Month: September 2023

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A senior Qatar Airways executive has told an Australian Senate inquiry that there will be no repeat of an incident at Doha’s international airport in 2020 in which female passengers were subjected to invasive gynecological examinations. Australian Transport Minister Catherine King said three weeks ago that the examinations of 13 Australian

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In a new study, Black Americans expressed broad concerns about how they are depicted in the news media, with majorities saying they see racist or negative depictions and a lack of effort to cover broad segments of their community. Four in five Black adults say

ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL and VICTORIA MILKO Associated Press Hanoi, VIETNAM (AP) — The urgency for Southeast Asian nations to switch to clean energy to combat climate change is breathing new life into a 20-year-old plan for the region to share power. Most power grids in the region are not connected, partly due to political issues and

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — The man accused of killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 told a mental health evaluator he bought firearms to carry out a mass shooting and suggested that he wanted police to kill him, according to Wednesday court testimony. Ahmad Al Aliwi

By BRADY McCOMBS and MEAD GRUVER Associated Press DRAPER, Utah (AP) — Republican Utah House Speaker Brad Wilson has formally announced that he’s running for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Mitt Romney. Wilson made the announcement Wednesday night at a rally with supporters. Wilson is a supporter of former President Donald Trump and

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama is headed to the first significant revamp of its congressional map in three decades after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the state’s bid to keep using a plan with a single majority-Black district. The decision on Tuesday sets the stage for a new map with

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press KATOWICE, Poland (AP) — Poland’s hard-right Confederation party opened its electoral campaign convention as if it were a rock concert, with a singer riding up on a motorcycle, its engine revving, and a pyrotechnic show of flames and sparklers. The party has been growing in popularity, especially among young men

By LARRY NEUMEISTER, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to federal charges accusing him of pocketing bribes of cash and gold bars in exchange for wielding his political influence to secretly advance Egyptian interests and do favors

By JILL COLVIN and TOM KRISHER Associated Press CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — As his Republican rivals sparred onstage in California at their second primary debate, Donald Trump was in battleground Michigan Wednesday night working to win over blue-collar voters in the midst of an autoworkers’ strike. Trump in his speech lambasted President Joe Biden

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s Supreme Court is considering whether an Atlantic City casino can get payouts from business interruption insurance for losses during the COVID-19 outbreak. The eventual decision could provide guidance for policy holders across the country regarding the scope of coverage for pandemic losses. The court

By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — A growing sense of urgency looms over the Republican Party’s second presidential primary debate as seven candidates seek momentum on a stage that will not feature the race’s frontrunner. Former President Donald Trump’s second consecutive absence gives those who do show up more

By WILL WEISSERT, STEVE PEOPLES and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Several of Donald Trump’s rivals stepped up their attacks against him in the second Republican presidential debate, urgently trying to dent the former president’s commanding primary lead during an event that often seemed like an undercard without him. Trump

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Dozens of people faced criminal charges Wednesday after a night of social media-fueled mayhem in which groups of thieves, apparently working together, smashed their way into stores in several areas of Philadelphia, stuffing plastic bags with merchandise and fleeing, authorities said. Police said they made at least 52 arrests. Burglary, theft and

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek says she has directed state police to launch new strategies aimed at disrupting the fentanyl supply chain and holding sellers of the illegal and often deadly drug accountable. Kotek made the announcement at a Tuesday meeting of her task force created to revitalize downtown Portland. The statement

By DANIEL SHAILER The Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Chanting from one to 43, relatives of students abducted nine years ago counted out the number of the missing youths as they marched through Mexico City Tuesday to demand answers to one of Mexico’s most infamous human rights cases. With President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean judge has denied an arrest warrant for the country’s opposition leader on broad corruption allegations, saying there wasn’t a clear threat that he would destroy evidence. Lee Jae-myung, who awaited the decision at a detention facility where he would have been held

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska man facing murder charges in state court has now also been indicted on federal charges of cyberstalking and threatening a sheriff in Florida who had spoken out against antisemitic activity. The U.S. Attorney’s office in Alaska announced Tuesday that Joshua Wahl is accused of emailing a threat to Michael