By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Forty-seven years ago, before her hair turned white and she had no need of a wheelchair to march around Argentina’s most iconic square, Nora Cortiñas made a promise to her son who disappeared: She would search for him until her last breath. Her commitment
Continue ReadingBy DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — An opposition group in Serbia has launched a petition against a real estate development project that would be financed by the firm of Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner. The project would be at the site of the former Serbian army headquarters destroyed in a NATO bombing
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.S. and British governments have announced sanctions against a company and two people linked to the Chinese government over a string of malicious cyberactivity targeting officials, lawmakers and the U.K.’s election watchdog. Officials said those sanctioned are responsible for a hack that may have gained access
Continue ReadingBy BARBARA ORTUTAY and DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by Elon Musk’s X Corp. against the non-profit Center for Countering Digital Hate, which has documented the increase in hate speech on the site since it was purchased by the Tesla owner. X, formerly known as Twitter, had argued the
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The last few years haven’t been kind to Shakira. In 2022, after 11 years and two children together, she separated from soccer player Gerard Piqué, leading to what she calls the “dissolution” of her family. She faced charges of tax evasion in Spain; in November
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Farmers are driving dozens of tractors in a slow-motion convoy towards Britain’s Parliament to protest post-Brexit rules and trade deals that they say are endangering livelihoods and food security. Supporters of the campaign groups Save British Farming and Fairness for Farmers of Kent drove from southeast England on Monday, bound for Parliament
Continue ReadingBy STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A girl died Sunday from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after she entered a Los Angeles County sheriff’s station and grabbed a deputy’s gun, the department said. The incident was the first time in at least five years where someone shot themselves with an on-duty deputy’s gun,
Continue ReadingBy STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A girl died Sunday from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after she entered a Los Angeles County sheriff’s station and grabbed a deputy’s gun, the department said. The incident was the first time in at least five years where someone shot themselves with an on-duty deputy’s gun,
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Boeing keeps hitting more and more turbulence. The American plane maker has been under intense pressure since early January, when a panel blew off a brand-new Alaska Airlines 737 Max midflight. That’s spotlighted a lengthy series of safety and manufacturing problems that have piled up for Boeing over the years —
Continue ReadingBy BERT WILKINSON Associated Press GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Fresh turmoil involving a transitional presidential council that will be responsible for choosing Haiti’s new leader has triggered a flurry of meetings with Caribbean leaders and officials from the U.S., Canada and France. A regional official who was not authorized to talk to the media told
Continue ReadingBy SAM METZ Associated Press RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Orange blossoms are among Morocco’s quintessential fragrances. Moroccan women are welcoming spring by collecting the waxy white blossoms in copper pots used to distill the scent that’s folded into honey-laden pastries, sprinkled on mint tea and used in religious ceremonies as an ode to paradise. The
Continue ReadingBy KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — European Union regulators opened investigations into Apple, Google and Meta on Monday, the first cases under a sweeping new law designed to stop Big Tech companies from cornering digital markets. The European Commission, the 27-nation bloc’s executive arm, said it was investigating the companies for “non-compliance”
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press The stars have aligned in the lottery universe like never before, with two jackpots totaling nearly $2 billion. With an estimated $1.1 billion Mega Millions prize and an estimated $800 million Powerball jackpot, it’s the first time the two nearly national lottery games have each grown so large at the
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A London court is due to rule whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gets one final appeal in England to challenge extradition to the United States on espionage charges. Two judges are scheduled to issue a judgment Tuesday morning in the High Court that could put an end
Continue ReadingBy Niamh Kennedy, Larry Madowo, Xiaofei Xu and Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Former Senegalese Prime Minister Amadou Ba has conceded defeat to leading opposition figure Bassirou Diomaye Faye in the western African country’s presidential elections. “With regard to the provisional results and awaiting the official proclamation, I congratulate President Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye for
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani is set to make his first public comments Monday since his former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, was fired following allegations of illegal gambling and theft from the Los Angeles Dodgers star. The Dodgers said Ohtani would speak at 2:45 p.m. PDT in the team’s
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani is set to make his first public comments Monday since his former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, was fired following allegations of illegal gambling and theft from the Los Angeles Dodgers star. The Dodgers said Ohtani would speak at 2:45 p.m. PDT in the team’s
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN London (CNN) — Microplastics have been found in historic soil samples for the first time, according to a new study, potentially upending the way archaeological remains are preserved. Researchers found microplastics in soil deposits more than seven meters (23 feet) underground, which were deposited in the first or second century CE
Continue ReadingHUNTINGTOWN, Md. (AP) — Prosecutors in southern Maryland say three 13-year-old middle schoolers have been charged with hate crimes after they displayed swastikas, performed Nazi salutes and made derogatory remarks about a classmate’s religion. Officials with the Calvert County State’s Attorney’s Office say the harassment began in December and the students refused to stop despite
Continue ReadingBy MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Police investigating the killing a pregnant Amish woman in rural Pennsylvania say they seized six guns, a variety of ammunition and a pair of sneakers that may match tread marks left at the crime scene during searches of the suspect’s home and vehicle. Search warrant documents
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