Month: February 2023

By ERIKA KINETZ Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — One Russian soldier tells his mother that the young Ukrainians dead from his first firefight looked just like him. Another explains to his wife that he’s drunk because alcohol makes it easier to kill civilians. A third wants his girlfriend to know that in all the

By CLAIRE RUSH, DREW CALLISTER and JIM SALTER Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Winter storms sowed more chaos across the U.S. on Thursday, shutting down much of Portland with almost a foot of snow and paralyzing travel from parts of the Pacific Coast all the way to the northern Plains. The nearly 11 inches

By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s far-right government has granted approval for over 7,000 new homes in Jewish settlements in the West Bank, settlement backers and opponents said Thursday. The move defies growing international opposition to construction in the occupied territory. The announcement came just days after the U.N. Security Council passed

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal wildlife officials are proposing classifying one of two dwindling California spotted owl populations as endangered. The decision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service comes after a lawsuit by multiple conservation groups required the government to reassess a Trump administration decision not to protect

By COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — Milan designers took a more modest turn on the second day of Milan Fashion Week of mostly womenswear looks for next fall and winter. If the first day of shows bared skin, the second day offered options that allow women to dial up or dial down

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans’ daily newspaper says organizers of a petition drive to recall Mayor LaToya Cantrell  are demanding $15,000 in fees to comply with a court agreement to provide copies of the signed petitions. The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate said an attorney for Nolatoya.org told the news organization Wednesday that it must

By EDITH M. LEDERER and MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly has passed a nonbinding resolution that calls for Russia to end hostilities and withdraw from its neighbor on the eve of the first anniversary of Moscow’s invasion. The resolution, which passed Thursday on a vote of 141-7 with

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks climbed Thursday after a see-saw day on Wall Street to break out of their longest losing streak since December. The S&P 500 rose 0.5% for its first gain in five days. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 108 points, or 0.3%, while the Nasdaq

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The Washington state Supreme Court has handed the thrift store chain Savers Value Village a unanimous win in a long-running legal fight with Attorney General Bob Ferguson. The attorney general’s office began investigating the company’s marketing practices eight years ago. After the company declined to pay millions