Month: July 2023

Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Another journalist has been killed in Mexico, adding to a growing list of reporters who have been murdered amid an intensifying drug war in the country. Nelson Matus was shot to death Saturday afternoon on the fringes of Acapulco in southwestern Mexico, authorities and press freedom organization Article 19

By JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A local officials says the rebel group M23 has killed at least 11 people in North-Kivu province in northeastern Congo. Their bodies were discovered Sunday morning after the rebels withdrew from the area, which they had occupied since Tuesday. A local official confirmed that the deaths

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers convene Monday to draw a new congressional map. The directive comes after the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that affirmed the lower court’s ruling that Alabama’s existing congressional map — with a single Black district —  likely violated the Voting Rights Act.  The group of

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz won the third set of the Wimbledon final 6-1 against Novak Djokovic and leads two sets to one. Djokovic won the first set 6-1 and Alcaraz won the second 7-6 (6). Djokovic is bidding for his record-tying eighth Wimbledon singles championship and fifth in a row. Alcaraz is trying

By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — WHAT HAPPENED? Federal investigators discovered a human remains trade with connections to Harvard Medical School and have arrested people in several states. According to prosecutors, the defendants were part of a nationwide network of people who bought and sold remains stolen from the medical school and

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Actor, singer and style icon Jane Birkin has died in France, a country she charmed with her English grace and accented French and made her home. She was 76. France’s Culture Ministry said Birkin died Sunday. The London-born star was known for her musical and romantic relationship

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Some legal cannabis growers in Washington state who were ordered to halt operations in April over concerns about pesticide contamination are getting back to business. State regulators recently lifted the restrictions against five licensees whose products were determined to have unapproved levels of a chemical related to

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz won the second set of the Wimbledon final 7-6 (6) against Novak Djokovic on Sunday. Djokovic won the first set 6-1. Djokovic is bidding for his record-tying eighth Wimbledon singles championship and fifth in a row. Alcaraz is trying for his first trophy at the All England Club. Djokovic

HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — A 25-year-old Alabama woman returned home late Saturday after being the focus of a two-day search by police and family members who reported her missing after she stopped to check on a child who was walking along a highway. Police said Carlethia “Carlee” Nichole Russell had returned to the home she

ROME (AP) — Italian officials say a wing of a three-story apartment building has collapsed in a seaside suburb of Naples, and three people were pulled out alive from the rubble. Firefighters’ spokesperson Luca Cari said there are no indications of people still missing. The building collapsed in Torre del Greco, a town 12 kilometers

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Tokito Oda became the youngest man to win a Wimbledon singles title in any discipline after defeating Alfie Hewett in the men’s wheelchair final. The 17-year-old Japanese player won 6-4, 6-2 on No. 1 Court to earn his second straight Grand Slam title after also winning the French Open in June.

By SAMAR KASSABALI and ABDULRAHMAN ZEYAD Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Iraq’s prime minister is holding talks with Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus during the first trip of its kind to the war-torn country since the 12-year conflict began. Iraq and Syria have had close relations for years even after many Arab countries

PARIS (AP) — Actress and singer Jane Birkin has died at age 76, according to France’s Culture Ministry and French media.The British-born star was famously known for her musical and romantic relationship with French singer Serge Gainsbourg. Their songs notably included the steamy “Je t’aime moi non plus.” The French Culture Ministry tweeted that Birkin

By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spanish authorities say more favorable weather conditions have helped firefighters slow down the advance of a wildfire on La Palma in Spain’s Canary Islands that has forced the evacuation of more than 4,000 residents. The blaze, which started Saturday, has affected an area of about 4,600 hectares