Month: January 2024

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press HANOVER, N.H. (AP) — President Joe Biden’s education chief plans to meet Wednesday with students at Dartmouth…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Listened to more music last year? You’re not alone. Luminate’s year-end report finds that…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press UNION, N.J. (AP) — Federal investigators opened several days of hearings into a dockside cargo ship fire that…

By LEANNE ITALIE AP Lifestyles Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The fight against climate change requires the mass cooperation of industries, companies,…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s online safety watchdog says the owner of the social media platform…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A legal battle over whether Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza amounts to genocide…

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says he will introduce measures to overturn the convictions of more than 700 post office…

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s star cricket player and former captain of the national team has been sentenced to eight years in prison for rape…

By ALEXA ST. JOHN Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — U.S. consumers looking to get a tax credit on an electric vehicle purchase will have fewer models…

By ALEX ROSENBERG of NerdWallet Medicare Supplement Insurance, or Medigap, can fill some potentially pricey “gaps” in Medicare Part A and Part B.…

BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — ESPN’s early season baseball schedule will be the Sho Show. Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers will be featured on…

HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong man has been sentenced to three months in prison on sedition charges for wearing a T-shirt with a slogan printed on…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s nuclear safety regulators have told the operator of a nuclear power plant in the area hit…

By NICK KURCZEWSKI Edmunds The new 2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV is one of the most intriguing electric vehicle debuts this year. With roomy seating and…

By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — The relationship between India and the Maldives is facing challenges after officials in the tiny…

By LISA MASCARO and REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are marching ahead with impeachment plans targeting…

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s police have arrested a controversial spiritual leader known as “Buddha…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s prime minister has called for unified efforts to tackle global infectious diseases…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived in Lithuania ahead of visits to Estonia and Latvia, as Ukraine seeks more…

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new report says climate-altering pollution from greenhouse gases declined by nearly 2% in the…

By KENYA HUNTER AP Health Writer About 21 million children are likely to receive food benefits this summer through a newly permanent federal program.…

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — The World Economic Forum says false and misleading information supercharged with cutting-edge…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say two migrants have been killed and eight others rescued in Greece after a dinghy crashed into rocks in…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese authorities have resumed landfill work at the planned new site of the U.S. military base…

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A union representing many of Germany’s train drivers has started a nearly three-day strike…

By MATTHEW LEE, NAJIB JOBAIN AND SAMY MAGDY Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken will seek governance reforms…

By ZIMO ZHONG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Asian shares retreated Wednesday after a lackluster session on Wall Street, though Tokyo broke…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a minivan explosion in the Afghan capital that killed at least three…

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE and KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Winter storms have been walloping the U.S. with blizzards,…

By LEAH WILLINGHAM and JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice is bringing a close to one avenue for his…

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN and JOHNSON LAI Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China is being accused of using military threats, diplomatic pressure…

BEIJING (AP) — China’s space agency says its latest lunar explorer has arrived at the launch site in preparation for a mission to the moon in the…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are taking the first step toward holding Hunter Biden in contempt of Congress. The…

By SEUNG MIN KIM and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration pledged from day one to restore truth…

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — As of Wednesday, 203 deaths were reported following the 7.6 magnitude quake that slammed the western…

By RIAZ KHAN Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say militants attacked a police checkpoint on a highway in the…

By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press WAUKEE, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Republicans will likely confront temperatures dipping below zero degrees Fahrenheit…

By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Just two Republican presidential candidates, former United Nations Ambassador…

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press BEIT RIMA, West Bank (AP) — Security camera video from a West Bank village shows a young man standing in a…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press WAUKEE, Iowa (AP) — Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis will be alone on the debate stage Wednesday for the first time.…

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Cesareans are surging in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, which has one of the…