Month: January 2023

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says it’s time for Turkey to ratify Finland and Sweden’s applications to join NATO. The State Department says Secretary of State Antony Blinken affirmed resolute U.S. support for their memberships in Thursday phone calls with the Finnish and Swedish foreign ministers. Blinken told

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The governing board of Puerto Rico’s power company says it has approved a plan to privatize electric generation in the U.S. territory after meeting for nearly two hours behind closed doors. Thursday’s sole dissenting vote came from the board member that represents the public’s

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer PARIS (AP) — NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and French President Emmanuel Macron met this week in Paris to talk about ways they can help one another grow the game in France and beyond. The meeting comes with good timing given that French star Victor Wembanyama is about to enter

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific’s latest attempt to move toward cutting its train crews down to one person remains on hold. That’s because of the longstanding safety concerns of the union that represents conductors. The railroad had wanted to start a pilot project this year in western Nebraska

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The second school in as many days has been hit by mass ingestion of tranquilizer pills that may be linked to a social media “challenge.” Mexico City police said Thursday that eight students at a middle school had been treated by paramedics after swallowing a “controlled medication,” and that three of