By LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press Adina Moshe’s Israeli family is hoping to get her heart medication to her in Gaza, despite her captivity by Hamas. Her granddaughter, Anat, said in an interview that Moshe, 72, was recorded in a video being driven off by Hamas militants from her home in kibbutz Nir Oz near the
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer The WNBA is competing for TV viewers during one of the busiest times on the sports calendar and the league is holding its own with no plans to turn back the clock. Through two WNBA Finals games, the series between the Las Vegas Aces and New York Liberty is
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Boxer Claressa Shields and basketball player Natalie Schneider won the Sportswoman of the Year awards at the Women’s Sports Foundation’s annual dinner. Shields, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, won in the individual category, while Schneider, a three-time Paralympic medalist, won in the team event at the Salute to Women in Sports
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Defense officials say an armed forces helicopter has crashed in the northern Mexico state of Durango, killing three military personnel. The Defense Department said Friday the crash happened Thursday as the helicopter was flying to a base in the township of Canelas. The crash killed all three crew members aboard. The
Continue ReadingMUMBAI, India (AP) — Flag football and cricket were among five sports that took their next step toward inevitably being added to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. The other three sports are baseball-softball, lacrosse and squash. The International Olympic Committee executive board recommended all five sports that were formally requested Monday by organizers of the
Continue ReadingBy MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Psyche spacecraft rocketed away Friday on a six-year journey to a rare metal-covered asteroid. Most asteroids tend to be rocky or icy, and this is the first exploration of a metal world. Scientists believe it may be the battered remains of an early
Continue ReadingBy JOHN LEICESTER, SAMUEL PETREQUIN and JEFFREY SCHAEFFER Associated Press ARRAS, France (AP) — A man of Chechen origin who was under surveillance by the French security services over suspected radicalization stabbed a teacher to death at his former high school and critically wounded two other people in northern France on Friday, authorities said. The
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man charged with the museum heist of a pair of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in the “The Wizard of Oz” was expected to change his plea to guilty in court Friday, pulling back the curtain on a whodunit mystery dating back 18 years. Terry
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man charged with the museum heist of a pair of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in the “The Wizard of Oz” was expected to change his plea to guilty in court Friday, pulling back the curtain on a whodunit mystery dating back 18 years. Terry
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — In 2019, when the K-pop group TOMORROW X TOGETHER first debuted, they were best known as the first BigHit Entertainment boy band since BTS. Those days went as quickly as they arrived. They are now one of the most influential contemporary K-pop groups, lovingly referred
Continue ReadingBy DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Allies of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny say Russian authorities have detained three of his lawyers after raiding their homes. Activists say the raids are an attempt to “completely isolate Navalny.” His spokeswoman told AP the opposition leader, who is serving a 19-year prison term, is
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — US. stocks are ticking higher as they get pulled in opposite directions by competing waves of optimism and fear Friday. Several of the biggest U.S. banks said their profits during the summer were better than feared, which offered hope for an earning reporting season that
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer and Marshall Cohen, CNN Washington (CNN) — In recent closed-door testimony to Congress, the top-ranking Justice Department prosecutor in Washington, DC, refuted claims from two Internal Revenue Service whistleblowers that he blocked federal investigators from charging Hunter Biden with tax crimes in DC, according to a transcript of his testimony obtained by
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — There’s an election for governor next month in Kentucky, and voters are trying to decide between Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear and Republican Daniel Cameron, the state attorney general. The college town of Bowling Green in Warren County is a crucial swing area. Concerns about abortion,
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DeBRE, EDITH M. LEDERER and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinians fled in a mass exodus Friday from northern Gaza after Israel’s military told some 1 million people to evacuate to the southern part of the besieged territory ahead of an expected ground invasion in retaliation for the surprise attack by
Continue ReadingOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Unions representing 85,000 health care workers have reached a tentative agreement with industry giant Kaiser Permanente following a strike over wages and staffing levels, the parties announced Friday. The deal includes setting minimum hourly wages at $25 in California, where most of Kaiser’s facilities are located, and $23 in other states.
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — On Friday, Migos rapper Offset released his ambitious second solo album, “Set It Off.” In doing so, he’s also announced a new era. It’s been four years since Offset released his debut solo album, “Father of 4.” “My goal changed,” Offset told The Associated Press.
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In the movie industry, it isn’t just actors and writers who have been battling management. Movie theater workers also have been taking action. Over the past two years, employees have formed or attempted to form unions at the Film Forum and Anthology Film Archives in
Continue ReadingISABELLA O’MALLEY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Refrigerants are chemical fluids that have made air conditioning and refrigeration possible, but they are hundreds or even thousands of times more powerful at warming the planet than carbon dioxide, the most notorious greenhouse gas. Although it’s not meant to happen, they leak and get into the air.
Continue ReadingBy WILL WEISSERT and BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia police officer has been shot and killed and a second officer has been wounded after they confronted people breaking into a car at Philadelphia International Airport. Interim Police Commissioner John Stanford says officers Richard Mendez and Raul Ortiz had just arrived at
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