Month: October 2023

By BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — United Nations peacekeepers have withdrawn from a rebel stronghold in northern Mali weeks earlier than planned because of growing insecurity. That leaves the town in the hands of ethnic Tuareg separatists. The U.N. mission says the peacekeepers left Tuesday and describes the conditions of departure “extremely

By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Catholic bishops have apologized again for sex abuses committed by members following a report by the national ombudsman that accused the church of widespread negligence. The bishops, however, dismissed as a lie media interpretations of the official report that put the number of victims involving the

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Wages and benefits grew at a slightly faster pace in the July-September quarter than the previous three months, a benefit to workers that also represents a risk to the Federal Reserve’s fight against inflation. Compensation as measured by the Employment Cost Index increased 1.1% in the

By ADAM GELLER AP National Writer In a country shadowed by the threat of mass shootings and neighborhood violence, courts have embraced an increasingly absolute reading of the right to guns. That raises difficult questions about how to protect the full range of freedoms Americans cherish. With nearly 400 million guns in civilian hands, the

By AMY HARDER, Cipher News CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — As the United States injects hundreds of billions of dollars into clean energy through its signature climate law, known as the Inflation Reduction Act, criticism is growing louder about where, how and whether new development should be allowed. As opposition grows, once-routine regulatory processes are taking

By MATT SEDENSKY AP National Writer AJIJIC, Mexico (AP) — There’s a look Sandy Phillips came to know each time she arrived somewhere a gunman had made famous. Her road trip through mass shooting sites went on for a decade and always seemed to have a new stop. When she reached it, she’d lock eyes

By MARYCLAIRE DALE Legal Affairs Writer As Janet Paulsen prepared to leave her husband, who had become increasingly volatile over their 15-year marriage, she slipped down to his gun safes one night while he slept to try to change the combination locks. “There were 74 firearms in my house,” said Paulsen, who was stunned by

By CLAIRE GALOFARO AP National Writer FLINT, Texas (AP) — She leaned out of the tent at a small-town summer festival, hoping someone would stop to ask about her tattoos, her T-shirt, the framed pictures of her son on a table in the back of the booth. Barbie Rohde has made herself a walking billboard

By ADAM GELLER AP National Writer LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (AP) — By the time Hollan Holm pulls the family minivan into Chickasaw Park, the buzz rising from a crowd clustered around a large picnic shelter makes clear this afternoon’s story-sharing is already underway. In the thick heat just outside the pavilion, a youth football coach recounts

By ADAM GELLER AP National Writer NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — Inside the columned church on the corner, the rich tones of the organ have wrapped congregants in their embrace. The time has come for the Rev. Jimmie Hardaway Jr. to preach the lessons embodied by the Prince of Peace. If only the world outside

By NEBI QENA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — U.N investigators on Tuesday urged Russia to acknowledge responsibility for a missile strike on a Ukrainian village that killed 59 civilians, conduct a transparent investigation into what happened, provide reparations for victims and hold those responsible to account. The strike on a cafe in the village

By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — The heir to the Spanish throne has sworn allegiance to the Constitution on her 18th birthday, laying the groundwork for her to become queen when the time comes. Princess Leonor is the eldest daughter of King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia. The nationally televised ceremony in the

ISLAMABAD (AP) — U.N. experts are demanding the Taliban immediately release two women’s rights defenders in Afghanistan. Neda Parwan and Zholia Parsi have been in custody for over a month with no reasons given for their arrest. They have not been granted legal representation, charged with a crime or brought before a court. The experts

By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s elite counterterrorism police squad has arrested at least 59 suspected militants in recent weeks in a nationwide crackdown as the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country gears up for elections in 2024. Police said Tuesday that arrests were made in eight provinces since Oct. 2, including

By JILL LAWLESS and PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The former top aide to ex-British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has painted a picture of widespread chaos and dysfunction in government during the coronavirus pandemic. In keenly awaited testimony to the country’s public inquiry into the COVID-19 pandemic on Tuesday, Dominic Cummings was withering

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer The Biden administration and JetBlue Airways are facing off in court over the Biden administration’s effort to stop JetBlue from buying Spirit Airlines. The trial over the government’s antitrust lawsuit is scheduled to begin Tuesday in Boston. JetBlue is trying to buy Spirit for $3.8 billion, saying it needs

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s highest court has overturned a reform to the country’s criminal code that allowed for people who have been acquitted to be put on trial again for the same crime if new evidence emerged that could secure their conviction for murder or other serious crimes. The Federal Constitutional Court on Tuesday declared

By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Singapore’s defense minister has urged China as a dominant power in Asia to take the lead in reducing tensions in the region, warning that a military conflict like the one in Ukraine or the Israel-Hamas war would be devastating for the continent and its future. Ng Eng

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine navy patrol ship has been shadowed by Chinese forces near a disputed shoal in the South China Sea. The incident that happened Monday near Scarborough Shoal sparked a fresh exchange of accusations and warnings between the Asian neighbors. Chinese and Philippine security officials gave

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French police have opened fire on a woman who threatened to blow herself up and allegedly made death threats and spoke in support of terrorism on a train heading into Paris. The shooting Tuesday is the latest security incident in France, which has been on heightened anti-terror