Month: March 2024

By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinian residents say the Israeli military has withdrawn from Gaza’s main hospital after a two-week raid, leaving behind a vast swath of destruction. Hundreds of people returned to Shifa Hospital and the surrounding area after the withdrawal early Monday, where they

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s president has vowed not to back down in the face of vehement protests by doctors seeking to derail his plan to drastically increase medical school admissions. In a nationally televised speech on Monday, President Yoon Suk Yeol called the walkouts by doctors “an

By DIANE JEANTET, DAVID BILLER and GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s federal police have arrested the chief of the Rio de Janeiro state civil police for allegedly helping orchestrate the killing of popular councilwoman Marielle Franco in 2018 and taking money to obstruct the very investigation he would oversee.

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Their days often began at the crack of dawn. They’d head out to a church, a temple, a park and set up a stall. They’d seek out seniors in particular, those who are perhaps the most vulnerable citizens of the information-saturated society that has enveloped them.

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Their days often began at the crack of dawn. They’d head out to a church, a temple, a park and set up a stall. They’d seek out seniors in particular, those who are perhaps the most vulnerable citizens of the information-saturated society that has enveloped them.

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas lawmakers are approaching a deadline to pass pending legislation or let it die. The Republican-controlled Legislature is heading into its annual spring break and most bills that don’t pass Friday will simply fade away when politicians return for a short wrap-up session. GOP leaders

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mixed on Monday, with Shanghai gaining 1% after surveys showed improvements in manufacturing conditions in China. Sydney and Hong Kong were closed for the Easter Monday holiday. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 fell more than 1.2%, to 39,883.96, after a Bank of Japan quarterly survey

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. John Nkengasong has spent decades working in Africa on HIV and AIDS, his career intertwined with a U.S. program that has transformed care in some of the hardest-hit countries and saved an estimated 25 million lives. He spoke to The Associated Press during a battle over

By WILL WEISSERT and JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The video shared by Donald Trump features horror movie music and footage of migrants purportedly entering the U.S. from countries including Cameroon, Afghanistan and China. Shots of men with tattoos and videos of violent crime are set against close-ups of people waving and wrapping

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press For maybe the last time, convicted killer Alex Murdaugh will shuffle into a courtroom in South Carolina. Murdaugh is scheduled to be sentenced Monday morning in federal court for stealing from clients and his law firm. The 55-year-old disbarred attorney is already serving a life sentence without parole in a

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The trial of a man charged with the deaths of his wife and his girlfriend’s two youngest children is set to begin in Idaho this week, serving as a second act in a bizarre case that has drawn worldwide attention and already resulted in a life

By WILL WEISSERT and JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In Donald Trump’s speeches and online posts, the Republican presidential candidate has ramped up anti-immigrant rhetoric and his messaging often relies on falsehoods about migration. But it’s resonating with many of his core supporters going back a decade, to when “build the wall” chants

By ABBY SEWELL and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — A pro basketball team in Iraq is owned by a paramilitary group, and some of its forces recently attacked U.S. troops. But this hostility toward Uncle Sam has its limits: The team is banking on a high-scoring American to help lead them to a

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A ruling that weakened a key part of the Voting Rights Act is spurring lawmakers in several states to enact state-level protections to plug gaps that the courts opened in the landmark federal law. Legislators in Minnesota, Michigan, Maryland, New Jersey and Florida are pursuing

By The Associated Press This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include albums from hip-hop hitmaker Bryson Tiller and percussion master Sheila E., Andrew Scott plays a killer in Netflix’s “Ripley” and Jonathan Glazer’s best-picture nominee “The Zone of Interest” arrives on Max. “Lopez vs. Lopez,” a comedy starring George Lopez and his daughter Mayan Lopez,

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — A key Japanese central bank report says that sentiment among big manufacturers has sagged but optimism hit a three-decade high among large business outside the manufacturing sector. The Bank of Japan report issued Monday says sentiment among automakers, electronics giants and other large manufacturers declined in

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The U.S. military says its forces have destroyed two unmanned aerial vehicles in the Houthi-held areas in Yemen and over the crucial shipping route in the Red Sea. The U.S. Central Command said The drones were destroyed Saturday morning. It was the latest in the monthslong encounter

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Reporter NEW YORK (AP) — The theft of sensitive information belonging to millions of AT&T’s current and former customers has been recently discovered online. In a weekend announcement addressing the data breach, AT&T said that a dataset found on the dark web contains information including some Social Security numbers and

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Traffic is moving again after a stretch of California’s scenic Highway 1 collapsed during an Easter weekend storm, forcing closures and stranding motorists near Big Sur. The collapse on the coastal route occurred amid rain Saturday afternoon near Rocky Creek Bridge south of Monterey. It sent chunks of asphalt tumbling into

DAVENPORT, Okla. (AP) — Authorities and work crews continue to clean up after a train derailment in central Oklahoma overturned 22 rail cars carrying gravel but didn’t result in any injuries. Saturday afternoon’s derailment occurred just east of Davenport, which is located about 50 miles northeast of Oklahoma City. The Lincoln County Office of Emergency

By PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The Los Angeles Times has edited a column it published last week about the LSU women’s basketball team ahead of its game against UCLA following criticism from Tigers coach Kim Mulkey, who blasted it as sexist and hurtful. Mulkey defended her players after they were

NEW YORK (AP) — Kia is recalling more than 427,000 of its Telluride SUVs due to a defect that may cause the cars to roll away while they’re parked. According to documents published by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the intermediate shaft and right front driveshaft of certain 2020-2024 Tellurides may not be fully

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Godzilla-King Kong combo stomped on expectations as “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire,” roared to an $80 million opening at the weekend box office. Studio estimates Sunday showed that the monster mash-up from Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures brought the second-highest opening in what

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador’s Interior Ministry says armed gunmen have attacked a group of people in the coastal city of Guayaquil, killing eight people and injuring eight others. It was the latest in a string of violent incidents in the South American country. At around 7 p.m. local time on Saturday, armed men arrived

By MIKE PESOLI and JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Crews continue the complicated and meticulous operation of removing the steel and concrete from the fallen Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. Cranes periodically swung into place on Eater Sunday and workers measured and cut the steel to prepare to lift sections of twisted

HOUSTON (AP) — Officials say gunfire at two separate Houston-area birthday parties this weekend resulted in two people being fatally shot and three others being injured. Authorities say that during the first shooting, two people were killed after gunfire broke out around 1 a.m. Saturday following an argument at a party in Jacinto City, located

SALLISAW, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma highway has been reopened following its closure for a few hours on Saturday after a bridge over the Arkansas River was struck by a barge. Troopers with the Oklahoma Highway Patrol closed a portion of U.S. Highway 59 south of Sallisaw at around 1:25 p.m. after the barge hit

JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office says the Israeli leader will undergo surgery on Sunday for a hernia. Netanyahu’s office said the hernia was discovered during a routine checkup, and that the prime minister will be under full anesthesia and unsconcious during the procedure. Justice Minister Yariv Levin, a close confidant who also

PARIS (AP) — French Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu said France is going to deliver “hundreds” of armored vehicles by the beginning of next year to Ukraine. In an interview with the French newspaper La Tribune’s Sunday edition, Lecornu said the Ukrainian army needs armored personnel carriers that are “absolutely key for troop mobility.” France is

By THOMAS BEAUMONT and SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s presidential primary this Tuesday will clear the way for a general election campaign that Democrats see as an opportunity unlike any in recent state history. New state legislative districts adopted last month erase Republican advantages that gave the GOP dominance of the