Month: August 2022

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Indiana State University says three students have died in a single-vehicle accident. According to a release from the university’s athletics department, five people were in the vehicle when it crashed, including several football players. Police were working to identify the three who died. Vigo County Sheriff John Plasse said the

By SAM MCNEIL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A leading Palestinian rights campaigner says that Israel has tried to summon him for questioning as it presses ahead with a crackdown on Palestinian rights groups. The crackdown comes despite tough European and American pushback against Israel’s claims that the targeted groups are linked with militants. Sunday’s

By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somali authorities have ended a deadly attack by Islamic extremists in which 21 people were killed and 117 more were wounded when gunmen stormed a hotel in the capital. It took Somali forces more than 30 hours to contain the fighters who had stormed Mogadishu’s Hayat

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates says it’s planning to reinstate its ambassador to Iran for the first time in six years, as the Gulf Arab federation accelerates efforts to improve ties with the country it has long viewed as a regional threat. The Emirati Foreign Ministry made the announcement on

By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — As wildfires rage across California each year, exhausted firefighters call for reinforcements from wherever they can get them — even as far as Australia. Yet one homegrown resource is rarely used: thousands of experienced firefighters who earned their chops in prison. Two state programs designed to

By EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Singapore’s leader says the city-state will decriminalize sex between men by repealing a colonial-era law while protecting the city-state’s definition of marriage. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said he believed it is the “right thing to do now” as most Singaporeans will now accept the

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Montgomery is marking the 66th anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott with a series of celebrations and events next week. Rosa Parks, an African-American woman, was arrested Dec. 1, 1955 after refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Montgomery. Her action helped ignite

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer “Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero” topped the charts in its first weekend in theaters, with $20.1 million in ticket sales according to studio estimates on Sunday. Universal’s Idris Elba-led action flick “Beast,” meanwhile, settled for a second-place debut with $11.6 million.  Crunchyroll released “Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero” on

CHERRY HILL, N.J. (AP) — A horror movie convention promoter says it is assisting authorities following charges against actor Gary Busey involving alleged sexual offenses at an event in New Jersey earlier this month. Busey, 78, was charged Friday with two counts of fourth-degree criminal sexual contact, one count of attempted criminal sexual contact and

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A federal appeals court on Sunday agreed to temporarily put on hold a lower court’s order requiring that U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham testify before a special grand jury that’s investigating possible illegal efforts to overturn then-President Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss in Georgia. A subpoena had instructed