In new book, Murakami explores walled city and shadows
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Haruki Murakami wrote a story of a walled city when he was fresh off his debut. More than four…
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US intelligence leak complicates summit with South Korea
By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Leaked U.S. intelligence documents suggesting Washington spied on…
Continue ReadingUS, Ukraine say many war secrets safe from intel leaks
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and HANNA ARHIROVA WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukraine’s leaders say they don’t see a major U.S. intelligence leak as gravely…
Continue ReadingLook who’s back: Donald Trump’s big return to Fox News
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — For several months, Fox News treated Donald Trump like yesterday’s news. But now the former…
Continue ReadingScientist: Progress in identifying Tulsa massacre victims
By KEN MILLER Associated Press A forensic anthropologist believes investigators are a step closer to identifying victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race…
Continue ReadingNew streaming app to ‘Max’ programming from HBO, Discovery
By MCIHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer Warner Bros. Discovery has unveiled a streaming service combining iconic HBO programming such as “The…
Continue ReadingUS will not prosecute suspect in US tourist death in Mexico
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — U.S. officials in North Carolina will not federally prosecute the person suspected of killing a Charlotte-area woman…
Continue ReadingLawsuit: Guards beat, taunt inmate with, ‘You can’t breathe’
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — An advocacy group for prisoners’ rights has filed a civil rights lawsuit against corrections…
Continue ReadingBank turmoil led Fed officials to forecast fewer rate hikes
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Turmoil in the banking system after two major banks collapsed led many Federal Reserve…
Continue ReadingAn Escobar hippo killed in highway collision in Colombia
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Environmental authorities in Colombia say a hippopotamus descended from animals illegally brought to Colombia by the late…
Continue ReadingKey suspect in EU corruption scandal to move to house arrest
BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian authorities have decided to move the key suspect at the heart of the corruption scandal rocking the European Union’s…
Continue ReadingWeinstein returns to NY prison system after LA conviction
By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has returned to the New York prison system after…
Continue ReadingYour tax refund could be smaller than last year. Here’s why
By CORA LEWIS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Expecting a tax refund? It could be smaller than last year. And with inflation still high, that…
Continue ReadingCorrection: Opera-Supersizing Champion story
NEW YORK (AP) — In a story published April 6, 2023, about Terence Blanchard’s opera “Champion,” The Associated Press erroneously reported the…
Continue ReadingSpace race! Meteorites hit Maine, museum offers $25K reward
By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Somewhere in a remote stretch of forest near Maine’s border with Canada, rocks from…
Continue ReadingJudge: No separate defamation trials for Fox News, Fox Corp.
By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The judge presiding over a voting machine company’s defamation lawsuit against Fox…
Continue ReadingJuul Labs agrees to pay $462 million settlement to 6 states
By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Embattled electronic cigarette-maker Juul Labs Inc. will pay $462 million to six states and the…
Continue ReadingSyria’s rapprochement advances with Tunisia, Saudi Arabia
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian state media say that Damascus will reopen its embassy in Tunisia after the North African country announced the appointment of…
Continue ReadingMetallica returns with ’72 Seasons’; band not slowing down
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Zoom has been credited for keeping students and teachers connected, the judicial system…
Continue ReadingChip component plant to get $300M expansion in Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The electronics subsidiary of German company Merck KGaA says it will spend $300 million to expand its specialty gas…
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