Month: April 2024

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal fishery managers have voted to cancel all commercial and recreational salmon fishing off the coast of California for the second year in a row, and only the fourth time in state history, because of dwindling stocks. The unanimous vote Wednesday by the Pacific Fishery Management Council is a blow to

By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China has accused the European Union of protectionism and “reckless distortion” of the definition of subsidies in response to a new EU investigation into Chinese wind turbine makers. The Commerce Ministry said China had made “solemn representations” on the issue in a meeting in Brussels on Wednesday

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s prime minister and senior presidential officials offered to resign en masse Thursday after their ruling party suffered a crushing defeat in parliamentary elections in a huge blow to conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol. The results of Wednesday’s elections mean the liberal opposition forces

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Officials have confirmed the identities of an Australian bomber and the remains of two air crew members more than 80 years after they crashed in flames off the coast of Papua New Guinea. The Royal Australian Air Force said in a statement on Wednesday that Beaufort

BY JIM GOMEZ Associated Press CAVITE, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine navy training helicopter has crashed near a seaside city, killing the two pilots on board and narrowly missing a fruit market and neighborhood, where some horrified residents ran for their lives. Nobody on the ground was injured when the Robinson R22 helicopter crashed on

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has met with a leader of Brazil’s Yanomami people. The shaman, Davi Kopenawa, says he asked for papal backing for President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s efforts to reverse decades of exploitation of the Amazon and better protect its indigenous peoples. The Yanomami leader

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — With the dust settled from a big 2023, winning best picture and topping the box office, Universal Pictures is looking to the future. The studio’s upcoming releases include the big screen adaptation of “Wicked,” “Twisters” and the newly announced sequel to “Five Nights at Freddy’s.”

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A former high-ranking Democratic legislator in New Mexico has pleaded not guilty to numerous federal charges stemming from a corruption investigation. Sheryl Williams Stapleton entered her plea Tuesday during an initial court appearance in Albuquerque. She is accused of diverting millions of dollars meant for vocational education in the state’s largest

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Studies have found that so-called forever chemicals have been detected in water sources across New Mexico. The U.S. Geological Survey on Wednesday detailed the findings of the studies, which were done in cooperation with the state’s Environment Department. The research shows that all major rivers in the state had a presence

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Republican-controlled Mississippi House has voted in favor of a bill that would restrict where transgender people can use bathrooms or locker rooms in public buildings, including university dormitories. It says public buildings must have restrooms or changing areas that are designated for men only

NEW YORK (AP) — Fiction writer Aaliyah Bilal, a National Book Award finalist last fall for her story collection “Temple Folk,” is among 10 winners of the Whiting Award for emerging authors. Bilal and the other recipients, who include fellow fiction writers Yoon Choi, Gothataone Moeng and Ada Zhang, will each be given $50,000. On

By BRITTANY PETERSON and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Workers hurriedly tried to shore up a rural Utah dam after a 60-foot (18-meter) crack sent water pouring into a creek and endangering the 1,800 residents of a downstream town. State and local leaders don’t think the Panguitch Lake Dam is in