MOSCOW (AP) — Russian media say a court in Moscow has extended the detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, arrested on espionage charges, until Jan. 30. The hearing took place on Tuesday behind closed doors because authorities say details of the criminal case against the American journalist are classified. Gershkovich was detained in
Continue ReadingJOHANNESBURG (AP) — A mine operator says an elevator suddenly dropped while carrying workers to the surface in a platinum mine in South Africa, killing 11 and injuring 75. It happened Monday at the end of the workers’ shift at a mine in the northern city of Rustenburg. The injured workers were hospitalized. The Impala
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — An attorney representing Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer convicted in the 2020 murder of George Floyd, said he was able to speak with officials at the Federal Bureau of Prisons after his client was stabbed in prison and has learned Chauvin’s health is “decent and improving.” Officials have told
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mixed in Asia on Tuesday after Wall Street benchmarks edged lower as investors waited for updates on inflation and how American consumers are feeling about the economy. Tokyo and Hong Kong fell while Shanghai, Seoul and Sydney gained. U.S. futures and oil prices edged
Continue ReadingBy ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — SenseTime, a major Chinese artificial intelligence company known for its facial recognition technology, has rejected claims by a research company that it has inflated its revenue. SenseTime said in a notice to Hong Kong’s stock exchange that the allegations made by short-seller Grizzly Research LLC were
Continue ReadingSAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Trey Anderson scored 21 points to lead San Jose State to a 78-65 victory over North Dakota State on Monday night. Anderson made 7 of 10 shots with four 3-pointers for the Spartans (5-2), adding seven rebounds. Tibet Gorener scored 15, while Myron Amey Jr. pitched in with 14 points,
Continue ReadingCNN By Daria Tarasova-Markina, Anna Coren and Helen Regan, CNN Avdiivka, Ukraine (CNN) — “Guys, leave me here. I can’t walk,” pleads a Ukrainian soldier sitting in a narrow trench under constant Russian bombardment. His legs have been injured by shrapnel and he is bleeding through the bandages. He smokes a cigarette as he lies on the
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe and Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — One of the three Palestinian college students who were shot while walking in Vermont may not be able to move his legs for the rest of his life after a bullet became lodged in his spine, according to his family, who shared his account of the
Continue ReadingBy ERIC HE Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Luke Kunin scored a go-ahead power play-goal in the third period, Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 33 shots, and the San Jose Sharks beat the Washington Capitals 2-1 on Monday night. Kunin’s goal, his fifth of the season, came at 12:48 of the third period off a
Continue ReadingMORAGA, Calif. (AP) — Gabe Madsen and Rollie Worster scored 17 points apiece to lead Utah to a 78-71 victory over Saint Mary’s on Monday night. Madsen made 6 of 11 shots with two 3-pointers for the Utes (4-2). Worster hit 6 of 16 shots with two 3-pointers, adding eight rebounds. Cole Bajema also sank
Continue ReadingBy BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Denver Nuggets were undermanned, on the road and playing the second night of a back-to-back without Nikola Jokic. Tell that to Reggie Jackson and DeAndre Jordan, a couple of former Clippers who light up when facing their former team. Jackson had 35 points and
Continue ReadingBy THOMAS ADAMSON and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX, France (AP) — Rome, Busan, and Riyadh are the top contenders to host the next World Expo in 2030. The organizing body will select a winner on Tuesday. The stakes are high and each city has escalated its campaign efforts. Rome has enlisted actor Russell Crowe
Continue ReadingBy TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — An Israeli hostage freed by Hamas said in an interview that she was initially fed well in captivity until conditions worsened and people became hungry. She was kept in a “suffocating” room and slept on plastic chairs with a sheet for nearly 50 days. In
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Jaedon LeDee scored 15 points as San Diego State beat Division II member Point Loma Nazarene 71-51 on Monday. LeDee also added 13 rebounds for the Aztecs (6-1). Reese Waters shot 4 for 9 (3 for 6 from 3-point range) and 3 of 3 from the free
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Throughout the 50 days Noam and Alma Or were held captive in Gaza, one thought kept the siblings going: reuniting with their mother, who they’d been separated from on October 7 during Hamas’ brutal attacks on their community. But when Noam, 17, and Alma, 13, were released together on
Continue ReadingBy Christina Maxouris and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Rosalynn Carter’s family spoke of her “remarkable” journey during a moving tribute service for the former first lady in Atlanta on Tuesday, sharing memories of life at home, her loving relationship with former President Jimmy Carter and the lasting legacy she leaves behind as a tireless
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH, JANIE HAR and MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Tossing tent poles, blankets and a duffel bag into a shopping cart and three wagons, Will Taylor spent a summer morning helping friends tear down what had been their home and that of about a dozen others. It wasn’t the first
Continue ReadingBy JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is expected to sign a clean energy package soon that will require energy providers to transition to 100% carbon-free energy generation by 2040. The legislation will also set a renewable energy mandates to require utilities to generate 50% of their energy from
Continue ReadingBy ANITA SNOW and THOMAS MACHOWICZ Associated Press WENDEN, Ariz. (AP) — A blanket of bright green alfalfa spreads across western Arizona’s McMullen Valley, ringed by rolling mountains and warmed by the hot desert sun. Matthew Hancock’s family has used groundwater to grow forage crops here for more than six decades. They’re long accustomed to
Continue ReadingBy DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — With its economy struggling, Germany now is wrestling to find a way out of a budget crisis after a court struck down billions in funding for clean energy projects and help for companies and consumers facing high utility bills because of Russia’s war in Ukraine.
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