UK air controllers say flight data sparked glitch that snarled hundreds of flights
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Authorities say a technical failure that saw hundreds of flights delayed and canceled across the U.K.…
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London’s plan to charge drivers of polluting cars sparks protests and stirs political passions
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — London’s traffic cameras are under attack. Police say hundreds of license plate-reading cameras…
Continue Reading Sudan’s military leader visits Egypt on his first trip abroad since his country plunged into war
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s top military officer has made a one-day visit to Egypt on his first trip abroad since his…
Continue Reading Neurosurgeon investigating patient’s mystery symptoms plucks a worm from woman’s brain in Australia
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A neurosurgeon investigating a woman’s mystery symptoms in an Australian hospital says…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Asian shares boosted by Wall Street rise on consumer confidence and jobs
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares rose Wednesday, boosted by a Wall Street rally that came on positive reports on…
Continue Reading Syria protests spurred by economic misery stir memories of the 2011 anti-government uprising
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Anti-government protests in southern Syria have stretched into a second week, with demonstrators…
Continue Reading Native nations on front lines of climate change share knowledge and find support at intensive camps
By HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press PORT ANGELES, Wash. (AP) — Jeanette Kiokun, the tribal clerk for the Qutekcak Native Tribe in Alaska,…
Continue Reading University of North Carolina graduate student left building right after killing adviser, police say
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM, GARY D. ROBERTSON and SARAH RANKIN Associated Press CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — A University of North Carolina graduate student…
Continue Reading Dentist accused of killing wife by poisoning her protein shakes expected to plead not guilty
By JESSE BEDYAN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — A Colorado dentist accused of killing his wife by lacing her protein shakes with…
Continue Reading US Open honors Billie Jean King on 50th anniversary of equal prize money for women
By JAMES MARTINEZ Associated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) — After a rousing tribute from former first lady Michelle Obama, Billie Jean King on Monday…
Continue Reading Typhoon Saola to bring heavy rain and strong winds to southern Taiwan on its way to China’s coast
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s weather authorities warned residents of heavy rain and strong winds starting…
Continue Reading The math problem: Kids are still behind. How can schools catch them up?
By ARIEL GILREATH of The Hechinger Report and JACKIE VALLEY of The Christian Science Monitor On a breezy July morning in South Seattle, a dozen…
Continue Reading Backpage founder faces 2nd trial over what prosecutors say was a scheme to sell sex through ad sales
PHOENIX (AP) — A founder of the lucrative classified site Backpage.com will face his second trial on charges of facilitating prostitution and…
Continue Reading ‘Opus,’ the farewell of Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, will premiere at Venice Film Festival
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Sitting alone before a grand piano in a stark studio, Ryuichi Sakamoto takes the listener on a…
Continue Reading Biden talks immigration and trade with Costa Rican President Chaves at the White House
By WILL WEISSERT and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has hosted his Costa Rican counterpart, Rodrigo Chaves,…
Continue Reading Judge delays deciding whether prosecution of man charged in Colorado supermarket shooting can resume
By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A judge on Tuesday granted a defense request to hold a hearing with experts to determine…
Continue Reading 10 drugs targeted for Medicare price negotiations as Biden pitches cost reductions
By CHRIS MEGERIAN, TOM MURPHY and AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden touted the potential cost savings of…
Continue Reading Idalia strengthens over Gulf of Mexico and is now predicted to hit Florida as Category 4 hurricane
By DANIEL KOZIN Associated Press CEDAR KEY, Fla. (AP) — Florida residents living in vulnerable coastal areas were ordered to pack up and leave…
Continue Reading Conservative groups draw up plan to dismantle the US government and replace it with Trump’s vision
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — With more than a year to go before the 2024 election, a constellation of…
Continue Reading Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis faces Black leaders’ anger after racist killings in Jacksonville
By STEVE PEOPLES and BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Ron DeSantis scoffed when the NAACP issued a travel advisory this…
Continue Reading Barack and Michelle Obama saw Coco Gauff’s US Open win and met with her afterward
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, were in the Arthur Ashe Stadium stands to…
Continue Reading All assembly lines at Toyota’s auto plants in Japan have been shut down by computer problems
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — All 28 vehicle assembly lines at Toyota’s 14 auto plants in Japan shut down Tuesday over a…
Continue Reading US Supreme Court Justice Barrett says she welcomes public scrutiny of court
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press LAKE GENEVA, Wis. (AP) — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett told attendees at a judicial conference in…
Continue Reading Sonny Seiler of Georgia football mascots and “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil” dies at 90
By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer Georgia attorney Sonny Seiler has died at the age of 90. He was owner of the University of Georgia’s famed line…
Continue Reading 10 people charged in kidnapping and death of man from upstate New York homeless encampment
ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say 10 people have been charged in the death of a man who was kidnapped from a homeless encampment on the outskirts…
Continue Reading Thousands take to Colombia’s streets to protest 50% increase in gasoline prices
By MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Thousands of protesters on cars and motorbikes took to the streets of Colombia’s main…
Continue Reading California state Senate leader says she will step down from leadership post
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The leader of the California Senate says she will step down from her leadership post. Toni…
Continue Reading Bodies of 3 US Marines killed in Australian aircraft crash retrieved from crash site
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The bodies of three U.S. Marines killed in a tiltrotor aircraft crash during a training…
Continue Reading Kim says North Korea must be ready against US-led invasion plots, while US, allies start new drills
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says its leader, Kim Jong Un, has called for the military to be constantly…
Continue Reading Indiana police arrest 2nd man in July shooting at massive block party that killed 1, injured 17
MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — Police have arrested a second man in a July shooting at a massive block party in central Indiana that left one person dead and…
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