Month: January 2024

By The Associated Press The wail of air raid sirens is commonplace in Belgorod, a Russian border city whose residents are on edge following a Ukrainian missile attack on a New Year’s holiday weekend that left dozens of people dead and injured. A spectacular explosion rocked a huge fuel export terminal on the Baltic Sea

By ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The executive manager for institutional relations at a Brazilian state bank took the microphone before roughly 150 people at a forum on slavery’s legacy in his country, which kidnapped more Africans for forced labor than any other nation. “Today’s Bank of Brazil asks Black people

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida stressed he was determined to make a clear break from money politics as he renewed an apology for the latest major corruption scandal in the governing party, which has eclipsed his key policies such as strengthening the military and Japan’s alliance with

By KANIS LEUNG and ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong has begun a public consultation on a local National Security Law, more than three years after Beijing imposed a similar law that has all but wiped out dissent in the semi-autonomous city. Hong Kong’s mini-constitution, the Basic Law, calls for the

By EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A Haitian judge investigating the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse issued an arrest warrant for his wife late last year for failing to meet with him so he could interrogate her about the case, according to a legal document that The Associated

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Boeing says it is withdrawing a request for a safety exemption needed to certify a new model of its 737 Max airliner. The turnabout announced Monday follows severe criticism after a door plug blew out on a different 737 Max model over Oregon this month. Boeing asked

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — First there were cafés that allowed pets. Then came cat cafés, where lattes took second place to feline interaction. The latest craze in Japan: The pig café. “It was wonderful. Very relaxing and enjoyable,” said Brad Loomis, a software engineer from Pullman, Washington, after visiting Tokyo’s Mipig

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Thirty-nine years ago, the biggest pop stars in the world crammed into a recording studio in Los Angeles to record the song “We Are the World.” Fans get a chance to almost step into that recording session with the Netflix documentary “The Greatest Night in

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military says it detected North Korea firing multiple cruise missiles into the sea off its western coast in its third round of tests of such weapons this month. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said Tuesday that the South Korean and U.S. militaries

SYDNEY (AP) — A woman has suffered serious leg injuries after being attacked by a suspected bull shark in Sydney Harbor. The victim, a woman reported to be in her late 20s, was bitten on the right leg as she swam at Elizabeth Bay in Sydney’s east at about 8pm on Monday. New South Wales

By DAVID KOENIG and TOM KRISHER Associated Press The pilots of an American Airlines plane taxied across the wrong runway last year in New York — into the path of another jetliner that was taking off — after the captain became distracted and confused about takeoff instructions and the co-pilot lost track of their plane’s

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — U.S. Steel has agreed to settle a lawsuit that accused the Pittsburgh-based company of violating federal clean air laws by operating plants without its desulfurization controls for more than three months, emitting clouds of sulfurous gas into surrounding towns. Environmental groups Clean Air Council and PennEnvironment said the settlement was filed

By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson will again extend its 60-day limit on shelter stays for asylum seekers. The announcement Monday comes days ahead of a deadline that could have evicted nearly 2,000 migrants. Johnson says the idea was to give people more time to resettle and find work.

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina has joined an emerging nationwide effort to improve outcomes for more prisoners who return to society through an approach focused on education, health care and housing. Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper signed an executive order Monday that seeks to reduce recidivism through formal training

By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — The controversial intelligence chief of former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori has pleaded guilty to charges in the 1992 massacre of six farmers who were accused of being members of a rebel group, taken from their homes by soldiers and executed in the town of Pativilca. The

By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer Defense attorneys for three Iowa State athletes caught in a gambling sting last year say their clients face criminal charges and lost NCAA eligibility as a result of improper searches into their online wagering activities. Attorneys for former ISU football players Isaiah Lee and Jirehl Brock and wrestler Paniro

By CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre acknowledged at a civil trial Monday that he wrongly expensed private flights for his family and accepted vacations from vendors doing business with the nonprofit gun rights organization without disclosing them. It was LaPierre’s second day of testimony before a

By MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The Colombian government and the nation’s largest remaining rebel group say they will extend their current cease-fire by one week, while delegates from both sides who are meeting in Cuba continue to discuss policies that could secure a longer lasting truce. In a joint statement the

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press A Minnesota man has been charged in a triple homicide after allegedly dressing as a package delivery driver to break into a home. Alonzo Pierre Mingo is charged with three counts of second-degree murder for the Friday killings in a suburban Minneapolis home. He’s jailed on a $5 million bond.

PALM BAY, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say four people are dead in Florida’s Space Coast, including a retired priest and a man accused of shooting and wounding two police officers. Police say 24-year-old Brandon Kapas got into a confrontation with Palm Bay officers Sunday afternoon following a disturbance at his family’s home. Kapas shot and