Month: August 2023

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Top administrators at New Mexico State University wanted to find just the right wording to announce that they were pulling the plug on the men’s basketball season following reports of alleged hazing involving team members. It was a busy afternoon in February — Super Bowl

By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine media are reporting that a pair of recent drone attacks on air bases deep inside Russia that hit parked bomber aircraft were the work of Ukrainian saboteurs coordinated by Kyiv’s military intelligence services. One newspaper says the recent attacks on the airfields in northwestern and

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian health officials say that Israeli security forces stormed into a town in the north of the occupied West Bank, leading to fighting that killed a 17-year-old Palestinian. The Israeli military was conducting an arrest raid Tuesday in the town of Zababdeh, south of the militant hotbed

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Google, Facebook, TikTok and other Big Tech companies operating in Europe must comply with one of the most far-reaching efforts to clean up what people see online. The European Union’s groundbreaking new digital rules took effect Friday for the biggest platforms. The Digital Services Act is

By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Colorful campaign posters adorn street poles, buildings, vehicles and trees in Zimbabwe, but the buzz surrounding the country’s upcoming general election appears to end there. The presidential and parliamentary elections taking place Wednesday are crucial to determining the future of a southern African nation endowed with

By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ and GERARDO CARRILLO Associated Press XOCHIACA, Mexico (AP) — The sound of hammers and chisels striking stone rings out on most Sundays in the cemetery of ancient Xochiaca, a village swallowed up decades ago by the urban sprawl of Mexico City. It’s the sound of the stone carvers of Chimalhuacan — as

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian markets were trading mixed Wednesday ahead of Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s highly anticipated speech later in the week. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 added 0.3% in morning trading to 31,957.35. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 gained nearly 0.7% to 7,168.30. South Korea’s Kospi slipped 0.4% to 2,506.38. Hong

By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Mexico’s government has repeatedly raised concerns with the U.S. about large buoys Texas put on the Rio Grande to deter migrants and agreements between the two countries could suffer if the floating barrier remains in place, a State Department official said in court Tuesday. The

By MARK J. TERRILL, JOHN ANTCZAK and JULIE WATSON Associated Press CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. (AP) — Crews in mountain and desert towns worked to clear away mud and debris Tuesday in the aftermath of a tropical storm that hit Southern California. The system was dissipating as it moved over the Rocky Mountains. Hilary dumped record

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s military has accused India’s troops of opening fire at their disputed border in the Himalayan region of Kashmir and killing one villager who was working in a field on the Pakistani-administered side. The Pakistani military in a statement accused India’s army of “unprovoked firing” on Monday in violation of a ceasefire

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Tennessee’s Republican-led Legislature is meeting in special session this week to consider a package of public safety proposals, including some stemming from a deadly shooting at a Nashville elementary school earlier this year. Though the session is not expected to result in any new firearms restrictions, it nonetheless highlights

By ALI SWENSON and AYANNA ALEXANDER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s aggressive response to his fourth criminal indictment in five months follows a strategy he has long used against legal and political opponents: relentless attacks, often infused with language that is either overtly racist or is coded in ways that appeal to

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hours before doors would open, thousands of K-pop fans lined up in downtown Los Angeles, stretching long city blocks in the warm August sun. In pleated skirts and platform shoes, toting the clear bags that have become arena staples, they danced and traded homemade stickers,

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A jailed university student who pleaded guilty to inciting secession in Hong Kong has lost his bid to reduce his five-year sentence. Tuesday’s unanimous decision from the top court is expected to set the bar for other cases brought under the national security law Beijing imposed

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant will start releasing treated and diluted radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean as early as Thursday — a controversial step that the government says is essential for the decades of work needed to clean up the facility that had reactor meltdowns

By DAVID RISING and SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The son of longtime autocratic Cambodian leader Hun Sen has been approved as the country’s new prime minister, part of a change in top positions in the Southeast Asian nation. Hun Manet won his first seat in Parliament in July elections and

AUBURN, Wash. (AP) — A track for live horse racing in suburban Seattle turned prehistoric over the weekend as more than 200 people ran down the track cloaked in inflatable Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaur costumes. The 2023 T-Rex World Championships at Emerald Downs — an event that started in 2017 as a pest control company’s team-building

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Democratic state Rep. Gloria Johnson has launched an exploratory committee as she considers running for the seat held by U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn in 2024. The 61-year-old Johnson filed the exploratory paperwork late last week, a move that typically comes just before