Here’s when Apple Watches are set to return to store shelves
CNN By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — It’s been a rollercoaster lately for Apple Watch shoppers. The newest models were yanked from Apple’s…
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Indonesia’s navy pushes a boat suspected of carrying Rohingya refugees out of its waters
By NINIEK KARMINI and EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s navy says it forcibly pushed a boat packed with…
Continue Reading A Qatari court reduces death sentence handed to 8 retired Indian navy officers charged with spying
By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s foreign ministry says Qatar’s Court of Appeal reduced the death sentence handed…
Continue Reading Flag football gives female players sense of community, scholarship options and soon shot at Olympics
By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — There were times when Jo Overstreet felt all alone as a standout flag football player on boys teams…
Continue Reading Storm Gerrit disrupts trains and leaves thousands without power as it batters northern UK
LONDON (AP) — A storm that battered the U.K. with high winds and heavy snow has damaged houses, canceled trains and left thousands of people…
Continue Reading Israeli strikes across Gaza kill dozens of Palestinians, even in largely emptied north
By WAFAA SHURAFA, SAMY MAGDY and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli forces bombarded cities, towns and refugee…
Continue Reading South Korea’s top court orders a 3rd Japanese company to compensate workers for forced labor
By JIWON SONG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s top court has ordered a third Japanese company to compensate some of its…
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States with the strictest distracted driving laws
Westfield used data from the Governors Highway Safety Association to determine which states have the strictest distracted driving laws regarding…
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How dangerous is driving on New Year's Eve?
With New Year’s Eve right around the corner, Sargon Law Group analyzed National Highway Transit Safety Administration data to determine how dangerous…
Continue Reading China’s Alibaba must face a US toymaker’s lawsuit over sales of allegedly fake Squishmallows
By The Associated Press A judge in New York has ruled that Alibaba must face a lawsuit by a U.S. toymaker alleging that the Chinese ecommerce…
Continue Reading Mbongeni Ngema, South African playwright and creator of ‘Sarafina!’, is killed in a car crash at 68
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The family of renowned South African playwright, producer and composer Mbongeni Ngema says…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Trading on Wall Street muted as the end of the year approaches
By ELAINE KURTENBACH and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Premarket trading is mixed in a low-volume trading holiday week on Wall Street. Futures for the…
Continue Reading Chain-reaction collision in dense fog on Turkish motorway leaves at least 10 people dead, 57 injured
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A chain-reaction crash Thursday involving seven vehicles on a motorway in northwest Turkey killed at least 10 people and…
Continue Reading Hong Kong man jailed for 6 years after pleading guilty to a terrorism charge over a foiled bomb plot
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong man has been sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty to a terrorism…
Continue Reading Texas has arrested thousands on trespassing charges at the border. Illegal crossings are still high
By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) — Before settling in New York City like thousands of other migrants this year, Abdoul, a…
Continue Reading Stigma against gay men could worsen Congo’s biggest mpox outbreak, scientists warn
By JEAN-YVES KAMALE and MARIA CHENG Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — As Congo copes with its biggest outbreak of mpox, scientists warn…
Continue Reading AP concludes at least hundreds died in floods after Ukraine dam collapse, far more than Russia said
By SAMYA KULLAB and ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press MYKOLAIV, Ukraine (AP) — An AP investigation has found that Russian occupation authorities…
Continue Reading Gypsy Rose Blanchard out of prison years after persuading boyfriend to kill her abusive mother
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Gypsy Rose Blanchard, the Missouri woman who persuaded an online boyfriend to kill her mother after she had…
Continue Reading Takeaways from AP investigation into Russia’s cover-up of deaths caused by dam explosion in Ukraine
By SAMYA KULLAB and ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian occupation authorities vastly and deliberately undercounted the…
Continue Reading As pandemic unfolded, deaths of older adults in Pennsylvania rose steeply in abuse or neglect cases
By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania saw a tenfold increase in deaths of older adults following an abuse or neglect…
Continue Reading House where 4 University of Idaho students were killed is demolished
By CLAIRE RUSH and TED WARREN Associated Press MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — The house where four University of Idaho students were killed last year was…
Continue Reading Gaming proponents size up the odds of a northern Virginia casino
BY MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press McLEAN, Va. (AP) — As casinos start to pop up on Virginia’s southern border, some lawmakers are ready to…
Continue Reading Real-life ‘Ratatouille’ restaurant reopens, overlooking Paris 2024 Olympics and reborn Notre Dame
By JEFFREY SCHAEFFER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The Tour d’Argent already boasts a 320,000-bottle wine cellar, a world-famous duck recipe and…
Continue Reading Mexican officials clear border camp as US pressure mounts to limit migrant crossings
By VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press MATAMOROS, Mexico (AP) — A ragged migrant tent camp next to the Rio Grande is a long way from Mexico’s…
Continue Reading The number of wounded Israeli soldiers is mounting, representing a hidden cost of war
By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press RAMAT GAN, Israel (AP) — Igor Tudoran spent just 12 hours inside the Gaza Strip before a missile slammed into…
Continue Reading US companies are picky about investing in China. The exceptions? Burgers and lattes
By AAMER MADHANI, PAUL WISEMAN and ELAINE KURTENBACH Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — There’s been no shortage of tough news for China’s…
Continue Reading Nikki Haley doesn’t mention slavery when asked what caused the Civil War. She later walks that back
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley was asked at a New Hampshire town hall about…
Continue Reading Bus collides head-on with truck in central India, killing at least 13
NEW DELHI (AP) — Police say that a bus caught fire after colliding head-on with a truck on a highway in central India, killing at least 13 people.…
Continue Reading 2 Australians killed in Israeli airstrike in Lebanon, says Australia’s acting foreign minister
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s Acting Foreign Minister Mark Dreyfus says two Australian citizens…
Continue Reading Boebert switches congressional districts, avoiding a Democratic opponent who has far outraised her
By JESSE BEDAYN and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert announced Wednesday she is switching…
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