By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House of Representatives is entering uncharted territory after a far-right effort to remove fellow Republican Kevin McCarthy from the speakership succeeded thanks to support from Democrats. A resolution — titled a motion to vacate — from Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., passed Tuesday with the support of
Continue ReadingBy MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — The Las Vegas Aces will be playing for more than a WNBA championship. History also is on the line for the Aces, who put together one of the top regular seasons in the league’s 27-year history with the chance to become the first team to
Continue ReadingBy KEN RITTER and SCOTT SONNER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A United States appeals court planned to hear Wednesday from lawyers trying to revive a woman’s bid to force international soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo to pay millions more than the $375,000 in hush money he paid her after she accused him of raping
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KEYTON and MIKE CORDER Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded to Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Alexei Ekimov for their work on tiny quantum dots. Quantum dots are tiny particles, just a few atoms in diameter, whose electrons have constrained movement. This effects how they absorb
Continue ReadingBy Christian Edwards, Katie Hunt and Ed Upright, CNN (CNN) — The 2023 Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded to a trio of scientists who worked to discover and develop quantum dots, used in LED lights and TV screens, as well as by surgeons when removing cancer tissue. Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Alexei
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — Emergency services on the Spanish Canary Islands say more than 500 migrants reached there in four large wooden boats in a span of 24 hours earlier this week. One of the boats arriving on Tuesday was carrying 280 migrants. The state news agency EFE says it was the largest number in a
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press VENICE (AP) — Firefighters worked until dawn Wednesday to remove the wreckage of a bus that crashed in a section of Venice on the Italian mainland, killing 21 people and injuring at least 15, mostly foreign tourists returning to a nearby campsite. Those killed included at least four Ukrainians and
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Markets in Europe and Asia were mostly lower Wednesday after Wall Street tumbled as investors focused on the downside of a surprisingly strong job market: the likelihood that interest rates will stay high. U.S. futures and oil prices edged lower. European markets fell far less than
Continue ReadingRIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia says it will maintain a production cut of 1 million barrels of oil a day through the end of the year. Wednesday’s announcement could further prop up oil prices, which are hovering around $90 a barrel. Production cuts first announced by Saudi Arabia and Russia in July have
Continue ReadingBy MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Lawyers for Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan are opposing his closed-door trial in a case in which he is accused of revealing state secrets after his 2022 ouster, saying it’s aimed at convicting the popular opposition leader quickly. The case is related to Khan’s speech
Continue ReadingBy Barbie Latza Nadeau and Niamh Kennedy, CNN (CNN) — Italian authorities were on Wednesday investigating the cause of a horrific bus crash near Venice that killed at least 21 people including two children. A spokesperson for the Italian fire brigade told CNN that authorities had yet to find the cause of Tuesday’s crash in
Continue ReadingBy NASSER KARIMI Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran says it has agreed with Saudi Arabia to reschedule an Asian Champions League match after the Saudi team walked out at the last minute. Monday’s walkout was reportedly motivated by the presence of a statue of a slain Iranian general on the sideline. Gen. Qassem
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is announcing another $9 billion in federal student loan debt forgiveness. The relief will be provided through existing programs, and the details were provided by a White House official who requested anonymity ahead of Wednesday’s planned announcement. Biden has been under pressure to fulfill
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court considered the strength of the Americans with Disabilities Act on Wednesday when it heard arguments in a dispute over whether a self-appointed “tester” of the civil rights law has the right to sue hotels over alleged violations of its provisions. Should the justices decide to resolve
Continue ReadingBy Nikki Carvajal and Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Biden administration has approved debt relief for an additional 125,000 student loan borrowers, totaling $9 billion in forgiveness, the White House said Wednesday. The announcement comes just days after federal student loan payments restarted after a three-plus year pause. Though the Supreme Court struck
Continue ReadingBy Kocha Olarn and Helen Regan, CNN Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) — A teen suspected of shooting two people dead at an upscale shopping mall in Thailand has been charged with six counts including premeditated murder, police told CNN Wednesday. The 14-year-old boy was arrested on Tuesday shortly after the shooting rampage at the busy Siam
Continue ReadingWJZ By Nouran Salahieh, Joe Sutton, Sara Smart and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Four students and another person were wounded when gunfire erupted outside a crowded homecoming event at Morgan State University in Baltimore, police said, sending students on a dash for cover and a SWAT team into a dorm to hunt for suspects.
Continue ReadingJAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Chinese-owned video platform TikTok says it will halt its online retail operation in Indonesia to comply with the country’s decision to ban e-commerce transactions on social media platforms. The decision comes as a big blow for TikTok’s fastest-growing market. The company statement said it will stop facilitating e-commerce transactions in TikTok
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The international Red Cross is calling for the ouster of the head of the Belarus Red Cross, who stirred international outrage for boasting that it was actively ferrying Ukrainian children from Russian-controlled areas to Belarus. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies says it
Continue ReadingBy DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press Russian air defenses shot down 31 Ukrainian drones during a concerted nighttime attack by Kyiv’s forces on border regions, the Russian Defense Ministry said Wednesday, even as uncertainty grew over Ukraine’s future access to weapons and ammunition from its Western allies. The drone attack appeared to be Kyiv’s largest single
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