Month: August 2024

Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey has filed a formal request with the International Court of Justice to join South Africa’s genocide…

AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Honda has reported an 8.7% increase in its fiscal first quarter profit as strong sales of hybrid vehicles in Japan…

AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — China has reported its exports rose 7% in July from a year earlier, below economists’ forecasts for growth…

Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The United States, Australia, Canada and the Philippines are staging joint air force and naval drills…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An earthquake northwest of Los Angeles has shaken a large swath of Southern California, but there are no immediate reports of…

Associated Press BOONE, N.C. (AP) — On the whooshing Watauga River, excavators claw at the remains of Shulls Mill Dam, pulling concrete apart piece…

Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Authorities say that part of a hotel in western Germany collapsed, leaving two people dead and trapping seven others…

AP Sports Writer GUARULHOS, Brazil (AP) — As she practiced her complex moves and somersaults, aspiring gymnast 14-year-old Manuela Kriegel kept…

Associated Press LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — When a deadly wildfire tore through Lahaina on Maui last August, the wall of flames scorched the…

Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Andrew Benintendi hit a two-run homer and the Chicago White Sox snapped their American League record-tying…

Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Sea turtle strandings have ticked up at an alarming rate in New England, but now the reptiles are close to…

Associated Press ROMULUS, Mich. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris declared herself and her new running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, “joyful…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Kamala Harris’ whirlwind process to select Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate can be summed up in a…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — During the summer, Levena Lindahl closes off entire rooms, covers windows with blackout curtains and budgets to…

BEIJING (AP) — Tesla is recalling more than 1.6 million cars in China for a remote software upgrade to ensure that they warn the driver when the…

AP National Writer PARIS (AP) — Olympic open water swimmers trained in the long-polluted Seine River on Wednesday after Paris organizers determined…

Associated Press LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia’s socialist President Luis Arce says national referenda will be held soon on the removal of…

AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks slumped Wednesday after a morning rally evaporated, but the losses on Wall Street weren’t as bad…

Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — With both major party tickets now decided, the 2024 presidential general election campaign is set to play out as a…

Associated Press/Report for America WALLACE, La. (AP) — Residents of a historic Black community in Louisiana who’ve spent years fighting…

AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Former Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt has won the Republican nomination for an open congressional…

Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Prosecutors charged four Milwaukee hotel employees Tuesday with being a party to felony murder in connection…

AP National Writer PARIS (AP) — Noah Lyles wasted no time. After winning the 100 meters at the Paris Olympics, he promptly declared what he wanted…

AP Basketball Writer PARIS (AP) — There was a moment where Brazil might have thought it had a chance. It trailed the U.S. by only eight midway…

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say a man accused of threatening a “mass casualty event” at a college football game last year is in federal…