Month: December 2023

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Former University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow said Thursday that regents fired him because they were…

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus’ authoritarian leader has attended a meeting with children from…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is imposing sanctions on a group of money exchange services from Yemen to Turkey…

By NATHAN GILLES, Columbia Insight PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) — As native trees in the Pacific Northwest die off due to climate changes, the U.S. Forest…

BlendJet is recalling about 4.8 million of its portable blenders over laceration and fire hazards after receiving dozens of reports of injuries,…

By NOEL SICHALWE Associated Press LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — Zambian anti-corruption authorities say they will investigate after a video on social media…

By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — New obesity drugs are showing promising results in helping some people shed pounds but the…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Stocks edged higher on Wall Street in what’s expected to be another quiet day between the…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Officials in central Mexico say a drug cartel has kidnapped 14 local residents in apparent retaliation for an uprising by angry…

By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The list of security challenges keeps growing for election officials preparing for the 2024…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria and Romania have received permission to join Europe’s passport- and visa-free Schengen Area starting in March.…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer More Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, but not enough to raise concern about the labor market or…

By The Associated Press The nightlife of Russia’s elite has long been famously rakish but a recent party crossed an invisible line and provoked a…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military has opened a new chapter in how it investigates and prosecutes cases of…

BERLIN (AP) — Parts of northern and central Europe continued to grapple with flooding as rivers remain swollen after heavy rain. A barrier near the…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran has held a funeral for a high-ranking general of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard who was killed by an alleged Israeli…

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Officials say a civilian cargo ship has struck a Russian mine in the Black Sea near…

By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer Kendall Coyne Schofield is relishing her return to hockey, and doing so as a first-time mother. She will be bringing…

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Weeks before Taiwan holds elections for its president and legislature, China has…

By NINIEK KARMINI and EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s navy says it forcibly pushed a boat packed with…

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s foreign ministry says Qatar’s Court of Appeal reduced the death sentence handed…

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — There were times when Jo Overstreet felt all alone as a standout flag football player on boys teams…

LONDON (AP) — A storm that battered the U.K. with high winds and heavy snow has damaged houses, canceled trains and left thousands of people…

By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli forces bombarded cities, towns and refugee camps across…

By JIWON SONG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s top court has ordered a third Japanese company to compensate some of its…

By The Associated Press A judge in New York has ruled that Alibaba must face a lawsuit by a U.S. toymaker alleging that the Chinese ecommerce…