Month: April 2024

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 200 chemical plants nationwide will be required to reduce toxic emissions that are likely to cause cancer under a new rule issued Tuesday by the Environmental Protection Agency. The rule advances President Joe Biden’s commitment to environmental justice by delivering critical health protections for communities

By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Amanda Knox faces another trial for slander this week in Italy that could remove the last allegation against her, nine years after Italy’s highest court threw out her conviction for the killing of her 21-year-old British roommate. The case involves alleged slander against a Congolese bar owner.

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United Nations migration agency says 38 migrants are dead and 22 others have been rescued from a shipwreck off Djibouti on a popular route to Yemen. Rescue teams searched for six other migrants who were thought to be on board. Djibouti is the main transit

By NICK PERRY and KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press FRANCONIA, N.H. (AP) — Thousands of visitors to northern New England communities in the path of the total solar eclipse were told to pack their patience for the trip. In some areas, they needed it for up to 12 hours after the event started, inching their way

By HILLEL ITALIE and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press Across the country, book bans and attempted bans have soared to the highest levels in decades. Public and school-based libraries have been inundated with complaints from community members and conservative activists. And now some lawmakers are considering adding new threats: Crippling lawsuits, hefty fines, and even imprisonment

By JOSH FUNK Associated Press Norfolk Southern has agreed to pay $600 million in a class-action lawsuit settlement related to a fiery train derailment in February 2023 in Ohio. But residents worry that the money won’t go far enough to cover future health needs that could be tremendous but also won’t amount to much once

ST. JOSEPH TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Officials say the driver of a semitrailer-truck rammed a police vehicle in southwestern Michigan, crashed it into a home, tried to flee and was fatally shot by an officer. The scene unfolded after St. Joseph Township officers responded to a request Monday evening to check on the welfare of

By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The U.N.’s atomic watchdog says an explosion caused by an alleged drone attack at Europe’s largest nuclear plant in Ukraine poses no direct threat to its safety. However, it said the episode Tuesday underscored the “extremely serious situation” at the facility that repeatedly has been caught in

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI and RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Three Tanzanian soldiers have been killed and three others injured after a mortar shell landed near their camp in eastern Congo, where they’re deployed under the the banner of a regional bloc to help quell violence. It’s unclear who was responsible for the

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Hundreds of protesters demanding the restoration of the monarchy in Nepal have clashed with riot police in Kathmandu. Supporters of the former King Gyanendra, who was removed from power in 2008, attempted to crash through police barricades onm Tuesday in a bid to reach the offices of the prime minister and

By TY ONEIL Associated Press PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) — It’s shaping up to be a long wildfire season, with Texas already seeing its largest blaze in recorded history and firefighters becoming overwhelmed with recent blazes in Virginia. Just in the first three months of the year, more than 2,669 square miles (6,912 square kilometers) were

By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey and Israel announced trade barriers on each other Tuesday as relations deteriorated further amid the war in Gaza. Turkey, a staunch critic of Israel’s military actions in the territory, announced that it was restricting exports of 54 types of products to Israel with immediate effect.

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials say Pakistani authorities have deployed more than 100,000 police and paramilitary forces at mosques and markets across the country ahead of Eid al-Fitr. The festival marks the end of Islam’s fasting month Ramadan. Eid al-Fitr will be celebrated in Pakistan on Wednesday, subject to sighting of

: SALEM, Mass. (AP) — Someone threw an explosive device onto the porch of The Satanic Temple in Massachusetts at a time when no one was inside, and the device and damage it caused were not found until nearly 12 hours later, police said. No injuries were reported. State police bomb technicians ensured that the

By ALANA BENSON of NerdWallet Know you should be investing but can’t quite bring yourself to do it? Feeling nervous about investing and other financial tasks is normal, but in some cases, it can be the result of financial trauma or abuse. Often, the way we react to money situations isn’t based on logic, but

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian president says his country is close to signing a deal on the purchase of 12 French Rafale multi-purpose fighter jets in what would mark a shift from its traditional arms supplier Russia. President Aleksandar Vucic spoke Tuesday during his two-day visit to Paris and talks with French President Emmanuel Macron

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military has begun basic training at military bases and schools across the country for draftees called up under the country’s recently activated conscription law. The authorities activated the law in February in a bid to to replenish ranks that have been depleted in nationwide battles against

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in a sign of mutual support amid Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine and shared opposition to Western democracies led by the U.S. No details of the meeting were immediately released, although Lavrov held a news conference earlier Tuesday with his Chinese counterpart

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A top authority in Norway has revoked a decision by a city council to only take Ukrainian refugees and not others, saying it was contrary to the Norwegian Constitution and the Scandinavian country’s discrimination laws. The office of the Country Governor of Oslo and Viken had asked the right-leaning municipal council

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Golfers are in the sun as much if not more than players in other sports. It can be as many as eight hours a day. And there is renewed emphasis on protecting their skin. Camilo Villegas has been using an app to analyze sunscreen ingredients.

By BROOKE SCHULTZ With a compact mirror in one hand and an eyelash curler in the other, Grace Xu told her roughly 300,000 TikTok followers she was likely about to be laid off. She was right, she tells them in a subsequent clip. But she was planning to pursue a different career anyway: as a

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Houston’s Yordan Alvarez might be the top left-handed hitter in Major League Baseball. Teammate Framber Valdez ranks among the best left-handed pitchers, too. Other than that, those guys are all right. Literally — neither player considers himself left-handed at all. MLB and its history are dotted