking home in suburban Denver in 2019. The presentations in the trial of Nathan

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — An expert in forensic pathology testified Monday in the ongoing trail of three Tacoma, Washington, police officers charged with the death of Manuel Ellis that Ellis likely would have lived if not for the officers’ actions to restrain him. Dr. Roger Mitchell, former chief medical examiner for Washington, D.C., made the

By SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — One person is dead and two more have been injured by gunshots near a pro-democracy protest in Guatemala. The victims had been near a protest in Malacatan, a township in the western border state of San Marcos. It is not clear whether they were involved

By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s Belt and Road Initiative looks to become smaller and greener after a decade of big projects that boosted trade but left big debts and raised environmental concerns. The shift comes as leaders from across the developing world descend on Beijing this week for a government-organized forum

By BRUCE SCHREINER and DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear and Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron have accused each other of taking extreme positions on abortion policy. They wrangled over abortion during a televised debate Monday night in northern Kentucky. Their remarks came against the backdrop of Kentucky’s current law, which bans all

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett says it would be a good idea for the nation’s highest court to adopt a formal code of conduct. But she says there’s already unanimity among the nine justices that they should hold themselves to the highest ethical standards possible.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Three members of a California family have pleaded guilty to conspiracy for their role in a ring that shipped $600 million worth of stolen catalytic converters from California to New Jersey. Federal prosecutors say brothers Tou Sue Vang and Andrew Vang and their mother Monica Moua of Sacramento were part of

By MICHELLE L. PRICE and MEG KINNARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina on Monday praised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for showing what he called “restraint” after Hamas attacked Israel over a week ago. The Republican presidential candidate said Netanyahu “waited” and showed “patience” and “humanity” in response to

By ALFREDO PEÑA CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico A Mexican official has confirmed a shocking video that emerged over the weekend of cartel gunmen forcing the drivers of about a dozen tanker trucks to dump all their gasoline into a field. The official, who was not authorized to be quoted by name, said the incident occurred last

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada’s dueling presidential nominating contests have split the Republican presidential field, with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis opting to compete against former President Donald Trump in the caucus run by the state GOP while three major rivals run instead in the early state primary. DeSantis announced Sunday he would run in the

By MATTHEW LEE and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden consulted with a trio of world leaders and his own national security team on Monday amid growing global concern about the humanitarian crisis unfolding in the Gaza Strip and fears that the Israel-Hamas war could metastasize into a broader regional conflict.

By The Associated Press They range from babies to the elderly. Most are civilians. Israel says at least 199 people taken during the Hamas attack are being held captive in Gaza. Some of their families received frantic phone calls or texts during the attack. Others heard nothing and later saw video evidence their loved ones

By FABIANO MAISONNAVE Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — The Negro River, the Amazon’s second largest tributary, has reached its lowest level since official measurements began near Manaus 121 years ago. Monday’s record confirms that this part of the world’s largest rainforest is suffering its worst drought, just a little over two years after its

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is meeting to debate rival Russian and Brazilian resolutions that reflect deep divisions over the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the latest Hamas’ attacks and Israeli retaliation. The Russian draft resolution calls for “an immediate, durable and fully respected humanitarian cease-fire” and

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Colorado’s highest court has upheld the search of Google users’ keyword history to identify suspects in a fatal arson fire. Critics have called the approach a digital dragnet that threatens to undermine people’s privacy and their constitutional protections. However the Colorado Supreme Court cautioned it was not

NEW YORK (AP) — A judge says former U.S. Rep. Steve Buyer cannot defer his surrender next month to serve a nearly two-year prison sentence resulting from his insider trading conviction. U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman ruled Monday that there was no substantial question nor any close question of law that would warrant letting

By MANUEL RUEDA BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s government and the rebel group know as FARC-EMC have signed a three-month cease-fire and formally began peace talks, as President Gustavo Petro tries to pacify rural areas of the country, ahead of elections that will take place at the end October. During an event in Tibu, a

By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s Court of Appeals is deciding whether the parents of school shooting victims can seek to veto the release of police records. A group that includes a state senator, two news organizations and a gun-rights group have sued Nashville for access to police records from the

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer Bill Self likes to remind his team that the faces may change at Kansas but the expectations within his program never do. Expectations outside the program? Turns out they are as high as possible this year. The Jayhawks were the clear No. 1 pick in the AP Top 25

MACON, Ga. (AP) — A central Georgia sheriff said four men detained in the county jail escaped through a damaged window and a cut fence. Bibb County Sheriff David Davis said jail staff noticed a break in the perimeter fence around the jail at about 6 a.m. Monday. They went back and watched video footage

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams has announced he is limiting shelter stays for migrant families with children to 60 days in the city’s housing  system. Monday’s move to tighten the rules comes as the Democratic mayor seeks to ease the pressure a city system overwhelmed