Month: May 2023

LAKE WALES, Fla. (AP) — Police are looking for a man suspected of killing a 40-year-old woman and her three children ages 21, 17 and 11 in their central Florida home. Lake Wales Police Chief Chris Velasquez said early Wednesday that officers were attempting early Wednesday to take 38-year-old Al Stenson into custody on four

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press A public broadcaster in Rwanda says 109 people have been killed in flooding amid torrential rain in the western and northern provinces of the country. The death toll “continues to rise,” the Rwanda Broadcasting Agency said. Parts of East Africa, including Uganda’s southwest, are seeing heavy rainfall. At least three

By DAVID RISING Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is in Helsinki for talks with the prime ministers of four Nordic countries as part of his effort to secure greater firepower for his country’s armed forces as they figure out how to dislodge Russian troops from occupied areas of Ukraine. The

By JOVANA GEC and DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A teenager opened fire at his school in Serbia’s capital Wednesday, killing eight children and a school guard before being arrested in the school yard, police said. Six more children and a teacher were hospitalized. A father of a student at the school

By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A popular candidate for prime minister of Thailand said Wednesday she’s eager to get back on the campaign trail, just two days after giving birth. Speaking at a news conference at the hospital in Bangkok where she gave birth, Paetongtarn Shinawatra said her new baby boy wouldn’t

MIRAMAR BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Two women have now been accused of throwing drinks at U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz. The most recent was Saturday, when Selena Chambers, 41, of Tallahassee, threw a glass of wine at the Republican congressman during an event in Miramar Beach and shouted obscenities at him, the Walton County Sheriff’s Office

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran seized a Panama-flagged oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, the second-such capture by Tehran in recent days. That’s according to the U.S. Navy. The Mideast-based 5th Fleet identified the vessel as the Niovi. It said Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard seized

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Belarusian court has convicted a dissident journalist who was arrested after being pulled off a commercial flight that was diverted to the country. The court sentenced Raman Pratasevich to eight years in prison on Wednesday. Pratasevich’s dramatic arrest in May 2021 elicited outrage in the West. Some leaders said the

By JOVANA GEC and DUSAN STOJANOVICH Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A teenage boy opened fire at a school in Serbia’s capital Wednesday, killing eight children and a school guard, police said. Six more children and a teacher were injured and hospitalized. Police identified the shooter by his initials, K.K., and said he had

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s security minister says the coronation of King Charles III involves one of the most important security operations in U.K. history. Tom Tugendhat spoke after police arrested a man and blew up a suspicious bag outside Buckingham Palace. The Metropolitan Police said officers arrested a man on

BERLIN (AP) — German authorities have raided a luxury yacht belonging to a wealthy Russian businessman as part of a probe into possible breaches of Western sanctions imposed over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Officials said Wednesday that the German navy and federal and state police took part in the search of the superyacht at an

BERLIN (AP) — A Jesuit priest and a scientist are appearing before a court in Munich charged with coercion in connection with a climate protest last year. The Rev. Joerg Alt and Cornelia Huth, a biologist and member of the group Scientist Rebellion, blocked a road in the south German city on Oct. 28. Numerous

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A teenage boy opened fire early Wednesday in a school in central Belgrade, causing injuries, Serbian police said. Police received a call about the shooting in the Vladislav Ribnikar primary school around 8:40 a.m., they said in a statement. The suspect, a seventh grade student, was arrested, police said. The statement

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer European shares opened higher Wednesday following losses in Asia ahead of a decision on interest rates by the Federal Reserve. U.S. futures rose while oil prices were little changed. Markets in Japan and China were closed Wednesday for holidays. As worries over struggling banks and a slowing economy pile