By HIRO KOMAE, RICHARD COLOMBO and YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press SUZU, Japan (AP) — Rescuers in Japan are braving the cold in a race against time as they search for survivors along the country’s western coastline after a powerful earthquake earlier in the week smashed homes and left at least 78 people dead and 51
Continue ReadingBy KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — A less flashy Chinese electric vehicle maker is fast closing the gap with Tesla, the longtime, market-leading pioneer. BYD Co., based in the southern China tech hub of Shenzhen, dethroned Texas-based Tesla Inc. as the top seller of electric cars in the last three months of 2023,
Continue ReadingBy JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Temperatures have fallen below minus 40 degrees Celsius in the Nordic region for a second day in a row, with the coldest January temperature recorded in Swedish Lapland in 25 years. The weather -– cold with snow and gale-force winds — has disrupted transportation throughout
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian stocks slipped on Thursday, tracking a weak start to 2024 on Wall Street as Japan’s markets reopened. The mood was somber in Tokyo as the market reopened from the New Year holidays with a moment of silence instead of a celebratory New Year’s ring of
Continue ReadingBy JULHAS ALAM and AL-EMRUN GARJON Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — At a technology center in Bangladesh’s capital, young women huddle around a computer, discussing a coding issue. Many of them make the daily trip to Dhaka on the shining new metro rail while scouring their smartphones for the latest on social media. For
Continue ReadingCNN By Mostafa Salem, Abbas Al Lawati and Rob Picheta, Tara John and Hande Atay Alam, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of people were killed Wednesday in the Iranian city of Kerman after twin blasts near the burial site of slain military commander Qasem Soleimani, in what officials called a terror attack. The blasts, at least
Continue ReadingBy Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Wednesday ruled the United States Military Academy at West Point can continue to consider race as a factor for admissions, denying a request for a preliminary injunction from the same group that won the landmark Supreme Court case that gutted affirmative action. Students for Fair
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Court records show the subject of an islandwide manhunt New Year’s Day in Hawaii was a felon barred from owning the high-powered rifle he used to open fire on Honolulu police in a shootout that left two officers wounded and the suspect dead. Sidney Tafokitau was
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Idyllwild saw its first measurable snowfall of year early Wednesday morning, which could draw some locals to the mountains. An overnight storm brought freezing temperatures and precipitation to the area. Snow began to fall around 9:00 a.m., and continued throughout the day. Wednesday. The Idyllwild Station reporting between 1 1/2 to 3 inches in the
Continue ReadingBy DAVID B. CARUSO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The release of dozens of previously sealed court documents from a lawsuit involving Jeffrey Epstein might disappoint online sleuths who anticipated explosive new information. The 40 documents released late Wednesday largely mention figures whose names were already known, including high-profile friends of Epstein’s and victims
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon police and medical officials have confirmed that they are investigating the theft of medications prescribed to patients at a hospital in the southern part of the state. That follows a news report that two died and others were sickened after a nurse replaced fentanyl
Continue ReadingBy MORGAN LEE and SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A bill to ban oil and gas production within a mile (1.6 kilometers) of schools and day care centers across New Mexico is among the first published proposals as the state Legislature prepares for a 30-day session that could bring an
Continue ReadingBY MICHAEL R. SISAK, REBECCA BOONE and DAVID B. CARUSO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Amid great hype, a new batch of previously secret court documents was unsealed late Wednesday related to Jeffrey Epstein, the jet-setting financier who killed himself in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges. Social media has been rife in
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The Coachella Valley experienced a fast-moving rainstorm on Wednesday morning. Despite the cool weather and rain, foot traffic in Downtown Palm Springs remained lively. Some businesses say the rain has a minimal impact on them. Other businesses, like restaurants, feel the impact of rain and cool weather. Restaurants and cafes with large outdoor seating areas
Continue ReadingNORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) — An Idaho man was arrested after stealing a plane from a North Las Vegas hangar, flying it over 100 miles into a southern California airport and eventually running into a desert area after officers inquired about the aircraft. The man, who is currently in custody in San Bernardino County,
Continue ReadingNORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) — An Idaho man was arrested after stealing a plane from a North Las Vegas hangar, flying it over 100 miles into a southern California airport and eventually running into a desert area after officers inquired about the aircraft. The man, who is currently in custody in San Bernardino County,
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States called on the U.N. Security Council Wednesday to take urgent action against Yemen’s Houthi rebels for attacking ships in the key Red Sea trade route and warned their longtime financier Iran that it has a choice to make about continuing to provide
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Regulators rejected on Wednesday an effort by New Mexico’s largest electric utility to recoup from customers millions of dollars of investments made in a coal-fired power plant in the northwestern corner of the state and a nuclear power plant in neighboring Arizona. The Public Regulation
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear has reached across the partisan divide to urge a cohesive effort with Republican lawmakers to uplift Kentucky’s economy, education and health care. He says the state has an opportunity to assert itself as an “economic and a moral leader.” Beshear’s comments came
Continue ReadingBy DAVID HAMILTON AP Technology Reporter SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The falling-block video game Tetris has met its match in 13-year-old Willis Gibson. In late December, he became the first player to officially beat the original Nintendo version of the game — by breaking it. Technically, Willis — aka “blue scuti” in the gaming world
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