Month: May 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — The Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs will open the regular season at home against the Baltimore Ravens on Sept. 5 in a rematch of the AFC title game, the NFL announced Monday. The NFL will release the entire 2024 season schedule on Wednesday night on the NFL Network. The Chiefs

By WAFAA SHURAFA, JOSEPH KRAUSS and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Aid workers struggled Monday to distribute dwindling food and other supplies to hundreds of thousands of Palestinians displaced by what Israel says is a limited military operation in Rafah, as the two main crossings near the southern Gaza city remained

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Artificial intelligence voice-cloning technology carries so many risks of harmful impersonation that major technology companies are wary of letting people use it. But a team of Rhode Island doctors and their 21-year-old patient found that it can also hold tremendous benefits. Alexis Bogan felt she

MOSCOW (AP) — Kazakhstan’s Supreme Court has convicted a former government official of torturing and brutally murdering his wife and sentenced him to 24 years in prison. The trial had gripped the Central Asian nation. Thousands of people during the trial called for harsher penalties for domestic violence, and the authorities adopted a bill toughening

By CIARÁN GILES and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain’s ruling Socialist party scored a crucial victory in regional elections in the powerful northeastern region of Catalonia, garnering the most seats and dealing a blow to the region’s two main separatist parties that have governed for decades. But candidate Salvador Illa failed to

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Swedish police say the Dutch contestant in the Eurovision Song Contest who was dramatically expelled from the competition hours before the finale will likely be charged for making illegal threats. A police spokesman said on Monday that their investigation into the incident is over and that a

PARIS (AP) — Microsoft has announced its most substantial commitment yet to France. The company pledged on Monday to invest 4 billion euros or $4.3 billion this year to bolster the country’s burgeoning artificial intelligence sector. This move is part of a broader effort unveiled during President Emmanuel Macron’s pro-business Choose France event. The summit

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s planned campaign visit to Minnesota will mark his return to a traditionally Democratic state he has long argued he could carry. Trump will take a break from his hush money trial in New York to speak at a Minnesota GOP fundraiser

Associated Press The man at the center of the pandemic meme stock craze appeared online for the first time in three years, sending the prices of the quirky and volatile shares sharply higher Monday. Keith Gill, better known as “Roaring Kitty,” posted an image Sunday on the social platform X of a man sitting forward

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive will demand explanations from Eurovision song contest organizers why its flag was banned from the concert hall during the final. In a contest already full of controversy, the European Commission said it plans “a very lively discussion” with the organizers over the ban.

NEW YORK (AP) — The events at the center of former President Donald Trump’s hush money case date back almost two decades, with new dates coming to light as the trial plays out in a Manhattan courtroom. Key moments in the case, as described in trial testimony and court documents, begin with allegations from two

By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Survivors of the devastating floods that struck northern Afghanistan last week are still searching for their missing loved ones and burying their dead. Farmer Abdul Ghani recounted on Monday how he had rushed home from neighboring Kunduz province where he was visiting relatives when he heard about

By SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia and China will begin their annual Golden Dragon military exercise this week to strengthen cooperation and exchange military experiences. A Cambodian army spokesperson said Monday that more than 2,000 military personnel from the two countries will participate in the 15-day exercise, joined by three

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The sharp interest rate hikes of the past two years will likely take longer than previously expected to bring down inflation, several Federal Reserve officials have said in recent comments, suggesting there may be few, if any, rate cuts this year. A major concern expressed by

GENEVA (AP) — Eight luxury watches belonging to Formula One great Michael Schumacher are going up for sale at Christie’s. The sale organized by Schumacher’s family features a watch that was given to the German superstar by former Ferrari CEO and motorsports governing body FIA President Jean Todt. It marked the year that Schumacher was

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish media say a curator at the American Museum of Natural History has been detained in Istanbul while allegedly attempting to smuggle spider and scorpion samples. Lorenzo Prendini, an expert on arachnids at the New York-based museum, says he has permits from the government to conduct his research. He was held by

DJENNE, Mali (AP) — Thousands of Malians joined the replastering of the world’s largest mud-brick building this weekend, a key ritual that maintains the integrity of the Great Mosque of Djenne in central Mali. The building has been on UNESCO’s World Heritage in Danger list since 2016. The mosque and surrounding town are threatened by

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The whereabouts of a Chinese citizen journalist who served four years in prison for reporting on the early days of the pandemic in Wuhan and was expected to be released Monday are unknown, raising concern from activists. Zhang Zhan, who had been sentenced to four years in

LONDON (AP) — Booking Holdings, the U.S. company that owns Booking.com and a number of other travel websites, has been added to the European Union’s list of companies now under heightened digital scrutiny. The European Commission, the EU’s executive branch, said Monday that it’s classing Booking Holdings as an online gatekeeper and that the company’s

BERLIN (AP) — The memoirs of former German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be released in November. The publication will come nearly three years after the end of her 16-year tenure at Germany’s helm. It is titled “Freiheit,” or “Freedom,” and will be roughly 700 pages. Publisher Kiepenheuer & Witsch said Monday the volume will be

FORT NELSON, British Columbia (AP) — An intense wildfire could reach a town in western Canada this week, fire experts and officials warned, based on forecasts of winds that have fueled the out-of-control blaze, which has forced the evacuation of thousands of people. The British Columbia Wildfire Service said the wildfire was burning 2½ kilometers

DETROIT (AP) — Amazon’s self-driving robotaxi unit is being investigated by the U.S. government’s highway safety agency after two of its vehicles braked suddenly and were rear-ended by motorcyclists. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in documents posted on its website Monday it will evaluate the automated driving system developed by Zoox. Both crashes

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Forty-nine employees of the Vatican Museums have filed a class-action complaint with the Vatican administration demanding better seniority, leave and overtime benefits. The complaint also alleges that staff face health and security risks due to cost-saving and apparent profit-generating initiatives at the museum, including overcrowding and reduced