Month: July 2023

LONDON (AP) — Official figures in the U.K. show that wages are still rising at record highs, as inflation remains stubbornly high. The Office for National Statistics said Tuesday that wages, excluding bonus payments, rose by 7.3% in the three months to May, unchanged over the previous three-month period and matching the highest rate since

BANGKOK (AP) — Thai authorities say at least two people have been killed after an elevated road being built in Bangkok collapsed. Another 11 people were injured in the accident on Monday, according to the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration. Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipan said in a news conference on Tuesday that one person was killed at

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press A New Zealand prosecutor says tourists received no health and safety warnings before they landed on the country’s most active volcano ahead of a 2019 eruption that killed 22 people. There were 47 people on White Island when superheated gases erupted, and most of the 25 who survived had severe

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A helicopter carrying foreign tourists is missing in the Mount Everest area of Nepal and contact has been lost with the aircraft. The helicopter was returning to the capital Kathmandu on Tuesday morning after bringing the five tourists on a sightseeing trip to the world’s highest peak. A search effort was

By TERRY TANG Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Even desert residents accustomed to scorching summers are feeling the grip of an extreme heat wave smacking the Southwest this week. Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and Southern California are getting hit with 100-degree-plus temps and excessive heat warnings. To add insult to injury, the region has been

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — In a grim report, the U.N. is warning that at the current rate of global progress 575 million people will still be living in extreme poverty and 84 million children won’t be going to school in 2030 – and it will take 286 years to

By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A jury was seated Monday afternoon in the trial of a Las Vegas police officer accused of stealing nearly $165,000 in a trio of casino heists. Opening statements on Tuesday morning will kick off the second day of a trial that’s expected to last through the

By TRISHA AHMED and CHARLIE NEIBERGALL Associated Press GENOA, Neb. (AP) — Amid a renewed push for answers, archeologists planned to resume digging Tuesday at the remote site of a former Native American boarding school in central Nebraska, searching for the remains of children who died there decades ago. The search for a hidden cemetery

BANGKOK (AP) — Thai authorities say at least one person has been killed after an elevated road being built in Bangkok collapsed, and two others are listed as missing, with rescue crews unable to access the site for fear of a further collapse. The department of disaster prevention and mitigation said another 12 people were

By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s Legislature convenes Tuesday in a special session focused exclusively on abortion restrictions, where Republican lawmakers will work to push through a new ban on abortion after roughly six weeks of pregnancy. The day will be a marathon of committee hearings and floor debates in

By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press Few Republicans have high confidence that votes will be tallied accurately in next year’s presidential contest, suggesting years of sustained attacks against elections by former President Donald Trump and his allies have taken a toll. A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon Prime Day is here. And, once again, experts are warning consumers of scams. Scams targeting online shoppers — often by impersonating companies like Amazon and other major retailers — are nothing new. But phishing attempts increase amid busy spending seen during significant sales events

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Of course a Junior had to do something special in Seattle. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. won the All-Star Home Run Derby on Monday night, matching Vladimir Sr.’s 2007 title to become the first father-son duo to accomplish the feat. As far as who might win a head-to-head

By HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Celebrities, lawmakers, brands and everyday social media users are flocking to Meta’s freshly minted app Threads to connect with their followers, including many Twitter refugees tired of the drama surrounding Elon Musk’s raucous oversight of that platform since acquiring it last year. Instagram head Adam Mosseri

By MARK PRATT Associated Press The suspect in the 1982 Tylenol poisonings that killed seven people in the Chicago area, triggered a nationwide panic, and led to an overhaul in the safety of over-the-counter medication packaging, has died, police said on Monday. Officers, firefighters and EMTs responding to a report of an unresponsive person at

THOMPSON FALLS, Mont. (AP) — Authorities in western Montana have captured a Michigan slaying suspect who escaped custody by removing his handcuffs and shackles at a gas station while being transported to face charges. The Sanders County Sheriff’s Office said on Facebook that Chadwick Shane Mobley was arrested at about 6:10 p.m. Monday in the

By CHRIS MEGERIAN, SEUNG MIN KIM and KARL RITTER Associated Press VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — NATO’s summit will begin Tuesday with fresh momentum after Turkey withdrew its objections to Sweden joining the alliance, a step toward the unity that Western leaders have been eager to demonstrate in the face of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The