Month: December 2023

SEATTLE (AP) — Alaska Air Group has agreed to buy Hawaiian Airlines in a $1.9 billion deal including debt. The airlines announced the agreement…

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The chair of Florida’s Republican Party says he will not resign over a woman’s…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Say goodbye to the flesh-and-blood members of the rock group Kiss. Say hello to digital avatars of…

DETROIT (AP) — Casino workers for MGM Grand Detroit have voted to ratify a new contract, ending a 47-day strike. MGM Grand Detroit workers are…

By WILL WEISSERT and JOSH BOAK Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris flew to the Middle East to tackle…

By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana lawmakers now have until the end of January to draw and pass new congressional…

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) — Thousands of people have marched through the center of Brussels in a boisterous rally highlighting the dangers of climate…

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The shooting death of an Israeli man who raced to confront Palestinian attackers has…

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Michigan, Washington, Texas and Alabama were selected to the College Football Playoff on Sunday, making…

CHICAGO (AP) — The father of a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy fatally stabbed in an alleged hate crime has filed a wrongful death lawsuit.…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Beyoncé ruled the box office this weekend. Her concert picture, “ Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé,” opened in…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirate (AP) — An American warship and multiple commercial ships came under attack Sunday in the Red Sea, according to the…

LONDON (AP) — Glenys Kinnock, a former British cabinet minister, member of the European Parliament and wife of former Labour leader Neil Kinnock,…

By CHINEDU ASADU and SAMBU ASSANA Associated Press BISSAU, Guinea Bissau (AP) — Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo says a…

MEDAN, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers have recovered the body of a man buried under tons of mud and rocks following flash floods and a landslide that…

By ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A bloodstain by a bridge over the Seine river was the only remaining sign on Sunday of a fatal knife…

By FELIPE DANA and JOANNA KOZLOWSKA KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials have accused Russian forces of killing surrendering Ukrainian…

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO and MARIAM FAM Associated Press Shireen Quaizar was wracked with doubt. For years, the school psychologist has been active in…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — George Santos is gone from the House, but his name is certain to pop up in key congressional…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press EDE, Netherlands (AP) — The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court says his office will “further…

By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The newest group of Kennedy Center honorees, including comedian Billy Crystal and actor Queen…

AMBLESIDE, England (AP) — Officials say heavy snow in northern England stranded motorists in their cars overnight and knocked out power to more…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — An ailing Pope Francis has skipped his popular window appearance to the public in…

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s Mount Marapi in West Sumatra province has erupted, spewing white-and-gray ash plumes for more than about…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A “potential explosion” has struck a key shipping route off the coast of Yemen. That’s according to a…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — With Planet Earth running a fever, U.N. climate talks focused Sunday on the…

By NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMY MAGDY and ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel’s military on Sunday ordered more…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A powerful earthquake that shook the southern Philippines has killed at least one villager…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As participants at the United Nations’ COP28 climate talks filed in for…

By SHUMAILA ANDLEEB Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Local police say that militants have opened fire at a bus in northern Pakistan,…

NEW DELHI (AP) — Vote counting began in four Indian states in a test of strength for India’s opposition pitted against the ruling party of Prime…

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An iconic chief of the Cherokee Nation, Wilma Mankiller, inspired countless Native American…

By ZEN SOO AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court will convene a hearing Monday on troubled Chinese property developer…

By JOCELYN GECKER AP Education Writer Trouble with playground bullies started for Maria Ishoo’s daughter in elementary school. Girls ganged up,…

By DANIEL POLITI and PATRICIA LUNA Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Leftists in Chile were tortured, tossed from helicopters and forced to…

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelans are heading to the polls to try to decide the future of a large swath of neighboring Guyana. The vote Sunday…

By EMMANUEL IGUNZA Associated Press BONDENI-JUA KALI, Kenya (AP) — There is no piped water or sewage system in Athi River, near Kenya’s…

By THOMAS BEAUMONT and STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Three senior members of a super PAC backing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer On Saturday night, Kiss will close out the final performance of their “The End of the Road” farewell tour at New…