AP Baseball Writer If baseball fans are lucky, Shohei Ohtani’s greatness in the batter’s box and maybe even on the pitching mound could be on display for at least another decade. But in the minds of many, the 30-year-old is already on the shortlist of the sport’s all-time legends. The Japanese superstar added to his
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The assassination of Hezbollah’s leader by Israel is a monumental and demoralizing blow to the Lebanese militant group he led for 32 years. It also marks a significant inflection point for Lebanon and the region. The announcement of his death Friday triggered tears and celebrations across the Arab world, pointing
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The federal Bureau of Prisons says it has increased staffing in recent months to make up for staggering shortfalls at the troubled New York City jail where Sean “Diddy” Combs is awaiting trial after pleading not guilty Tuesday to sex trafficking charges. The agency’s push to fix the Metropolitan
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden is opening a busy stretch tending to international allies anxious about where U.S. foreign policy may be headed when he leaves office in four months. He’s hosting a weekend summit in Delaware with the leaders of Australia, India and Japan. He’s also welcoming UAE’s president to
Continue ReadingWINDER, Ga. (AP) — A fourth and final funeral has been held more than two weeks after a shooting at a Georgia high school. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that roughly 600 mourners honored 14-year-old Christian Angulo during a funeral mass Friday at St. Matthew Catholic Church in Winder. He was among two students and two
Continue ReadingAP Health Writer The federal government is suing some pharmacy benefit managers over a system of drug rebates that regulators say has made the price of insulin soar for patients. The Federal Trade Commission says three companies that process about 80% of prescriptions in the United States have engaged in anticompetitive practices that spur price
Continue ReadingAssociated Press GENEVA (AP) — Human rights advocates are calling for an independent investigation into the deadly explosions of pagers and walkie-talkies in Lebanon and Syria, suggesting the blasts may have violated international law if the devices were fashioned as booby traps. The explosions that have been widely blamed on Israel killed at least 37
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Meta, Facebook’s parent company, has lost an appeal in a Kenyan labor court. On Friday, the court ruled that Meta could be sued in Kenya over the mass sacking of content moderators. The case involves 185 content moderators from various African countries. They were working for a Meta contractor
Continue ReadingAP Media Writer New York magazine says that its highly regarded Washington correspondent, Olivia Nuzzi, is on leave after disclosing that she violated the publication’s standards by having a personal relationship with a former reporting subject. The newsletter Status, which broke the story, and The New York Times both cite unnamed sources in identifying Robert
Continue ReadingAssociated Press North Carolina’s Republican candidate for governor is at the center of a national news story. That’s because of the salacious nature of a series of posts by Mark Robinson, unearthed by CNN, from a pornography web site’s discussion board. The posts by the socially conservative candidate have not been independently confirmed by The
Continue ReadingAP Airlines Writer Boeing has started rolling furloughs of nonunion employees as a week-old labor strike by 33,000 union machinists shows no signs of ending. Federal mediators joined talks between Boeing and the union this week. Company and union officials reported that little progress was made during the two sessions. Boeing’s CEO said Friday that
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DARIEN, Ga. (AP) — Elected commissioners of a Georgia county are asking a judge to cancel a special election that challenges zoning changes to a Black community of slave descendants. An attorney for coastal McIntosh County told a judge at a hearing Tuesday that the Oct. 1 referendum is illegal and the county
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A U.N. human rights expert says that gang violence is spreading across Haiti as a U.N.-backed mission targeting criminals remains underfunded and understaffed. William O’Neill said on Friday that Haiti’s National Police still lack the “logistical and technical capacity” to fight gangs, which he said are encroaching on new
Continue ReadingBy Tamara Qiblawi, Charbel Mallo, Mohammed Tawfeeq, Christian Edwards, Jeremy Diamond and Tim Lister, CNN Beirut, Lebanon (CNN) — A deadly Israeli airstrike on Hezbollah’s stronghold in southern Beirut on Friday has left at least 31 people dead including a high-ranking Hezbollah commander, a major to a blow for a group already reeling from attacks
Continue ReadingCNN By Steve Contorno and Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — When absentee ballots first landed on doorsteps in Michigan last month, so did Paul Hudson, a Grand Rapids lawyer and a Republican running to represent the area in Congress. Armed with an app that told him where likely voters lived and which houses might be
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — As Italian prime minister, Alcide De Gasperi oversaw the post-World War II return to Greece of Rhodes and the other Dodecanese islands. A grateful Greek government presented him with an ancient vase. Now, De Gasperi’s grandson has voluntarily returned the 2,500-year-old artifact to Greece, whose culture minister has praised what she
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s army chief, Maj. Gen. Rose King, has highlighted the challenges Pacific Island nations face with foreign military training in an interview with The Associated Press. She explained Friday that larger nations often provide support that isn’t always helpful. New Zealand has built trust through soft power
Continue ReadingMADISON, Wis. (AP) — Election officials in Wisconsin are asking the state’s liberal-controlled Supreme Court to decide whether independent Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s name should stay on the presidential ballot without waiting for an appellate ruling. Kennedy suspended his campaign in August and endorsed former President Donald Trump. He’s been trying to get his name
Continue ReadingAssociated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper has vetoed a bill that allocates hundreds of millions of dollars to expanded private school vouchers and immigration enforcement. The Republican plan that Cooper rejected Friday also orders sheriffs to cooperate with federal immigrant agents searching jails for people who may be in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Following a deadly attack in Mali’s capital by al-Qaida linked militants, authorities there have temporarily closed livestock markets that typically are run by an ethnic group that authorities associate with the militants. The al-Qaida-linked militant group JNIM claimed responsibility for the attacks Tuesday on a military training camp and
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