Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Asia’s controversial richest man, Indian tycoon Gautam Adani, is again in the spotlight. His companies’ stocks plunged up to 20% on Thursday after he was indicted by U.S. prosecutors on charges he duped investors in a massive solar energy project in India by concealing that it was being facilitated
Continue ReadingAP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Just a few weeks ago, the path ahead for the Federal Reserve looked straightforward: With inflation cooling and the job market slowing, the Fed appeared on track to steadily cut interest rates. In September, its officials predicted they would reduce their benchmark rate four times next year, on top
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — A woman told police that she was sexually assaulted in 2017 by Pete Hegseth after he took her phone, blocked the door to a California hotel room and refused to let her leave, according to a detailed investigative report made public late Wednesday. Hegseth, a Fox News personality
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — A major storm pummeled Northern California with rain and snow on Wednesday night and threatened to cause flash flooding and rockslides in the latest wave of damaging weather to wash over the West Coast. The National Weather Service extended a flood watch into Saturday for areas north of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea and Russia reached a new agreement for expanding economic cooperation at talks in Pyongyang this week. North Korean state media reported the agreement was signed Wednesday between its senior trade officials and a Russian delegation led by Alexandr Kozlov, the country’s minister of natural resources and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — A new draft text released early Thursday which will form the basis of any deal reached at United Nations climate talks on money for developing countries to transition to clean energy and adapt to climate change left out a crucial sticking point: how much wealthy nations will pay. Negotiators
Continue ReadingAssociated Press VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) — Southeast Asian defense chiefs are meeting with China, the United States and other partner nations in Laos for security talks, which come as Beijing’s increasingly assertive stance in its claim to most of the South China Sea is leading to more confrontations. The closed-door talks put U.S. Secretary of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A man who was charged with murdering his father’s fiancee when he was just 11 years old is suing four state troopers. Trial in Jordan Brown’s lawsuit against the former Pennsylvania State Police troopers is scheduled to get underway in Pittsburgh early next month. Brown spent seven years in juvenile custody for the
Continue ReadingBOSTON (AP) — A Boston auctioneer is taking bidders out to the ballpark with an auction of a team executive’s Red Sox memorabilia — including four World Series trophies. Items belonging to former Red Sox President and CEO Larry Lucchino will be auctioned starting Saturday with proceeds going to his family foundation, which funds charities
Continue ReadingAssociated Press An Alabama prisoner convicted of the 1994 murder of a female hitchhiker is slated to become the third person executed by nitrogen gas. Carey Dale Grayson is scheduled to be executed at 6 p.m. Thursday at William C. Holman Correctional Facility in south Alabama. Grayson was one of four teenagers convicted of killing
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — The deadly collapse of a concrete roof at a rail station in Serbia has raised tensions across the Balkan county. It has fueled widespread anger toward the government and protests after the failure claimed 15 lives in the northern city of Novi Sad. The station was recently renovated as
Continue ReadingAP Media Writer Two television networks with “NBC” in their names — MSNBC and CNBC — will no longer have any corporate connection to NBC News once a spinoff formally takes effect in about a year. Comcast is cutting loose several of its cable companies into a separate company in order to improve its bottom
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — In the sprawling pavilion section of the United Nations climate talks, where countries, nonprofits and tech companies use big, flashy signs to get the attention of the thousands of people walking through, small aqua and purple beverage cans sit conspicuously on a counter at the Singapore display. Those who
Continue ReadingAssociated Press FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Rice borders on the sacred in Sierra Leone, which has one of the world’s highest consumption rates. But as prices soar, consumers are giving up on other food to buy it. The U.N. says that’s why most of the country’s population is suffering from food insecurity. Experts blame
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A previously unknown musical work written by composer Frederic Chopin appears to have been found in a library in New York City. The Morgan Library & Museum says the untitled and unsigned piece is the first new manuscript of the Romantic era virtuoso to be discovered in nearly a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press GRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) — A volcano on the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwestern Iceland spewed lava from a fissure in its seventh eruption since December. The eruption started with little warning at 11:14 p.m. Wednesday and created a fissure around 3 kilometers (1.8 miles) long but was estimated to be considerably smaller than the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As Donald Trump prepares to return to power, his victory is likely to embolden those who think they can get his ear. That raises the prospect that his second administration could face many of the same perils as his first, which was sidetracked by foreign lobbying scandals. That will test
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A ban on New Zealanders wearing or displaying symbols of gang affiliation in public has taken effect, with police officers arresting a man for breaking the law three minutes later. The prohibition on displaying gang insignia anywhere outside private homes, including on clothing or in vehicles, is among
Continue ReadingAssociated Press VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) — Officials say an Australian teenager has died after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos, and the U.S. State Department has confirmed an American also died in the same party town, bringing the death toll to four. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told Parliament on Thursday that 19-year-old Bianca Jones had
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly lower on Thursday as regional markets tried to digest the strong and highly anticipated profit report from Nvidia. Nvidia again topped analysts’ expectations. But technology shares in Tokyo declined as they had already risen earlier in anticipation. In after-hours trading, Nvidia’s shares lost 2.5%. Japan’s
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