Gerry Fraley wins BBWAA Career Excellence Award, top honor for baseball writers
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Gerry Fraley, a gregarious and tempestuous reporter over four decades until his death four years ago, won the BBWAA Career…
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In ‘Wonka,’ Timothée Chalamet finds a world of pure imagination
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Hugh Grant learned some years ago that if a filmmaker doesn’t make something from the heart, it shows. The films…
Continue Reading A trial deciding if JetBlue can buy Spirit — and further consolidate the industry — nears its end
By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — JetBlue says it needs to buy Spirit Airlines to compete with bigger airlines in a post-Covid travel…
Continue Reading Column: Major champions talk signature shots. And one that stands out to them
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Jon Rahm all but locked up the Masters with an 8-iron he carved around the trees. What made him feel just as good was…
Continue Reading Biography of the late Rep. John Lewis that draws upon 100s of interviews will be published next fall
NEW YORK (AP) — An upcoming biography of the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis will draw upon hundreds of interviews, along with the civil rights…
Continue Reading Streisand talks acting, music and destiny after release of her memoir ‘My Name is Barbra’
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Her book is called ‘My Name is Barbra’ and it runs nearly 1,000 pages. You expected less…
Continue Reading Father of slain Italian woman challenges men to be agents of change against femicide
By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — The father of a young woman whose murder galvanized Italian outrage against violence targeting women…
Continue Reading British Museum loan to Greece coincides with dispute over demand to return Parthenon Marbles
By THANASSIS STAVRAKIS and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s Acropolis Museum has launched an exhibition that…
Continue Reading Man believed to have fired shots before a Virginia house exploded died in the blast, police say
By MATTHEW BARAKAT and BEN FINLEY Associated Press ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Authorities say the suspect who fired rounds from a duplex in an…
Continue Reading At COP28, John Kerry unveils nuclear fusion strategy as a source of clean energy
By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press The United States will work with other governments to speed up efforts to make nuclear fusion a new source of…
Continue Reading Deep-sea mining in the Arctic Ocean gets the green light from Norwegian lawmakers
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway’s government has made a deal with two large opposition parties to open the Arctic Ocean to seabed mineral…
Continue Reading Millennial Money: What the 2024 Social Security COLA could mean for your retirement
By DALIA RAMIREZ of NerdWallet The Social Security Administration adjusts its benefits payments each year to reflect changes in the cost of living.…
Continue Reading Wikipedia, wrapped. Here are 2023’s most-viewed articles on the internet’s encyclopedia
By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Remember what you searched for in 2023? Well, Wikipedia has the receipts. English…
Continue Reading At least 85 civilians killed by a Nigerian army drone attack, in the latest such deadly mistake
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Officials in Nigeria say at least 85 civilians were killed when a military drone mistakenly…
Continue Reading Moody’s cuts China credit outlook to negative, cites slowing economic growth, property crisis
By ZEN SOO AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — Credit rating agency Moody’s has downgraded its outlook for Chinese sovereign bonds to negative,…
Continue Reading Dutch government pledges nearly $2.7 billion for Ukraine in 2024 as war drags into another winter
By SAMYA KULLAB and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Dutch government says it has allocated 2.5 billion euros to support…
Continue Reading Danish union to take action against Tesla in solidarity with Swedes demanding collective bargaining
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The conflict against Tesla in Sweden is spreading to neighboring Denmark. Transport…
Continue Reading Students around the world suffered huge learning setbacks during the pandemic, study finds
By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Students around the world suffered historic setbacks in reading and math during the…
Continue Reading Senior EU official warns of huge security risk in Europe over Christmas as Israel-Hamas war rages
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Europe faces a “huge risk of terrorist attacks” over the Christmas holiday period due to the…
Continue Reading Putin to discuss Israel-Hamas war during a quick trip to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates
MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin says that Russian President Vladimir Putin will make a one-day trip to the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia focused…
Continue Reading Britain and Rwanda strike a new treaty in efforts to revive asylum plan blocked by UK courts
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The interior ministers of Britain and Rwanda have signed a treaty that aims to revive a plan to send…
Continue Reading French lawmakers approve bill to ban disposable e-cigarettes to protect youth drawn to their flavors
PARIS (AP) — France’s National Assembly has unanimously approved a bill to ban single-use, disposable electronic cigarettes, in an attempt to…
Continue Reading Papua New Guinea’s prime minister says he will sign a security pact with Australia
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape says he will sign a bilateral security pact with Australia during a visit…
Continue Reading 2 boats adrift in the Andaman Sea with 400 Rohingya aboard desperately need rescue, UN says
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — An estimated 400 Rohingya Muslims believed to be aboard two boats adrift in the Andaman Sea without…
Continue Reading Freezing rain causes accidents that leave 3 dead in Germany while Munich airport resumes flights
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Freezing rain and cold weather buffeting Germany have been blamed for traffic accidents that…
Continue Reading Israel moves into Gaza’s second-largest city and intensifies strikes in bloody new phase of the war
By WAFAA SHURAFA, JACK JEFFERY and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel said Tuesday that its troops had entered…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Asian shares are mostly up as weak jobs data back hopes for an end to rate hikes
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares advanced on Wednesday after most stocks slipped on Wall Street following a…
Continue Reading UN agency cites worrying warming trend as COP28 summit grapples with curbing climate change
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Nations weather agency is reporting that glaciers shrank more than…
Continue Reading Tokyo Olympics sullied by bid-rigging, bribery trials more than 2 years after the Games closed
By STEPHEN WADE and YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The bid-rigging trial around the Tokyo Olympics is playing out in a Japanese…
Continue Reading Chinese comedians living abroad are winning fans. But some topics are off limits
By FU TING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Comedian Xi Diao says he knows he should avoid talking politics on stage, but sharing a family name…
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