Month: June 2023

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis awoke Thursday after a good first night in the hospital following a three-hour operation to remove intestinal scar tissue and repair a hernia in his abdominal wall, problems that developed following previous surgeries. “The night went well,” Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said in a statement early Thursday, adding further updates

By LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press HARISH, Israel (AP) — The sound of children and music echoed down a narrow basement hallway in Israel as they scrambled in a pool of balls, climbed on a jungle gym, munched popcorn and laughed. The atmosphere changed suddenly on that Saturday last month, as at least a dozen religious

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares fell Thursday after heavy selling of big-name tech stocks pushed benchmarks lower on Wall Street. Stocks fell in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Seoul and Sydney but rose in Shanghai. U.S. futures were lower. Oil prices retreated. The declines came despite a sharp upward revision in

By RICK RYCROFT and ROD McGUIRK Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — An Australian man who admitted killing a gay American by punching him off a cliff top in Sydney in 1988 has been sentenced to nine years in prison. Scott Phillip White had pleaded guilty in the New South Wales state Supreme Court to Los

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli army says it has demolished the West Bank home of a Palestinian suspected of involvement in twin bombings in Jerusalem that killed two and wounded at least 18 others in November. The military released videos Thursday showing a controlled explosion that destroyed an apartment in the city of Ramallah. Israeli

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tupac Shakur received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Wednesday, just several days before the hip-hop legend’s birthday. The late rapper’s sister, Sekyiwa “Set” Shakur, accepted the star on behalf of their family. During her speech, she shed tears while describing

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The UN children’s agency says about 300 children have been rescued from an orphanage in Sudan’s capital after being trapped there while fighting raged outside. UNICEF’s announcement Thursday came after 71 children died from hunger and illness at the Al-Mayqoma orphanage since April. The agency says around

By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report For America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — At Cleveland’s Urban Kutz Barbershop, customers can flip through magazines as they wait, or help themselves to drug screening tests left out in a box on a table with a somber message: “Your drugs could contain fentanyl. Please take free test strips.” Owner Waverly

By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The Democratic-controlled Connecticut General Assembly has wrapped up what’s been one of the most bipartisan legislative sessions in recent memory. It’s a marked contrast from the partisan rancor seen in other legislatures this year. Democratic and Republican lawmakers are crediting old fashioned relationship-building, a willingness for

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has invited thousands of LGBTQ+ individuals to celebrate Pride Month in a high-profile show of support at a time when the community feels under attack like never before and the White House has little recourse to beat back a flood state-level legislation against them.

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is welcoming Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for wide-ranging talks on Thursday as the British leader makes his first White House visit as premier. The leaders’ Oval Office talks are expected to cover the war in Ukraine, China, economic security, international cooperation on regulating the

LIMA, Peru (AP) — The main suspect in the 2005 disappearance of U.S. student Natalee Holloway is expected to be handed over to U.S. officials in Peru and flown to the United States on Thursday, roughly a month after both countries agreed on his extradition. Joran van der Sloot is wanted in the U.S. on

By NOMAAN MERCHANT and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As it pushes to renew a cornerstone law that authorizes major surveillance programs, the Biden administration faces an American public that’s broadly skeptical of common intelligence practices and of the need to sacrifice civil liberties for security. Congress in the coming months will debate