Month: March 2023

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are rising Wednesday as Wall Street shakes off a bit more of the fear that dominated it earlier this month. The S&P 500 was 1.1% higher in afternoon trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 215 points, or 0.7%, at 32,606, as of

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the president of the United Arab Emirates, has appointed his eldest son Khalid as crown prince of Abu Dhabi. Monday’s move places Sheikh Khalid in line to take over as the next leader of the federation. Sheikh Mohammed, commonly known as MBZ, ascended

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer A seemingly relentless series of severe storms, likely with deadly tornadoes, are forecast to rip across parts of America’s Midwest and South over the next couple weeks, especially Friday, meteorologists said. An unusual weather pattern has set in, last week triggering the devastating tornado that hit Rolling Fork, Mississippi,

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — In the midst of transgender-rights advocates rallying outside Kentucky’s Capitol, trans teenager Sun Pacyga held up a sign Wednesday summing up a grim review of Republican legislation aimed at banning access to gender-affirming health care. The sign read: “Our blood is on your hands.” “If it

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis was hospitalized with a lung infection Wednesday after experiencing difficulty breathing in recent days and will remain in the hospital for several days of treatment, the Vatican said. The 86-year-old pope doesn’t have COVID-19, spokesman Matteo Bruni said in a statement late Wednesday. The

By ISABELLA O’MALLEY and DANA BELTAJI Associated Press The countries of the United Nations led by the island nation of Vanuatu adopted what they called a historic resolution Wednesday calling for the U.N.‘s highest court to strengthen countries’ obligations to curb warming and protect communities from climate disaster. The resolution was adopted by consensus and

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Officials say militants in Colombia have killed nine soldiers and wounded nine others in an attack on a military unit that was securing a northern pipeline. The violence complicates efforts by the country’s new leftist president to negotiate a lasting peace. The assailants attacked early Wednesday with long-range weapons and improvised

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Longtime Boston civil rights activist Mel King, whose 1983 campaign for mayor helped the city repair some of the racial divisions sparked during the school busing crisis, has died. He was 94. King became the first Black man to reach a general mayoral contest in Boston, facing