Year: 2024

Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings’ former chairperson, who led the emergency response after a meltdown at its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant and was accused of being responsible for failing to prevent the disaster as top management, has died, with his trials still pending. He was 84. Tsunehisa Katsumata died on

Associated Press RWAMWANJA, Uganda (AP) — Many refugees in Uganda are struggling to get by without the food assistance they once depended on. In a refugee settlement in the country’s southwest, many residents face hunger as funding for refugees has fallen over the years, causing drastic cuts in food rations. Uganda is home to more

AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Just when it appeared Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees were right back in this World Series, they all but gave away the trophy. An epic meltdown of defensive miscues, beginning with Judge’s embarrassing error in center field, helped the Los Angeles Dodgers rally in a five-run

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A powerful typhoon made landfall in Taiwan, killing two people and bringing high winds and floods to much of the island’s east coast and northern areas. Typhoon Kong-rey plowed into Taitung county on Thursday at 114 mph with gusts of up to 141 mph. Parts of the eastern counties of Yilan

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When it comes to election security in the U.S., the weakest link may be human nature. Election and national security officials have said there’s no way a foreign power could successfully alter enough votes to change the outcome of the upcoming presidential contest. But that hasn’t stopped foreign adversaries as

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Eight justices of Mexico’s Supreme Court have said they will leave the court rather than stand for election as required by a controversial judicial overhaul passed last month. Supreme Court President Norma Piña and seven others submitted letters Tuesday and Wednesday stating they would leave their posts rather than compete in

Associated Press CROSS PLAINS, Wis. (AP) — At this stage of the election, the arguments have been made, the airwaves flooded with ads, the inboxes and doorsteps stuffed with flyers. What’s left is to get out the vote. It’s a crucial step that can make or break campaigns, turning Americans into voters by nudging them

Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Pennsylvania prosecutor’s effort to shut down Elon Musk’s $1 million-a-day voter sweepstakes moved to federal court on Thursday after a state judge let both sides debate their grievances in a hearing skipped by the world’s richest man. Judge Angelo Foglietta agreed that Musk, as a named defendant in the

Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The governor and other present and past elected officials are paying their respects to the late Jo Ann Davidson as she lies in state at the Ohio Statehouse ahead of a Thursday funeral. Davidson died Friday at 97. She was Ohio’s first and only female House speaker and a

Associated Press ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — To be a parent in the Ukrainian front-line city of Zaporizhzhia means weighing your child’s life against the Russian weapons within striking distance. Most rain death in an instant: the drones, the ballistic missiles, the glide bombs, the artillery shells. But Russian soldiers control another weapon they have never

Associated Press SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — Owners of vacation homes in Northern California’s South Lake Tahoe could face a significant tax increase if voters in the mountain resort town approve a measure on Tuesday’s ballot that pits affordable housing against private property rights. South Lake Tahoe, which sits on the shores of the