Month: May 2024

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An armed person shot and killed by Indianapolis police after allegedly pointing a weapon at other people has been identified as a 35-year-old man. The Marion County Coroner’s Office said Friday that Lemar Brandon Qualls died at Methodist Hospital. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department says he was shot on the city’s north

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China has publicized for the first time what it claims is an unwritten 2016 agreement with the Philippines over access to South China Sea islands. A statement from the Chinese Embassy in Manila said the “temporary special arrangement” agreed to during a visit to Beijing by

By JUAN A. LOZANO and LEKAN OYEKANMI Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Heavy storms slammed the Houston area again Friday, widening already dangerous flooding in Texas and leading to numerous high-water rescues, including some from the rooftops of flooded homes. Officials redoubled urgent instructions for residents in low-lying areas to evacuate, warning the worst was

Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — Attacks at two displacement camps in eastern Congo’s North Kivu province have killed at least 12 people, including children. An army spokesman blamed the attacks on a rebel group, known as M23, with alleged links to Rwanda. The rebel group denied the accusations, blaming the government. M23 has seized

By COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press A wave of student protests has spread across U.S. campuses over the last two weeks, led by students who have pitched tents or occupied buildings in protest of the Israel-Hamas war. It started April 18 when police moved to break up an encampment at Columbia University in New York City.

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian opposition war monitor and pro-government media oulets say suspected members of the Islamic State group have attacked three posts for Syrian government forces and pro-government gunmen killing at least 13. The attack Friday near the central town of Sukhna killed 15 people, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan President William Ruto has postponed next week’s planned reopening of schools until further notice, as heavy rains and floods that have killed more than 200 people continue. The president in his state of the nation address on Friday said that “meteorological reports paint a dire

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A U.K. High Court judge has ruled that the government acted unlawfully when it approved a plan to meet climate targets without evidence it could be delivered. It was the second time in two years that the government’s main climate action plan was found unlawful and insufficient

MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian activist has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for attempting to set fire to a military conscription office in protest against the Russian action in Ukraine. A military court in Khabarovsk in Russia’s far east said Friday that Angel Nikolayev was convicted of placing two bottles containing a flammable

By SYLVIE CORBET and OLEG CETINIC Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French police have peacefully removed dozens of students from a building at the Paris Institute of Political Studies, known as Sciences Po. Students had gathered in support of Palestinians, echoing similar encampments and solidarity demonstrations across the United States. They waved Palestinian flags and

By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Kremlin’s spokesman says recent statements by France’s president and Britain’s foreign secretary about the war in Ukraine are “dangerous” and will deepen international tension around the conflict. French President Emmanuel Macron has said he doesn’t exclude sending troops to Ukraine. U.K. Foreign Secretary David Cameron

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A radical Norwegian Islamist who is suspected of complicity in the deadly shooting at an LGBTQ+ festival in Oslo two years ago has been expelled from Pakistan and is on his way to Norway. Arfan Bhatti, who is to land in Oslo later Friday, has

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say a blast from an improvised explosive device has killed three people and wounded seven in southwestern Baluchistan province. Footage from the scene moments before the attack shows a motorcyclist traveling alongside the car, attaching something to it before riding off. The car exploded, scattering civilians and traffic. Nobody

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The race for the White House tops the ballot Tuesday in Indiana’s presidential and state primaries. But voters will also have to settle more competitive contests for governor, Congress and the state legislature. President Joe Biden is the sole option in the Democratic primary. Former President Donald

By JUAN ZAMORANO Associated Press PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama’s Supreme Court has rejected a constitutional challenge to the candidacy of leading presidential contender José Raúl Mulino. The move removes an element of uncertainty two days before the May 5 vote. The court was ruling on a challenge from lawyer Karisma Etienne Karamañites, who argued

By SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s Supreme Court has upheld the two-year prison sentence of a labor union leader who led a long-running strike against the country’s biggest casino. Chhim Sithar, president of the Labor Rights Supported Union of Khmer Employees of NagaWorld, had originally been convicted in May 2023

LONDON (AP) — Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was turned away from a polling station after forgetting to bring ID to vote in the U.K.’s local elections. British media reported Friday that Johnson — who introduced the requirement for voters to provide ID with a photo when he was in office — was told

By FATIMA HUSSEIN and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen argues that a fractured democracy can have destructive effects on the economy — an indirect jab at Donald Trump. Yellen delivered an address Friday in Arizona, using economic data to paint a picture of how disregard for America’s democratic processes

NEW YORK (AP) — Court in Donald Trump’s hush money case has adjourned for the week, following hours of testimony from ex-Trump adviser Hope Hicks. Her testimony Friday on the trial’s 11th day was the latest in a frenzied second week of witness testimony. She followed forensic analyst Douglas Daus and paralegal Georgia Longstreet in

BEIJING (AP) — China has dispatched a vice premier to oversee recovery efforts and urged better safety measures after a highway collapse killed at least 48 in the country’s mountainous south. The official Xinhua News Agency said Vice Premier Zhang Guoqing has “stressed sparing no effort in carrying out rescue and relief work.” One side

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian military authorities say two military personnel will face a court martial over the killing of 85 villagers in a drone attack in the West African nation’s conflict-battered north four months earlier. Nigeria’s military often conducts air raids as it fights the extremist violence and rebel

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Last year at the Kentucky Derby, Eddie Olczyk did what every horse racing fan and handicapper has done at one point — he changed his pick and ended up regretting it. The difference, though, is that Olczyk flipped with nearly 15 million people watching. Olczyk had told friends and

By BETH HARRIS AP Racing Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — If Larry Demeritte is looking for a positive sign heading into his first Kentucky Derby as a trainer, it’s right where his horse is assigned. Long-shot West Saratoga is staying in Barn 42 at Churchill Downs, the same location where Seattle Slew was before he

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Nippon Steel says it has postponed the expected closing of its $14.1 billion takeover of U.S. Steel by three months after the U.S. Department of Justice requested more documentation related to the deal. In a release, Tokyo-based Nippon Steel said it was cooperating with the request

By JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Hundreds of people are laying flowers and lighting candles to commemorate the victims of Serbia’s first-ever school shooting a year ago that left nine children and a school guard dead and six people wounded. A somber, silent queue formed on a rainy day outside the elementary

By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Roughly 100,000 immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children are expected to enroll in the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance next year under a new directive the Biden administration released Friday. The move took longer than promised to finalize and fell short of Democratic President