Month: April 2024

By AYAKA MCGILL and MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press FUJIKAWAGUCHIKO, Japan (AP) — The Japanese town of Fujikawaguchiko has had enough of tourists.…

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Scammers stole more than $3.4 billion from older Americans last year, according to an…

By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer Regular mammograms to screen for breast cancer should start younger, at age 40, according to an influential…

By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — A Finnish court has sentenced a 26-year-old man to more than six years in prison for hacking…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Grammy-award winning pop star Dua Lipa’s third album, “Radical Optimism,” releases…

By JOHN O’CONNOR The Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The document in which Abraham Lincoln set in motion the Union’s military…

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s lower house has voted to approve a dramatically downsized version of…

The Federal Communications Commission has leveraged nearly $200 million in fines against wireless carriers AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon for…

By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Twins are no stranger to unique home-run celebrations. They introduced a fishing…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled that a former Milwaukee police officer was properly…

By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador are moving swiftly on…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and allies are scrambling to pull together a complex system that will move tons of…

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Nations finished a round of negotiations early Tuesday on a treaty to end plastic…

By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer An English study into the causes of ACL injuries to women soccer players has been launched. ‘Project ACL’ will…

By HILARY FOX Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Matthew Shardlake steps out of the pages of the late C.J. Sansom’s popular historical mystery…

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday it has finalized a ban on consumer uses of …

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s population increased in 2023 for the first time in three years. The…

By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Marjane Satrapi, the acclaimed Iranian-French filmmaker and cartoonist, has won the 2024 Princess…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Pay and benefits for America’s workers grew more quickly in the first three months…

MILAN (AP) — A former Italian foreign minister has been convicted and sentenced to two years and eight months in prison for his role in the sale of…