Pilot dies in crash of an ultralight in central New Mexico
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M. (AP) — One person has died in the crash of an ultralight in central New Mexico, authorities said Monday. Federal…
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Former New Zealand prime minister and pandemic prep leader says we’re unprepared for the next one
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — If another pandemic happens, the world will again be unprepared. That’s the bleak assessment…
Continue Reading Journalist killed in attack aimed at police in northern Mexico border town
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A journalist who ran a community Facebook news page has been killed in the northern Mexico border town of San Luis Rio Colorado,…
Continue Reading US offers Poland rare loan of $2 billion to modernize its military
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says it is offering $2 billion in loans to Poland to support the defense modernization of the ally which…
Continue Reading Michigan woman will serve up to 5 years in prison for crash into icy pond that killed her 3 sons
HOLLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A western Michigan woman has been sentenced to up to five years in prison for a crash in which her three young sons…
Continue Reading Tornado-damaged Pfizer plant in North Carolina restarts production
ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. (AP) — A major Pfizer pharmaceutical plant has restarted production, 10 weeks after it was heavily damaged by a tornado. The…
Continue Reading 8 injured when JetBlue flight from Ecuador hits severe turbulence as it approaches Fort Lauderdale
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Seven passengers and a crew member were injured when a JetBlue flight from Ecuador to Fort Lauderdale hit extreme…
Continue Reading Texas Walmart shooter agrees to pay more than $5M to families over 2019 racist attack
By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A white Texas gunman who killed 23 people at a Walmart in 2019 after ranting about Hispanics…
Continue Reading Drug cartel turf battles cut off towns in southern Mexico state of Chiapas, near Guatemala border
By EDGAR H. CLEMENTE Associated Press TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — Drug cartel turf battles have cut off towns in southern Mexico state of Chiapas,…
Continue Reading Here’s when your favorite show will return now that the writers strike is ending
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The writers strike is over. Actors are still walking picket lines, but Wednesday is the…
Continue Reading US and Kenya sign defense agreement ahead of planned Haiti deployment
By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The U.S. and Kenya have signed a defense agreement that will see the East African nation…
Continue Reading Milan fashion celebrated diversity and inclusion with refrain: Make more space for color, curves
By COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — More curvy models than ever showed up on Milan runways this season, due mostly to a single show by…
Continue Reading Biden tells Pacific islands leaders that he hears their warnings about climate change and will act
By AAMER MADHANI and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday told leaders from the 18-member Pacific Islands…
Continue Reading Prime Minister Orbán says Hungary is in no rush to ratify Sweden’s NATO bid
By BELA SZANDELSZKY Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán says his country is in no hurry to ratify…
Continue Reading Trump argues First Amendment protects him from ‘insurrection’ cases aimed at keeping him off ballot
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Attorneys for former President Donald Trump argue that an attempt to bar him from the 2024…
Continue Reading UK police open sexual offenses investigation after allegations about Russell Brand
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British police have opened a sex crimes investigation triggered by news reports about comedian…
Continue Reading At least 6 people are dead and 12 missing after flash flood in Guatemala sweeps homes into river
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Heavy rains have caused a flash flood in Guatemala’s capital that swept several humble homes into a river and left t least…
Continue Reading Myanmar media and resistance force report two dozen fighters killed in army ambush
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Reports from central Myanmar say about two dozen members of local resistance forces have been killed…
Continue Reading Democratic Sen. Menendez rejects calls to resign and says cash found in home was not bribe proceeds
By DEEPTI HAJELA and MIKE CATALINI Associated Press UNION CITY, N.J. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey defiantly pushed back…
Continue Reading To TikTok or not to TikTok? One GOP candidate joins the app even as he calls it ‘digital fentanyl’
By MEG KINNARD and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press Republican presidential hopefuls have largely shunned TikTok, the hugely popular…
Continue Reading 3 teenagers were fatally shot in South Carolina, and a schoolmate has been arrested
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say two people killed three teenagers and wounded a fourth in South Carolina’s capital city in an…
Continue Reading Mali’s military government postpones a presidential election intended to restore civilian rule
By BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A spokesperson says Mali’s military-led government has postponed a presidential election…
Continue Reading Lecturers and staff at some UK universities stage a fresh round of strikes at the start of new term
LONDON (AP) — Lecturers and other staff at some 40 U.K. universities are staging a new round of strike action in a long-running dispute over pay…
Continue Reading Driver pleads not guilty in Vermont crash that killed actor Treat Williams
BENNINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont driver has pleaded not guilty to a charge in the June crash that killed actor Treat Williams. Thirty-five-year-old…
Continue Reading Interest rates will stay high ‘as long as necessary,’ the European Central Bank’s leader says
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The head of the European Central Bank says interest rates will stay high long enough…
Continue Reading Egypt sets a presidential election for December with el-Sissi likely to stay in power until 2030
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt says it will hold a presidential election over three days in December with President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi highly likely to…
Continue Reading Fresh fighting reported in Ethiopia’s Amhara region between military and local militiamen
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Fresh fighting has erupted in the second-biggest town of Ethiopia’s turbulent Amhara…
Continue Reading Experimental treatment pushed by ALS patients gets day before FDA, but agency unconvinced it works
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration meets this week to consider approval of an experimental…
Continue Reading A deputy police chief in Thailand cries foul after his home is raided for a gambling investigation
By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Police in Thailand have raided the residence of one of the country’s four deputy national…
Continue Reading Photo giant Getty took a leading AI image-maker to court. Now it’s also embracing the technology
By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Getty Images has a huge collection of stock photographs. But now it also has an artificial intelligence…
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