Month: October 2021

By BEN WALKER AP Baseball Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Carlos Correa and the Houston Astros broke out the bats just in time to extend this World Series. Staggered by Adam Duvall’s grand slam in the first inning, Correa and Alex Bregman ended their slumps in a hurry. They kept swinging, too, refusing to let their

By ZEN SOO and MATTHEW CHENG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A trial has begun for Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai and seven other pro-democracy activists over their roles in an unauthorized Tiananmen vigil, amid a crackdown on political dissent in Hong Kong. Police last year banned the annual vigil for the first time

By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL AP Science Writer DHANBAD, India (AP) — Efforts to fight climate change are being held back in part because coal, the biggest single source of climate-changing gases, provides cheap electricity and supports millions of jobs. It’s one of the dilemmas facing world leaders gathered in Glasgow, Scotland this week in an attempt

By ROBERT BURNS AP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — China’s growing military muscle and its drive to end U.S. predominance in the Asia-Pacific is rattling the U.S. defense establishment. American officials see trouble on multiple fronts — an expanding Chinese nuclear arsenal, advances in its space, cyber and missile technologies, and threats to Taiwan.

By MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A majority of the Supreme Court are signaling that they would allow abortion providers to pursue a court challenge to a Texas law that has virtually ended abortion in the nation’s second-largest state after six weeks of pregnancy. But it was unclear Monday how

By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The beaten and battered Republican Party of Virginia hopes it’s on the cusp of a comeback with its candidate for governor, Glenn Youngkin. Republicans have been on a long downhill slide in the state and saw their legislative majority melt away during the Trump years. Now,

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Stocks have advanced in Asia, with Tokyo’s benchmark up 2.2% after the ruling Liberal Democrats won a stronger than expected majority in an election Sunday. Shares rose in all regional markets except Hong Kong. The regional gains followed further milestones Friday on Wall Street, where the three major indexes

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A jury has been selected in the trial of a Missouri man charged with killing his Chinese wife. Joseph Elledge, of Columbia, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of 28-year-old Mengqi Ji. Elledge reported his wife missing in October 2019, prompting numerous searches before her body was found in

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Jury selection begins Monday in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, an 18-year-old Illinois man accused of killing two people and wounding a third during a protest over police brutality in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last year. Prosecutors say Rittenhouse, who was 17 at the time, fatally shot Joseph

By SCOTT BAUER, MICHAEL TARM and AMY FORLITI Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A jury has been seated in the homicide trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, who shot three people during a protest against racial injustice on the streets of Kenosha last year. Rittenhouse was 17 when he traveled from his home in Illinois, just

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says Japan should revitalize its economy through “new capitalism” and many in this country are puzzled over exactly what he has in mind. Still, as expected the ruling Liberal Democratic Party won the majority of seats in Sunday’s nationwide elections, handing him

By ROD McGUIRK and DAVID RISING Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Sydney’s international airport has come alive with tears, embraces and laughter as Australia’s border opened for the first time in 20 months. Australia eased travel restrictions Monday, betting that vaccination rates are now high enough to mitigate the danger of allowing international visitors