Month: October 2023

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s central bank lowered its key interest rate Wednesday, pointing to a drop in inflation despite a still-high rate of…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Philippe is drenching the U.S. and British Virgin Islands as it spins away from the northeast Caribbean…

NEW YORK (AP) — The final stages of jury selection have resumed at the fraud trial of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried in New York City. Opening…

NEW YORK (AP) — “Star Trek” actor and political activist George Takei has a picture book scheduled for next spring that draws upon his early…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK, BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump returned to his New York…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A British army investigation has concluded that a 19-year-old soldier is believed to have taken her own…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s foreign minister says Kurdish militants behind a suicide bombing in the Turkish capital face robust retaliation…

By KATHERINE ROTH Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — You may not know her name. But Dorothy Liebes was a celebrity in her day — a weaver and…

LONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday proposed raising the legal age that people in England can buy cigarettes by one year,…

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — The Canadian province of Manitoba has elected the first First Nations premier of a province in Canada. Manitobans elected…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union countries have overcame a new obstacle in their yearslong quest to overhaul the…

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s foreign minister says that his government wants guarantees from Kyiv that a…

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police say they have arrested several people suspected of spitting in the direction of…

LONDON (AP) — British police have opened an investigation into corporate manslaughter at a northern England hospital after a neonatal nurse was…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Judy Blume, James Patterson and Michael Connelly are among 24 prominent writers who have raised…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden is urging women to talk to their doctors about getting mammograms or other…

MOSCOW (AP) — Sirens have wailed across Russia and television stations interrupted regular programming to broadcast warning signals as part of…

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Picketing has begun at Kaiser Permanente hospitals as some 75,000 workers who say…

BENNINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Police say a man has been accused of stalking a woman in New York via his small airplane, flying out of an airport in nearby…

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is taking up a case that could make it harder to sue hotels when their…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece is urging other European Union member states to adopt a proposed plan to sanction countries that refuse to accept…

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A court in Serbia has released from a brief detention a Kosovo Serb leader who has been linked to a clash with Kosovo…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Shares in Scandinavian Airlines have dropped more than 90% after the ailing carrier announced new shareholders in a…

By SALLY FRENCH of NerdWallet For Disney fans, Halloween is among the most desirable (and expensive) times to visit its theme parks. That’s largely…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Uber is adding a new task to its list of services: mailing consumers’ return packages. The ride-hailing and…

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Firefighters are battling a huge fire in a plastics factory in eastern Croatia and authorities have asked residents to…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Japanese Agriculture Minister Ichiro Miyashita says Tokyo hopes to resolve the issue of Chinese ban on its seafood…

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — FIFA is set to approve the reintegration of Russian youth teams into under-17 competitions and ease…

By CHASE BIERENKOVEN Edmunds A little outdoors goes a long way, and America’s national parks and outdoor spaces are some of the most stunning on…

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia says it will resume checks at the border with Hungary to reduce growing numbers of migrants entering the…

By The Associated Press A court in Moscow has handed a former state TV journalist a 8 1/2-year prison term in absentia for protesting Russia’s war…

By NICOLE WINFIELD and SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is shaming and challenging world leaders to take concrete…

By KEN RITTER and SCOTT SONNER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A United States appeals court planned to hear Wednesday from lawyers trying to…