Month: August 2024

Associated Press Before she cut the air on the world’s biggest sporting stage with head-spinning, gravity-defying moves, Logan Edra, aka B-Girl Logistx, held herself with a razor-sharp focus. Brows furrowed and hands anchored at her hips, Team USA’s youngest breaker this year seemed more serious than some of her competitors at the Paris Olympics. This

AP Film Writer VENICE, Italy (AP) — George Clooney and Brad Pitt returned to the Venice Film Festival on Sunday for the world premiere of “Wolfs.” Before hitting the red carpet, the Hollywood stars reflected on reuniting, the rise of streaming and Clooney’s New York Times op-ed urging President Joe Biden to end his reelection

Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The Robot Cafe in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, is creating a buzz by using preprogrammed robots to deliver food to customers. The restaurant owner sees the venture as entertainment and one that draws more customers to his business. There are concerns that robots could take over human labor in the

Associated Press WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Climate change is stressing rainforests where the highly sensitive cocoa bean grows, but chocolate lovers need not despair, say companies that are researching other ways to grow cocoa or develop cocoa substitutes. Scientists and entrepreneurs are working on ways to make more cocoa that stretch well beyond the

Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Simon Rubick had lost almost everything to decades of alcoholism and drug addiction. In 2022, he found himself without a vehicle and without a home, which forced his two teenage children to move in with friends. He had burned bridges with friends and family and it took a drug-induced stint

Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Tens of thousands of grieving and angry Israelis surged into the streets Sunday night after six more hostages were found dead in Gaza, chanting “Now! Now!” as they demanded that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reach a cease-fire with Hamas to bring the remaining captives home. The mass outpouring

Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan investigators are to rule on whether to further detain a former presidential candidate amid graft allegations. Ko Wen-je of the Taiwan People’s Party was held overnight and was again questioned at a hearing extending into Monday morning. Supporters gathered outside the prosecutors office in Taipei, holding signs and

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico will offer escorted bus rides from southern Mexico to the U.S. border for non-Mexican migrants who have received a United States asylum appointment, the government announced Saturday. The National Immigration Institute said that the buses will leave from the southern cities of Villahermosa and Tapachula. It appeared to be an

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A juvenile suspect is in custody after allegedly shooting San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Ricky Pearsall in the chest Saturday afternoon during an attempted robbery in central San Francisco, officials said. Pearsall, 23, was released Sunday from San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, according to a statement from the team.

Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Tropical Storm Shanshan has brought torrential rain to Japan’s Shizuoka area southwest of Tokyo as weather officials warned it would linger for several more days. Shanshan had packed maximum winds of 40 mph when it made landfall Thursday, leaving six dead and landslides, flooded rivers, torn branches and scattered debris

Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — The blocking of social media platform X in Brazil has divided users and politicians over the legitimacy of the ban, and many Brazilians had difficulty and doubts about navigating other social media in its absence. The shutdown of Elon Musk’s platform started early Saturday, making it largely inaccessible on

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The pilot of a plane that crashed in northeast Wyoming in July, killing seven people, declared an emergency and loss of the autopilot shortly before the incident that claimed the lives of three members of the Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame quartet The Nelons. The preliminary report released this week

The wife of Johnny Gaudreau called her husband “the absolute best dad in the world” and thanked him for “the best years of my life” in two Instagram posts paying tribute to the NHL player who was killed when his bicycle was struck by a car on the eve of his sister’s wedding. Meredith Gaudreau

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — This weekend’s gathering of Moms for Liberty has showcased how the group has moved toward fully embracing Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his political messaging as November’s election draws closer. The group is officially a nonpartisan nonprofit that says it’s open to anyone who wants parents to have a

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A small plane carrying two people crashed into a row of townhouses Saturday morning near Portland. The crash set several homes ablaze. Authorities told KATU-TV that three people were dead following the crash, which occurred in a residential area of Fairview. That is about a 30-minute drive east of Portland. Gresham

Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Two candidates who combined received just over 1% of the vote in last week’s U.S. House primary in Alaska are set to advance to November’s ranked choice general election. The Division of Elections released results late Friday that would advance Republican Matthew Salisbury and Alaskan Independence Party chairman John

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Fatman Scoop, the hip-hop artist who topped charts in Europe with “Be Faithful” in the early 2000s and later lent his distinctive voice and ebullient vibe to hits by artists including Missy Elliott and Ciara, died after collapsing on stage at a show in Connecticut, according to officials and

Associated Press/Report for America Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is suing the North Carolina State Board of Elections. The lawsuit filed in state court Friday accuses the board of violating his free speech rights by denying his request to get his name removed from state ballots. The board’s executive director said more than 1.7 million ballots

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A politically active western New York businessman has admitted to a multimillion-dollar pandemic loan fraud, and prosecutors have said some of the money went to the Democrat’s campaign coffer for an unsuccessful bid for a county office. Court records show Hormoz Mansouri pleaded guilty Friday to federal bank fraud and fraud

Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A top court in the Dominican Republic has agreed to review a challenge to laws dating from the last century that criminalize gay sex involving members of the army and police force. It’s the first time in recent history that someone in the socially conservative Caribbean country

Associated Press DULUTH, Ga. (AP) — A suburban Atlanta senate race is receiving national attention and money as a young Georgia Democrat charges his opponent with election denial and extremism. Shawn Still was indicted alongside Donald Trump in Fulton County for attempting to meddle with the 2020 election results. Prosecutors call Still and 16 Republicans

Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Arrests for illegal border crossings from Mexico during August are expected to rise slightly from July, officials said, possibly ending a streak of five straight monthly declines but the numbers are hovering near four-year lows. Authorities made about 54,000 arrests through Thursday, which, at the current rate, would bring

AP Sports Writer Columbus Blue Jackets officials could hardly believe their luck when they persuaded superstar Johnny Gaudreau to pass up larger markets and sign here two years ago. Ecstatic fans looked to “Johnny Hockey” to score goals and jump-start the fortunes of a struggling team that had reached the playoffs just six times in

LONDON (AP) — British police say two people who were critically injured in attacks while attending London’s Notting Hill Carnival this week have died. The Metropolitan Police force said 32-year-old Cher Maximen died early Saturday after being stabbed in the street on Aug. 25. A 20-year-old local man was arrested and charged with attempted murder,

Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Social media influencers, reality stars and TV personalities were among the guests as the Norwegian king’s eldest child, Princess Märtha Louise, married an American self-professed shaman on Saturday in a wedding ceremony following three days of festivities. The 52-year-old Märtha Louise and Durek Verrett, who claims to be a sixth-generation

By JULIA FRANKEL, SAMY MAGDY and SAM METZ JERUSALEM (AP) — A campaign to inoculate children in Gaza against polio and prevent the spread of the virus has begun, the Health Ministry said Saturday, as Palestinians in the Hamas-governed enclave and the occupied West Bank reeled from Israel’s military offensives. Meanwhile, Israel’s military late Saturday

AP Film Writer VENICE, Italy (AP) — Jude Law plays an FBI agent investigating the violent crimes of a white supremacist group in “The Order,” which premiered Saturday at the Venice Film Festival. An adaptation of Kevin Flynn and Gary Gerhardt’s nonfiction book “The Silent Brotherhood,” Nicholas Hoult plays Robert Jay Mathews, the charismatic leader

Five people have been killed by Russian shelling in the town of Chasiv Yar as Moscow’s troops push ahead in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region. Regional Gov. Vadym Filaskhin says the shells struck a high-rise building and a private home on Saturday. He urged the last remaining residents in the front-line town to leave. A further

Associated Press For more than a year, religious organizations have lobbied Congress and the Biden administration to fix a sudden procedural change in how the government processes green cards for religious workers, which threatens the ability of thousands of them to continue to minister in the United States. The Catholic Diocese of Paterson, New Jersey,

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A man has been charged with aggravated assault in an alleged glass bottle attack on two Jewish students on the University of Pittsburgh campus. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported Saturday that the 52-year-old suspect is also charged with simple assault, reckless endangering, resisting arrest and harassment. He’s accused of running up and hitting

Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China and the Philippines have accused each other of causing a collision between their two vessels in the latest flareup of tensions over disputed waters and maritime features in the South China Sea. The Chinese coast guard spokesperson said a Philippine ship maneuvered and “deliberately collided” with a Chinese

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A U.N. spokesman says the United Nations will continue to engage all stakeholders in Afghanistan including the Taliban, even though they issued a ban on women’s voices and bare faces in public and severed ties with the U.N. mission. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric in New York defended the United Nations Assistance Mission

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish customs officials in the northwestern city of Edirne discovered dozens of exotic animals being smuggled into Turkey  from Greece. State-run Anadolu Agency reported that the mid-sized sedan with Greek license plates was carrying three kangaroos, three alpacas and one Patagonian mara in the trunk, and 12 parrots and 23 flying squirrels

Associated Press VILLEPINTE, France (AP) — For Ukrainian volleyball player and infantry officer Dmytro Melnyk, coming to Paris to compete at the Paralympic Games has come at a cost. He had to leave behind his platoon of 35 soldiers on the front lines of the war against Russia. Unable to call them for news because

Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Authorities in Nigeria say weeks of flooding have killed nearly 200 people across the country. The Nigerian disaster management agency said in an update on Friday that the floods have also destroyed 107,000 hectares of farmland, further threatening food supplies especially in the hard-hit northern region. Nigeria records flooding

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Some Oasis fans celebrated like a champagne supernova, while others looked back in anger on Saturday as online ticket sites strained under demand for the band’s first shows for 15 years. The Britpop-era behemoth led by brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher is scheduled to play 17 gigs in Cardiff, Manchester,