Month: November 2022

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch judges are set to deliver their verdict in the trial of three Russians and a Ukrainian over their alleged roles in the 2014 downing of a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet over eastern Ukraine. The judgment expected Thursday comes more than eight years after the

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Melbourne United starting center Isaac Humphries has announced that he is gay and says he hopes his decision to go public will give confidence to other professional athletes to do the same. Humphries became the first openly gay player in Australia’s National Basketball League when he made his announcement to teammates.

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An oil tanker associated with an Israeli billionaire has been struck by a bomb-carrying drone off the coast of Oman amid heightened tensions with Iran. That’s according to a Mideast-based defense official and an Israeli official who spoke to The Associated Press on Wednesday.

By SALLY FRENCH of NerdWallet If you want to save money and avoid the airport crowds during the holiday season, you’ll want to fly on the holiday itself or several days before and after it. NerdWallet analyzed the Transportation Security Administration’s data of passengers screened at U.S. airports and found the Sunday after Thanksgiving and

By YURI KAGEYAMA and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Stocks are slipping at the open of trading on Wall Street following a rally that had lifted it the S&P 500 its highest level in two months. The benchmark index was down 0.4% Wednesday, with weakness for retailers a particular drag. They fell after Target cut

By DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The University of Virginia canceled its final home football game of the season Wednesday, the same day a student accused of killing three members of the team and wounding two other students in an on-campus shooting was due in court for his first hearing. University officials

By LISA RATHKE Associated Press Ben & Jerry’s board of directors has rebuked the sale of products bearing any of the ice cream maker’s insignia in West Bank settlements. It’s the latest salvo in the Vermont-based company’s feud with its corporate parent over ice cream sales in the territories. Last year Ben & Jerry’s board

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — More aid arrived in Ethiopia’s Tigray Wednesday following the signing of a truce earlier this month calling for unhindered humanitarian access into the northern region. The U.N.’s World Food Program reported that its trucks had entered north-western Tigray via the city of Gondar in the neighboring region of Amhara. The

By JAY REEVES Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A women’s volleyball team at a historically Black college walked out of a banquet and withdrew from their conference tournament in Alabama after a member was subjected to racial abuse. Officials say a Talladega College player using a feature that allows nearby cellphones to transfer data