Month: April 2024

MADRID (AP) — Authorities in southeastern Spain say the bodies of four women have been found in a rubber dinghy boat floating off the coast near the port of Cartagena. The government office in the city of Murcia said the women appeared to be of North African origin and may have been migrants trying to

By NICOLE WINFIELD and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican says Pope Francis will visit Indonesia, East Timor, Papua New Guinea and Singapore in September. It’s the longest trip of Francis’ papacy and will surely test his health, stamina and mobility. The Vatican confirmed the Sept. 2-13 visit on Friday.  Francis

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government’s auto safety agency has opened an investigation into a Ford recall for gasoline leaks from cracked fuel injectors that can cause engine fires, saying in documents that the remedy doesn’t fix the leaks. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in documents posted

By PAUL WISEMAN, GISELA SALOMON and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Having fled economic and political chaos in Venezuela, Luisana Silva now loads carpets for a South Carolina rug company. She earns enough to pay rent, buy groceries, gas up her car — and send money home to her parents. Reaching the United

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Population estimates show international migrants were attracted to some of the largest, most urban counties in the U.S. last year. This migration often blunted population losses caused by locals moving out and helped urban centers recover from an exodus of residents and businesses at the height

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A copy of O.J. Simpson’s Heisman Trophy still sits in Heritage Hall on the campus of the University of Southern California, at least when it isn’t being displayed elsewhere along with the rest of the school’s large collection. Simpson’s jersey is still retired by USC

By PAUL WISEMAN, GISELA SALOMON and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Having fled economic and political chaos in Venezuela, Luisana Silva now loads carpets for a South Carolina rug company. She earns enough to pay rent, buy groceries, gas up her car — and send money home to her parents. Reaching the United

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish lawmakers have voted to continue work on proposals to lift a near-total ban on abortion, a highly divisive issue in the traditionally Roman Catholic country. Poland has one of the most restrictive abortion laws in Europe. Members of the lower house of parliament, the Sejm,

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway’s health minister has resigned a day after a university probe concluded that she plagiarized part of her master’s thesis. Ingvild Kjerkol is the second Norwegian government member to step down this year amid allegations they plagiarized academic works. The 48-year-old Kjerkol has been in office since October 2021. Kjerkol is

By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer As their rivalry intensifies, U.S. and Chinese military planners are gearing up for a new kind of warfare in which squadrons of air and sea drones equipped with artificial intelligence work together like a swarm of bees to overwhelm an enemy. The planners envision a scenario in which hundreds,

By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer As their rivalry intensifies, U.S. and Chinese military planners are gearing up for a new kind of warfare in which squadrons of air and sea drones equipped with artificial intelligence work together like a swarm of bees to overwhelm an enemy. The planners envision a scenario in which hundreds,

ROME (AP) — Divers in northern Italy have recovered the last two bodies of workers killed by the explosion that collapsed and flooded several levels of an underground hydroelectric plant, bringing the death toll to seven. Officials said Friday that four other workers who were wounded in the massive blast are still hospitalized and two

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is canceling student loans for another 206,000 borrowers as part of a new repayment plan that offers a faster route to forgiveness. The Education Department announced the latest round of cancellations Friday in an update on the progress of its SAVE Plan. More

By DEVNA BOSE AP Health Writer A new survey shows that almost a quarter of people who have been dropped from Medicaid during post-pandemic eligibility reviews are still uninsured. High costs also are preventing many from getting on another plan. That’s according to a survey of 1,227 adults by KFF. The health policy nonprofit also

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer OXFORD, England (AP) — Former Ireland President Mary Robinson says having a safe climate is becoming more of a human right globally with this week’s European court decision, something warming-hit residents of the Global South long knew. In an AP interview, Robinson, who was the United Nations High Commissioner

BERLIN (AP) — Prosecutors say three teenagers suspected of planning an Islamic extremist attack have been arrested in western Germany. They said the two girls aged 15 and 16 and a 15-year-old boy come from various parts of North Rhine-Westphalia state, Germany’s most populous. They were arrested after a court issued warrants over the Easter

By ZEN SOO AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — Official customs data show China’s exports contracted in March after growing in the first two months of the year. The decline underscores the uneven nature of China’s recovery from the pandemic. Exports in March declined 7.5% from a year earlier, while imports slipped 1.9%. Both

By CIARÁN GILES and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press MADRID (AP) — British and Spanish foreign ministers met in Brussels for a new round of talks over the status of the disputed territory of Gibraltar following Britain’s exit from the European Union. In a statement later, they said the talks Friday were productive and significant progress

BEIJING (AP) — A former chairman of the China Everbright Group and ex-central bank executive has been indicted on bribery charges, part of a wider wave of prosecutions of senior officials accused of financial crimes. A statement from the top prosecutors office said Tang Shuangning, who also had held senior posts at the People’s Bank

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks fell sharply following a mixed start to earnings reporting season. The S&P 500 sank 1.5% Friday. The Dow dropped 1.2%, and the Nasdaq composite fell 1.6% from its record. Worries about tensions in the Middle East rattled financial markets, and Treasury yields fell

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German lawmakers on Friday approved legislation that will make it easier for transgender, intersex and nonbinary people to change their name and gender in official records. The “self-determination law,” one of several social reforms that Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s liberal-leaning coalition government pledged when it took office in

By SAM MEDNICK and JEAN FERNAND KOENA Associated Press BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Sexual assaults and other cases of gender-based violence are rising in Central African Republic. The alleged attackers include everyone from Wagner mercenaries to bandits to United Nations peacekeepers. Reasons include ongoing conflict in one of the world’s most volatile countries,

By PATRICIA SIMON and RICARDO GARCIA VILANOVA Associated Press METCHE CAMP, Chad (AP) — The war in Sudan began a year ago. Here in a camp for tens of thousands of people who have fled into neighboring Chad, the anniversary is marked by near starvation. Many people here fled the fighting in Sudan’s vast western