Month: May 2023

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were trading mixed Wednesday as Japan’s benchmark jumped on the news of solid…

By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian air defenses thwarted an intense Russian air attack on Kyiv early Tuesday, shooting…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leaders face pressure to shore up a slowing economic recovery and generate jobs after…

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Republican candidate who lost last year’s election for Arizona attorney general returns to…

By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Republican Carolyn Carluccio has won the GOP’s nomination in Pennsylvania to run for a…

By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Republican-controlled South Carolina House has tabled debate until…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Anti-nuclear activists are protesting to demand Japan scrap its plan to release treated but still…

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers are debating a plan that would tack on a proposed 12-week abortion ban…

By REGINA GARCIA CANO and GONZALO SOLANO Associated Press QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A showdown between Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso and the…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Danny Masterson drugged women’s drinks so he could rape them, then relied on his…

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A staple seafood species caught by East Coast fishers for centuries is experiencing…

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Wyatt Johnston is no longer a teenager, not that he’s played like one at all during his…

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Allies of former Vice President Mike Pence are launching a new super PAC to support his expected…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Daniel Cameron won the Republican primary for Kentucky governor on Tuesday, becoming the…

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Three conservative appeals court judges, each with a history of supporting restrictions on…

By LISA MASCARO, FATIMA HUSSEIN and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and top congressional leaders opened their…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A tourist from Argentina who was seriously wounded in a May 12 machete attack in Mexico has died. Prosecutors in the Pacific…

By MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian rebel leader Pablo Beltran says peace talks between his National Liberation Army…

By FOSTER KLUG, KIM TONG-HYUNG and MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Amid the high-level efforts to deal with a raft of global…

Bt SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s National Election Committee has refused to register the opposition…

By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Members of several Texas groups representing people of color on Monday demanded that authorities…

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Biden administration officials on Monday sought to dispel worries they want to exclude oil…

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee is threatening to push forward…

By ED KOMENDA Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Democratic and Republican leaders in the Washington Statehouse have reached a tentative deal on a…

By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — At 81, Martha Stewart isn’t slowing down and some might say she’s heating up. Stewart has been…

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ Democratic governor has vetoed state funds for a project backed by a Democratic…

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A nominee to Connecticut’s highest court told state lawmakers Monday that she would…