Month: August 2024

Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — Republicans are questioning Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s military record after Vice President Kamala Harris named him as her running mate this week. Here’s a look at the issue: He retired before his unit’s deployment to Iraq Walz served a total of 24 years in various units and jobs in the

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — A zoo in Syracuse, New York, has welcomed two baby patas monkeys born weeks apart. The Rosamond Gifford Zoo said Thursday that the monkey babies are being raised by keepers because their mothers showed a lack of maternal instinct.  The wide-eyed, big-eared babies, which were born in April and May, were

NEW YORK (AP) — Samsung is recalling more than 1.12 million electric ranges used for stovetops after reports of 250 fires and dozens of injuries. According to a Thursday notice from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, these slide-in ranges have front-mounted knobs that can be activated by accident if humans or pets unintentionally contact

Associated Press Cookbook author and TV personality Sandra Lee is a co-host and judge on a new Netflix competition series called “Blue Ribbon Baking Championship” out Friday. On the show, 10 bakers compete for a blue ribbon prize and a chance at $100,000. Lee says the show is just one of the many career ideas

NEW YORK (AP) — Author-educator Kwame Anthony Appiah has received a $500,000 lifetime achievement award from the Library of Congress. Appiah, 70, has won the John W. Kluge Prize for Achievement in the Study of Humanity, given every two years to “individuals whose outstanding scholarship in the humanities and social sciences has shaped public affairs

Associated Press SAN DIEGO, Calif. (AP) — “Alien” Romulus,” one of the most anticipated movies of the summer, is set to be one of the scariest, as well. Director Fede Álvarez, the horror filmmaker behind “Evil Dead” and “Don’t Breathe,” used animatronic and puppet alien creatures, including the famed “face huggers” and the dreaded xenomorph,

AP Health Writer The parents of Kentucky baby who died last fall after drinking bacteria-tainted infant formula are the latest to sue manufacturer Abbott Nutrition. Abbott is the firm at the heart of a 2022 crisis that left millions of Americans scrambling to feed their children. Willow Jade Dellaquila, of Carrollton, was 13 days old

AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A revival of the cutthroat business play “Glengarry Glen Ross” is slated for Broadway this spring, cast with a star from “Succession.” Kieran Culkin will join “Better Call Saul” star Bob Odenkirk and comedian Bill Burr in a new production of an examination of two days in the

AP Business Writer The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits fell last week but remain at slightly elevated though not troubling levels. Jobless claims for the week of Aug. 3 fell by 17,000 to 233,000 last week, the Labor Department reported Thursday. That’s fewer than the 240,000 analysts surveyed by FactSet were expecting. Weekly

AP Airlines Writer Boeing‘s new CEO is on the job and visiting a key factory near Seattle. Robert “Kelly” Ortberg officially took over as Boeing CEO on Thursday. He is inheriting a company that’s been losing billions, is struggling fix its aircraft-manufacturing process, and has agreed to plead guilty in a fraud case. Ortberg says

DELTONA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida sheriff’s deputy ran through the woods, ripped off his bulletproof vest and ran into a pond after hearing the cries of a missing 5-year-old autistic boy. Volusia County Sheriff’s Deputy Wes Brough scooped the boy up, and the child wrapped his arms tightly around Brough’s neck as they trudged

Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The U.S. Department of Energy is loaning $1.45 billion to support a South Korean company’s bid to build up key parts of the solar supply chain inside the United States. The loan announced Thursday will be key to funding a $2.2 billion complex that Qcells, a unit of South Korea’s

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities are flying additional forces to the southern island of Crete, where 250 firefighters are battling a wildfire that has forced the evacuation of six mountain villages. The blaze is tearing through olive groves, farmland and scrub, but has posed no immediate threat to the busy holiday resorts along the

AP Entertainment Writer PARIS (AP) — Paris is getting a colorful splash of Olympic creative spirit with nearly 30 vibrant street art pieces, popping up at bustling metro stations and airports and in front of city hall. One shows a drawing of French fencer Ysaora Thibus in action. Another has canoers paddling down the Seine

AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Kelsea Ballerini is preparing to release her fifth studio album, called “Patterns,” this fall and people expecting a “happy-go-lucky,” lovey-dovey album from an artist in a new relationship may find more complication. The new album is a follow-up to her 2023 super-successful “Rolling Up the Welcome Mat” EP,

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Western allies have condemned remarks by the country’s far-right finance minister who suggested that causing the starvation of Gaza’s population of more than 2 million Palestinians “might be just and moral” until Hamas-held hostages are released. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said in a speech on Monday that Israel had no choice

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian prosecutors on Thursday asked for a 15-year sentence in the treason trial of a Russian-American woman, who has pleaded guilty, Russian news agencies reported. Ksenia Khavana, whom Russian authorities identify by her maiden name of Karelina, was arrested in Yekaterinburg in February, accused of collecting money for Ukraine’s military. Khavana had

BEIJING (AP) — China is trying to fight fire with fire in the face of persistent doping allegations that have dogged its swimmers at the Paris Olympics. The China Anti-Doping Agency called Thursday for more intensive testing of American track and field competitors, citing past doping scandals and questioning how the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency handled

Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Police have fired tear gas at protesters calling for the president’s resignation in the Kenyan capital as a new Cabinet was being sworn in. Thursday’s protests were organized by activists upset with President William Ruto even after he dismissed almost all of his ministers and added opposition members to

Associated Press WAYNE, Mich. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, played up their support for organized labor at a Detroit-area union hall on Thursday, with the Democratic nominee saying “we’re all in this together” as the new ticket lavishes attention on a crucial base of support. Harris,