Associated Press QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen in southwestern Pakistan killed at least 31 people in two separate attacks on Monday and security forces killed 12 insurgents, officials said, in one of the deadliest days of violence in the restive Baluchistan province, with reports of other shootings and destruction in the area. Twenty-three people were
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — In Jerusalem’s Old City, nearly all souvenir shops are closed. In Haifa’s flea market, forlorn merchants polish their wares on empty streets. Airlines are canceling flights, businesses are failing and luxury hotels are half empty. Nearly 11 months into the war with Hamas, Israel’s economy is struggling as the country’s
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A landslide cut a path down a steep, thickly forested hillside and crashed into several homes in Ketchikan, Alaska, killing a city public works employee who was cleaning stormwater drains. Sunday’s landslide injured three in the latest such disaster to strike the mountainous region. It prompted a mandatory evacuation
Continue ReadingAP Business Writers Wall Street is hovering around record highs at the start of a week featuring another full slate of corporate earnings and the government’s latest inflation reading. The S&P 500 was down 0.4% in afternoon trading Monday. The benchmark index is within 1% of its record set in July. The Dow Jones Industrial
Continue ReadingAP Film Writer VENICE, Italy (AP) — Some of Hollywood’s biggest stars are getting ready to descend on the Venice Film Festival this week, from George Clooney and Angelina Jolie to Lady Gaga, Brad Pitt, Nicole Kidman and Joaquin Phoenix. But while the allure of A-listers on those picturesque docks is a welcome return to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A jury began deliberating Monday in the trial of a former Las Vegas-area Democratic politician accused of killing an investigative journalist who prosecutors said the official blamed for writing stories that destroyed his career, ruined his reputation and threatened his marriage. “And he did it because Jeff wasn’t done
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Brandi Brown has yet to find a Black church near her Southern California home that feels right for her. So when she wants to talk about God, she relies on someone over a thousand miles (1,600 kilometers) away. Like her, Ellen Lo Hoffman, who lives just outside Seattle and is Chinese American, is
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Brandi Brown has yet to find a Black church near her Southern California home that feels right for her. So when she wants to talk about God, she relies on someone over a thousand miles (1,600 kilometers) away. Like her, Ellen Lo Hoffman, who lives just outside Seattle and is Chinese American, is
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The official nonprofit organization of the National Park Service is set to receive the largest grant in its history, a $100 million gift the fundraising group described as transformative for the country’s national parks. The National Park Foundation, which Congress created in the 1960s to support national parks, will
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The official nonprofit organization of the National Park Service is set to receive the largest grant in its history, a $100 million gift the fundraising group described as transformative for the country’s national parks. The National Park Foundation, which Congress created in the 1960s to support national parks, will
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DETROIT (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is tying Vice President Kamala Harris to the chaotic Afghanistan War withdrawal on the third anniversary of the suicide bombing that killed 13 U.S. service members. Trump laid wreaths at Arlington National Cemetery in honor of Sgt. Nicole Gee, Staff Sgt. Darin Hoover and Staff Sgt.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A lawyer for Rudy Giuliani said Monday that the charges against his client in Arizona’s fake elector case should be thrown out because Giuliani did nothing criminal in contesting Joe Biden’s narrow 2020 victory in the state over Donald Trump. An indictment said Giuliani spread false claims of election fraud
Continue ReadingThis week’s new streaming entertainment releases include Adam Sandler’s first comedy special since 2018, Ryan Gosling’s “The Fall Guy” comes to Peacock, and DJ and dance producer Zedd is back with an album after nearly a decade. Emma Stone gives a performance worth watching in “Kinds of Kindness,” her latest collaboration with Yorgos Lanthimos, and
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A vehicle carrying an 11-year-old girl and five young teenagers crashed into a tree in Northern California on Sunday, killing the 11-year-old and leaving the others injured, authorities said. Four girls between the ages of 13 and 15 and a boy, 13, were taken to hospitals for what appeared to be
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — At an intersection seven miles from the presidential villa, frustrated drivers honk as a herd of cattle feeds on the grass beautifying the median strip and slowly marches across the road, their hooves clattering against the asphalt. For the teenage herder guiding them, Ismail Abubakar, it is just another
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — It was fitting that Kiké Hernández would have a great game on an afternoon when former Lakers great Kobe Bryant was honored at Dodger Stadium. With fans wearing special jerseys honoring Bryant, Hernández — who wears No. 8 for the Dodgers — made a great defensive play and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Bryan Woo pitched seven strong innings, and the Seattle Mariners capitalized on two hit batters in the sixth to score twice and beat the San Francisco Giants 4-3 on Sunday. The game was tied at 2-2 when Randy Arozarena was hit by a pitch leading off the sixth. Justin Turner
Continue ReadingSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Please disregard AS–Koreas-Tensions, published on Sep. 3, 2024, and datelined in SEOUL, South Korea. It is outdated.
Continue ReadingBy Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — On a late December afternoon more than 34 years ago, a mother crossed a downtown North Carolina street after shopping with her friend at a department store and was struck by a car, according to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department. A driver in a dark-colored vehicle, which authorities said
Continue ReadingBAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Airstrikes on a village in northern Mali near the Algerian border have killed 21 civilians, including 11 children. That’s according to a spokesman for a coalition of Tuareg-majority pro-independence groups on Sunday. If confirmed, the attack on the village of Tinzaouatine would mark the largest number of civilians killed by drones
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