Month: October 2023

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India has successfully carried out the first of a series of key test flights after overcoming a technical glitch ahead of its planned mission to take astronauts into space in 2025. The space agency says the test involved launching a module to outer space and bringing

By MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press Editor’s Note: This story first moved Oct. 21. The Associated Press has now published an updated visual analysis of the Oct. 17 explosion at Gaza’s Al-Ahli Hospital. The AP initially assessed that the explosion was likely caused by a rocket launched from within Gaza that misfired, and that assessment has

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — It was a bad place to keep a secret. When Republicans gathered on Dec. 14, 2020, claiming to be legitimate electors casting the state’s 16 electoral votes for Donald Trump, they met at the Georgia Capitol in a room just upstairs from the building’s public entrance. A

By IGNACIO MARTÍNEZ and FERNANDO LLANO Associated Press CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico (AP) — Residents of Mexico’s Los Cabos resorts rushed to prepare as Hurricane Norma headed toward the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula for an expected landfall Saturday, while in the Atlantic, Hurricane Tammy threatened to batter the islands of the Lesser

By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press VALENCIA, Venezuela (AP) — Josselyz Essa and a friend, two 9-year-olds with a budding interest in politics as Venezuela starts toward its next presidential election, bubbled with eagerness waiting for the campaign rally to start. Then a thunderous noise spread over the crowd in the streets of the northern

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Swiss voters cast ballots this weekend to elect a parliament at a time when key concerns include rising health care costs, concerns about inflows of migrants and global warming, which has battered the country’s Alpine glaciers. Among the main stakes if pollsters turn out to be right

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Charles Nahale spent a restless night trying to sleep in the back seat of his pickup truck after a wildfire destroyed his home and the town of Lahaina. The next two nights weren’t much better: The singer and guitarist put his feet on one chair and

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Houston’s next mayor will tackle many challenges similar to ones faced by other large U.S. cities: crime, crumbling infrastructure, budget shortfalls and a lack of affordable housing. Early voting for the Nov. 7 mayoral election starts Monday. Eighteen candidates are seeking to replace Mayor Sylvester Turner,

By DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — The crack of the bat was a stunner, jolting the sellout crowd at Chase Field into a frenzy. Light-hitting Alek Thomas, who had lost his spot in the starting lineup because of consistently weak at-bats, had just provided the most important swing of the Arizona Diamondbacks’