Month: August 2024

Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan lodged a formal protest via China’s embassy against what it called an incursion by a Chinese survey ship into its territorial waters. The Japanese foreign ministry relayed “strong concern” Saturday after the ship was spotted near Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, early in the morning. The Chinese ship, confirmed in

Rescuers are searching for a helicopter that went missing in Russia’s far east with 22 people on board. The Mi-8 helicopter took off on Saturday close to the Vachkazhets volcano in the Kamchatka region, but did not arrive at its destination as scheduled, Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency said in a statement. It said it

Associated Press MAUMERE, Indonesia (AP) — Arnoldus Yansen thought for certain he was going to become a Catholic priest, just like his older brother, cousin and uncle. Instead, Yansen took off his clerical robes for good and joined the hundreds of prospective priests who resign or fail to take up Catholic vocations every year in

Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Vietnamese doctor who has helped seek justice for victims of the powerful defoliant dioxin “Agent Orange” used by U.S. forces during the Vietnam War is among this year’s winners of the Ramon Magsaysay Awards — regarded as Asia’s version of the Nobel Prizes. The other winners announced on

AP Education Writer SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — When she was in fifth grade, Scarlett Goddard Strahan started to worry about getting wrinkles. By the time she turned 10, Scarlett and her friends were spending hours on TikTok and YouTube watching influencers tout products for achieving today’s beauty aesthetic: a dewy, “glowy,” flawless complexion. Scarlett developed

Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — When the air raid siren bellows in the dead of night, the women in arms rush to duty. Barely two months since joining the mobile air-defense unit, 27-year-old Angelina has perfected the drill to a tee: Combat gear fitted, anti-aircraft machine gun in place, she cruised behind the wheel

AP Education Writer Girls are bombarded on social media with advice from influencers touting elaborate skin care routines with high-priced serums, mists and creams. But what is the right skin care routine for preteens? Simple is best, dermatologists say. Before puberty hits, most kids only need three things: a gentle cleanser, a moisturizer and sunscreen.

Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan, a nation so hardworking its language has a term for literally working oneself to death, is trying to address a worrisome labor shortage by coaxing more people and companies to adopt four-day workweeks. The Japanese government first expressed support for a shorter working week in 2021, after lawmakers endorsed

Associated Press PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — It’s a worrying question for health officials in one of the richest and most developed areas of the African continent: Why are babies being born with HIV when free medication is available to prevent mother-to-child transmission? In the first half of this year, 232 babies were born with

AP Education Writer SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — When she was in fifth grade, Scarlett Goddard Strahan started to worry about getting wrinkles. By the time she turned 10, Scarlett and her friends were spending hours on TikTok and YouTube watching influencers tout products for achieving today’s beauty aesthetic: a dewy, “glowy,” flawless complexion. Scarlett developed

Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The U.N. health agency and partners are launching a campaign starting Sunday to vaccinate 640,000 Palestinian children in Gaza against polio, an ambitious effort amid a devastating war that has destroyed the territory’s healthcare system. The campaign comes after the first polio case was reported in Gaza in 25 years

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As the Earth sizzled through a summer with four of the hottest days ever measured, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have starkly different visions on how to address a changing climate while ensuring a reliable energy supply. But neither has provided many details on how they

Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil started blocking Elon Musk’s social media platform X early Saturday, making it largely inaccessible on both the web and through its mobile app after the company refused to comply with a judge’s order. X missed a deadline imposed by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes to name a

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — At first glance, there’s little that a 78-year-old former president and a 23-year-old internet personality might have in common. Donald Trump admitted in a recent appearance on Adin Ross’ show that he only “more or less” understood livestreaming, the publishing of live video on social media. But he told Ross

AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Defending champion Novak Djokovic has lost at the U.S. Open one night after Carlos Alcaraz did. Djokovic bowed out in the third round with a 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 loss against 28th-seeded Alexei Popyrin of Australia on Friday night. The No. 2-seeded Djokovic was trying to become the

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for Donald Trump intend to urge a judge to dismiss the federal election subversion case against the former president after a Supreme Court opinion that narrowed the scope of the landmark prosecution. That’s according to a court filing late Friday. The defense team foreshadowed a series of likely challenges

Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States military and Iraq have launched a joint raid targeting suspected Islamic State group militants in the country’s western desert that killed at least 15 people and left seven American troops hurt. The U.S. military’s Central Command said Saturday that the militants were armed with

Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels have fired two missiles targeting a Liberian-flagged container ship in the Gulf of Aden. The missiles splashed down Friday nearby without causing any damage. That’s according to the British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center, which said the attack happened 150 miles east

Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Tropical Storm Shanshan is slowly making its way into central Japan, halting trains and leaving underground passages brimming with water as officials warned of torrential rains in major cities, including Osaka and Tokyo. The storm, packing winds of up to 40 miles per hour, had crawled over the southwestern island

Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — The Hawaii Supreme Court will be asked to weigh in on an issue that threatens to thwart a $4 billion settlement in last year’s devastating Maui wildfires. Judge Peter Cahill agreed Friday to ask the state high court questions about how insurance companies can go about recouping money paid to

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge has rejected a push for a new trial in a multimillion-dollar political conspiracy case against rapper Pras Michel of the Fugees. On Friday, U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly found his defense attorney’s use of a generative AI program during closing arguments and other errors didn’t amount to a

NEW YORK (AP) — A man suspected of abducting a 9-year-old girl from a New York City supermarket and sexually assaulting her has been killed in a car crash while fleeing from police. The 64-year-old Queens man died Friday after officers attempted to pull him over and pursued his vehicle. Police say the man “forcefully”

Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Osiel Cárdenas Guillén, one of Mexico’s most-feared drug lords, has been released from a U.S. prison after serving most of a 25-year prison sentence. On Friday, an official of the U.S. Bureau of Prisons confirmed Cárdenas Guillén had been released from prison and placed in the custody of the

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump now says he will vote no on a Florida ballot measure that would repeal the state’s six-week abortion ban, a day after he seemed to indicate he would vote in favor of the measure. Trump said in an interview Friday with Fox News Channel that he’ll be

Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo authorities have closed the ethnic Serb minority’s so-called parallel institutions in five northern municipalities. The move was immediately denounced by the United States and may further raise tensions with neighboring Serbia. Elbert Krasniqi, Kosovo’s minister of local administration, confirmed the closure of five so-called parallel institutions in the

Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s experiment with drug decriminalization is coming to an end Sunday. A new law set to take effect then makes so-called personal use possession a misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail. Voters passed a first-in-the-nation decriminalization measure in 2020. Millions intended for addiction services were slow

Associated Press Sweet Briar College in Virginia has instituted an admissions policy that bars transgender women next school year. The decision makes the private liberal arts school an outlier among the nation’s diminishing number of women’s colleges. The college said the policy stems from the will of its founder who died in 1900. The school

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Police said Saturday that a man will face misdemeanor charges after he stormed into the press area at Donald Trump’s rally in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, before being surrounded by authorities and eventually subdued with a Taser as the former president spoke at the campaign stop. The incident Friday came moments after Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colo. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark.; Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif. ___ CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Gov. Maura Healey, D-Mass.; Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas; Teamsters President Sean O’Brien; Mitch Landrieu, co-chair of Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign.

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

Associated Press Nebraska’s top election official says organizers have collected enough signatures to ask voters to repeal a new law that uses taxpayer money to fund private school tuition. Organizers of Support Our Schools announced in July that they had gathered more than 86,000 signatures of registered voters. That is well over the nearly 62,000

Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey judge has ruled that smoking will be allowed to continue in Atlantic City’s casinos. Friday’s decision by Superior Court Judge Patrick Bartels represents a major victory for the city’s nine casinos, most of which are winning less money from in-person gamblers than they did before

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyers are moving to halt proceedings in his New York hush money criminal case and postpone next month’s sentencing indefinitely while he tries to have a federal court intervene and potentially overturn his state conviction. In a letter to the trial judge made public Friday, Trump’s lawyers

AP Technology Writer Artificial intelligence researchers said Friday that they have deleted more than 2,000 web links to suspected child sexual abuse imagery from a dataset used to train popular AI image-generator tools. The research dataset — called LAION — is a huge index of online images and captions that’s been a source for leading