By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Gallaudet University and AT&T developed a football helmet for Deaf and hard-of-hearing players that they hope can make the sport more accessible. The innovation is the latest example of the private university being an incubator for technology that can have much wider applications beyond the Deaf
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Bud Light continues to drag Anheuser-Busch InBev’s bottom line in the United States, but the world’s biggest brewer’s sales rose because of higher prices. The company reported a 13.5% decline in third-quarter US revenue per 100 liters, a key measure of beer sales, as an ongoing backlash
Continue ReadingBy BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — The leader of Tunisia’s moderate Islamist party has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for supporting terrorism and inciting hatred in the North African country. The Court of Appeal in the capital, Tunis, pronounced the sentence against the Ennahdha leader Rached Ghannouchi late Monday.
Continue ReadingHELSINKI (AP) — Three Finnish men who embraced neo-Nazi ideology have been found guilty of committing crimes with terrorist intent including plotting attacks against migrants, critical infrastructure, and their perceived political opponents. A court on Tuesday sentenced the main suspect, a 29 year-old man, to three years and four months in prison on charges of
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is drifting Tuesday following some mixed earnings reports from big companies. The S&P 500 was 0.2% higher in midday trading, a day after clawing back a big chunk of its loss for October. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 4 points, or
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Police in Japan say they have ended an eight-hour standoff with a gunman at a post office by capturing the suspect. They stormed the building after two hostages there were freed safely. The man had entered the post office with a gun in Warabi, north of Tokyo,
Continue ReadingBy BETH HARRIS AP Racing Writer ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — A horse set to run in this weekend’s Breeders’ Cup died Tuesday at Santa Anita. Practical Move was returning from a morning gallop when he experienced a suspected cardiac event, according to a statement from Breeders’ Cup officials. His rider wasn’t hurt. Veterinarians from the
Continue ReadingBy ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong leader John Lee will not attend an upcoming economic conference in the U.S. due to “scheduling issues” despite earlier requests to be invited following reports that he would be barred from the conference due to U.S. sanctions. In a statement Tuesday, the Hong Kong
Continue ReadingDHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Thousands of garment factory workers have taken to the streets of Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, and the industrial district of Gazipur to demand better wages. Protests erupted over the weekend after BGMEA offered to increase the monthly minimum wage by 25% to reach $90, instead of the $208 demanded by the workers.
Continue ReadingBy PREDRAG MILIC Associated Press PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — The European Commission’s top official has urged Montenegro to push ahead with its European Union integration process after the NATO member country elected a new government and ended a political stalemate that stalled the membership bid. EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen met with top
Continue ReadingDHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Thousands of garment factory workers have taken to the streets of Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, and the industrial district of Gazipur to demand better wages. Protests erupted over the weekend after BGMEA offered to increase the monthly minimum wage by 25% to reach $90, instead of the $208 demanded by the workers.
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken made the case Tuesday that the United States should immediately send aid to Israel and Ukraine, testifying at a Senate hearing as the administration’s massive $105 billion emergency aid request for conflicts in those countries and
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Police say remains of a person missing since devastating floods in western Germany more than two years ago have been found near the mouth of the small Ahr river, which in the summer of 2021 turned into a raging torrent. People collecting garbage in an area where the Ahr flows into the
Continue ReadingTHE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch court has convicted a Russian businessman of exporting computer chips and other electronic products to the Russian arms and defense industry. The sales violated European Union sanctions. The court sentenced the man to 18 months in jail. The EU has slapped Moscow with a series of wide-ranging sanctions
Continue ReadingBy JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Two Missouri men accused of assaulting police officers during the U.S. Capitol riot, including pushing bike racks that were being used as barricades into a police line, have been charged. Federal charges filed Monday in Washington, D.C., accuse 41-year-old Jared Luther Owens of Farmington and 49-year-old
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By CNN Impact Your World (CNN) — Hurricane Otis slammed into Mexico near the popular resort town of Acapulco on October 25, devastating the coastal community. The category 5 hurricane, the strongest storm on record to hit Mexico’s Pacific coast, devastated the tourist destination and home to 800,000 residents. At least 46 people are dead
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Sofía Barruti (CNN) — La exprometida de Matthew Perry rindió homenaje al fallecido actor, recordando a un hombre que tuvo un “profundo impacto” en su vida. Molly Hurwitz, quien estuvo en una relación con Perry de 2018 a 2021, publicó un homenaje a la estrella de “Friends” este lunes en Instagram. “Le encantaría que el
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The cosmos is full of mysteries waiting to be solved, and some of them appear especially eerie with the arrival of Halloween. A haunting “face” on Jupiter and a ghostly, skeletal hand-shaped nebula are just a couple of creepy celestial features recently spotted by NASA missions. Jupiter’s eerie ‘face’
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — U.N. experts are demanding the Taliban immediately release two women’s rights defenders in Afghanistan. Neda Parwan and Zholia Parsi have been in custody for over a month with no reasons given for their arrest. They have not been granted legal representation, charged with a crime or brought before a court. The experts
Continue ReadingBy JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French police have opened fire on a woman who threatened to blow herself up and allegedly made death threats and spoke in support of terrorism on a train heading into Paris. The shooting Tuesday is the latest security incident in France, which has been on heightened anti-terror
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