Month: November 2022

By JOHN LEICESTER and JAMES LAPORTA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Poland said early Wednesday that a Russian-made missile fell in the eastern part of the country, killing two people in a blast that Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskyy decried as “a very significant escalation” of the war. Serious questions about the explosion remain, including

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rape allegations against actor Danny Masterson were so riddled with contradictions and inconsistencies that prosecutors in their case implicated the Church of Scientology to help patch holes in its case, a defense lawyer said Tuesday in closing arguments. “When there are contradictions and inconsistencies — blame

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Thousands of text messages sent from Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler’s city-issued iPhone went missing from the public record. Oregon Public Broadcasting reports that Wheeler’s phone often used a text message setting that makes it impossible for archiving software to capture the messages. The outlet reports that Wheeler was frequently reminded to

By FOSTER KLUG and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press NUSA DUA, Indonesia (AP) — With all the big issues dominating this week’s meeting of leaders of the world’s biggest economies — war, famine, poverty, to name just a few — there’s been little public discussion of North Korea and its pursuit of nuclear-armed missiles. That’s been

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Melbourne United starting center Isaac Humphries has announced that he is gay and says he hopes his decision to go public will give confidence to other professional athletes to do the same. Humphries became the first openly gay player in Australia’s National Basketball League when he made his announcement to teammates.

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The new U.N. special envoy for Libya is warning that further delaying elections could lead the troubled north African nation to even greater instability and put it “at risk of partition.” Abdoulaye Bathily told the U.N. Security Council Tuesday that an October 2020 cease-fire continues

By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois voters have approved an amendment to their state constitution that guarantees the right to bargain collectively. The fate of the ballot measure was closely watched in Illinois and beyond. Unions groups said its approval could signal a new chapter in the struggle over workers’