Japan’s central bank survey underpins optimism about growth
AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Business sentiment among Japan’s large manufacturers stood unchanged in the latest quarter from the previous…
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Accused Los Angeles bus hijacker charged with murder, kidnapping
Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities say a man suspected of hijacking a city bus in Los Angeles has been charged with murder,…
Continue Reading Leaders depart UN facing prospect of a wider Mideast war — but with a blueprint for a better future
Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — They gathered at the United Nations surrounded by unsettling warnings of an escalating conflict that could…
Continue Reading Humberto Ortega, Nicaragua’s ex-military chief who later turned critic of his brother, dies at 77
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Nicaraguan guerrilla fighter Humberto Ortega, a Sandinista defense minister who later in life became a critic of his older…
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Japan’s new Prime Minister Ishiba vows to push a strong defense under the Japan-US alliance
Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is pledging to stick to the vital Japan-U.S. alliance while calling for…
Continue Reading Native Americans in Montana ask court for voting sites on reservation
Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Native Americans living on a remote Montana reservation have filed a lawsuit against state and county…
Continue Reading China marks 75 years of Communist Party rule as economic challenges and security threats linger
BEIJING (AP) — China is marking the 75th year of Communist Party rule as economic challenges and security threats linger over the massive state. No…
Continue Reading Live music, breakfast and a raffle: Mexico’s president makes the most of his final day in office
Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador turned his final morning briefing Monday into a variety show…
Continue Reading Pete Rose, baseball’s banned hits leader, has died at 83
AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Pete Rose, baseball’s career hits leader and fallen idol who undermined his historic achievements and Hall of…
Continue Reading Kentucky lawman steps down as sheriff of the county where he’s accused of killing a judge
Associated Press A Kentucky lawman has stepped down as sheriff of the county where he’s accused of walking into a judge’s chambers and killing…
Continue Reading Measure to expand medical marijuana in Arkansas won’t qualify for the ballot
Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An effort to expand Arkansas’ medical marijuana program has failed to qualify for the November…
Continue Reading Seminole Hard Rock Tampa evacuated twice after suspicious devices found at the casino
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Officials say the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa was evacuated twice in two days after the discovery of two suspicious devices at the…
Continue Reading Argentine prosecutors accuse Opus Dei leaders in South America of trafficking and labor exploitation
Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A team of prosecutors in Argentina has concluded that there are grounds for launching a criminal…
Continue Reading Police in a cartel-dominated Mexican city are pulled off the streets after army takes their guns
Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Local police in the cartel-dominated city of Culiacan, Mexico have been pulled off the streets after the army…
Continue Reading Buffalo’s longest-serving mayor is leaving City Hall for a betting agency
Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo’s longest-serving mayor says he will leave office early to lead an offtrack betting agency. Byron…
Continue Reading Justice Department will launch civil rights review into 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Justice Department announced Monday it plans to launch a review of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, an…
Continue Reading Wisconsin prisons agree to help hearing-impaired inmates under settlement
Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Department of Corrections has agreed to provide more help to hearing-impaired inmates as part…
Continue Reading Startling video shows Russian fighter jet flying within feet of US F-16 near Alaska
Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Military officials have released new video of a startling interaction between a Russian jet flying near…
Continue Reading Trump slams US response to Helene. His own disaster-response record is marked by politics
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is criticizing the Biden administration’s response to widespread devastation…
Continue Reading Jeep urges 194,000 plug-in hybrid SUV owners to stop charging and park outdoors due to fire risk
DETROIT (AP) — Jeep is recalling more than 194,000 plug-in hybrid SUVs worldwide because they can catch fire with the ignition turned off. In…
Continue Reading Convicted murderer released in the ’90s agrees to life sentence on 2 new murder charges
Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A convicted murderer who was run out of several Texas cities when he was released early from prison in 1993…
Continue Reading Favre tries to expand his defamation lawsuit against Mississippi auditor over welfare spending
Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre is trying to expand his defamation lawsuit against Mississippi Auditor…
Continue Reading 3 ex-officers did not testify at their trial in Tyre Nichols’ death
Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Lawyers for three former Memphis officers have rested their cases without calling them to testify in their…
Continue Reading Helene and other storms dumped a whopping 40 trillion gallons of rain on the South
AP Science Writer Meteorologists calculate that more than 40 trillion gallons of rain drenched the Southeast United States in the last week from…
Continue Reading Kris Kristofferson was ‘a walking contradiction,’ a renegade and pilgrim surrounded by friends
AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — If Kris Kristofferson’s life were fiction, it would feel a little implausible. He was a Texas-born…
Continue Reading Major League Baseball scraps criticized All-Star Game uniforms and goes back to team jerseys
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball is going back to using primary team uniforms for the All-Star Game, scrapping criticized special jerseys used…
Continue Reading Arkansas sues YouTube over claims that the site is fueling a mental health crisis
Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas has sued YouTube and its parent company Alphabet, saying the video-sharing platform is…
Continue Reading Criminals set up fake online pharmacies to sell deadly counterfeit pills, prosecutors say
Associated Press Federal prosecutors say a network of illegal drug sellers packaged potentially deadly synthetic opioids into pills disguised as…
Continue Reading Aid group says Congo had 25,000 victims of sexual violence last year
Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Doctors Without Borders says that it treated more than 25,000 victims of sexual violence in the Congo last…
Continue Reading Many Verizon customers across the US hit by service outage
NEW YORK (AP) — Some Verizon customers have been hit by a service outage. The issue Monday appeared to knock out cellphone service for tens of…
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