By ERIC TUCKER and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange has agreed to pay more than $4 billion as part of an agreement with the U.S. government. A person familiar with the development in the case against Binance confirmed the settlement to The Associated Press on Tuesday. The person
Continue ReadingBy BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego Padres have given Mike Shildt another chance to manage in the big leagues, just two years after his run with St. Louis ended abruptly despite him leading the Cardinals to three straight playoff appearances and winning the 2019 NL Manager of the
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press Thanksgiving may be a time for Americans to come together, but opinion is divided over what’s on the crowded dinner table. A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research looks at the country’s Thanksgiving tastes. Americans mostly agree on the deliciousness of pumpkin
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM and MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea claims it has successfully placed a military spy satellite into orbit. The North’s space authorities said in a statement Wednesday that its space launch vehicle placed the Malligyong-1 satellite into orbit on Tuesday night. The North’s claim couldn’t be independently
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Niger’s junta on Tuesday asked West Africa’s regional court to order the lifting of sanctions imposed on the country by its neighbors following a July coup in which the democratically elected president was deposed. The sanctions were the most stringent yet imposed by the regional bloc
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Bats have long been the odd ones out among mammals. They are the only creatures in this branch of the animal kingdom capable of powered flight. Now researchers say they have discovered another unique trait, with video revealing that the serotine bat may be the first mammal known to
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The websites of two government ministries in Bahrain briefly became inaccessible Tuesday night after a cyberattack took them down, purportedly over the island kingdom’s stance on the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. A statement posted online by a self-described group calling itself Al-Toufan, or “The Flood”
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has accused Israel of war crimes and genocide in Gaza during a virtual meeting of leaders of developing countries including Russia’s Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping. Ramaphosa also condemned Hamas for its attack on Israeli civilians that sparked
Continue ReadingBy BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Mike Shildt has been hired as manager of the San Diego Padres, returning to the dugout two years after he was suddenly fired by the St. Louis Cardinals following a third straight playoff appearance, a person with knowledge of the situation said Tuesday. The person
Continue ReadingBy BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Mike Shildt has been hired as manager of the San Diego Padres, returning to the dugout two years after he was suddenly fired by the St. Louis Cardinals following a third straight playoff appearance, a person with knowledge of the situation said Tuesday. The person
Continue ReadingSAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego Padres are hiring ex-St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Shildt, AP source says.
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Kaczynski and Curt Devine, CNN (CNN) — Mike Johnson, the new speaker of the House, voiced support for revisiting Supreme Court decisions that struck down restrictions on the use of contraception, barred bans on gay sex and legalized same sex marriages, according to a CNN review of his prior public statements. On a
Continue ReadingBy THALIA BEATY Associated Press Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ fund to support homeless families announced $117 million in new grants on Tuesday to organizations across the U.S. and Puerto Rico. The grants are a part of a $2 billion commitment Bezos made in 2018 to support homeless families and to run free preschools. The Bezos
Continue ReadingWRANGELL, Alaska (AP) — Authorities in southeast Alaska are responding to a landslide that has scattered debris along a highway. In a notice posted on social media, the City and Borough of Wrangell says efforts are ongoing to sift through the debris near the small town about 155 miles (249 kilometers) south of Juneau. The
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Traffic was clearing after being backed up along Interstate 10 in Palm Desert and Indio Tuesday morning in both directions due to several collisions. The first incident involved a big rig truck that struck a concrete barrier at the Jefferson Interchange, sending a large metal piece onto the roadway. Eight vehicles were pulled over to
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, Holmes Lybrand and Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The judge overseeing the Fulton County election racketeering case declined Tuesday to send one of Donald Trump’s co-defendants to jail over recent social media posts and other comments he made targeting witnesses. Judge Scott McAfee said that while the defendant, Harrison Floyd, made “technical
Continue ReadingBELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia and Croatia each have expelled one of the other’s diplomats in a move that further strains relations between the two former wartime foes and Balkan rivals. The Serbian Foreign Affairs Ministry said the first secretary of the Croatian Embassy was proclaimed persona non grata for his alleged “gross stepping outside
Continue ReadingBy Haley Britzky and Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — The US military has taken a number of retaliatory actions after multiple close-range ballistic missiles were launched against US and coalition forces at Al-Asad Airbase in Iraq on Monday evening. A US military aircraft – an AC-130 gunship – had responded immediately to the attack, firing
Continue ReadingBy MARK M. MENGONFIA Associated Press MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Authorities say at least three people were killed and 17 others injured after a speeding vehicle rammed into a crowd at a victory celebration for Liberian President-elect Joseph Boakai. The crash late Monday took place hours after election officials formally declared Boakai the winner of
Continue ReadingBy MADDIE BURAKOFF AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — It’s the season of giving thanks — and it turns out humans have been doing it for a long, long time. As more researchers dig into the science of gratitude, they’ve found the feeling likely played a key role in helping our ancestors band together
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