Month: September 2022

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Serena and Venus Williams have lost in the first round of doubles at the U.S. Open. They were eliminated by the Czech pair of Lucie Hradecka and Linda Noskova 7-6 (5), 6-4 on Thursday night. Arthur Ashe Stadium had never hosted a first-round doubles match

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia has announced it will increase its permanent immigration intake by 35,000 to 195,000 as it grapples with skills and labor shortages. Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil announced on Friday the increase for the year ending June 30, 2023, during a two-day summit of 140 representatives

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has called the U.N.’s top expert on the country’s human rights “a puppet” of the United States. The North’s Foreign Ministry warned Friday that it won’t tolerate an American-led plot to use the rights issue to overthrow its political system.

By DÉBORA REY and ALMUDENA CALATRAVA Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A man was detained Thursday night after he aimed a handgun at point-blank range toward Argentina’s politically powerful Vice President Cristina Fernández, and President Alberto Fernández said the assassination attempt failed because the gun did not fire. “A man pointed a firearm

By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — Prosecutors in Peru have opened an investigation into the death of a Peruvian transgender man who died this month after being detained on the Indonesian tourist island of Bali. Peru’s Public Ministry said Wednesday that the probe by prosecutors who specialize in human rights will include

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Coast Guard Academy officials and a lawyer for several cadets are disputing each other’s accounts of what happened to seven students who were forced to leave the Connecticut campus by Aug. 19, after refusing to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The New London academy said Thursday that

By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Bernadette Demientieff said she cried when she learned of Democrat Mary Peltola’s win in Alaska’s U.S. House special election, making Peltola the first Alaska Native to be elected to Congress. “I feel a little bit of relief knowing that somebody will be down there that can

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — When “The Woman King” rises up in theaters on Sept. 16, it will emerge as a potent force on a movie landscape that has seldom seen something like it. Drawing from the real 19th century history of the Agojie, women warriors who defended the West

By AAMER MADHANI and ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will host South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House this month as the administration looks to draw African nations closer to the U.S. The announcement comes as South Africa and many of its neighbors have staked out neutral ground

By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press A commission created by Congress is recommending changes at West Point when it comes to commemorating Robert E. Lee and other Confederate officers during the Civil War. The commission also takes aim at towering bronze panels that depict dozens of historical events and people, including a hooded figure above the

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A federal prosecutor urged a judge on Thursday to order that a man charged with killing three people at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic in 2015 be forcibly given anti-psychotic medication so his delusions could be quieted at least enough for him to finally be put on