Month: August 2023

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda’s president has slammed the World Bank, calling the global lender “insufferable” for holding up new loans after the East African country enacted an anti-gay bill that includes the death penalty in some cases. A statement on Thursday by President Yoweri Museveni said he was struggling to

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City has directed its employees to delete TikTok from their city-issued phones. The city joins the federal government and more than half of U.S. states in banning the use of the Chinese-owned social media app on government-owned devices. A spokesperson for Mayor Eric Adams says the city’s top information

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemalans will select a new president Sunday between former first lady Sandra Torres in her third bid for the presidency and Bernardo Arévalo, son of ex-President Juan José Arévalo. They have staked out ideologically divergent positions leaving Guatemalans with a clear choice between a continuation of

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma City police say a 28-year-old man fatally shot his three children and his estranged wife before taking his own life. Police Sgt. Gary Knight said Thursday that officers responded to a reported domestic disturbance at the family’s home Wednesday night. Knight says Ruben Armendariz shot and killed 29-year-old Cassandra Flores;

By ALEX VEIGA and MATT OTT AP Business Writers The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate climbed this week to its highest level in more than 20 years, grim news for would-be homebuyers already challenged by a housing market that remains competitive due to a dearth of homes for sale. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s top police officer says the former and current heads of the country’s spy agency and five other police and intelligence officers have been accused of abuse of power and criminal conspiracy in a scandal ahead of an upcoming early election. Stefan Hamran says the seven conspired to obstruct investigations in

By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuadorians will choose a new president Sunday, less than two weeks after the South American country was shaken by the assassination of one of the candidates. The winner of the vote faces a universal demand for safety, but the incoming administration will find it hard

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to welcome the leaders of Japan and South Korea for the first summit of his presidency at the Camp David presidential retreat. Biden’s meeting on Friday with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida comes as the

By LESLIE AMBRIZ Asssociated Press WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif.. (AP) — Director Ángel Manuel Soto didn’t think too much about the “Latino side of things” when visually crafting DC’s “Blue Beetle” alongside Mexican screenwriter Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer. The film — starring “Cobra Kai’s” Xolo Maridueña as Jaime Reyes, aka Blue Beetle and DC’s first Latino superhero —

By CORA LEWIS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Social media is full of scammers promising guaranteed returns on investment, and consumers lost $3.8 billion to them last year just in the U.S., according to the Federal Trade Commission. That’s twice as much as in 2021. Such scams are also a problem globally. Those who

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A new study on inclusion in film shows just how much of a rarity “Barbie” is. For every woman as a speaking character in the most popular films of 2022, there were more than two men, according to report by University of Southern California’s Annenberg

By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A pro-military party affiliated with outgoing Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha says it has agreed to join a coalition led by the populist Pheu Thai party in an attempt to form Thailand’s next government after a three-month stalemate. The United Thai Nation party says it agreed to join

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The task force created nearly eight years ago to chart Russia’s path back into track and field after its doping scandal holds its final meeting this week before being disbanded. That hardly means the country is in good standing. Questions remain over how to make

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer Twila Kilgore will serve as interim coach of the U.S. women’s national team following the resignation of coach Vlatko Andonovski. U.S. Soccer formally announced Andonovski’s resignation on Thursday. Kilgore, the first American-born woman to earn U.S. Soccer’s top-level Pro License, was an assistant under Andonovski for 1 1/2

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (AP) — Citing errors by police, a Mississippi judge declared a mistrial Thursday in the case of two white men accused of chasing and shooting at a Black FedEx driver who was making a delivery. Brandon Case and his father, Gregory Case, are charged with attempted first-degree

By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Dramatic video footage of a shooting ambush last month in Fargo that left one police officer dead and two others and a bystander wounded was shown Thursday, highlighting the surprise nature of the attack while the police responded to a routine traffic crash. North Dakota Attorney

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is traveling to Pennsylvania Thursday to privately pay his respects to the mother of U.S. Sen. Bob Casey. Biden was arriving before visiting hours Thursday for Ellen Casey, a former Pennsylvania first lady, at St. Peter’s Cathedral in Scranton. Casey, the widow of Pennsylvania

By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Damar Hamlin has little more to prove to Bills coach Sean McDermott in the third-year safety’s bid to resume his football career after a near-death experience during a game at Cincinnati in January. McDermott says the third-year player has “checked all the boxes” in

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s prime minister says that he plans to meet with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the “earliest opportunity,’’ after a U.K. newspaper reported that officials from both countries hoped to schedule a meeting between the two leaders before the end of the year in London. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s office