Month: November 2023

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA and VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland faces a contentious and protracted transition of power. The president designated the outgoing prime minister to lead the new government in a caretaker capacity, angering a pro-European Union alliance with a strong majority in the new parliament. The chamber overwhelmingly chose a

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — An associate of opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been jailed by a court in the Siberian city of Tomsk pending trial. An ally of Ksenia Fadeyeva says the activist, who used to run Navalny’s office in Tomsk, has been jailed while she awaits her trial on

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street drifted through a mixed Monday to open a week that could bring more action to financial markets, with several big reports on the calendar. The S&P 500 slipped 3.69 points, or 0.1%, to 4,411.55. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 54.77, or 0.2%,

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is releasing a strategy to potentially expand the availability of radio spectrum needed for cellphones, satellites, navigation, space travel and other emerging technologies. The increasingly digitized and mobile economy has put pressure on the available range of frequencies used for wireless communication. The spectrum is also vital

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s government has decided to ban the popular social media app TikTok, saying it was disrupting “social harmony” in the country. The announcement was made following a Cabinet meeting on Monday. Foreign Minister Narayan Prakash Saud said the app would be banned immediately. He said that to make social media platforms

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press In September, the award-winning author and academic Ibram X. Kendi and Boston University acknowledged that they were laying off most of the staff at the research center he runs. The news prompted former colleagues to publicly question the BU Center for Antiracist Research’s ability to deliver on the promises it

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — A man and woman accused of operating a commercial sex ring with wealthy and prominent clients in Massachusetts and the Washington, D.C., suburbs are set to appear in court Monday. Junmyung Lee, of Dedham, Massachusetts, and Han Lee, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, are scheduled to appear

By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Three Bismarck police officers are on administrative leave after the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old during a traffic stop early Sunday in a mall parking lot. Officers were investigating the teen, Nicholas Bruington, in connection with a reported shooting near a hotel. Police said he had

NEW YORK (AP) — Amtrak service north of New York City has been disrupted because of structural issues with a parking garage that’s over the tracks on Manhattan’s west side. Service between the city and the Croton-Harmon station in Westchester County was halted Sunday after structural problems were discovered at the parking garage on West