Month: May 2023

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say police have arrested 10 people for smuggling drugs from South America to Europe. The arrests made in coordination with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency took place on Tuesday in northern Greece’s port city of Thessaloniki. Police seized 105 kilograms (230 pounds) of cocaine that they allege was unloaded

ISTANBUL (AP) — The trial has begun of 36 people accused of a deadly bombing in central Istanbul last November, in which six people were killed and 99 injured, Turkey’s state-run news agency reported. Fifteen of the defendants were in court in Istanbul Tuesday, including the alleged bomber, Ahlam Albashir. If convicted, she faces up

WASHINGTON (AP) — Women should start getting every-other-year mammograms at age 40 instead of waiting until 50, according to a draft recommendation from a federal task force. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has long said women can choose to start breast cancer screening as young as 40, with a stronger recommendation that they get

By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The late pop superstar Prince will be honored with a renamed stretch of highway that runs past his Paisley Park museum and recording studios. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was preparing to sign a bill Tuesday to make the change. Purple signs will soon

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus says the island nation’s economy is expected to grow by 2.6% this year, a full three points lower than in 2022. Constantinos Herodotou said at an economic forum on Tuesday that the forecast still compares well with the average growth of 1% expected

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A jury in New York City began deliberating Tuesday in the lawsuit brought by columnist E. Jean Carroll, who alleges that Donald Trump raped her in a luxury Manhattan department store in 1996. U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan read instructions on the law to the

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department says it has disrupted a long-running Russian cyberespionage campaign that stole sensitive information from computer networks in dozens of countries, including the U.S. and other NATO members. Prosecutors linked the spying operation to a unit of Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB, and accused

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Last week, Britain crowned a king. This week, it will help bestow Europe’s pop crown. The Eurovision Song Contest is returning to the U.K. this week for the first time in 25 years, but the heart of the glitzy music competition will be in Ukraine. Britain is

By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks has announced she will run for the U.S. Senate seat that is opening with the retirement of Sen. Ben Cardin. Alsobrooks, a Black Democrat, joins a growing field of candidates since the longtime senator from Maryland announced he would not

MT. VERNON, Ill. (AP) — Police say a state trooper was shot and wounded early Tuesday in southern Illinois during an exchange of gunfire that left the suspect dead. Illinois State Police say preliminary findings indicate troopers were responding to assist a motorist about 3 a.m. on Interstate 64 in Jefferson County when an altercation