Month: December 2023

By AHMED MOHAMED and SAM METZ Associated Press NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) — Attorneys for Mauritania’s former President Mohamed Ould Abdel…

BERLIN (AP) — Prosecutors say a German man accused of forming an armed group to oppose government measures against the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021…

By MALAK HARB Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As leaders, officials and activists descend on Dubai for United Nations climate…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Celine Song’s “Past Lives,” Todd Haynes’ “May December” and Cord Jefferson’s “American Fiction” got…

The Associated Press CVS Health is introducing changes to how its prescription drug pricing model works, and that could lead to some savings for…

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Volunteers and city workers have removed mementos, signs and other items that accumulated at…

NEW YORK (AP) — The highly-anticipated trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI arrived a little early after a copy was leaked online. Rockstar Games…

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — NCAA President Charlie Baker wants to create a new tier of Division I where athlete can…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers posted 8.7 million job openings in October, the fewest since March 2021, in a…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has dismissed a case involving a Maine hotel that could have made it harder for people with disabilities to…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The late Gerry Fraley has been honored with the BBWAA Career Excellence Award. The honor was announced Tuesday by the…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Hugh Grant learned some years ago that if a filmmaker doesn’t make something from the heart, it shows. The films…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Like the “Paddington” movies, “Wonka” was dreamt up by Paul King, a lifetime Roald Dahl fan and a writer and…

BOSTON (AP) — Closing arguments are about to get underway in the government’s case to block JetBlue from buying Spirit Airlines. The trial in…

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Jon Rahm all but locked up the Masters with an 8-iron he carved around the trees. What made him feel just as good was…

NEW YORK (AP) — An upcoming biography of the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis will draw upon hundreds of interviews, along with the civil rights…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Her book is called ‘My Name is Barbra’ and it runs nearly 1,000 pages. You expected less…

By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — The father of a young woman whose murder galvanized Italian outrage against violence targeting women…

By THANASSIS STAVRAKIS and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s Acropolis Museum has launched an exhibition that…

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Hours before a massive explosion destroyed a duplex and shook a Virginia suburb of…

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press The United States will work with other governments to speed up efforts to make nuclear fusion a new source of…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway’s government and two large opposition parties have agreed to allow seabed mineral exploration in the Arctic.…

By DALIA RAMIREZ of NerdWallet The Social Security Administration adjusts its benefits payments each year to reflect changes in the cost of living.…

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Remember what you searched for in 2023? Well, Wikipedia has the receipts. English…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s emergency services agency says more than 80 people are confirmed dead after…

By ZEN SOO AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — Credit rating agency Moody’s has downgraded its outlook for Chinese sovereign bonds to negative,…

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Local officials say Russian artillery fire has struck the southern Ukrainian city of…

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The conflict against Tesla in Sweden is spreading to neighboring Denmark. Transport…

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Students around the world suffered historic setbacks in reading and math during the…

BRUSSELS (AP) — The Eropean Union’s Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson is warning that Europe faces “a huge risk of terrorist…

MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin says that Russian President Vladimir Putin will make a one-day trip to the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia focused…