BERLIN (AP) — German and Kenyan officials have signed an agreement to promote the recruitment of skilled Kenyan workers who can fill gaps in Germany’s labor market, and to facilitate the repatriation of Kenyans who don’t have the right to stay in Germany. The agreement was signed during a visit to Berlin on Friday by
Continue ReadingAP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — United Airlines says it will offer free WiFi service on flights using the satellite-based Starlink service from Elon Musk’s SpaceX. United said Friday it will start testing Starlink early next year and put it on the entire fleet of planes over the next several years. United isn’t releasing financial
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — A fast-moving fire has roared through a commercial building in Philadelphia, sending flames high into the air and spewing thick, black smoke that could be seen for miles. Fire department officials say the blaze in the city’s Frankford neighborhood started around 5:30 Friday morning in a four-story warehouse. The site — which
Continue ReadingAssociated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska has certified two ballot measures to legalize medical marijuana even though the state’s Republican attorney general says their supporters may have submitted at least several thousand invalid signatures. Attorney General Mike Hilgers said Friday that the issues with signatures eventually could keep the proposals from becoming law despite
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Gordon has formed in the Atlantic Ocean. Forecasters say it’s expected to remain over open water for several days. Gordon formed during the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season that began on June 1 and ends on Nov. 30 and is the season’s seventh named storm. It’s
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer Wells Fargo has agreed to work with U.S. bank regulators to shore up its financial crimes risk management, including internal controls related to suspicious activity and money laundering. Wells Fargo shares rose 2.4% Friday. The agreement comes just seven months after the Biden Administration lifted a consent order on the bank that
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Former national champion baseball coach and longtime South Carolina athletic director Ray Tanner is changing roles at the school. He announced Friday he would leave as head of the department once his successor is chosen to become an advisor to university president Michael Amiridis. The school said its
Continue ReadingAP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans’ outlook on the economy improved for the second straight month in September, bolstered by lower prices for long-lasting goods such as cars and furniture. The University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment index ticked up to 69 in its preliminary reading, from 67.9 in August and its highest level since
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The Miami Dolphins will bring in another quarterback while starter Tua Tagovailoa deals with his latest concussion, coach Mike McDaniel said Friday. For now, Skylar Thompson will be considered the Dolphins’ starter while Tagovailoa is sidelined. Tagovailoa left Thursday night’s 31-10 loss to Buffalo in the third
Continue ReadingChronicle of Philanthropy The billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott’s no-strings, no-hassle giving approach has proven particularly valuable to Native American nonprofits, whose history with private philanthropy has long been marked by a lack of trust and paltry funding. Although Scott’s donations to Native American nonprofits are a small subset of the billions she has donated since
Continue ReadingAssociated Press The Nebraska Supreme Court has ruled that a measure seeking to repeal a new conservative-backed law providing taxpayer money for private school tuition should appear on the state’s November ballot. The high court ruled Friday that the ballot measure does not target an appropriation, which is prohibited by law. It heard arguments Tuesday
Continue ReadingAP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Percival Everett’s “James,” his acclaimed retelling of Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” is a fiction nominee for the National Book Awards. The long list of 10 also includes Rachel Kushner’s innovative thriller, “Creation Lake,” and novelist-filmmaker Miranda July’s exploration of middle age, “All Fours.” The National
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Ten years ago, in August 2014, when a white police officer shot and killed Black 18-year-old Michael Brown on the streets of Ferguson, Missouri, protests erupted in the nation’s consciousness. They set off a new chapter in the United States’ fraught civil rights history, bringing a spotlight to longstanding
Continue ReadingAssociated Press An Associated Press analysis has found that hospitals are rarely fined for violating a federal law that is supposed to guarantee that patients with medical emergencies get the treatment they need. Only a dozen hospitals have been penalized over the last two years for violations of that law. That’s despite more than 100
Continue ReadingKYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine is pushing for permission from its Western partners to use the long-range missiles they have provided to strike targets deep inside Russia, as Ukrainian forces struggle to hold back Russian advances in eastern Ukraine. Kyiv officials argue the weapons are vital to weaken Russia’s ability to strike Ukraine and force
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Tua Tagovailoa is now dealing with the third diagnosed concussion of his NFL career, all of them coming in the last 24 months. And there are now questions about his future — both short-term and long-term. The Miami Dolphins quarterback was hurt in his team’s 31-10 loss
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — A judge has rejected plans for the U.K.’s first coal mine in three decades, delivering a victory for environmental groups. The High Court ruling Friday follows a decision by the Labour government to drop its support for the plan approved by their Conservative predecessors. Environmental groups challenged the permission granted
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Texas Kadiri Moro is an unusual figure amid the LGBTQ+ rights activists in the coastal West African nation of Ghana. He is heterosexual, married to a woman and a father of six. He is a teacher. And he is a practicing Muslim. Yet, for months he has been conducting
Continue ReadingWAUPUN, Wis. (AP) — A former employee at a troubled Wisconsin prison has pleaded guilty to smuggling contraband into the maximum-security prison. Forty-seven-year-old William Lee Homan pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to a charge of conspiracy to commit bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds. The Appleton Post Crescent reports Homan was working as a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria says a military jet crashed during a drill for an airshow marking the anniversary of the country joining NATO. Both pilots who were aboard the L-39 Albatros training aircraft were killed. The crash took place shortly after noon on Friday near Graf Ignatievo Air Base in southwestern Bulgaria
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