Month: June 2023

By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer Suspected state-backed Chinese hackers used a security hole in a popular email security appliance to break into the networks of hundreds of public and private sector organizations globally, nearly a third of them government agencies including foreign ministries, the cybersecurity firm Mandiant said Thursday. “This is the broadest cyber

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Uncertainty off the course. Uncertainty on it. The U.S. Open is fixing to tee off into uncharted territory, with the golf world perplexed by the recent shakeup-makeup between Saudi golf interests and the PGA Tour and 156 of the sport’s best players taking on a

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The head of the United Nations attacked fossil fuel companies Thursday, accusing them of betraying future generations and undermining efforts to phase out a product he called “incompatible with human survival.” Secretary-General António Guterres also dismissed suggestions by some oil executives — including the man tapped to

By MARGARET STAFFORD and JOHN HANNA Associated Press CASSVILLE, Mo. (AP) — John Forsyth was known as a hard-working doctor who cared deeply for his patients and often teased nurses in the emergency room to ease tension. He was a father of eight and newly engaged. He also co-founded a cryptocurrency business with his brother.

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Robert Caro’s fifth volume on Lyndon Johnson, one of the book world’s most long-awaited publications, is unlikely to be delayed by the death of his longtime editor, publishing luminary Robert Gottlieb. “Mr. Caro is continuing his work on Volume 5 with limited interruption,” Caro spokesperson

By AJIT SOLANKI, SIBI ARASU and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press MANDVI, India (AP) — Cyclone Biparjoy has made landfall and officials say a vast swath of western India and neighboring southern Pakistan are likely to face flash flooding, heavy rain and high winds. The cyclone was bearing down on the two countries on Thursday from

By RAF CASERT and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — International donors have committed $10.3 billion in aid for millions of Syrians battered by war, poverty, and hunger. However, the pledges from 57 nations and 30 international organizations at an annual European Union-hosted conference in Brussels for Syria fall about $800 million short of

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Moments after Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to federal charges that he hoarded classified documents and then conspired to obstruct an investigation about it, the Republicans in Congress had his back. Trump’s mounting legal jeopardy has quickly become a political rallying cry as they rush to

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press With roughly a year and a half until the 2024 presidential election, the field of candidates is largely set. Former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis have dominated the early Republican race. But other GOP candidates including former Vice President Mike Pence, former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley