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PARIS (AP) — The French interior minister says security authorities have foiled a plan to attack soccer events during the Paris Olympics. Gerald Darmanin said in a statement on Friday that an 18-year-old man from Chechnya was arrested on May 22 on suspicion of being behind a plan to attack soccer events that will be
Continue ReadingBy KEN MILLER Associated Press While more than 243,000 people in Texas remain without power following severe storms this week, another round of severe weather is forecast. National Weather Service meteorologist Josh Weiss said Friday that strong thunderstorms with hail and high winds are expected in areas already hard hit by Tuesday’s storms and that
Continue ReadingBy KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — The United States has expressed its deep concerns about the convictions of 14 pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong under a Beijing-imposed national security law. U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said Friday that it was taking steps to impose new visa restrictions on mainland Chinese and
Continue ReadingBy MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and GERALD IMRAY Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa is heading closer to the reality of a national coalition government for the first time as partial election results put the ruling African Nation Congress well short of a majority. With more than 65% of votes counted across the country’s nine provinces
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are drifting Friday after the latest reading on inflation came in roughly as expected, leaving open the question of when Wall Street will get the lower interest rates that it craves. The S&P 500 was virtually unchanged in morning trading. The Dow Jones
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K.’s first Black female member of Parliament will be allowed to stand for the Labour Party in the upcoming general election, leader Keir Starmer says, following a fractious few days over her political future. Starmer told reporters Friday that Diane Abbott, who has been a Labour
Continue ReadingBy KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press Police in riot gear surrounded arm-in-arm protesters Friday at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where pro-Palestinian demonstrations have blocked the main entrance to the campus this week. Campus, local and state police swarmed the protesters, and video showed officers telling people to leave, then taking away signs and part
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are edging higher Friday after the latest reading on inflation came in roughly as expected, leaving open the question of when Wall Street will get the lower interest rates that it craves. The S&P 500 was 0.2% higher in early trading, though it’s
Continue ReadingBy MARYCLAIRE DALE Legal Affairs Writer In the familiar images that circulated after her June 1994 death, Nicole Brown Simpson appears frozen in place. She’s a statuesque blonde with a tense smile, silently escorting famous husband O.J. Simpson. She’s the breezy California beauty behind the wheel of her white Ferrari. And she’s the somber woman,
Continue ReadingJULIA FRANKEL JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military confirmed Friday that its forces are operating in central parts of Rafah in its expanding offensive in the southern Gaza city. Israel launched its ground assault into the city on May 6, triggering an exodus of around 1 million Palestinians out of the city and throwing U.N.
Continue ReadingBy HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer PARIS (AP) — The rain just keeps coming at the French Open. It has been delaying and postponing matches, jumbling the schedule and creating stress and uncertainty for the world’s best tennis players. More wet weather arrived Friday afternoon, suspending matches in progress on most courts, because only the
Continue ReadingBy ALI SWENSON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — As high-stakes elections approach in the U.S. and European Union, publicly available artificial intelligence tools can be easily weaponized to churn out convincing election lies in the voices of leading political figures, a digital civil rights group said Friday. Researchers at the Washington, D.C.-based Center for
Continue ReadingBy JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The four members of the Swedish pop quartet ABBA, who triumphed at the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest with the peppy love song “Waterloo,” on Friday got one of the most prestigious knighthoods in Sweden from the Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf. The Order of the
Continue ReadingBy MAYA SWEEDLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in New Jersey will choose candidates vying to replace Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez, who has held the seat for more than 18 years. Menendez is currently on trial in federal court in New York on charges of corruption and has opted not to run in the
Continue ReadingBy KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — The European Union is adding Chinese online retailer Temu to its list of platforms facing the bloc’s highest level of digital scrutiny. Because it has more than 45 million users, Temu is being classed as a “very large online platform” under the the EU’s Digital Services
Continue ReadingBy FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of lawmakers has introduced legislation targeting Iranian officials involved in the prosecution and death sentence of a rapper who came to fame over his lyrics about the 2022 death of an Iranian woman and criticism of the Islamic Republic. The proposal released Friday would
Continue ReadingBy LISA RATHKE Associated Press Vermont has become the first state to enact a law requiring fossil fuel companies to pay a share of the damage caused by climate change after the state suffered catastrophic summer flooding and damage from other extreme weather. Republican Gov. Phil Scott allowed the bill to become law without his
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK ORSAGOS and JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Imprisoned former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder has pleaded not guilty to 10 felony counts brought against him by the state. The 64-year-old entered his plea in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court during a Friday arraignment streamed from Elkton Federal Correctional Institution. He
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A price gauge closely tracked by the Federal Reserve cooled slightly last month, a sign that inflation may be easing after running high in the first three months of this year. Friday’s report from the Commerce Department showed that an index that excludes volatile food and
Continue ReadingBy MUIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A new study by the United Nations children’s agency says developing resilient energy systems to power health facilities in Pakistan could avert over 175,000 deaths by 2030. UNICEF says that improving energy resilience would also contribute $296 million to the country’s economy over the next 20 years
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