MEXICO CITY (AP) — Four Roman Catholic bishops in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero called Monday for civilian and military authorities to take steps to protect residents of a region rocked by violence that has left more than a dozen dead in recent days. The violence around Tecpan de Galeana, about 65 miles (104
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Polish radio station says it has ended an “experiment” that involved using AI-generated “presenters” instead of real journalists after the move sparked an outcry. Weeks after letting its journalists go, OFF Radio Krakow relaunched last week using virtual characters created by AI as its presenters. Across Poland, people
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are asking the U.S. Supreme Court for an emergency order in Pennsylvania that could result in thousands of votes not being counted in this year’s election in the battleground state. Just over a week before the election, the court was asked Monday to step into a dispute over provisional ballots cast
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A white former Ohio police officer charged with murder in the shooting of Andre Hill has testified that he thought he saw a gun in the Black man’s hand. Former Columbus officer Adam Coy testified before a jury Monday. He said that after he fired four times, he realized Hill didn’t have a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BOSTON (AP) — The owner of two Boston-area pizza shops convicted of forced labor for using physical violence and threats of reprisal or deportation against employees living in the country illegally has been sentenced to more than eight years in prison. Forty-nine-year-old Stavros Papantoniadis was sentenced Friday in federal court and also ordered
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Kamala Harris recently went on two podcasts in hopes of reaching more voters as Election Day approaches. She talked to Shannon Sharpe, a former pro football player who hosts “Club Shay Shay,” and Brené Brown, an academic whose podcast is called “Unlocking Us.” Podcasts are popular stops for politicians in
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer PepsiCo said Monday it’s closing a Chicago bottling plant, a move the Teamsters union says will impact 150 workers. PepsiCo said the decision to close the facility was difficult but the 60-year-old building has “physical limitations.” The company says it will pay workers for the next 60 days even though they won’t
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LAWRENCE, Mass. (AP) — A jury has begun deliberating in the case of an Alabama man accused of killing an 11-year New Hampshire girl more than 35 years ago. Prosecutors and the defense attorney for Marvin C. McClendon Jr. made their closing arguments Monday in a case that hinges in part on whether
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Almost nothing stood in the way of the pounding waves that crashed into seaside homes in Staten Island’s Tottenville neighborhood when Superstorm Sandy struck the city 12 years ago. A narrow strip of sand, some beach scrub and a few lonely trees did almost nothing to slow the ocean
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Uruguay’s presidential election has opened a four-week window during which the leading center-left and center-right coalitions will go all-out to pull more voters into their camps ahead of a heated runoff. The race is expected to be tight but the stakes are low in this prosperous South American nation
Continue ReadingAP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — With the U.S. presidential election just a week away, the Biden administration is not giving up hope for short-term deals for cease-fires between Israel and Hamas in Gaza and Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. But U.S. officials are mindful that political uncertainty in the United States has made the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s environmental agency has levied $64 million in fines against 23 meatpacking companies and their suppliers for buying and selling cattle raised illegally on deforested land in the Amazon. The operation, dubbed Cold Meat 2, launched last week. It tracked 18,000 head of cattle raised in 100 square miles
Continue ReadingHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut firefighter killed in a vehicle accident while battling a brush fire is being remembered as a beloved family man and friend who made other’s lives better. The funeral for Robert Sharkevich Sr. was held Monday at the Cathedral of Saint Joseph in Hartford. Hundreds of firefighters from across the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Philadelphia’s district attorney is suing to halt Elon Musk’s $1 million giveaway that’s part of his political organization’s effort to boost Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. The lawsuit was filed by Democratic District Attorney Larry Krasner on Monday. It’s the first legal action to be brought over the America PAC’s sweepstakes offering $1 million
Continue ReadingAP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Transplant experts are seeing a spike in people refusing to become organ donors, their confidence shaken by reports that organs were nearly retrieved from a Kentucky man mistakenly declared dead. The surgery was avoided and the man is still alive. Details of the 2021 case are murky but donor
Continue ReadingTHE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — South Africa has delivered a nearly 5,000-page document to the United Nations’ top court. It is the latest step in a case the country brought accusing Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. The document puts forth the “main case” that Israel has a “special intent to commit genocide,”
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The English-language translators of an Italian collection of short stories and a French book of poetry have won awards from the American Literary Translators Association. Jamie Richards’ translation from the Italian of Marosia Castaldi’s “The Hunger of Women” was given the National Translation Award for prose. Cole Swensen’s translation from the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — The U.S. State Department has warned that it would restrict U.S. visas for people who undermine Ghana’s democracy, ahead of the West African country’s general election in December. Ghana has held peaceful, free, fair and transparent elections for nearly two decades. The presidential and parliamentary elections will be held
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — French newspaper Le Monde reported that highly confidential movements of some of the world’s most powerful leaders, including Joe Biden, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, could easily be tracked online through a fitness app used by their bodyguards. Le Monde’s investigation found that some U.S. Secret Service agents were users
Continue ReadingAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. chief says Sudan’s warring military and paramilitary forces are escalating attacks with outside powers “fueling the fire,” which is intensifying hunger and disease for millions. Antonio Guterres warned the U.N. Security Council on Monday of the serious possibility the 18-month war could ignite regional instability “from the
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