Cheers! A bottle of Scotch whisky sells for a record $2.7 million at auction
LONDON (AP) — A bottle of Scotch whisky billed as “the most sought-after” in the world has sold for almost 2.2 million pounds ($2.7 million).…
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Maldives new president makes an official request to India to withdraw military personnel
By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu has officially requested India to withdraw its…
Continue ReadingNew Orleans civil rights activist’s family home listed on National Register of Historic Places
By CHEVEL JOHNSON RODRIGUE Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans home where civil rights activist Oretha Castle Haley grew up and…
Continue ReadingA Chinese man is extradited from Morocco to face embezzlement charges in Shanghai
BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese man wanted for allegedly embezzling millions of yuan (hundreds of thousands of dollars) from his company and then fleeing…
Continue ReadingFears of political violence are growing as the 2024 campaign heats up and conspiracy theories evolve
By ALI SWENSON and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press The man who bludgeoned former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband with a hammer last…
Continue ReadingEstonia’s Kallas is reelected to lead party despite a scandal over husband’s Russia business ties
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Estonia’s ruling Reform Party has reelected Prime Minister Kaja Kallas as its chairperson and confirmed her staying on as…
Continue ReadingAuthorities say they have identified the suspect in the shooting of a hospital security guard
By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Authorities say the gunman who was killed after shooting to death a security guard at a…
Continue ReadingArgentine presidential candidate Milei goes to the opera — and meets both jeers and cheers
By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Both jeers and cheers for Argentina’s right-wing presidential candidate…
Continue ReadingA volcano may keep residents out of an evacuated Iceland town for months
REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — People in southwest Iceland remained on edge Saturday, waiting to see whether a volcano rumbling under the Reykjanes…
Continue Reading‘Please regulate AI:’ Artists push for U.S. copyright reforms but tech industry says not so fast
By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Country singers, romance novelists, video game artists and voice actors are appealing to the U.S.…
Continue ReadingClimate change is hurting coral worldwide. But these reefs off the Texas coast are thriving
By JAMIE STENGLE, LM OTERO and KENDRIA LaFLEUR Associated Press OFF THE COAST OF GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — Divers descending into azure waters far…
Continue ReadingNew hardiness zone map will help US gardeners keep pace with climate change
By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has updated its “plant hardiness zone map” for the…
Continue ReadingUkraine’s troops work to advance on Russian-held side of key river after gaining footholds
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s military says its troops are working to push back Russian forces positioned on the east bank of the Dnieper…
Continue ReadingTaylor Swift postpones Rio de Janeiro show, citing record heat a day after fan dies during concert
By DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Taylor Swift postponed an Eras Tour concert in Rio de Janeiro Saturday after a 23-year-old…
Continue ReadingTempers flare and bills languish as Speaker Johnson confronts the same problems that vexed McCarthy
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — By most accounts, Speaker Mike Johnson inherited a House Republican majority in…
Continue ReadingResidents battling a new train line in northern Mexico face a wall of government secrecy
By DANIEL SHAILER Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Residents in the northern Mexican state of Sonora are battling a new train line that…
Continue ReadingUK Treasury chief signals tax cuts and a squeeze on welfare benefits are on the way
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — U.K. Treasury chief Jeremy Hunt says the government can afford to lower some taxes now that…
Continue ReadingFirst group of wounded Palestinian children from Israel-Hamas war arrives in United Arab Emirates
By MALAK HARB Associated Press ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The first planeload of Palestinian children wounded in the Israel-Hamas war…
Continue ReadingSpaceX launched its giant new rocket but explosions end the second test flight
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer SpaceX launched its mega rocket Starship but lost both the booster and the spacecraft in a pair of explosions…
Continue ReadingIsraeli drone fires missiles at aluminum plant in south Lebanon
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency says an Israeli drone has fired two missiles at an aluminum plant outside the market town…
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