By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — King Charles III of the United Kingdom starts a three-day state visit to France on Wednesday meant to highlight the friendship between the two nations with great pomp, after the trip was postponed in March amid widespread demonstrations against President Emmanuel Macron’s pension changes. Charles and Queen
Continue ReadingBy RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United Nations says it has documented more than 1,600 cases of human rights violations committed by Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities during arrests and detentions of people. It urged the Taliban government to stop torture and protect the rights of detainees. The U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan says
Continue ReadingBy Jared Formanek and Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — The US Marshals Service is offering $10,000 for those who come forward with information leading to the arrest of a suspect in a 2021 killing who was released from a detention center in Indianapolis last week due to a clerical mistake, officials said. Kevin Mason, 28,
Continue ReadingBy Tara Subramaniam, CNN (CNN) — The threat of intense bushfires looms over New South Wales as record spring temperatures and high winds fan the flames of more than 60 blazes already burning in Australia’s most populous state, authorities have warned. Several cities along the east coast saw record spring temperatures Tuesday, according to Australia’s
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Brusdar Graterol never gave up hope that his mother would be able to see him pitch in person in the major leagues. On Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium, it finally happened. Graterol’s mother, Ysmalia, was in a suite and saw her son pitch a scoreless
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Leading Chinese planners have voiced confidence in the outlook for the world’s second-largest economy, holding key interest rates steady amid signs of improvement in some areas such as services. The upbeat tone of officials speaking at a news conference on Wednesday in Beijing is in contrast to forecasts by
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Inflation in Britain fell unexpectedly in August to its lowest level since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which led to sharp rises in energy and food costs. The Office for National Statistics said Wednesday that inflation, as measured by the consumer prices index was 6.7%
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD, TRISHA THOMAS and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Ten years after Pope Francis made a landmark visit to the Italian island of Lampedusa to show solidarity with migrants, he is joining Catholic bishops from the Mediterranean this weekend in France to make the call more united. The question is
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — King Charles III of the United Kingdom starts a three-day state visit to France on Wednesday meant to highlight with great pomp both nations’ friendship, after the trip was postponed in March amid widespread demonstrations against President Emmanuel Macron’s pension changes. Charles and Queen Camilla will be
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — Prosecutors are expected to present opening statements after jury selection wraps up Wednesday in the trial of two police officers charged in the 2019 death of an unarmed Black man who was forcibly detained while walking on a Denver suburb. In the first of several trials
Continue ReadingBy TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli military operations in the occupied West Bank and unrest in the Gaza Strip have killed six Palestinians, Palestinian health officials said Wednesday, the latest spike in a wave of violence that has roiled the region for more than a year. The death toll from
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — A tornado has killed five people and seriously injured four others in eastern China. State broadcaster CCTV said the tornado hit parts of Suqian city in Jiangsu province about 5:20 p.m. on Tuesday. It destroyed 137 homes and damaged crop land and pig farms. Videos posted online showed cars that had been
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Harlan and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — A Utah woman charged with killing her husband with fentanyl and subsequently accused of writing a letter encouraging her brother to provide false testimony claims the letter was part of a fictional book she was writing, court documents show. Kouri Richins is facing murder and drug
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The community is getting in on the planning process for the future of the Palm Springs International Airport. They want to preserve its iconic past, while keeping up with increasing tourism throughout the Valley. It’s all part of the Master Plan to expand and grow the airport. “For anybody that flies out in the height
Continue ReadingBy MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press ROMULUS, Mich. (AP) — Five puppies learning to be assistance dogs had a howling good time during a training exercise at Detroit Metropolitan Airport. During the Tuesday training, the quintet of pooches and their trainers walked through a Transportation Security Administration checkpoint, rode an elevated tram and boarded an airplane.
Continue ReadingBy TRISHA POWELL CRAIN of AL.com PIEDMONT, Ala. (AP) — While the rest of the country’s schools were losing ground in math during the COVID pandemic, student performance in a rural Alabama school district was soaring. Piedmont City schools notched significant improvement in math, landing in the top spot among school districts across the country
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Marc Tyler Nobleman was supposed to talk to kids about the secret co-creator of Batman, with the aim of inspiring young students in suburban Atlanta’s Forsyth County to research and write. Then the school district told him he had to cut a key point from his presentation
Continue ReadingBy MORGAN LEE and TERRY TANG Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Governors from the Southwestern United States are pursuing stronger business ties with Taiwan in hopes of attracting new foreign investments and jobs to their landlocked states. Trade missions this week have taken New Mexico. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and Arizona counterpart Katie
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY and YOUSEF MURAD Associated Press DERNA, Libya (AP) — Abdel-Hamid al-Hassadi survived the devastating flooding in eastern Libya but he lost some 90 people from his extended family. The 23-year-old law graduate rushed upstairs along with his mother and his elder brother, as heavy rains lashed the city of Derna on the
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Max Muncy’s base hit with two outs in the ninth inning Tuesday night scored Mookie Betts and gave the Los Angeles Dodgers a 3-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers, extending their winning streak to five games. Betts got aboard with a single to center for
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