PALM CITY, Fla. (AP) — An Amazon driver is in serious condition after being bitten by a rattlesnake while making a delivery to a Florida home. The Martin County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that the woman placed a box next to the home’s front door Monday evening when the eastern diamondback snake
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer The Walt Disney Co. is planning to invest approximately $60 billion into its theme parks and cruise lines over the next decade, as the company looks to continue growing one of its more successful business segments. The company said in a regulatory filing on Tuesday that the planned investment
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — President Joe Biden made his case before the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday that the world must remain united in defending Ukraine against Russian aggression, warning that no nation can be secure if “we allow Ukraine to be carved up” as he
Continue ReadingBy KIRSTEN GRIESHABER and VANESSA GERA Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German government officials have held talks with their Polish counterparts asking them to clarify how many visas were issued in an illegal program in which some Polish consulates issued visas in Africa and Asia in exchange for bribes. Poland has been shaken for weeks
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — The National Weather Service says Hurricane Nigel is gaining strength over the Atlantic Ocean and is expected to intensify. The weather service said Tuesday that Nigel has maximum sustained winds of 90 mph, making it a Category 1 hurricane. The system was centered about 630 miles east of Bermuda. The island territory
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North Gene Autry was reopened to vehicle traffic Tuesday morning through the Whitewater wash, between Interstate 10 and the city of Palm Springs, following a closure due to low visibility, officials announced. The roadway had been repeatedly closed over the past weeks due to the same issue. Vista Chino was also open in and out
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Colorado’s double-overtime victory against Colorado State, which ended in the early hours of Sunday morning in most of the country, drew 9.3 million viewers. That makes it the most watched late-night college football game ever on ESPN, the network says. Coach Deion Sanders’ Colorado team did not kick off until after
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Hopes were always high for Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer.” The studio knew the film was great, and commercial, but no one in the industry expected that a long, talky, R-rated drama would earn over $900 million. As of Monday, “Oppenheimer’s” was nearing $913 million, making it Nolan’s third highest grossing
Continue ReadingBy CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The playoff-bound Tampa Bay Rays are putting the finishing touches on plans for a new 30,000-seat ballpark in St. Petersburg. It’s part of a huge $6.5 billion development project that includes affordable housing, retail, bars and restaurants and a Black history museum. The site is
Continue ReadingBy FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans plan to hold their first hearing next week in their impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. The hearing — scheduled for Sept. 28 — is expected to focus on “constitutional and legal questions” that surround the allegations of Biden’s involvement in his son Hunter’s overseas
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — A German higher regional court has ruled that a state court in Braunschweig can hear a sex offenses case against a man who also is a suspect in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann, overruling the state court’s earlier decision that it wasn’t responsible. The Braunschweig higher regional court said Tuesday
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press LPGA AND LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR SOLHEIM CUP Site: Casares, Spain. Course: Finca Cortesin. Yardage: 6,903. Par: 72. Television: Friday-Saturday, 2 a.m. to 1 p.m. (Golf Channel); Sunday, 5-11 a.m. (Golf Channel). Defending champion: Europe. Series: United States leads, 10-7. Captains: Stacy Lewis (U.S.) and Suzann Pettersen (Europe). Notes: Europe didn’t lose
Continue ReadingBy AVET DEMOURIAN Associated Press YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Azerbaijan’s forces have opened fire on Armenian positions in the Nagorno-Karabakh region in what Azerbaijan is calling an “anti-terrorist operation.” Ethnic Armenian officials are reporting heavy shelling around their region’s capital. At least three civilians on both sides have been reported killed, and 23 were wounded.
Continue ReadingBy ALBERT AJI and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The office of Syria’s President Bashar Assad says he will head to China later this week in his first visit to Beijing since his country’s conflict started 12 years. Assad is scheduled to arrive Thursday in China, which has been one of his
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Insisting that international cooperation is critical, the United Nations chief delivered a dire warning to leaders from across the world Tuesday, declaring that the planet is becoming unhinged with mounting global challenges and geopolitical tensions — and warning that “we seem incapable of coming together
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks edged lower, and yields climbed on Tuesday as Wall Street waits for the Federal Reserve’s latest decision on interest rates. The S&P 500 slipped 9.58 points, or 0.2%, to 4,443.95. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 106.57, or 0.3%, to 34,517.73, and the
Continue ReadingBy ISSAM ADWAN Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel has barred entry to thousands of Palestinian laborers from the Gaza Strip following an eruption of violent protests that have escalated tensions along the volatile border. The string of protests — disrupting weeks of calm at the border fence — come during a
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge in Washington has upheld an obstruction conviction against a Virginia man who stood trial with members of the Oath Keepers extremist group in one of the most serious cases brought in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack. The judge Tuesday rejected
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — President Joe Biden will use his annual address before the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday to make a robust case that the world must remain united in defending Ukraine against Russian aggression, warning that no nation can be secure if “we allow
Continue ReadingBy RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A joint report from three U.N. agencies says the mental health of Afghan women, who have suffered under harsh measures imposed by the Taliban since taking power two years ago, has deteriorated across the country. Nearly 70% reported that feelings of anxiety, isolation and depression had grown
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