Month: September 2023

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief says Earth is facing a hellish problem in climate change and its leaders still aren’t doing nearly enough to curb carbon emissions that’s causing it. In his Wednesday special climate ambition summit he was pleading with major polluting nations to do

By MADDIE BURAKOFF AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Researchers have uncovered a simple structure from the Stone Age that may be the oldest evidence yet of early humans building with wood. The construction is basic: a pair of overlapping logs, fitted together with a notch. It’s nearly half a million years old and

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s parliament has approved a bill to impose heavier penalties on women who refuse to wear the mandatory Islamic headscarf in public and those who support them. Wednesday’s vote came just days after the anniversary of the death of a 22-year-old woman who had been detained by the morality

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Authorities in Massachusetts announced that a man who died at a New England Patriots home game last weekend after he was punched twice in the head did not suffer a “traumatic injury” in the stands but had a medical issue. The Norfolk County district attorney’s office said

By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — An estranged son of Thailand’s king who has spent almost all his adult life away from his homeland has unexpectedly gone public with his belief that open discussions about the country’s monarchy should be allowed, in a rejection of a harsh royal anti-defamation law. Vacharaesorn Vivacharawongse posted

By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer The U.S. Food and Drug Administration declined to approve a nasal spray to treat severe allergic reactions, calling for more research on what would have been the first alternative to injections using devices such as an EpiPen. The agency told ARS Pharmaceuticals Inc. of San Diego that the company

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — After being thwarted by Congress, President Joe Biden will use his executive authority to create a New Deal-style American Climate Corps that will serve as a major green jobs training program. In an announcement Wednesday, the White House said the program will employ more than 20,000 young

By EDITH M. LEDERER and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Ukraine’s president accused Russia of waging “a criminal and unprovoked aggression” that undermines all norms of war and the U.N. charter Wednesday at a meeting of the U.N. Security Council. Volodomyr Zelenskyy also urged world leaders to strip Russia of its veto

MAYWOOD, Ill. (AP) — Police in suburban Chicago are checking on the authenticity of Instagram videos that appear to show missing former NFL player Sergio Brown discussing the recent death of his mother, who died following an assault. Brown, 35, is still considered a missing person, Maywood police spokesperson Carmen Rivera said in an email

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Police in Slovenia say that a U.S. citizen has been killed and two others have been injured in a rafting accident. The accident happened Tuesday on the Soca river in northwestern Slovenia. Police say two rafts carrying 16 passengers and a guide were going down the river when one of the

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer TORONTO (AP) — For nearly four decades, the Talking Heads documentary “Stop Making Sense” has exerted an inexorable pull on all who encounter the frenetic fever of arguably the finest concert film ever made. Its power to bring together – director Jonathan Demme opens with David Byrne alone on

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — British lawmakers have approved an ambitious but controversial new internet safety law with wide-ranging powers to crack down on digital and social media companies like TikTok, Google and Facebook and Instagram parent Meta. The government says the online safety bill passed this week will make Britain

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s President Vladimir Putin says he accepted an invitation from his Chinese counterpart to visit China in October during the Belt and Road Summit. Speaking after a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Moscow on Wednesday, Putin said Russia and China are “integrating our ideas of creating a large Eurasian

NEW YORK (AP) — At age 81, Isabel Allende has decided it’s time to try writing children’s books. Allende has a deal with Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers, for three picture books. She will start with “Perla, The Mighty Dog,” to be published next June. Inspired by Allende’s rescue, “Perla” is the

By DAVID KOENIG AP Business Writer Fake listings have emerged as a major problem for Airbnb, threatening to scare off consumers and prompting the short-term rental service to use AI in an effort to crack down on fraudsters. Airbnb says it has removed 59,000 fake listings and prevented another 157,000 from joining the platform this

LONDON (AP) — Prosecutors say an officer with London’s Metropolitan Police force who fatally shot an unarmed Black man has been charged with murder. Chris Kaba was killed in south London in September last year after police pursued his car and tried to stop it. Police fired one round at the 24-year-old, who was shot

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Doris Kearns Goodwin’s next book is a work of history that’s also close to home. The Pulitzer Prize winner’s “An Unfinished Love Story” is a reflection on her final years with her longtime husband Richard Goodwin and the singular era they lived through. He was

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s state-owned health service is operating on holiday-level staffing in England as doctors in the early stages of their careers joined their more senior colleagues in their first-ever joint strike action. Tens of thousands of so-called junior doctors walked off the job for the sixth time since