Month: September 2023

By The Associated Press This week’s new entertainment releases include albums from Drake and Doja Cat, a reboot of Robert Rodriguez’s “Spy Kids” franchise with a film starring Gina Rodriguez and Zachary Levi and the critically-acclaimed “Sex Education,” one of Netflix’s most popular shows, returns for its fourth and final season. There’s also “Superpower,” Sean

BERLIN (AP) — A U.N. committee has named a group of medieval Jewish sites in the eastern German city of Erfurt as a World Heritage Site. It’s the second time Jewish heritage in Germany has been added to the list in recent years. Among the buildings is Erfurt’s Old Synagogue, a 13th-century stone building that

By ROBERT F. BUKATY and DAVID SHARP Associated Press BAR HARBOR, Maine (AP) — Atlantic storm Lee — which made landfall at near-hurricane strength, bringing destructive winds and torrential rains to New England and Maritime Canada — kept weakening Sunday after officials withdrew warnings and predicted the storm would disappear early this week. The U.S.

By AAMER MADHANI and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s national security adviser met with China’s foreign minister over the past two days on the Mediterranean island nation of Malta. The White House says the effort was intended to “responsibly maintain the relationship” at a time of strained ties and mutual

PARIS (AP) — Balmain artistic director Olivier Rousteing says robbers have made off with more than 50 pieces of the new collection that his Paris label intends to show at Fashion Week this month. Posting overnight Sunday on Instagram, Rousteing said a group of people hijacked his delivery driver on the way from an airport

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ and BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The owner of a New York City day care center and a tenant living in the building have been arrested after a 1-year-old boy was killed and three others were sickened by apparent exposure to Fentanyl. The arrests came one day after

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a normal year — if there is any such thing in Hollywood anymore — the 75th Emmy Awards ceremony would be Monday night, and the many nominees from shows like “ Succession ” and “ Ted Lasso ” would be claiming their trophies or

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Drew Barrymore, who drew criticism for taping new episodes of her daytime talk show despite the ongoing writers and actors strikes, now says she’ll wait until the labor issues are resolved. “I have listened to everyone, and I am making the decision to pause the

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ and BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The owner of a New York City day care center and a tenant living in the building have been arrested after a 1-year-old boy was killed and three others were sickened by apparent exposure to Fentanyl. The arrests came one day after

By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump repeatedly declined in an interview aired Sunday to answer questions about whether he watched the Capitol riot unfold on television, saying he would “tell people later at an appropriate time.” Trump, the current front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, refused

By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A top official with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah group says Palestinian and Lebanese officials have given militant Islamic groups in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp until the end of the month to hand over the accused killers of a Fatah general. A fragile calm has prevailed

By CLAIRE RUSH and LAURA UNGAR Associated Press Alisha Alderson placed her folded clothes and everything she needed for the last month of her pregnancy in various suitcases. She never imagined she would have to leave the comfort of her home in rural eastern Oregon just weeks before her due date. But following the abrupt