BEIJING (AP) — An earthquake in eastern China before dawn has knocked down houses and injured at least 21 people, state media report, but no deaths have been reported. The China Earthquake Networks Center says the magnitude 5.5 quake struck near the city of Dezhou, about 300 kilometers south of Beijing, the Chinese capital, at
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Doctors from Nigerian public hospitals who have been on strike since last week say they will embark on a nationwide protest, accusing the country’s president of ignoring their demands for better work conditions. The protest is scheduled to take place on Wednesday and it became necessary
Continue ReadingBy THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press VINTON, Iowa (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is increasingly urging Republicans to avoid the temptation to refight the 2020 election next year, even as former President Donald Trump remains the dominant favorite for the 2024 GOP nomination on a message of vindicating his defeat. Though DeSantis recently cast doubt
Continue ReadingBEIRUT (AP) — Bahrain has called on its citizens to leave Lebanon “for their own safety” hours after Saudi Arabia did the same without giving a reason. The decision by the two Gulf nations came after days of fighting in the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon between members of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell received a rousing welcome from the party faithful Saturday at a high-profile home-state political gathering amid renewed scrutiny of his health after the 81-year-old lawmaker froze up midsentence during a recent Capitol Hill news conference. “This is my 28th Fancy
Continue ReadingST. LOUIS (AP) — Some of the people who were arrested during a 2017 protest over the acquittal of a white police officer in the shooting death of Anthony Lamar Smith have started receiving their share of a $4.9 million settlement. The first checks were distributed Friday to some of the 84 people covered by
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Police have arrested a 17-year-old high school student on a hate-motivated murder charge in the fatal stabbing of a professional dancer during an altercation between two groups of friends at a New York City gas station last weekend. Police took the teenager into custody Friday in connection with the killing of
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — A judge has asked federal land managers to explain why they should be allowed to continue capturing more than 2,500 wild horses in northeastern Nevada — a roundup opponents say is illegal and has left 31 mustangs dead in 26 days. Wild Horse Education, a nonprofit
Continue ReadingBy LEAH WILLINGHAM and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A half-century ago, the nation’s top health experts urged the federal agency in charge of mine safety to adopt strict rules protecting miners from poisonous rock dust. The inaction since — fueled by denials and lobbying from coal and other industries — has
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Officials and news reports say the death toll from a landslide that hit a resort area in the mountains of the country of Georgia has increased to 17 on the third day of a search and rescue operation. The landslide hit the Shovi area on Thursday. Shovi, about 140 kilometers (85 miles)
Continue ReadingBy BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Social media influencer Kai Cenat is facing charges of inciting a riot and promoting an unlawful gathering in New York City, after the online streamer drew thousands of his followers, many of them teenagers, with promises of giving away electronics, including a new PlayStation. The
Continue ReadingWICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas bar where nine people were wounded by gunfire last month has permanently closed. City Nightz attorney Charley O’Hara told the Wichita Eagle that the club owner felt he had no choice but to close because of all the negative publicity after the shooting. Wichita police suspended the bar’s liquor
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s immigration agency says it has found 491 migrants being held at a compound by the side of a highway east of Mexico City. All but six of the migrants were from Guatemala; the others are Hondurans. There were 277 children and adolescents among the migrants, most of whom were traveling
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An Associated Press reporter recalls the first time he took a ride in a car without sitting in the driver’s seat. It happened one night last September when a Chevy Bolt named Peaches picked up the reporter outside a San Francisco bar. The half-hour ride
Continue ReadingWREXHAM, Wales (AP) — Ryan Reynolds, Rob McElhenney and Hugh Jackman watched an eight-goal thriller which had an unhappy ending for the Hollywood stars as Welsh soccer club Wrexham lost its first match back in England’s Football League. Host Wrexham was beaten 5-3 by MK Dons at the Racecourse Ground in the opening round of
Continue ReadingCAIRO (AP) — The authority that oversees Egypt’s Suez Canal says one of its tugboats has sunk in the waterway after a collision with a tanker. It did not mention whether other traffic had been affected but said the tugboat took on water after it hit a Hong-Kong flagged transport ship Saturday. In a statement,
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Turkmenistan’s flagship carrier, Turkmenistan Airlines, has announced it will extend its suspension of flights to Moscow until the end of October, citing safety concerns after an increase in drone attacks on the Russian capital. The suspension of flights between the Turkmen capital Ashgabat and Moscow would be in place until Oct. 28
Continue ReadingBy GHAITH ALSAYED and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press JINDERIS, Syria (AP) — A baby girl who was born under the rubble of her family home destroyed by the deadly earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria six months ago is in good health, loves her adopted family and likes to smile even to strangers. The dark-haired
Continue ReadingBUENA, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say the body of a fourth victim has been found following an explosion and fire that destroyed a New Jersey house and seriously injured two children. The fourth body was found Friday afternoon at the home in Buena. That’s about 40 miles southeast of Philadelphia. The cause is being investigated.
Continue ReadingDANVILLE, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania man says he’s paying a lot more attention to his surroundings after a surprise attack by a bear in the garage of his home. John Swartz said a bear had wandered into his garage a minute before he walked in to turn off a hose, and he was thrown
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