Month: December 2023

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard said a large cargo ship with an active fire in its hold is being kept 2 miles offshore of an Alaska port as a precaution while efforts are undertaken to extinguish the flames. There were no injuries to the 19 crew members

By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley finally got her wish to see Iowa basketball star Caitlin Clark, catching the fourth-ranked Hawkeyes in between campaign stops Saturday. Haley walked into Carver-Hawkeye Arena alongside her son, Nalin, wearing an Iowa button on her jacket. The former South Carolina

Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Court records show that Indianapolis Colts tight end Drew Ogletree was arrested Friday on domestic violence charges. The 25-year-old Ogletree was charged with domestic battery committed in the physical presence of a child less than 16 years old and domestic battery resulting in moderate bodily injury. Both are felonies. The

China will soon ease visa restrictions for people visiting from the United States. Starting Jan. 1, American tourists can visit the country without submitting round-trip air tickets, proof of hotel reservations, itineraries or invitations to China. The move is the latest effort by China to attract foreign travelers since reopening its borders earlier this year.

BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore police say officers shot a man in the leg Saturday morning after he charged at them with a machete-like weapon and another knife. Police Commissioner Richard Worley said hours later that the man was listed in stable condition at a local hospital. Worley says officers were conducting routine patrols in a

JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli woman who recently returned from captivity in the Gaza Strip says she was groped by her Palestinian kidnapper and lived in constant fear throughout the weeks she was held hostage. Mia Schem, a 21-year-old dual citizen of Israel and France, was attending a music festival in southern Israel when Hamas

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A powerful earthquake has shaken Indonesia’s easternmost region of Papua, but there were no immediate reports of serious damage or casualties. The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude 6.5 quake early Sunday was centered 162 kilometers (101 miles) northeast of Abepura, a subdistrict in Jayapura, the capital of Papua province. It

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Tom Wilkinson, the Oscar-nominated British actor known for his roles in “The Full Monty,” “Michael Clayton” and “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,” has died, his family said. He was 75. A statement shared by his agent on behalf of the family said Wilkinson died suddenly at home

By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press CHRISTIANSTED, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels show no signs of ending their “reckless” attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea, the top commander of U.S. naval forces in the Middle East says, even as more nations join the international maritime mission to protect vessels in the