Month: January 2024

By KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet Romance scams are increasingly common, with consumers losing $1.3 billion to them in 2022, according to Federal…

PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic’s government has signed an agreement with the United States to acquire 24 U.S. F-35 fighter jets as part of a…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Lawmakers in more than a half-dozen U.S. states are pushing laws to define antisemitism, triggering debates about…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese moon explorer is up and running Monday after several tense days without the sunlight it…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer A court in Hong Kong has ordered China Evergrande, the world’s most deeply indebted company with more…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Chair Jerome Powell will enter this week’s Federal Reserve meeting in a much more…

PARIS (AP) — Protesting farmers are vowing to encircle Paris with tractor barricades and drive-slows in a battle with the government over their…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s election commission on Monday formally registered President Vladimir Putin as a candidate for the March presidential…

ROME (AP) — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni is opening a summit of African leaders aimed at unveiling Italy’s big development plan for Africa. The…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration will start implementing a new requirement for the developers of major…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is marking the 15th anniversary of a landmark pay equity law with new…

GENEVA (AP) — Shares of Holcim Ltd. have jumped Monday after the Swiss-based cement and building materials company announced plans to spin off its…

LONDON (AP) — The British government says it will ban the sale of disposable vapes and limit their cornucopia of flavors in an effort to prevent…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The CEO overseeing Saudi Arabia’s royal commission for its historic al-Ula site has been arrested on…

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A group of Japanese citizens, including a man of Pakistani descent, is suing the country’s police,…

By ROBERT BADENDIECK Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for an attack on a Roman Catholic church in…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels have said they attacked a U.S. Navy mobile base at sea without offering…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea’s weekend test of new cruise missiles for submarine launches has added…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday was forced to start this year’s parliamentary…

By EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia charged a former minister on Monday with failing to declare assets. It’s…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Monthslong tension between three coup-hit countries in West Africa and the regional bloc…

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s diplomats are talking with Somali authorities trying to ascertain…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian state media say authorities executed four men convicted of planning sabotage and alleged links with Israel’s Mossad…

By BERNARD CONDON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump could potentially have his real estate empire ordered “dissolved” for repeated…

By BERNARD CONDON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Within days, Donald Trump could potentially have his sprawling real estate business empire…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Alex Murdaugh is returning to a South Carolina courtroom, but this the convicted killer,…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Iran’s foreign minister is in Pakistan for talks on deescalating tensions after deadly…

BY JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is throwing allegations at his successor,…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A dying thief who confessed to stealing a pair of ruby slippers that Judy Garland wore in…

NEW YORK (AP) — Two men accused of murder in the death of Run-DMC star Jam Master Jay in 2002 are set to go on trial in New York City. Prosecutors…

By The Associated Press This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include the launch of the final season of “Curb Your Enthusiasm”…

By ZIMO ZHONG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Asian markets opened the week on a positive note, with Chinese regulators announcing measures to…

By DAVID RISING Associated Press LUANG PRABANG, Laos (AP) — China’s growingly assertive posture in the South China Sea and escalating violence in…

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Brock Purdy threw for 267 yards and a touchdown, and the San Francisco 49ers…

By KANIS LEUNG and ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court on Monday ordered property developer China Evergrande Group to…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A teenager awaiting trial in a homicide case who escaped outside a Philadelphia hospital last week has been captured. Police…

ROME (AP) — Italian media say police in Rome have detained a man found with a knife in his bag on a boulevard leading to St. Peter’s Square.…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised test firings of new cruise missiles…

EL MONTE, Calif. (AP) — A 911 recording shows a California police dispatcher failed to tell two officers before they were fatally shot by a…

YUKON, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma trooper who was thrown to the ground when a vehicle he’d pulled over for a traffic stop was hit by another…

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce were at their magnificent best in the first half, and Kansas…

The Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Former President Donald Trump should be removed from Illinois’ primary ballot, but the decision should be…

By COSTAS KANTOURIS and DEMETRIS NELLAS Associated Press THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Speaking at a commemoration for victims of the Holocaust, a…

Massapequa Park, N.Y. (AP) — A Facebook Marketplace sale has gone horribly wrong on Long Island. It started Friday when a man arranged to sell his…

By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Condemnation against the government of Venezuela for its decision to block the…

PALM BAY, Fla. (AP) — Two police officers along Florida’s Space Coast were wounded and had non-life-threatening injuries during what authorities…

By DENG MACHOL Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — A regional official says gunmen attacked villagers in the oil-rich region of Abyei claimed…

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer Former NHL player Alex Formenton has turned himself in to police in connection with an investigation into an…

PACIFIC, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say a woman was killed and three other people were injured after a driver backed through the wall of a Missouri…

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — Taylor Swift celebrated Travis Kelce’s latest touchdown catch in the playoffs early in the…

HONOLULU (AP) — Five American Airlines flight attendants and one passenger are recovering after their flight from Los Angeles made a a hard landing…

By KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES Associated Press SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia’s parliament has approved a caretaker government with a…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s president has accused the U.N. world court of misquoting him in a ruling that ordered Israel to take steps to protect…

HOLLY SPRINGS, Miss. (AP) — Two people have been taken into custody as part of an investigation into the abandonment of a newborn girl who was…