Paris mayor decries vandalism of a memorial honoring people who rescued Jews in World War II
PARIS (AP) — A Paris memorial honoring people who distinguished themselves by helping to rescue Jews in France during the country’s Nazi…
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AP Investigation: Training failures can lead police to deadly use of common handcuffing tactic
By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press For decades, police across the United States have been warned that the common tactic of handcuffing someone…
Continue ReadingAP Investigation: In hundreds of deadly police encounters, officers broke multiple safety guidelines
By JOHN SEEWER, REESE DUNKLIN and TAYLOR STEVENS Associated Press In hundreds of deaths where police used force meant to stop someone without killing…
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Three prisoners accused of killing Boston mob boss James ‘Whitey’ Bulger agree to plea deals, prosecutors say
By Holmes Lybrand and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Three inmates charged in the violent killing of notorious Boston mob boss James “Whitey”…
Continue ReadingWaymo is latest company under investigation for autonomous or partially automated technology
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government’s highway safety agency has opened another investigation of automated…
Continue ReadingAustrian court says convicted rapist Josef Fritzl can be moved to prison from psychiatric detention
BERLIN (AP) — An Austrian court has ruled that a man who kept his daughter captive for 24 years, raped her thousands of times and fathered seven…
Continue ReadingProtesters throng streets of Georgia’s capital after parliament passes so-called ‘Russian law’
By SOPHIKO MEGRELIDZE Associated Press TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Huge throngs of protesters blocked streets in the capital of Georgia and milled…
Continue ReadingBiden hikes tariffs on Chinese EVs, solar cells, steel, aluminum — and snipes at Trump
By JOSH BOAK, FATIMA HUSSEIN, PAUL WISEMAN and DIDI TANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says in defending his new tariffs…
Continue ReadingAP exclusive: Maradona heirs say his Golden Ball trophy was stolen. They want to stop its auction
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN and ALEX TURNBULL Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Diego Maradona’s heirs will file a lawsuit to try to stop the auction of…
Continue ReadingMigration tracking group says 76 million people were displaced within their countries in 2023
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — A top migration monitoring group says conflicts and natural disasters left nearly 76 million people…
Continue ReadingCohen gives insider details at trial as Trump’s defense attorney accuses him of seeking vengeance
By MICHAEL R. SISAK, ERIC TUCKER, MICHELLE L. PRICE and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — It wasn’t until after a decade in the…
Continue ReadingJapan’s Sony reports surge in profit on strong sales of movies, games and music
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Sony has reported that its profit surged 34% in the last quarter from a year earlier on strong…
Continue ReadingProtesters in Pakistan-held Kashmir end rallies that killed 4 after authorities revoke price hikes
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Protesters in the Pakistan-controlled part of the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir have called off dayslong…
Continue ReadingScarred by war, Nigeria’s wounded soldiers fought to recover at Prince Harry’s Invictus Games
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — One evening in November 2020, a year into his military service, Peacemaker Azuegbulam’s…
Continue ReadingAnother top Russian Defense Ministry official is arrested on bribery charges amid Kremlin shake-up
By The Associated Press Russian authorities have arrested a second senior Defense Ministry official on bribery charges days after President Vladimir…
Continue ReadingCave-in leaves 2 miners dead, 1 missing and 12 injured at a coal mine in Poland
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Mine authorities in southern Poland say that two miners are dead and one is missing while 12 others were hurt following a…
Continue ReadingWhistleblower who exposed alleged war crimes in Afghanistan jailed for leaking documents
By Hilary Whiteman and Angus Watson, CNN (CNN) — A former Australian Army lawyer who leaked classified documents to journalists exposing…
Continue ReadingRussian president Putin to make a state visit to China this week
BEIJING (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin will make a two-day state visit to China this week, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said Tuesday, in…
Continue ReadingPutin to meet Xi in Beijing as world convulses from global conflicts
By Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping will welcome Vladimir Putin to China on Thursday for the Russian…
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Small, well-built Chinese EV called the Seagull poses a big threat to the US auto industry
By TOM KRISHER and KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press LIVONIA, Mich. (AP) — A tiny, low-priced electric car called the Seagull has American automakers…
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