Japanese crown prince visits Vietnam to mark 50 years of diplomatic relations
By HAU DINH and MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Japanese Crown Prince Akishino, the younger brother of Emperor Naruhito, has…
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Biden warns Netanyahu about the health of Israel’s democracy and urges compromise on court overhaul
By JOSEF FEDERMAN and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden raised “hard issues,” including protecting the…
Continue Reading In the wake of Chile’s Catholic abuse crisis, victims struggle to find justice
By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — After she learned what happened, Helmut Kramer’s mother cut the priest out of…
Continue Reading Biden’s Democratic allies intensify pressure for asylum-seekers to get work permits
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — As more than 115,000 migrants arrived in New York City over the past year after crossing…
Continue Reading Biden’s Democratic allies intensify pressure for asylum-seekers to get work permits
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — As more than 115,000 migrants arrived in New York City over the past year after crossing…
Continue Reading In Chile, justice eludes victims of Catholic clergy sex abuse years after the crisis exploded
By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Soon after she learned what happened, Helmut Kramer’s mother grabbed a pair…
Continue Reading This is what it’s like to maintain the US nuclear arsenal
By TARA COPP Associated Press KANSAS CITY NATIONAL SECURITY CAMPUS, Mo. (AP) — The U.S. will spend more than $750 billion over the next decade to…
Continue Reading Inside the delicate art of maintaining America’s aging nuclear weapons
By TARA COPP Associated Press KANSAS CITY NATIONAL SECURITY CAMPUS, Mo. (AP) — In an ultra-sterile room at a secure factory in Kansas City, U.S.…
Continue Reading Japan records a trade deficit in August as exports to China, rest of Asia weaken
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan has reported that its exports fell 0.8% in August from a year earlier, with steep declines…
Continue Reading Homeowners face rising insurance rates as climate change makes wildfires, storms more common
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A growing number of Americans are finding it difficult to afford insurance on their homes, a…
Continue Reading Fed keeps rates unchanged and signals optimism about a potential ‘soft landing’
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve left its benchmark interest rate unchanged for the second time in…
Continue Reading Wings win a WNBA playoff series for the first time since relocating to Dallas in 2016
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Arike Ogunbowale scored 20 points, Teaira McCowan had 12 points and 16 rebounds, and the Dallas Wings advanced to the…
Continue Reading Chelsea Clinton hopes new donations and ideas can help women and girls face increasing challenges
By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Clinton Global Initiative added gender equity as a pillar of the nonprofit’s work to sound…
Continue Reading Japan’s Kishida, at UN, tries to get the global nuclear disarmament effort back on track
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida vowed to lead the effort to put the struggling global nuclear disarmament back on…
Continue Reading Saudi Arabia praises ‘positive results’ after Yemen’s Houthi rebels visit kingdom for peace talks
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia on Wednesday praised the “positive results” of negotiations…
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Montana Vista residents evacuate after massive fire in Far East El Paso
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Residents living in the Montana Vista area have been asked to evacuate after a massive fire at a recycling plant fills their…
Continue Reading Michael J. Fox receives 2023 Elevate Prize Catalyst Award at Clinton Global Initiative
By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Actor and philanthropist Michael J. Fox won this year’s Elevate Prize Catalyst Award, which…
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El Paso’s Nations Tobin Recreation Center will shelter newly-arrived migrants
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Office of Emergency Management began setting up the Nations-Toben Recreation Center this weekend amid the recent migrant…
Continue Reading Supporters of reparations for Black residents urge San Francisco to push forward
By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — More than 200 people rallied outside San Francisco’s City Hall to urge supervisors to act…
Continue Reading El Salvador’s leader, criticized internationally for gang crackdown, tells UN it was the right thing
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has trumpeted the success of his gang crackdown during his speech at the United Nations…
Continue Reading UNGA Briefing: Security Council, climate summit and what else is going on at the United Nations
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — It’s Day 2 of the U.N. General Assembly high-level meeting that brings world leaders together at U.N. headquarters in New…
Continue Reading Some Virginia Democrats say livestreamed sex acts a distraction from election’s real stakes
By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — More Virginia Democrats are beginning to cast the controversy surrounding a legislative…
Continue Reading Prince William, billionaires Gates and Bloomberg say innovation provides climate hope
By SETH BORENSTEIN and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — With deadly extreme weather hitting all over the globe, rising temperatures…
Continue Reading New Mexico official orders insurance companies to expand timely access to behavioral health services
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s top insurance regulator on Tuesday ordered health insurance companies to expand timely access to behavioral…
Continue Reading Teens in Las Vegas face murder charges as adults for hit-and-run they captured on video, police say
By KEN RITTER and RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Two teenagers in Las Vegas have been arrested and face murder charges as adults in a…
Continue Reading Arguments to free FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried get rough reception from federal appeals panel
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court in Manhattan seems unreceptive to arguments that FTX founder Sam…
Continue Reading Indiana US Senate candidate files suit challenging law that may keep him off the ballot
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An egg farmer seeking the Republican nomination for Indiana’s open U.S. Senate seat in 2024 has filed a lawsuit challenging…
Continue Reading California truck drivers ask Gov. Newsom to sign job-saving bill as self-driving big rigs are tested
By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers, union leaders and truck drivers are trying to…
Continue Reading Actor Bijou Phillips files for divorce from Danny Masterson after rape convictions
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bijou Phillips has filed for divorce from Danny Masterson, days after the former…
Continue Reading North Carolina House approves election board takeover ahead of 2024
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A Republican effort to shift control of the North Carolina State…
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