One Tech Tip: Want to turn off Meta AI? You can’t — but there are some workarounds
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — If you use Facebook, WhatsApp or Instagram, you’ve probably noticed a new…
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Takeaways from The Associated Press’ reporting on seafarers who are abandoned by shipowners in ports
By HELEN WIEFFERING and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press The United Nations over the last decade has logged an increasing number of crew members…
Continue Reading Stuck at sea for years, a sailor’s plight highlights a surge in shipowner abandonment
By HELEN WIEFFERING and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press Abdul Nasser Saleh says he rarely got a good night’s sleep during the near-decade he spent…
Continue Reading Schumer, Democrats urge Justice Department to prosecute alleged oil industry collusion, price-fixing
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and 22 other Democratic senators are calling on the…
Continue Reading Partial count in South Africa election puts ruling ANC below 50% as country senses momentous change
By GERALD IMRAY and MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Partial results in South Africa’s national election have put the…
Continue Reading OpenAI’s Altman sidesteps questions about governance, Johansson at UN AI summit
By JAMEY KEATEN and KELVIN CHAN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was a star speaker at the annual AI for Good conference…
Continue Reading Foreign governments and activists criticize Hong Kong security law verdicts. China defends them
HONG KONG (AP) — Foreign governments expressed concern and activist groups condemned Thursday’s convictions of 14 pro-democracy activists in…
Continue Reading The Latest | Jury finds Trump guilty on all charges in hush money trial
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has been found guilty on all 34 counts in his criminal hush money trial. It is the first time a…
Continue Reading China to impose controls on exports of some aviation and aerospace equipment
BEIJING (AP) — China’s Commerce Ministry has announced it will restrict exports of some aviation and aerospace-related equipment and…
Continue Reading Ship attacked by Yemen’s Houthi rebels was full of grain bound for Iran, the group’s main benefactor
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Greek-owned and Marshall Islands-flagged bulk carrier that came under attack…
Continue Reading BHP Group drops its bid for Anglo American, ending plans to create a global mining giant
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — BHP Group has dropped its 38.6 billion pound or $49.3 billion bid for Anglo American. That ended…
Continue Reading Spain’s parliament gives final approval to amnesty law for Catalonia’s separatists
By JOSEPH WILSON and TERESA MEDRANO Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain’s lower house of parliament has given final approval to a contentious…
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Rodent damage: Will your car insurance cover chewed-up wiring?
Cheap Insurance provides advice on how to handle rodent damage to your car and how to avoid it in the…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Most of Wall Street rises, but falls for some big tech stocks drag indexes lower
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Most U.S. stocks rose Thursday, but indexes nevertheless stumbled because of sharp drops for some…
Continue Reading Papua New Guinea landslide survivors slow to move to safer ground after hundreds buried
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Traumatized survivors of the massive landslide estimated to have buried hundreds in…
Continue Reading Massive police sweep across Europe takes down ransomware networks and arrests 4 suspects
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Police coordinated by the European Union’s justice agency have taken down computer…
Continue Reading Elections are not wasted on the young in EU. Some nations allow 16-year-olds to decide in June polls
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Teens as young as 16 from five countries will be able to vote in the June 6-9 European Union…
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City of El Paso, Visit El Paso, and Destination El Paso honor Director of Tourism Development & Strategic Alliances
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — During Destination El Paso’s annual National Travel and Tourism Week Luncheon, the City of El Paso, Visit El Paso, and…
Continue Reading IDEA Public Schools approves over $20 million in staff compensation
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — IDEA Public Schools announced they have approved over $20 million dollars in staff compensation increases. IDEA says…
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What is the El Paso Zoological Society? ABC-7 explains its role amid ongoing conflict with city
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) –For several months now, ABC-7 has continuously reported on the ongoing conflict between the…
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Two million dollars in federal funding heading to three City of El Paso projects
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The City of El Paso, alongside Congresswoman Veronica Escobar, unveiled $2,070,000 that will back three projects across the…
Continue Reading Google to invest $2 billion in Malaysian data center and cloud hub
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Google plans to invest $2 billion in Malaysia, developing its first data center and a Google Cloud hub in the latest…
Continue Reading Months after nation’s 1st nitrogen gas execution, Alabama gives man lethal injection for 2 killings
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — Alabama has executed a man convicted of killing an elderly couple at their home in 2004.…
Continue Reading Iran opens registration for the June presidential election after Raisi died in a helicopter crash
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran opened a five-day registration period Thursday for hopefuls wanting to run…
Continue Reading A violent, polarized Mexico goes to the polls to choose between 2 women presidential candidates
By MARK STEVENSON and MARÍA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico goes into Sunday’s election deeply divided: friends and relatives…
Continue Reading ‘Star Trek’ actor George Takei is determined to keep telling his Japanese American story
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans, including children, labeled enemies during World…
Continue Reading 4 Pakistanis killed by Iranian border guards in remote southwestern region, Pakistani officials say
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani officials say Iranian border guards opened fire at a vehicle carrying a group of Pakistanis, killing four people…
Continue Reading Homeland Security Investigations El Paso discovers Socorro stash house
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Homeland Security Investigations El Paso posted on their X account on May 29 that El Paso agents had rescued an undocumented…
Continue Reading At 100, this vet says the ‘greatest generation’ moniker fits ‘because we saved the world’
HELEN, Ga. (AP) — Andy Negra Jr. proudly lays claim to being among the last of what is known as “The Greatest Generation.” The World War II…
Continue Reading Harris addresses US Air Force Academy graduates near 80th D-Day anniversary
By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris spoke Thursday to a sea of…
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