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By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — U.S. officials worried by rising migration took their concerns south of the border this week with high-level Biden administration officials and New York City’s mayor converging on Mexico City in separate trips. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed migration with his Mexican counterpart Alicia Bárcena,
Continue ReadingBy MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Deepfakes generated by artificial intelligence are having their moment this year, at least when it comes to making it look, or sound, like celebrities did something uncanny. Tom Hanks hawking a dental plan. Pope Francis wearing a stylish puffer jacket. U.S. Sen. Rand Paul sitting on the Capitol steps
Continue ReadingRIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Four doctors have been shot — three of them fatally — beside a beach in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro in what may have been a politically motivated execution. Security camera footage obtained by local newspaper O Globo showed a group of black-clad gunmen emerging from a car
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — On Sunday, Habitat for Humanity’s 2023 annual Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Week Project kicked off on the President’s 99th birthday. Country legends Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood hosted. They tell the Associated Press they’ve built alongside the Carters at many recent work projects with
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is drifting as pressure from the bond market remains high due to worries about a too-hot U.S. job market. Offering some relief was another sharp drop for oil prices. The S&P 500, the Dow and the Nasdaq composite were all wavering between small gains and losses at the open
Continue ReadingBy MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Deepfakes generated by artificial intelligence are having their moment this year, at least when it comes to making it look, or sound, like celebrities did something uncanny. Tom Hanks hawking a dental plan. Pope Francis wearing a stylish puffer jacket. U.S. Sen. Rand Paul sitting on the Capitol steps
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — During a recent “Morning Joe” discussion of another development in the four indictments of former President Donald Trump, NBC News reporter Ken Dilanian predicted, “we are in for a real show next year.” MSNBC is not just counting on that to be true. The network
Continue ReadingBy JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh has received the first uranium shipment from Russia to fuel the country’s only nuclear power plant, still under construction by Moscow. Once finished, the Rooppur plant is expected to boost Bangladesh’s national electrical grid and help the South Asian nation’s growing economy. The plant is
Continue ReadingBy Meghan Danahey Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Hundreds of volunteers showed up on Wednesday, Oct. 4, to help rebuild the former Jones Park Playground. The new park will be named Candace Pickens Memorial Park in honor of a 22-year-old mother killed there in May 2016. Fences are
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Drew Barrymore and Kelly Clarkson have announced return dates for their daytime shows now that writers have tentatively reached a new contract agreement. Barrymore shared the news on Instagram that “The Drew Barrymore Show” will return for its fourth season on Oct. 16. “This just in: We’re kicking off
Continue ReadingBy SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials said Thursday a Russian attack on a village in the northeast of the country killed 48 people and injured at least six more. Presidential chief of staff Andrii Yermak and Kharkiv Gov. Oleh Syniehubov said Russian forces shelled a shop and a cafe in
Continue ReadingBy Avis Favaro, CTV National News Medical Correspondent and Alexandra Mae Jones, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — Last December, 67-year-old Charlene Snow waited in the emergency department in a Nova Scotia hospital for seven hours before she gave up and went home — without seeing a
Continue ReadingBy GHAITH AL-SAYED and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A drone attack has struck a packed graduating ceremony for military officers in the city of Homs, killing civilians and military personnel and wounding dozens more, Syrian state television reported. Syria’s military in a statement Thursday said that drones laced with explosives targeted the
Continue ReadingBy Ed DiOrio Click here for updates on this story MARS HILL, North Carolina (WLOS) — Teresa Ramsay loved going to the old Mars Hill Theatre for a few reasons. “She’d be dancing around any time we’d have a music challenge,” fundraiser organizer Lakin Vanweelden said. “She just has a bright soul and loves to
Continue ReadingBy Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Shares in UK lender Metro Bank sank as much as 31% Thursday following a report that it was urgently seeking to raise funds to shore up its finances. The Financial Times reported that the bank was in talks with investors to raise £250 million ($303 million) in equity
Continue ReadingBy Natasha O’Neill, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — Parents know that raising children is expensive. A new report tries to narrow down exactly how much it costs to have a family in Canada, including the extra money it takes to get by if they decide to
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — Some of the nation’s largest cancer centers are reporting little improvement in an ongoing shortage of critical chemotherapy drugs in the United States. Among 29 cancer centers across the country, 72% reported a shortage of the chemotherapy medication carboplatin, and 59% are still seeing a shortage of the drug cisplatin, according
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The South African flag will not be displayed at the rugby and cricket World Cups later this month if its national anti-doping body does not appeal a decision by the World Anti-Doping Agency to declare it non-compliant. The consequences of the decision by WADA
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Crude prices have fallen every day this week save for one and drillers are getting hit hard as potential economic headwinds raise anxiety once again over a recession. Futures for the Dow Jones industrials and the S&P 500 shuffled between small gains and losses before the
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — Amnesty International is urging Pakistan to maintain its support for Afghan refugees by enabling them to live with dignity and be free from the fear of deportation to Afghanistan where they face persecution by the Taliban. Amnesty said in a statement Thursday that the forced return of refugees to Afghanistan could put
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