Month: December 2023

By EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press BOGOR, Indonesia (AP) — Young people have been at the forefront of environmental and climate change movements in…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nicki Minaj’s highly anticipated fifth studio album, “Pink Friday 2,” is here. Out…

By KRISTIN M. HALL Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — When country music star Brad Paisley and his wife, actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley,…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Can the U.S. economy achieve a much-hyped “soft landing”? Friday’s jobs report…

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials on Friday released the first nationally representative estimate of how many U.S.…

By ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A court hearing in suburban Detroit is likely to be tense and emotional as a judge hears from…

By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — In Florida, this year has been a tale of two states as far as rainfall totals, with…

By SETH BORENSTEIN and SIBI ARASU Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Nations climate conference is opening its final…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Saudi Royal Air Force F-15SA fighter jet has crashed, killing its two crew members on board. The state-run…

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Adele paid homage to the many women — including her mother,…

By MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Four investment banks have announced during a meeting of leaders of trade bloc Mercosur they…

By The Associated Press It’s called “Article 99.” And it hasn’t been used for decades. Until this week. An Israeli offensive is intensifying…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — While Hong Kong’s government is working to spotlight its upcoming local elections, some…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunter Biden has been indicted on nine tax charges in California as a special counsel…

APOPKA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida woman whose 11-year-old is accused of shooting two teenagers at a football practice in October is now charged with a…

By JILL COLVIN and BILL BARROW Associated Press TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — As Donald Trump faces growing scrutiny over his increasingly authoritarian…

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Transgender teenagers who are challenging a Utah law banning trans girls from playing…

By ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana county judge has ruled that a contested state law that stipulates candidates…

BRUSSELS (AP) — The International Federation of Journalists says 2023 has been an unprecedented year for the number of media workers killed on the…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has scheduled an emergency closed meeting Friday at the…

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Masters champion Jon Rahm bolted for Saudi-funded LIV Golf on Wednesday for what’s believed to be more money…

By ED WHITE Associated Press A judge has handed down the last sentences involving a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Shawn Fix of…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Levi Strauss & Co. says that its CEO will step down in January and hand over the…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A Greek policeman has been severely injured as a mob of volleyball fans poured out of an Athens arena and attacked riot…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Black people make up about 38% of Mississippi’s population. But a new study says…

By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer A salmonella outbreak tied to tainted cantaloupe has now killed eight people _ three in the U.S. and five in…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, says American Jews are “feeling alone” and “in pain” as he…

By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON and JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press/Report For America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s recreational marijuana users…

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Voting rights groups say election officials in Mississippi’s…

DETROIT (AP) — More than 1,000 workers at Volkswagen’s Tennessee factory have signed cards authorizing a vote to be represented by the United…

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Authorities say a St. Paul, Minnesota, police officer and a suspect were both injured in a shooting. The St. Paul Police…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press Gov. Andy Beshear says state-run disaster relief funds that funneled millions in charitable donations to tornado-…

BERLIN (AP) — A union representing German train drivers is calling its members to strike for 24 hours this week, following the breakdown of talks…

By WAFAA SHURAFA, JACK JEFFERY and ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press MUWASI, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel has designated a small slice of mostly…

By BERT WILKINSON GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Guyana’s government says five military officers aboard a military helicopter that crashed near the…

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Hundreds of people have rallied in the Slovak capital against the new government’s plan to close the special…

By DANIEL SHAILER Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Environmental watchdogs have accused a Mexico-based startup of violating international trade…

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Officials say a 28-year-old man is in police custody after allegedly firing two rounds from a shotgun outside a Jewish temple…

By JOHN RABY and AARON BEARD AP Sports Writers CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal lawsuit filed by a group of states alleges the NCAA’s transfer…

By AVET DEMOURIAN Associated Press YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to exchange prisoners of war and work toward signing…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer The Paris 2024 organizing committee president says he still wants the surfing competition at next year’s…

By JIM VERTUNO and ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A man suspected of killing six people earlier this week in a shooting…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A former California police chief has been sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for…