Biden nominates former Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew to serve as ambassador to Israel
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Joe Biden has nominated former Treasury secretary Jacob Lew to…
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Authorities expand search area for killer who escaped Pennsylvania prison after latest sighting
By TASSANEE VEJPOGNSA and BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI Associated Press KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. (AP) — Authorities have moved and expanded the search area for a…
Continue Reading Prosecutors in all 50 states urge Congress to strengthen tools to fight AI child sexual abuse images
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The top prosecutors in all 50 states are urging Congress to study how artificial intelligence…
Continue Reading Oil prices spike as Saudi Arabia, Russia extend 1.3 million barrel a day oil cut through December
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia and Russia agreed Tuesday to extend their voluntary oil production…
Continue Reading Fall Movie Preview: Hollywood readies for a season with stars on the sidelines
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Hollywood is at a standstill. Actors and screenwriters are months into a dual strike. Film sets are…
Continue Reading Nonprofits Candid and Council on Foundations make a rare deal the way corporations do
By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — It’s a transaction that would be commonplace for a corporation or a sports team, but it’s…
Continue Reading Austrian actor gets 2-year suspended sentence over possessing and processing child sex abuse images
VIENNA (AP) — An Austrian court has found a famous actor guilty of possessing and producing tens of thousands of files of child sex abuse and…
Continue Reading NFL players follow musical passion to create songs featured on Madden 24 video game
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — When Miami Dolphins tackle Terron Armstead achieved his dream of being…
Continue Reading Math is hard — even for teachers. What if they conquered their math anxiety?
By ARIEL GILREATH of The Hechinger Report CHICAGO (AP) — In July, in a packed classroom in downtown Chicago, a group composed mostly of early…
Continue Reading Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in southeast Poland on decline with only 1 new case reported
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Just one new case of Legionnaires’ disease has been reported in southeast Poland in an area close to the Ukraine border, an…
Continue Reading India’s government replaces ‘India’ with ancient name ‘Bharat’ in dinner invitation to G20 guests
By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has replaced the name India with a Sanskrit word in…
Continue Reading Kim Jong Un and Putin may meet. What do North Korea and Russia need from each other?
By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may travel to Russia for a summit…
Continue Reading TikTok’s Irish data center up and running as European privacy project gets under way
LONDON (AP) — TikTok says operations have started at the first of its three European data centers, part of the popular Chinese owned app’s…
Continue Reading Syria’s US-backed Kurdish forces hope to end weeklong clashes with militia in the ‘next 24 hours’
By HOGIR AL ABDO Associated Press DEIR EL-ZOUR, Syria (AP) — Syria’s U.S.-backed and Kurdish-led forces are pushing deeper into the last…
Continue Reading Myanmar won’t be allowed to lead Association of Southeast Asian Nations in 2026, in blow to generals
By NINIEK KARMINI and JIM GOMEZ Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Myanmar won’t take over the rotating leadership of the Association of…
Continue Reading Some small towns in America are disbanding police forces, citing hiring woes
By TRISHA AHMED and JIM SALTER Associated Press GOODHUE, Minn. (AP) — As Goodhue Police Chief Josh Smith struggled this summer to fill vacancies in…
Continue Reading UN food agency drops aid to another 2 million hungry people in Afghanistan due to cash shortfall
By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The U.N. food agency says it is forced to drop another 2 million hungry people from food…
Continue Reading Millennial Money: How to budget with a fluctuating income
By CHANELLE BESSETTE of NerdWallet Freelancers, service workers, people who work seasonal jobs and those who earn money based on tips, royalties or…
Continue Reading Thailand’s new government takes office as Cabinet members take oath in front of king
By JERRY HARMER Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s new government has officially taken office, almost four months after the country’s…
Continue Reading Proud Boys’ Enrique Tarrio gets record 22 years in prison for Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was…
Continue Reading Egypt resumes commercial flights to war-torn Sudan for the first time in nearly five months
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egypt has resumed direct commercial flights to Sudan for the first time since a devastating war broke…
Continue Reading Trial opens in Japan in the 2019 animation studio arson that killed 36 people. Suspect pleads guilty
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The suspect in a 2019 arson attack at an animation studio in Japan has gone on trial, pleading…
Continue Reading Conservative book ban push fuels library exodus from national association that stands up for books
By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — After parents in a rural and staunchly conservative Wyoming county joined nationwide pressure…
Continue Reading Polish official harshly criticizes film that explores migration crisis at Poland-Belarus border
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A leading member of Poland’s conservative government has sharply criticized a film that…
Continue Reading Africa Climate Summit links ‘unfair’ debt burden with calls to make continent’s green assets pay off
By CARA ANNA and EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The host of the first Africa Climate Summit says climate change is…
Continue Reading Trial starts in Sweden of 2 oil executives accused of complicity in war crimes in Sudan
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Two executives of a Swedish oil exploration and production company have gone on trial in Stockholm for securing the company’s…
Continue Reading Austrian security officials say they’ve broken up a terror cell suspected of links to Islamic State
BERLIN (AP) — Austrian security officials say they have broken up a suspected terror cell linked to the Islamic State group that consisted of nine…
Continue Reading Turkey and Greece agree to revive talks and seek ‘new approaches’ to resolve decades-old disputes
By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Greek and Turkish foreign ministers agreed to revive high-level contacts and seek “new…
Continue Reading Severe rainstorm triggers flooding in central Greece, 1 man dies. Police order a traffic ban
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Police ordered vehicles off the streets of three regions in Greece Tuesday as a severe storm hammered the center of the…
Continue Reading Despite Xi’s decision not to attend G20 in India, China says bilateral ties are ‘generally stable’
BEIJING (AP) — China is downplaying President Xi Jinping’s decision not to attend this week’s Group of 20 summit in New Delhi. A Foreign…
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