Day: February 21, 2024

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index has surged past the record it set in 1989 before its financial bubble…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles City Ethics Commission has rejected a proposed settlement between the city and former CBS executive Les Moonves.…

By KEVIN FREKING and SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A group of United States Congress members are praising Taiwan’s…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels launched attacks Thursday on both Israel and a ship…

By EMMA BURROWS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Yulia Navalnaya used to avoid the cameras, staying in the background while her husband rose to…

By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s Parliament has approved a deal for the country to hold thousands of asylum…

By SAMYA KULLAB and SUSIE BLANN Associated Press LYMAN, Ukraine (AP) — When the Russian army mounted a full-scale invasion two years ago, Ukrainian…

By SAMYA KULLAB and SUSIE BLANN Associated Press LYMAN, Ukraine (AP) — When the Russian army mounted a full-scale invasion two years ago, Ukrainian…

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press ANAHUAC, Texas (AP) — A Black high school student’s monthslong punishment by his Texas school district for…

By ASTRID SÚAREZ Associated Press MEDELLIN, Colombia (AP) — The lush valley enveloping Medellin was once the heart of a brutal war involving the…

By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press A Colorado man who died after getting bitten by a Gila monster was hardly alone in having the gnarly looking lizard…

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Kendra Sawyer spoke with her dad from the Deschutes County jail and told him she loved him.…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump could be at risk of losing some of his prized properties if he can’t pay his…

By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California’s rainy season got off to a slow start but gained momentum with storms that…

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Komal Vilas Thatkare says she doesn’t have anyone to ask about her most private health…

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Education funding litigation that originated 30 years ago has returned to North…

By BILL BARROW Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Nikki Haley ‘s best-case scenario for her home state’s Republican primary might…

BEIJING (AP) — Five people are dead after a massive container ship hit a bridge south of the city of Guangzhou in southern China early Thursday,…

By ZIMO ZHONG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Asian markets were mixed on Friday after Nvidia delivered stunning results, setting off a rally in…

By JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — China is planning to send a new pair of giant pandas to the San Diego Zoo this year, quelling…

By SIBI ARASU Associated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — India is renewing its push to add rooftop solar to meet the needs of a fast-growing nation…

SYDNEY (AP) — A taekwondo instructor has been charged from his hospital bed with three counts of murder over the deaths of a 7-year-old student and…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Minnesota man pleaded not guilty Thursday to killing a 31-year-old woman who was beaten, bound and stuffed inside the…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Republican senators in Georgia want to cull sexually explicit books from schools, ban sex education for…

By JONATHAN LANDRUM JR. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Some of Hollywood’s most prominent filmmakers have purchased a 93-year-old…

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama is seeking to put a second inmate to death using nitrogen gas. The move comes a…