Koepka only identifies with 3 letters at Ryder Cup: USA, not LIV
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) — The three letters Brooks Koepka represents in the Ryder Cup are USA. Not LIV. The…
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Sweden’s leader turns to the military for help as gang violence escalates
By KARL RITTER Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden’s prime minister has summoned the head of the military to discuss how the armed forces…
Continue Reading Israel reopens the main Gaza crossing for Palestinian laborers and tensions ease
By ISSAM ADWAN Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel has reopened the main crossing with the Gaza Strip, allowing thousands of…
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2023's top cities that are safest from natural disasters
As summer becomes fall and weather patterns become more unpredictable, Gutter Gnome identified 2023’s safest cities with the least risk from natural…
Continue Reading In Yemen, 5 fighters from secessionist force killed in clashes with suspected al-Qaida militants
CAIRO (AP) — Security officials say that at least five Yemeni fighters from a secessionist group were killed in clashes with suspected al-Qaida…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Asian shares mixed, with most regional markets closed after Wall St ticks higher
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian markets were mixed on Friday, with only a few open due to public holidays across the…
Continue Reading Chinese ambassador says Australian lawmakers who visit Taiwan are being utilized by separatists
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — China’s ambassador to Australia has criticized Australian politicians who visit…
Continue Reading Senior Thai national park official, 3 others, acquitted in 9-year-old case of missing activist
By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A court in Thailand has acquitted four national park employees, including a senior…
Continue Reading Shooting incident in Slovak capital leaves 1 dead, 4 injured
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — A shooting incident in the Slovak capital has left one person dead and four others injured. The rescue service in…
Continue Reading The centuries-old card game of bridge offers a sharp contrast to esports at the Asian Games
By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer HANGZHOU, China (AP) — The centuries-old card game of bridge is being played at the Asian Games. Esports, chess,…
Continue Reading Israel’s High Court hears challenge to a law that makes it harder to remove Netanyahu from office
By TIA GOLDENBERG and MOSHE EDRI Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Supreme Court spent eight hours Thursday hearing a challenge to a law…
Continue Reading Astros’ Neris shouts at Mariners’ Rodríguez after strikeout, causing benches to empty
By SHANE LANTZ Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Houston reliever Hector Neris shouted at Julio Rodríguez after striking out the Seattle star during…
Continue Reading 4 environmental, human rights activists awarded ‘Alternative Nobel’ prizes
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Right Livelihood Award — known as the “Alternative Nobel” — has been…
Continue Reading As thaw accelerates, Swiss glaciers have lost 10% of their volume in the past 2 years, experts say
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — A Swiss Academy of Sciences panel is reporting a dramatic acceleration of glacier melt in the Alpine…
Continue Reading Over half of Nagorno-Karabakh’s population flees as the separatist government says it will dissolve
By AVET DEMOURIAN and GAIANE YENOKIAN Associated Press YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — The separatist government of Nagorno-Karabakh says it will dissolve…
Continue Reading TikTok says it regrets Indonesia’s decision to ban e-commerce sales on social media platforms
By EDNA TARIGAN and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Chinese-owned app TikTok says it regrets the Indonesian…
Continue Reading Production at German Volkswagen plants resumes after disruption caused by an IT problem
BERLIN (AP) — Volkswagen says production is resuming after a problem with the German automaker’s information technology network caused a severe…
Continue Reading After Malaysia bans his book, author says his depiction of Indonesian maid was misunderstood
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s government has banned a book following protests over what was perceived as an insulting depiction of an…
Continue Reading Shelters for migrants are filling up across Germany as attitudes toward the newcomers harden
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Dozens of people from around the world lined up on a sunny morning this week in front of a…
Continue Reading Astros boost wild card lead with contentious 8-3 win over Mariners behind Dubon’s 3-run homer
By SHANE LANTZ Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Mauricio Dubón hit a tiebreaking, three-run homer in the fourth inning, and the Houston Astros…
Continue Reading Food prices are rising as countries limit exports. Blame climate change, El Nino and Russia’s war
By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL, EVELYNE MUSAMBI and JOEAL CALUPITAN Associated Press How do you cook a meal when a staple ingredient is unaffordable? This…
Continue Reading Inside scientists’ mission to save America’s wine industry from climate change
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press ALPINE, Ore. (AP) — The U.S. West Coast produces over 90% of America’s wine, but the region is also prone…
Continue Reading Many questions but few answers in congressional hearing on Maui’s wildfire and electric provider
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press Lawmakers probing the cause of last month’s deadly Maui wildfire did not get many answers during Thursday’s…
Continue Reading The woman who torched Wyoming’s lone, full-service abortion clinic is about to be sentenced
By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A woman who says anxiety and nightmares led her to set fire to Wyoming’s only full-service…
Continue Reading Taiwan launches the island’s first domestically made submarine for testing
By JOHNSON LAI and HUIZHONG WU Associated Press KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s president has launched the island’s first domestically made…
Continue Reading At US Antarctic base hit by harassment claims, workers are banned from buying alcohol at bars
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — From Sunday, workers at the main United States base in Antarctica will no longer be…
Continue Reading García, Dunning push Rangers to the brink of a playoff berth in a 5-0 win over the Angels
By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — The only postseason experience of Dane Dunning’s career happened three years ago when…
Continue Reading NY Attorney General Letitia James has a long history of fighting Trump and other powerful targets
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Letitia James fixated on Donald Trump as she campaigned for New York attorney general,…
Continue Reading Biden offers dire warnings about Trump, accuses mainstream GOP of ‘deafening’ silence
By SEUNG MIN KIM, JONATHAN J. COOPER and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press TEMPE, Arizona (AP) — President Joe Biden issued one of his most dire…
Continue Reading House Republicans make their case for Biden impeachment inquiry at first hearing
By FARNOUSH AMIRI, LISA MASCARO and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans launched a formal impeachment hearing Thursday…
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