AP National News

By JONATHAN MATTISE and ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Problems with rape kit evidence testing keep haunting Memphis. A city long plagued by a heavy backlog of untested sexual assault kits was shaken by Cleotha Henderson’s arrest in the killing of Eliza Fletcher after she was abducted during a morning jog last

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — When patients with a deadly diagnosis and few treatment options have tried to get unapproved, experimental drugs, they have long faced a dilemma: Who will pay? Responsibility for funding so-called compassionate use has always fallen to drugmakers, though many are unwilling or unable to make their

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Trains in Britain have all but ground to a halt coordinated strikes by rail workers added to a week of turmoil caused by soaring energy prices and unfunded tax cuts that roiled financial markets.  Only about 11% of train services were expected to operate across the U.K.

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press MUBENDE, Uganda (AP) — In a remote Ugandan community facing its first Ebola outbreak, testing trouble has added to the score of challenges authorities face. Health workers and others who spoke to The Associated Press described the early response as slow and chaotic after the Sept. 20 confirmation of an

By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are scheduled to address the faith’s nearly 17 million members this weekend at their twice-yearly conference in Salt Lake City. The event, which runs Saturday and Sunday and is broadcast to members around the world,

By JON GAMBRELL and ADAM SCHRECK Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A regional official in Ukraine says Russian forces have shelled a civilian evacuation convoy in the country’s northeast, killing 20 people. Kharkiv region Gov. Oleh Syniehubov called Saturday’s attack on people who were trying to flee the area to avoid being shelled “сruelty

By AIJAZ HUSSAIN Associated Press SRINAGAR, India (AP) — A multi-screen cinema hall has opened in the main city of Indian-controlled Kashmir for the first time in 14 years. It’s part of the government’s push to showcase normalcy in the disputed region that was brought under India’s direct rule three years ago. But decades of

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s official IRNA news agency reports that an attack by armed separatists on a police station in a southeastern city has killed 19 people, including three members of Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard. Saturday’s report says the assailants hid among worshippers near a mosque in the city of Zahedan

By SAM MEDNICK and ARSENE KABORE Associated Press OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Concerns are mounting in Burkina Faso that the West African nation’s military latest coup will only further set back the fight against Islamic extremists. A group of military officers seized control of the state broadcaster late Friday to declare that there was

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — Firefly Aerospace has reached orbit with its new rocket. The new aerospace company’s Alpha rocket lifted off from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base early Saturday and arced over the dark Pacific. A short time later the rocket deployed small satellites designed for a variety of technology experiments and

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A strong and shallow earthquake ha shaken Indonesia’s Sumatra island, killing a resident, injuring 11 and damaging more than a a dozen houses and buildings. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck about 25 miles northeast of Sibolga, a coastal city in North Sumatra province, at a

By GERALD IMRAY AP Sports Writer CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The African soccer confederation has removed Guinea as host of the 2025 African Cup of Nations because of inadequate infrastructure. It’s the latest in a series of switches and delays for the continental championship over the last 10 years. The decision was announced

By GERALD IMRAY AP Sports Writer CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The African soccer confederation has removed Guinea as host of the 2025 African Cup of Nations because of inadequate infrastructure. The decision was announced after Confederation of African Football president Patrice Motsepe traveled to the country to meet with Col. Mamady Doumbouya, the

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has upgraded Malaysia’s air safety rating, allowing the country’s carriers to expand flights to the United States after a three-year hiatus. Malaysia’s Transport Minister Wee Ka Siong says the move will bolster tourism and economic growth in Malaysia, which opened up from pandemic shutdowns in

By JON GAMBRELL and YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces blindfolded and detained the head of Europe’s largest nuclear plant, Ukraine’s nuclear power provider said Saturday, reigniting long-simmering fears over the plant’s security. The alleged kidnapping on Friday apparently took place shortly after Russian President Vladimir Putin escalated his war in

HELSINKI (AP) — Polling stations are open in Latvia in a general election that has been influenced by neighboring Russia’s attack on Ukraine. Several polls showed the center-right New Unity party of Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins emerging as the top vote-getter with up to 20% support. Karins currently leads a four-party minority coalition. A total