AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Journalists at a news site that covers the Haitian community in the United States say they’ve been harassed and intimidated with racist messages for covering a fake story about immigrants eating the pets of people in an Ohio town. One editor at the Haitian Times, a 25-year-old online
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Continue ReadingAP Soccer Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Evander scored a pair of goals and the Portland Timbers remained in play for the postseason with a 4-2 victory over the Los Angeles Galaxy on Wednesday night. Jonathan Rodriguez and Felipe Mora also scored for the Timbers (12-10-7), who are currently in eighth place in the Western
Continue ReadingAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Relentless violence is devastating Sudan, and large-scale fighting has escalated in and around El Fasher. That’s the only capital in Sudan’s western Darfur region that’s not held by paramilitary forces. The United Nations acting humanitarian chief Joyce Msuya told the Security Council on Wednesday that famine has already struck
Continue ReadingJulia Hernández (CNN) — Comprar un crucero histórico que encontró en Craigslist en 2008 fue sin duda una decisión que cambió la vida de Chris Willson. Este empresario tecnológico de Utah dedicó unos 15 años a restaurar minuciosamente el buque de 89 metros de eslora, que cuenta con 85 camarotes, una piscina y un teatro,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankans who usually vote along religious and ethnic lines will be keeping another factor in mind when they vote Saturday on a new president. Sri Lanka was in the midst of economic collapse and political chaos when Ranil Wickremesinghe took on the presidency in 2022. Things have
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SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) – A 32-year-old Beaverton man got lost on a solo hike to the summit of South Sister last weekend as fog and bad weather moved in, prompting a challenging 26-hour rescue effort involving both Deschutes and Lane County searchers and two helicopters that could not land due to the worsening weather. Instead,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnamese state media say the second trial for real estate tycoon Truong My Lan — who was sentenced to death for financial fraud in April — started on Thursday. The 67-year-old chairperson of the real estate company Van Thinh Phat was convicted for orchestrating Vietnam’s biggest ever financial fraud
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s government, Western countries and adoption agencies worked in tandem to supply some 200,000 Korean children to parents overseas, despite years of evidence they were being procured through questionable or downright unscrupulous means, an investigation led by The Associated Press has found. Those children grew up and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — As the plane descended into Seoul, Robert Calabretta swaddled himself in a blanket, his knees tucked into his chest like a baby in the womb. A single tear ran down his cheek. The 34-year-old felt like a newborn — he was about to meet his parents for the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KAMITUGA, Congo (AP) — Slumped on the ground over a mound of dirt, Divine Wisoba pulled weeds from her daughter’s grave. The 1-month-old died from mpox in eastern Congo in August, but Wisoba, 21, was too traumatized to attend the funeral. In her first visit to the cemetery, she wept into her shirt
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump, following an apparent assassination attempt on him on Sunday, claimed that overheated rhetoric from Democrats was responsible for him being under threat. It turns out, records show, that threats come with the office that he once held and is trying to win again, and occur far
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — In the quiet corners of Springfield, Ohio — out of sight of the drumbeat of politicians and journalists, troopers and newly installed security cameras — the people who live here are taking a breath, praying and attempting to carry on. Between the morning bomb sweeps of Springfield’s schools and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KAVUMU, Congo (AP) — Health authorities have struggled to contain outbreaks of mpox in Congo, a huge central African country where a myriad of existing problems makes stemming the spread particularly hard. Last month, the World Health Organization declared the outbreaks in Congo and about a dozen other African countries a global health
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the allures of being a Supreme Court justice is that the job has lifetime tenure. Americans have become accustomed to justices who retire only after decades in office or, like Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Antonin Scalia, die while on the bench. But a number of justices over
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DUNBARTON, N.H. (AP) — It’s harvest time in central New Hampshire, and one farm there appears to have been transplanted from a distant continent. Farmers balance large crates laden with vegetables on their heads while chatting in Somali and other languages. As the sun burns away the early morning mist, the farmers pick
Continue ReadingAssociated Press The scientific director for the company that owned the Titan submersible that imploded last year while on its way to the Titanic wreckage testified Thursday that the sub had malfunctioned just prior to the fatal dive. Appearing before a U.S. Coast Guard panel, Steven Ross told the board about a platform issue the
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan and Junko Ogura, CNN Hong Kong/Tokyo (CNN) — Japan’s prime minister has demanded an explanation from Beijing over the fatal stabbing of a schoolboy in the second knife attack on Japanese children in China in recent months. The 10-year-old boy was stabbed by a man on his way to class Wednesday about 200
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BERLIN, Vt. (AP) — This fall, hundreds of the most vulnerable people experiencing homelessness in Vermont must leave state-funded motel rooms where they’ve been living as the state winds down its pandemic-era motel voucher program. The move is prompting outcry from city leaders and advocates who say many don’t have a place to
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By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — The US spends more on health care than any other high-income country, but a new report suggests that “Americans are sicker, die younger and struggle to afford essential health care.” Compared with nine other high-income nations, the United States ranked last overall this year, with a lower life expectancy and higher
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