Month: February 2024

ROME (AP) — Emperor Constantine now has a reconstructed statue befitting his larger-than-life role in history. Rome authorities on Tuesday unveiled…

By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer Cancer patients and doctors have ignited a movement to radically change how new cancer drugs are tested to make…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. (AP) — Christopher Nolan has, by any account, had a banner year with “Oppenheimer.” But…

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer The popular diabetes treatment Mounjaro pushed Eli Lilly past fourth-quarter forecasts, and the drugmaker expects 2024…

By MUNIR AHMED AND JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United Nations top human rights body expressed concern over the “pattern of…

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — GoFundMe crowdfunding campaigns have generated $30 billion since 2010, the fundraising platform…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. (AP) — Christopher Nolan has, by any account, had a banner year with “Oppenheimer.” But…

By JESSE J. HOLLAND Associated Press Black History Month begins each year on the first day of February. Considered one of the nation’s oldest…

By MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s government and the nation’s largest remaining guerrilla group have reached…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN AND JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Paris Olympics organizers say they are surprised that the pay of their…

By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Construction on the much-debated bobsled track hasn’t even begun. Plans…

By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Even as Catholic dogma continues to repudiate same-sex marriage and gender transition, one of the…

DETROIT (AP) — Honda is recalling over 750,000 vehicles in the U.S. because a faulty sensor may cause the front passenger air bags to inflate when…

By CHANELLE BESSETTE of NerdWallet Some financial planning can help if you have a pay raise on the horizon. A boost in income can benefit all kinds…

Kazakhstan’s president has appointed his chief of staff as the new prime minister a day after he dismissed the Central Asian nation’s…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Lawyers for four death row inmates who are out of appeals are expected to argue to the…

By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — State prosecutors in Thailand say they have revived an investigation into whether former…

By GARY FIELDS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan report is calling for greater transparency in elections and steps to make voting…

BERLIN (AP) — Two Czech climbers have been rescued from Austria’s highest mountain after holding out in a shelter for two nights as high winds…

By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California could soon legalize psychedelic therapy under a bipartisan bill being…

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s National Assembly has held a tense inaugural session as the ruling…

By The Associated Press LONDON (AP) — As King Charles III receives treatment for cancer, he remains Britain’s monarch and head of state. His…

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP National Writer One of the biggest fears when it comes to the biggest sport’s biggest games is that a high-profile…

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has played down fears of a war with Somalia over his quest for sea access for his…

LONDON (AP) — Oil and natural gas giant BP has beat expectations with earnings of $3 billion in the last three months of 2023. London-based BP…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The new chief of the Federal Aviation Administration says the agency will use more people to monitor aircraft manufacturing and…

By KAVISH HARJAI Associated Press The White House is pressing Congress to extend a federal program that helps families afford internet. The…

By KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writer NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — “Beer For My Horses” singer-songwriter Toby Keith has died. He was 62. Keith,…

MOSCOW (AP) — A Moscow court has ordered the arrest of bestselling detective novelist and dissident Grigory Chkhartishvili, known under the pen…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Nearly 68 million American adults — about 1 in 4 — plan to bet on this year’s…

By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog says security at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia…

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s interior minister says two people have been shot dead while trying to attack a courthouse in Istanbul. The man and…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The Ukrainian-born winner of this year’s Miss Japan beauty pageant says she has renounced her…

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive arm is shelving an anti-pesticides proposal in yet another…

NEW DELHI (AP) — A fire has raced through a firecracker factory in central India on Tuesday, killing six people and injuring about 40 others as it…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Nintendo has reported healthy sales and profits on the back of the hit “Super Mario Bros.…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Tuesday that he was “shocked and sad” to learn that King…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mixed Tuesday in Asia, where Chinese stocks surged after a government investment…

By MATTHEW LEE, WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Cairo on Tuesday for a…