Month: March 2024

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s central bank raised its benchmark interest rate Tuesday for the first time in 17 years,…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Court orders that prohibited two criminal defendants from possessing firearms while they awaited trial were constitutional…

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Olympic great and Australian Sports Commission chief Kieren Perkins says “someone will die” if a multi-sport event…

By KEIRAN SMITH Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — Australia’s online safety regulator has put social media giants on notice, requiring them to…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Negotiators from Congress and the White House are scrambling to complete work on funding…

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Monday charged that Jews who vote for Democrats “hate…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and Japan are sponsoring a U.N. Security Council resolution calling on…

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s attorney general is blaming a delay of the release of a key report into a…

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Reporters Without Borders says Congolese journalist Stanis Bujakera was set to be freed soon after being sentenced to six months…

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will host Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Philippines President…

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A man has pleaded guilty to murder, about two years the decomposing body of his lover…

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Two men who used high-powered rifles to kill three wild burros in Southern California’s Mojave Desert more than two…

HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s government has protested as interventionist comments from the U.S. Embassy on the island following demonstrations against…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon man has been found guilty of murder in a 1980s cold case involving a college student. Prosecutors say Multnomah…

By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s one-of-a-kind method of drawing primary ballots has prompted some apparent…

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Chinese billionaire has pleaded guilty to federal election crimes, admitting that he made…

By JACK DURA Associated Press The Minnesota Court of Appeals has sent a transgender athlete’s lawsuit back to a trial court to determine…

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press An attorney facing criminal charges for illegally accessing Michigan voting machines after…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A judge has approved two new murder counts against an Indiana man charged in the killings of two teenage girls but rejected a…

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama has accused Nicaragua of meddling in its internal affairs by allowing former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli to…

By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Bettors expect a lot of upsets in this year’s NCAA Tournament. They are placing wagers on…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Police say a 78-year-old woman has been arrested in connection to a fatal crash at a San Francisco bus stop that killed two…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un supervised a live-fire drill of nuclear-capable…

By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court has asked West Virginia’s highest court whether opioid…