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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s bipartisan elections commission is expected to reject petitions seeking to force a recall election of the state’s top elected Republican, who has drawn the ire of former President Donald Trump. Trump backers angry with Assembly Speaker Robin Vos launched the recall effort, citing his refusal to decertify President Joe Biden’s
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A memoir Alexei Navalny began working on in 2020 will be published this fall. “Patriot,” which publisher Alfred A. Knopf is calling the late Russian opposition leader’s “final letter to the world,” will come out Oct. 22. Navalny, 47, died in February while serving a 19-year prison sentence on extremism charges
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Amazon is adding artificial intelligence visionary Andrew Ng to its board of directors, a move that comes amid intense AI competition among startups and big technology companies. The Seattle company said Thursday that Ng, a managing director at the Palo Alto, California-based AI Fund, will replace a seat vacated by Judy
Continue ReadingBy STEVE REED AP Sports Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Jordan Janes knew when he arrived at the Masters for the first time a pimento cheese sandwich was a must-have. He wanted to soak in the Augusta National experience, and that has long included the iconic staple on the affordable Masters menu. And no, Janes
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The top US humanitarian official said Wednesday it is “credible” to assess that famine is already occurring in parts of Gaza as the war between Israel and Hamas continues. Although US officials have been sounding the alarm about the imminent risk of famine in the war-torn strip, USAID Administrator
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are holding firmer, a day after tumbling on worries that interest rates may stay high for a while. The S&P 500 was up 0.2% early Thursday. The Dow rose 56 points, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.4% higher. In the bond market, which has been driving much of Wall
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. producer prices rose in March from a year earlier at the fastest pace in nearly a year, offering more evidence that progress against inflation may have stalled this year and raising doubts about whether and when the Federal Reserve will start cutting interest rates. The
Continue ReadingBy MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C (AP) — The North Carolina Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments related to voter fraud allegations made after the 2016 election. The Thursday hearing may set the stage for how partisan officials can pursue claims of voter fraud in future state elections. A group of four
Continue ReadingTALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Belarusian man who was in jail awaiting trial on charges of insulting the authoritarian president has died in custody. The country’s leading human rights group says Aliaksandr Kulinich, 51, died Tuesday in a detention center in the western city of Brest that is notorious for harsh treatment of opposition activists.
Continue ReadingMILAN (AP) — Firefighters in Italy say that divers have discovered two more bodies of workers who died in an explosion that collapsed and flooded several levels of an underground hydroelectric plant earlier this week, bringing to five the number of confirmed dead. The explosion Tuesday at the Enel Green Power plant near Bologna occurred
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN NEWVINE Associated Press If you daydream about getting a break from stress, you might picture a restful week of vacation or a long weekend away. But some folks have found ways to take longer or more varied time away from the routine. Maybe it’s extended leave from a job. Or just working remotely
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer New films from Yorgos Lanthimos, Andrea Arnold and Francis Ford Coppola, as well as a portrait of 1980s Donald Trump, will compete for the Palme d’Or at the 77th Cannes Film Festival next month, organizers announced Thursday. Thierry Frémaux, Cannes’s artistic director who announced the selections in a news
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer New films from Yorgos Lanthimos, Andrea Arnold and Francis Ford Coppola, as well as a portrait of 1980s Donald Trump, will compete for the Palme d’Or at the 77th Cannes Film Festival next month, organizers announced Thursday. Thierry Frémaux, Cannes’s artistic director who announced the selections in a news
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — Parrots are smart, with some species found to have the problem-solving skills of a young child. So if small kids can use technology in some capacity, why can’t parrots? Researchers aiming to answer why parrots should use technology for cognitive enrichment set out to answer just how tablets could be improved
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Amazon is adding artificial intelligence visionary Andrew Ng to its board of directors, a move that comes amid intense AI competition among startups and big technology companies. The Seattle company said Thursday that Ng, a managing director at the Palo Alto, California-based AI Fund, will replace a seat vacated by Judy
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. producer prices rose in March from a year earlier at the fastest pace in nearly a year, offering more evidence that progress against inflation may have stalled this year and raising doubts about whether and when the Federal Reserve will start cutting interest rates. The
Continue ReadingBy ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A Vietnamese real estate tycoon has been sentenced to death in the country’s biggest ever financial fraud case. It’s a shocking development in an intensifying anti-corruption drive in the southeast Asian nation. Truong My Lan is a high-profile businesswoman who chaired a sprawling company that developed
Continue ReadingBy MONIKA SCISLOWSKA and RAFAL NIEDZIELSKI Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Many kids in Poland are rejoicing over strict limits imposed by the government on the amount of homework. Teachers and parents aren’t so sure. The decree says teachers can’t give required homework to kids in the first to third grades. For grades four
Continue ReadingBy MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer Americans applied for jobless benefits last week as the labor market continues to thrive despite the Federal Reserve’s efforts to cool it. The Labor Department reported Thursday that filings for unemployment claims for the week ending April 6 fell by 11,000 to 211,000 from the
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — Archaeologists excavating new sites in Pompeii have uncovered a sumptuous banquet hall decorated with intricately frescoed mythological characters inspired by the Trojan War. The banquet hall was used for refined entertaining and features black walls, a technique that prevented the smoke from oil lamps to be seen. The hall was uncovered as
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