Month: January 2023

By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A top aide to Ukraine’s president says Kyiv and its Western allies are engaged in “fast-track” talks on the possibility of equipping the invaded country with long-range missiles and military aircraft. Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said Ukraine’s supporters in the West

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Three people were killed and four others wounded in a shooting at a short-term rental home in an upscale Los Angeles neighborhood early Saturday morning, police said. The shooting occurred about 2:30 a.m. in the Beverly Crest neighborhood. This is at least the sixth mass shooting in California this month. Sgt.

PRAGUE (AP) — Retired army General Petr Pavel has defeated populist billionaire Andrej Babis in a runoff vote to become the new Czech president. The 61-year-old will succeed controversy-courting Milos Zeman in the largely ceremonial but prestigious post. With the ballots from 97% of almost 15,000 polling stations counted by the Czech Statistics Office, Pavel

By MARC LEVY and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Republican lawmakers who have spread election conspiracy theories and falsely claimed that the 2020 presidential outcome was rigged are overseeing legislative committees charged with setting election policy in two major political battleground states. Divided government in Pennsylvania and Arizona means that any

PRAGUE (AP) — Early results in the Czech presidential election show retired army General Petr Pavel in the lead. Pavel has 54.7% of the vote with ballots from more than 45% of polling stations counted. The Czech Statistics Office says that populist billionaire Andrej Babis is behind with 45.3%. Czech voters are picking a successor

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A physicians’ group based in the Midwest lacks legal standing to challenge a 25-year-old Mississippi Supreme Court ruling recognizing a right to abortion under the state constitution, lawyers for six women who support abortion rights argued in court papers filed Friday. “This case was brought

By CHEVEL JOHNSON RODRIGUE Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — For 17 seasons the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra has been under the musical direction of Carlos Miguel Prieto. That changes this summer when the LPO begins to take its cues from conductor Matthew Kraemer. The orchestra’s Board of Trustees recently announced that Kramer will take over

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press KRAKOW, Poland (AP) — The husband of U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris says he was deeply moved by a “solemn and sad” visit to the former site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. Doug Emhoff described Friday’s visit as important to his work for the Biden administration combating antisemitism. Some 1.1