Month: May 2024

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia police have cleared out a homeless encampment in a city neighborhood where drug use has been pervasive for years.…

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Two men who were instrumental in creating a global seed vault designed to safeguard…

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India says Canada has shared no evidence to back its allegation that the Indian government was…

By KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES Associated Press SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — The head of a center-right 22-party coalition that emerged victorious in…

By ALMA SOLÍS Associated Press Ramón Fonseca, a partner in the Mossack Fonseca law firm at the center of the “Panama Papers” scandal, has died.…

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Charlotte Hornets have named Charles Lee as their next head coach. The 39-year-old Lee…

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Soccer Writer The Philadelphia Union have formally announced that they have signed 14-year-old academy prospect Cavan Sullivan…

By LYNN BERRY, DIDI TANG, JILL COLVIN and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Making future military aid to Ukraine contingent on…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits jumped to its highest level in more than eight months last…

By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — One major land crossing into Gaza was shut down after a Hamas rocket attack, another by an…

By STEPHEN SMITH and MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A Florida sheriff released body camera video Thursday showing a…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press The award-winning Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof has been sentenced to eight years in prison and lashings ahead…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s defense minister says his country is strengthening the metal barrier along its border with Belarus to deter…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer TikTok says it’s going to start automatically labeling content that’s made by artificial intelligence when…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Loaves of bread have been taken off store shelves in Japan after the remains of “a small…

MADRID (AP) — A Spanish investigative magistrate on Thursday provisionally shelved the latest probe into an alleged case of tax fraud by pop star…

BANGKOK (AP) — At least one person has been killed and four others were injured after a huge fire broke out at chemical storage tanks in an…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese defense aircraft carrying eight people made an emergency landing at a commercial airport…

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban are warning journalists and experts against working with Afghanistan International TV. It’s the first time…

By BELA SZANDELSZKY Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary and China have signed agreements to deepen their economic and cultural…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England is keeping its main U.K. interest rate at a 16-year high of 5.25% though it gave a…

By JOSEPH KRAUSS and JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that a U.S. threat to…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Officials in Turkey say 190 passengers and crew have been safely evacuated from a plane after a tire burst during landing at…

By JESSICA DONATI and MARK BANCHEREAU Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A Boeing 737 carrying 85 people caught fire and skidded off a runway…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Federal investigators say they have “significant safety concerns” about a Ford SUV recall repair…