Month: November 2023

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Nintendo is developing a live-action film based on its hit video game “The Legend of Zelda,” the Japanese company behind the Super Mario franchise said Wednesday. The film, with financing from Sony Pictures Entertainment as well as its own investment, will be directed by Wes Ball,

By MATTHEW LEE and MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Fresh from a whirlwind tour of the Middle East, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken shifts his intense diplomacy on the Israel-Hamas war to Asia. Blinken is appealing for the Group of Seven leading industrial democracies to forge consensus on how to deal with

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has criticized rival South Korea for removing a law that banned private activists from sending anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets to the North, insisting that such activities amount to psychological warfare and threatening to respond with a “shower of shells.” South Korea’s Constitutional Court in

UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Kimberly Mata-Rubio, a mother who has pushed for tougher gun laws since her daughter was among 19 children killed in the Robb Elementary School attack, is on the ballot Tuesday to become the next mayor of Uvalde, Texas. The town was left divided by one of America’s deadliest mass shootings as

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — There was plenty in the early results of Tuesday’s off-year election to make Democrats happy, but it shouldn’t be enough to make them feel secure heading into next year’s presidential election. Abortion rights supporters won an Ohio ballot measure and the Democratic governor of beet-red Kentucky held

By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press The people of Bridgeport, Connecticut, have cast their ballots for mayor knowing there’s a chance the results won’t actually settle the election. A judge last week tossed out the results of the Democratic mayoral primary and ordered a new one, citing “mishandled” absentee ballots. That set up the most bizarre

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A judge’s order to deny bail is being challenged by a New Mexico man charged with attempted murder in the September shooting of a Native American activist during confrontations about canceled plans to reinstall a statue of a Spanish conquistador. Attorneys for defendant Ryan David

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press Democrat Gabe Amo has defeated Republican Gerry Leonard to win Rhode Island’s 1st Congressional District seat. The former White House aide will become the state’s first Black candidate elected to the U.S. House. Amo succeeds former Democratic Rep. David Cicilline, who stepped down this summer to become president of the Rhode Island

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The Unification Church’s Japanese branch plans to set aside up to $67 million to cover possible compensation for people seeking damages they say were caused by the group’s manipulative fundraising tactics. The move announced Tuesday was seen as an attempt to allay suspicion that the group would

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press A clerical error in an eastern Pennsylvania county caused votes to appear to be flipped on a ballot question that asked whether a pair of incumbent state appeals judges should be retained. The issue affected all of the county’s voting machines in use Tuesday, but county officials say only affected

By ELLIOT SPAGAT and REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press The Biden administration is urging an appeals court to allow sweeping new restrictions on asylum to stay in place, warning that halting them would be “highly disruptive” at the border. The government on Tuesday asked a panel of judges in Pasadena, California — two appointed by President

By YOLANDA MAGAÑA Associated Press SAN SALVADOR (AP) — As El Salvador President Nayib Bukele seeks re-election, a growing number of voices have called for electoral authorities to annul the populist leader’s candidacy, arguing that it’s a clear violation of the country’s constitution. Bukele has gained the unwavering support of many in his Central American

By AAMER MADHANI and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping remain on track to meet during next week’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. Neither the U.S. nor China has announced exactly when the meeting will take place. The White House believes it will be able to make some modest

Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Thieves entered the home of Brazilian soccer star Neymar’s partner’s home and took her parents hostage early Tuesday morning, Bruna Biancardi, the mother of Neymar’s baby girl, wrote on her verified Instagram account. Local media reported that her parents’ home is located in Cotia, a city in Sao

By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers and tribes have unveiled a monument outside of the state Capitol commemorating the contributions of Native Americans. The statue depicts a late Native American leader who preserved cultural dances. The monument is located where a statue of a Spanish missionary once stood.

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Authorities in Panama say two people have died while participating in a third week of protests against a government mining contract. The attorney general says one person has been arrested in Tuesday’s incident. Officials have not given any details on how the demonstrators died while blocking a road, but local reports

By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer A new study finds that endangered cheetahs are more likely to hunt at dawn and dusk on hot days, which increases their odds of conflict with other nocturnal predators. The researchers placed GPS tracking collars on 54 large carnivores in Botswana — including cheetahs, lions, leopards — to track

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Biden administration has asked a federal appeals court to uphold health care guidance issued last year that says hospitals must provide abortions for women whose lives are at risk due to pregnancy. A federal judge blocked enforcement of the guidance last year after the state

By KEN KUSMER Associated Press A law firm says the Peace Corps has agreed to pay $750,000 to the family of a 24-year-old volunteer from Illinois who died in 2018 in East Africa after the agency’s doctors misdiagnosed a case of malaria. Adam Dinnell, a partner at the Houston-based law firm of Schiffer Hicks Johnson

By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota district judge said Tuesday he will rule soon on whether to issue a temporary restraining order against North Dakota’s ban on gender-affirming care for children. Families and a pediatrician filed the lawsuit in September. They want the ban found unconstitutional and blocked from

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Republican state senators in Oregon who walked out of the Legislature earlier this year have filed a federal lawsuit as part of their efforts to seek reelection. The three senators filed the lawsuit Monday. They’re challenging a voter-approved amendment to the state constitution that bars them from reelection following their term

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Some polls in Kentucky have closed as voters there decide whether to give Democratic incumbent Gov. Andy Beshear a second term in the Republican-leaning state. Beshear is up against Republican challenger Daniel Cameron. After months of sparring over abortion and the economy, they’ll await the verdict

MAXTON, N.C. (AP) — The sheriff in a North Carolina county says that two deputies and a suspect have been seriously wounded during an exchange of gunfire. Robeson County Sheriff Burnis Wilkins confirmed the three had been shot Tuesday in an area outside of Maxton. Wilkins said the suspect and one of the deputies were

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump went off. Again and again. Making the witness stand at his New York civil trial his podium on Monday, the former president laid into the fraud case against him. He assailed the judge who’ll decide the lawsuit and the state

By FU TING, JIM MUSTIAN and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A former CIA officer accused of drugging and sexually assaulting at least two dozen women has pleaded guilty to federal sex abuse charges. Prosecutors say Brian Jeffrey Raymond, who entered his plea Tuesday, kept nearly 500 videos and photographs he took of

By LISA MASCARO and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — There are just 10 days before another potential government shutdown. Congress faces a Nov. 17 deadline to fund the federal government but is no closer to resolving the standoff — and in fact is complicating matters. Republicans are demanding strict U.S. border security changes

GENEVA (AP) — Christie’s says the largest fancy vivid blue diamond to ever come to auction has sold for more than $44 million, far outstripping the pre-sale estimate. Known as the “Bleu Royal,” the ring featuring a fancy vivid blue pear-shaped diamond of 17.61 carats was one of the standout pieces to go under the

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Nine-inning World Series games averaged 3 hours, 1 minute, the fastest since 1996, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. The first postseason of the pitch clock also included defensive shift limits and larger bases, leading to increased stolen bases and appearing to contribute to higher

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Diana Taurasi is settling into a new role with USA Basketball. She is trying to earn a spot on the U.S. Olympic roster for the 2024 Paris Games, which would be her sixth. But this one feels like her first. Ignore that she turns

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will meet in Belvidere, Illinois, with the head of the United Auto Workers union. The two leaders  on Thursday are expected to celebrate plans to reopen an auto factory that Stellantis wanted to close. A White House official confirmed the meeting on the condition

By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore police officers shot and killed a man who pointed a gun at them following a foot pursuit Tuesday afternoon, officials said. Police Commissioner Richard Worley said officers were patrolling an area in southwest Baltimore known for frequent gun violence when they encountered a man who they

By ADAM BEAM and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — Paradise is still recovering five years after a wildfire destroyed most of the northern California town. The Camp Fire leveled about 11,000 homes in the town, displacing most of the 26,000 people who lived there. Five years later, only about 2,400 homes

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Tiger Woods couldn’t be more involved with prime-time TGL unless he had built the arena. He helped develop the tech-infused golf league. He’s playing in it. And now he’s a team owner. Woods and his TGR Ventures and David Blitzer, the investor who has ownership in all four major

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexican Supreme Court justice who rose to fame after openly declaring himself a fan of pop star Taylor Swift has resigned. Justice Arturo Zaldívar said earlier this year he faced criticism for declaring himself a “Swiftie” in June. But in a resignation letter he posted Tuesday, he did not cite

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African police say they are on a manhunt for suspects who robbed a government minister at gunpoint and disarmed her bodyguards of their two pistols on a busy Johannesburg highway. The robbery allegedly took place while transport minister Sindisiwe Chikunga’s bodyguards were changing a punctured in

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The future of recreational marijuana legalization in Ohio is in the balance. Issue 2 on Tuesday’s ballot would allow adults 21 and over to buy and possess up to 2.5 ounces of cannabis and to grow plants at home. A 10% tax would be imposed

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Russian troops stationed in Georgia’s breakaway province of South Ossetia have shot and killed a Georgian civilian near the line of control in what the Georgian authorities denounced as “the most heinous act.” The encounter reflected continuing tensions in the region after the 2008 Russian-Georgian war. The conflict ended with Moscow

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican senators are holding a meeting to confront Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville about his blockade of almost 400 military nominations, an effort to find a path forward as the senator has dug in on his protest of a Pentagon abortion policy. The unusual

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A deep affection for cinema tends to run alongside the moviemaking for Alexander Payne. “The Holdovers” is his attempt to make not just a ’70-set film but an actual ’70s film, styled after some of the movies he grew up with. In an interview, Payne

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will host Joko Widodo, the president of Indonesia, for a meeting at the White House on Nov. 13. The White House says two leaders will discuss, among other issues, continuing the clean energy transition, advancing economic prosperity, and promoting peace and stability in the region. The meeting with Widodo

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is headed for a showdown vote Wednesday on whether to punish Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan — the only Palestinian American in Congress — for her rhetoric about the Israel-Hamas war. A vote on whether to censure Tlaib, a punishment one step below expulsion

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s Republican Assembly leader is downplaying pressure he’s receiving from former President Donald Trump and fellow GOP lawmakers to impeach the state’s nonpartisan elections administrator, saying such a vote is “unlikely” to happen. Some Republicans have been trying to oust state elections administrator Meagan Wolfe, who

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Eight former residents of a youth treatment center that was run by an Arkansas man who former President Donald Trump commuted have filed a lawsuit alleging widespread abuse at the facility. Attorneys for the former residents of the Lord’s Ranch said the lawsuit filed Monday

By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey voters are wrapping up casting ballots for a new Legislature, with all 120 seats on the ballot. Republicans are fighting for a shot at controlling either chamber for the first time in more than two decades. The GOP has stopped short of declaring they

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A Nevada judge threw out a proposed ballot referendum backed by a statewide teachers union that would give voters the final say on whether to give $380 million in public funding for a proposed $1.5 billion Oakland A’s stadium on the Las Vegas Strip. The Monday ruling sided with two

By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press The mother of a Cornell University student accused of making online threats against Jewish people on campus said he had mental health struggles and later posted an apology. Patrick Dai faces a federal charge after authorities say he made threatening comments on an online Greek Life forum late last month.

By DANIEL SHAILER Associated Press Chile’s National Forestry Corporation has permanently closed a popular glacier, sparking outrage from adventurers and local guides. The decision came after an enormous calving earlier last month prompted a government study in the southern Aysén region. It found the glacier Exploradores in Laguna San Rafael national park is rapidly melting

PARIS (AP) — The Paris prosecutor says two couples who allegedly stenciled dozens of blue Stars of David on buildings in Paris and two of its suburbs are linked by a third party living abroad. The prosecutor said the foreign link was based on a telephone conversation of one couple in Russian. The interior minister