Month: September 2023

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The actor picked to play the iconic, baby-faced flapper Betty Boop in a new stage musical…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Powerball jackpot climbed to an estimated $925 million after no players hit it big Wednesday night, continuing a…

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Judicial officials in Lebanon say a military court has sentenced an official with the extremist…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that a former Tennessee state senator can stay out of prison…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Bahrain’s military says a third soldier has died of his wounds after an attack by Yemeni rebels on a Bahraini…

By MARK KENNEDY and ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writers NEW YORK (AP) — With the Hollywood writers strike over, actors will now get a shot at…

By The Associated Press The seven candidates on stage for Wednesday night’s second presidential debate went after President Joe Biden, one…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Bahrain has sentenced 13 prisoners to an additional three years in prison over a sit-in held in 2021 that prison…

By BROOKE LEFFERTS Associated Pess NEW YORK (AP) — Rachel Bloom was fiddling around with songs and sketches for a new musical stand-up special she…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — New floods following torrential rain have swept across swathes of central Greece already battered by deadly storms weeks…

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Scottish authorities have approved a multimillion pound drug consumption room. It’s the first…

PARIS (AP) — A French government-nominated watchdog body on sexual equality says an online deluge of violent and degrading pornography is sowing…

By MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press LAGOA SANTA, Brazil (AP) — When Brazilian soccer player Paulinho scored a goal at the Tokyo Olympics, he…

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany will increase its police patrols along “smuggling routes” on the border with…

By BEN WALKER Associated Press ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) — Hall of Fame third baseman Brooks Robinson died Tuesday at the age of 86. Among his many fans…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says it plans to expel a U.S. soldier who crossed into the country in…

By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) — The Ryder Cup’s food scene is decidedly local at the Marco Simone club outside…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Hyundai and Kia are recalling nearly 3.4 million vehicles in the U.S. and telling owners to park them…

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Danish artist who was given a pile of cash by a museum in northern Denmark to create…