Month: October 2023

By REBECCA SANTANA and ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — There’s a settlement in a long-running lawsuit over the Trump administration’s separation of parents and their children at the southern border. U.S. officials say the agreement between the Biden administration and the American Civil Liberties Union bars the government from similar separations for

By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer MANCHESTER, England (AP) — The sale of Manchester United has been a drawn out affair. It’s been nearly a year since the storied English soccer team was put up for sale aand it could still remain in the hands of the Glazer family. News on Saturday that Qatari banker

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Wildlife officials say antibodies found in early results of a historic new vaccine trial are expected to give endangered California condors at least partial protection from the deadliest strain of avian influenza in U.S. history. Experts have spent the past 40 years trying to prevent the

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Venezuela’s government and opposition will resume their dialogue mediated by Norway with talks scheduled for Tuesday in Barbados. Norway’s embassy in Mexico announced the resumption of talks Monday in a brief statement posted to the platform X. Mexico hosted multiple rounds of talks in 2021 and 2022. When they last met

NICE, France (AP) — The Nice public prosecutor’s office opened a preliminary investigation Monday targeting soccer player Youcef Atal on charges “of defending terrorism” after he shared an antisemitic message on social media. The prosecutor’s office said Atal is also being investigated for “public incitement to hatred or violence because of a particular religion.” Atal

SUNNYVALE, Calif. (AP) — LinkedIn said Monday it is laying off hundreds of workers. The Microsoft-owned career network is cutting about 668 roles across its engineering, product, talent and finance teams. The job cuts follow another more than 700 layoffs LinkedIn announced in May, as well as thousands more this year from parent company Microsoft.

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Hersh Goldberg-Polin is like a lot of other young people. The 23-year-old from Jerusalem loves music, wants to see the world and, now that he’s finished his military service, plans to go to university. But first he has to come home. Goldberg-Polin was last seen on Oct.

By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A 6-year-old boy was being buried Monday and his mother was hospitalized with stab wounds after their 71-year-old landlord attacked them because of their Muslim faith and high emotions over the Israel-Hamas war globally and nationwide, police said. Jewish and Muslim groups have reported an increase of

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — It started with a simple salad. Natasha Kravchuk began building a cooking mini-empire by combining cucumber, tomato and avocado. A TV anchor shared the recipe on Facebook in 2015 and it went viral. Kravchuk’s philosophy is indeed mixed into that salad — simple and flavorful

By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Data in the FBI’s annual crime report released Monday shows that violent crime across the U.S. decreased last year, dropping to about the same level as before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. But property crimes rose substantially. Violent crime dropped 1.7%, and that included a

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — A prominent Irish nun says women’s voices are being heard at Pope Francis’ big meeting on the future of the Catholic Church. Sister Patricia Murray is executive secretary of the main umbrella group of women’s religious orders. She provided an update Monday on the status of discussions

PARIS (AP) — France defender Jean-Clair Todibo has apologized after he was filmed laughing during a a minute’s silence in memory of the victims of the war between Israel and Hamas. The minute’s silence also paid tribute to a teacher killed in France by a suspected extremist and was held before France’s 2-1 win over

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan has criticized Russia’s announcement that it’s joining China in banning the imports of Japanese seafood in response to the release of treated radioactive wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant. Russia said it will start implementing import restrictions on Japanese seafood on Monday, nearly two

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer IOC president Thomas Bach says presidential term limits “are necessary.” He also took a public swipe at potential successor Sebastian Coe because some colleagues think he is campaigning too early. Bach spoke one day after some International Olympic Committee members urged him to stay as their leader for four

By SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Commercial operations have begun at Cambodia’s newest and biggest airport, designed to serve as an upgraded gateway to the country’s major tourist attraction, the centuries-old Angkor Wat temple complex in the northwestern province of Siem Reap. The Siem Reap-Angkor International Airport was built at a

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The lawyer representing 184 former Facebook content moderators based in Kenya who have sued the site’s parent company, Meta, over working conditions and pay has told the judge that Meta was not sincere in trying to reach an out-of-court settlement as agreed in the last court

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Ford Motor Co. Executive Chairman Bill Ford is scheduled to make a rare speech about the future of American manufacturing with the company near an impasse with striking autoworkers. The speech near the company’s huge pickup truck plant in the company’s hometown of Dearborn, Michigan, is

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — A populist former prime minister of Slovakia who plans to end the country’s military support for Ukraine has signed a coalition agreement with the leaders of two other parties to form a new government. Robert Fico and his leftist Smer, or Direction won the Sept. 30 parliamentary election by capturing 42 seats

MIAMI (AP) — The Miami Marlins have announced Kim Ng is leaving the team after three seasons as general manager. The 54-year-old Ng became the majors’ highest-ranking woman in baseball operations and the first female GM in the four major North American professional sports leagues in a groundbreaking hire in November 2020. The Marlins exercised

MUMBAI, India (AP) — Cricket’s return to the Olympic program for the 2028 Los Angeles Games drew an enthusiastic response from around the world. Cricket is a bat-and-ball game that is hugely popular in south Asia. It was one of five sports added to the LA Games by the International Olympic Committee. Flag football, baseball-softball,

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese branch of the Unification Church has criticized the Japanese government’s request for a court order to dissolve the group, saying it’s a serious threat to religious freedom and human rights of its followers. Japan’s Education Ministry last week asked the Tokyo District Court to revoke

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A lawyer for Donald Trump has told a London judge that the ex-president plans to prove that a “shocking and scandalous” report by a former British spy was wrong and harmed his reputation. Trump has sued the company founded by Christopher Steele, who created a dossier in

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Filipino officials say Canada will help the Philippines detect illegal fishing with its satellite surveillance system under a new agreement. The Department of Foreign Affairs said the arrangement gives the National Coast Watch Center of the Philippines access to Canada’s “Dark Vessel Detection System,” which uses satellite technology to track illegal

Associated Press PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — Authorities in Colorado say a semi-truck driver was killed when a train derailed and a bridge collapsed, spewing coal and mangled train cars across a highway near Pueblo on Sunday. Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Gayle Perez says the driver has died, but no further details were available. No

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Seven of the activists who repeatedly have demonstrated against a wind farm in in central Norway that they say hinders the rights of the Sami Indigenous people to raise reindeer have met with the Norwegian king. The dispute centers on 151 turbines of Europe’s largest onshore wind farm. The activists say

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Shares of Pfizer are falling before the opening bell as the company cut its full-year outlook, citing declining sales of its COVID-19-related products. Pfizer Inc. now foresees 2023 revenue in a range of $58 billion to $61 billion. Its prior forecast was for $67 billion to $70 billion. It

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Strong spending by consumers has been a linchpin keeping the U.S. economy out of a recession, and Vivid Seats CEO Stan Chia doesn’t see demand in his industry falling off. He says customers are still paying for tickets to concerts, sports games and the theater

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Sports Writer As the NCAA works to find a way to manage the way athletes are compensated for name, image and likeness, other threats are gathering. A federal antitrust case could force the NCAA and the wealthiest conferences to create pro-style revenue sharing of billions of broadcast-rights dollars with

By COLLEEN BARRY AP Business Writer Italy’s far-right-led government has approved a budget for next year that aims to bolster public health services, encourage families to have more children and put more money in the pockets of low- and medium-wage earners. Premier Giorgia Meloni said the 24 billion-euro budget is in line with the government’s

BERLIN (AP) — Germany has notified the European Union’s executive branch of temporary border controls at its frontiers with Poland, the Czech Republic and Switzerland, going a step beyond a move last month to strengthen checks on its eastern border. The notification on Monday would enable Germany to carry out the same systematic checks at

LONDON (AP) — A British Muslim convert who was convicted in Turkey of being part of the Islamic State group has pleaded guilty at a U.K. court to having a firearm for terrorism purposes and two charges of funding terrorism. Aine Davis was deported to the U.K. last year after serving time in prison in

By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — By the time Donald Trump returns to Iowa, the Republican ex-president will have drawn more than 10,000 people to his events in the state in less than a month. But veterans of Iowa politics know crowds don’t always translate to caucuses. Unlike Trump’s seat-of-the-pants second-place

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre has shuffled his Cabinet after his center-left party was defeated in local elections last month by the center-right opposition party for the first time since 1924. Espen Barth Eide, who was climate and environment minister in the outgoing two-party coalition, replaced Anniken Huitfeldt as foreign

By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Kyiv officials claim that a dayslong attempt by Russian forces to storm a strategically important city in eastern Ukraine appears to be running out of steam. The Ukrainian General Staff said Monday that Ukrainian forces repelled 15 Russian attacks from four directions on Avdiivka over the

By MAURICIO SAVARESE, BRUNA PRADO and DEBORA REY Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A certain section of athletes getting ready for the upcoming Pan American Games find their focus is constantly being pulled in different directions. They are mothers and they have the dual responsibility of practicing their sport and taking care of

By EMMANUEL IGUNZA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s President William Ruto is seeking $1 billion more in loans from China, despite rising public debt that has now reached $68 billion. He’s in Beijing for the summit of the Belt and Road Initiative, China’s ambitious plan to connect Africa, Asia and Europe through massive

By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet Companies have long helped their workers save for retirement through 401(k)s and other workplace plans. But recent SECURE 2.0 legislation has blessed a newer trend: employers creating emergency savings options that could encourage workers to save more and avoid raiding their retirement funds. As Americans learned during the COVID pandemic,