Associated Press LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — People in Pakistan have reported much slower internet over the past several days with some experts estimating its speed falling to less than half its usual capacity at times. The problem has affected millions of users, disrupting businesses and drawing nationwide complaints. Authorities have denied allegations that the installation
Continue ReadingAP College Football Writer Ohio State safety Caleb Downs, one of the second-ranked Buckeyes’ high-profile transfers, and three of his new teammates were selected for the preseason Associated Press All-America team announced Monday. Downs, who was a second-team All-American as a freshman for Alabama last season, was joined by guard Donovan Jackson, receiver Emeka Egbuka
Continue ReadingPESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s military says security forces have killed five militants in a remote northwestern area on Monday when they tried to sneak in from neighboring Afghanistan. Three soldiers were also killed in the exchange of fire in Bajur district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Islamabad often accuses Kabul of turning a blind eye
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Employees at Mexico’s federal courts have gone on strike over reforms that would make all judges stand for election. The employees’ union put locks on the gates at several courthouses early Monday. They say the reforms proposed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador would threaten their working conditions, benefits and salaries.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Washington, D.C., councilmember known for promoting antisemitic conspiracy theories has been arrested on charges that he accepted over $150,000 in bribes to help companies with city contracts. Trayon White Sr., a Democrat, was arrested Sunday on a federal bribery charge. The FBI says White agreed in June to accept
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Phil Donahue, whose pioneering daytime talk show launched an indelible television genre that brought success to Oprah Winfrey, Montel Williams, Ellen DeGeneres and many others, has died. He was 88. NBC’s “Today” show, citing family members, said Donahue died Sunday after a long illness. Dubbed “the king of daytime talk,” Donahue was the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein will remain in custody in New York while awaiting retrial on rape and sexual assault charges in Manhattan, prosecutors confirmed Monday as the former movie mogul made a brief court appearance related to California’s request to extradite him there. But after the New York case is complete,
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer Billionaire Carl Icahn and his company were charged by U.S. regulators with failing to disclose personal loans worth billions of dollars that were secured using securities of Icahn Enterprises as collateral. The Securities and Exchange Commission said Monday that the and his company have agreed to pay $1.5 million and $500,000 in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press OXFORD, Conn. (AP) — Torrential rains turned streets into raging rivers in parts of Connecticut and New York’s Long Island, trapping people in cars and a restaurant, covering vehicles in mud, and sweeping two women to their deaths, authorities said. Dramatic rescues unfolded as a foot (30 centimeters) of rain fell on some
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — German officials have rejected suggestions that national budget constraints could hurt weapons deliveries to Ukraine. Berlin is its biggest supplier after the United States. The German government hopes a $50 billion international loan package funded by interest on profits from frozen Russian assets will ease some of the strain of financing military
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Gilma has strengthened in the eastern Pacific Ocean and is forecast to remain away from land this week. No coastal watches or warnings were in effect Monday for the storm, which was located about 720 miles southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula of Mexico. The
Continue ReadingJERUSALEM (AP) — Hamas and another Palestinian militant group have claimed responsibility for what appeared to be a failed bombing attack in Tel Aviv that killed the man carrying the bomb and wounded a bystander. The blast came as mediators were working on a cease-fire agreement in the devastating Israel-Hamas war. It was a stark
Continue ReadingHANOI, Vietnam (AP) — In a story published Jun. 20, 2024, about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Vietnam, The Associated Press erroneously reported that President To Lam said that apart from the 12 publicly announced agreements, there were other deals that were not made public. He did not mention any other deals.
Continue ReadingCAIRO (AP) — One of Libya’s dueling authorities unilaterally fired the powerful central bank governor in an abrupt move that is likely to inflame tensions in the divided North African country. The presidential council in the capital of Tripoli, which is allied with the government that controls western Libya, removed Gov. Sadiq al-Kabir. That’s according
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans have released their initial impeachment inquiry report on President Joe Biden, alleging an abuse of power and obstruction of justice in the financial dealings of his son Hunter Biden and family associates. The nearly yearlong inquiry by Republicans stops short of alleging any criminal wrongdoing by the president.
Continue ReadingCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — An archaeology student unearthed seven “spectacular” Viking-era curled silver arm rings earlier this year north of Denmark’s second-largest city, a Danish museum said, adding the finding has ties to Russia, Ukraine and the British Isles. The Moesgaard Museum, located south of Aarhus where the relics were found, said in a statement
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A group of lawyers with deep ties to the Republican Party scrambled over the weekend to rescue an effort to get independent presidential candidate Cornel West on the Arizona ballot, offering one of the clearest examples yet of the GOP’s extensive involvement in furthering the left-wing academic’s long-shot bid. As
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials say flash floods triggered by the latest spell of monsoon rains have flooded streets in a district in southern Pakistan and blocked a key highway in the north. The total death toll from rain-related incidents rose to more than 200. A senior official at Pakistan Meteorological Department on Monday
Continue ReadingBALTIMORE (AP) — Police say a shooting at a gathering in Baltimore has left one person dead and seven others wounded. Police Commissioner Richard Worley says it appears that “multiple people opened fire” just after 8 p.m. Sunday on a block near a park in east Baltimore and multiple firearms were found at the scene.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press POKROVSK, Ukraine (AP) — Civilians with small children in their arms and lugging heavy suitcases fled Monday from Ukraine’s eastern city of Pokrovsk, where the Russian army was bearing down fast despite a lightning Ukrainian incursion into Russia’s Kursk region. Local authorities said Russian forces were advancing so quickly that families were under
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