Month: September 2023

By COSTAS KANTOURIS Associated Press ZAGORA, Greece (AP) — Greek officials are assessing the staggering cost of repairing the damage from record flooding and compensating residents and businesses. The storms began earlier this month and flooded 280 square miles of mostly prime farmland. The flooding totally destroyed crops, battered road and railway networks and killed

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Newly discovered correspondence in the Vatican archives suggests that Pope Pius XII had detailed information from a trusted German Jesuit that up to 6,000 Jews and Poles were being gassed each day in German-occupied Poland. The documentation, being published in Italian daily Corriere della Sera this weekend,

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — When it comes to hurricanes, New England can’t compete with Florida or the Caribbean. But scientists said Friday the arrival of storms like Hurricane Lee this weekend could become more common in the region as the planet warms, including in places such as the Gulf of Maine.

By KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has inspected Russia’s nuclear-capable bombers, hypersonic missiles and an advanced warship on a trip to Russia’s Far East that has sparked concerns about an arms alliance that could fuel President Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine. After arriving

By DAVID SHARP, ROBERT F. BUTAKY and PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press BAR HARBOR, Maine (AP) — Millions of people were under storm watches and warnings Saturday as Hurricane Lee churned toward shore, bearing down on New England and eastern Canada with heavy winds, high seas and rain. Cruise ships found refuge at berths in Portland,

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A war monitoring group says that dozens of Syrians who fled war at home are among the thousands killed and missing in the deadly flooding in Libya. They are people from all walks of life who had left their war-torn country and moved to the Libyan city

By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana’s election is just a month away and candidates hoping to break through the pack tried to set themselves apart during a televised debate. The event on Friday hosted by Nexstar Media Group and airing on multiple Louisiana news stations is meant to help voters

By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two of President Joe Biden ‘s top goals — fighting climate change and expanding the middle class by supporting unions — are colliding in the key battleground state of Michigan as the United Auto Workers go on strike against the country’s biggest car companies. The strike involves

By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In the months since a single senator froze military promotions over the Pentagon’s abortion policy, the uniformed officers affected have been largely silent, wary of stepping into a political fray. But as the ramifications of Alabama Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s freeze have grown, more of them are

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — With just weeks left before his scheduled execution, Oklahoma death row inmate Anthony Sanchez took the unusual step of firing his attorneys and skipping a clemency hearing that many viewed as the last chance to spare his life. Sanchez’s decision, and his relationship with an activist

By GISELA SALOMON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — For many in Florida’s vast immigrant community, daily life in recent months has become one governed entirely by fear. Some try to drive as little as possible and make fewer trips to the supermarket. Others no longer take their children to the park and worry about allowing