AP National News

By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Several Supreme Court justices appear concerned a broad ruling in favor of gun rights could threaten restrictions on firearms in subways, bars, stadiums and other places where people gather. The court is hearing arguments Wednesday in its biggest gun case in more than a decade. It’s a

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. district judge presiding over a lawsuit in which an American woman claims she was sexually assaulted by Prince Andrew says a trial would probably occur late next year. The judge told lawyers on both sides at a hearing Wednesday that he expects to seek

BANGKOK (AP) — A  Myanmar court has rejected the bail application of Danny Fenster, an American journalist jailed for the past five months, and added a charge against him. Fenster had already been charged with incitement for allegedly spreading false or inflammatory information, as well as with violating the Unlawful Associations Act for alleged links

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s central bank has made its second interest rate hike in as many months as consumer prices surge. The National Bank of Poland raised the rate Wednesday to 1.25%. The move indicates the central bank intends to move more forcefully against rising prices after facing criticism

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Police say they have arrested two doctor’s assistants in Amsterdam on suspicion of selling fake COVID-19 vaccination registrations. Vaccination registrations are needed to get a COVID-19 pass that people have to show to get into bars and restaurants in the Netherlands. The announcement Wednesday of the arrests came a day

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — America’s favorite serial killer is hiding out in upstate New York when we finally spot him again. The good news is he hasn’t killed anyone in a decade. The bad news is his knife skills are still top-notch. Michael C. Hall, who plays the troubled

By TAMMY WEBBER, MICHAEL TARM and AMY FORLITI Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — The jury at Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial over shootings on the streets of Kenosha watched one of the central pieces of video evidence Wednesday — footage of a man chasing Rittenhouse and throwing a plastic bag at him just before the

BY YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine is complaining that Russia has kept tens of thousands of troops not far from the countries’ border after war games, as part of its attempts to exert pressure on its ex-Soviet neighbor. The Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s statement Wednesday marked an about-turn from its denial of

By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union is often at odds with conservative religious groups — for example when they argue that religious freedom gives them the right to discriminate against LGBTQ people. But there’s an issue before the Supreme Court that unites the ACLU and conservative

By LISA MASCARO and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats in the House say that paid family and medical leave will be placed back into their $1.75 trillion social and environmental spending bill. Democrats also say they have sealed a deal to lower pharmaceutical drug costs for most Americans as part of President

SAN DIEGO (AP) — After nearly a decade of planning, work has started at San Diego International Airport on a $3.4 billion project that will eventually replace the 1960s-era Terminal 1 and build a new airport access road. The San Diego Union-Tribune reports the project got underway this week after the Federal Aviation Administration approved

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Anti-vaccine protesters have blocked central streets in the Ukrainian capital, protesting against state-imposed restrictions that require teachers, government employees and other workers to get fully vaccinated by Nov. 8 or have their salaries suspended. The government has also decided to bar the unvaccinated from using public

By JON GAMBRELL and LUJAIN JO Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The king and queen of the Netherlands have toured Dubai’s Expo 2020 and a strawberry farm deep inside the Emirati desert. It’s part of a two-day trip to the United Arab Emirates. King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima received a rousing round

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has seized a Vietnamese-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman last month and still holds the vessel off Bandar Abbas. That’s according to two U.S. officials who spoke to The Associated Press. One of the officials says Iranian Revolutionary Guard troops took

By BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Malian authorities say they are actively searching for a French woman who spent four years as an al-Qaida hostage and who now has returned to the West African country despite being denied a visa. The 76-year-old Sophie Petronin spent years working in Mali before her 2016

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s Central Bank has doubled the cap on weekly bank withdrawals to the equivalent of $400. Wednesday’s announcement came a day after the Taliban banned all foreign currency transactions. The back-to-back decisions appeared aimed at trying to slow the continued deterioration of the Afghan economy. The Taliban warned that violators of

By ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Biden administration is putting new export limits on two Israeli hacker-for-hire companies — including the well-known spyware company NSO Group — saying their tools have been used to “conduct transnational repression.” Findings by a global media consortium earlier this year provided evidence that the spyware

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel says it has begun testing a massive inflatable missile detection system designed to hover at high altitudes and detect long-range threats. Israel already boasts an array of sophisticated missile defenses, which were used successfully during the 11-day Gaza war earlier this year. The High Availability Aerostat System is inflatable and resembles

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British homeowners and borrowers are bracing for a possible interest rate increase from the Bank of England. If the central bank makes that move Thursday, it would be the first by the world’s leading industrial nations since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. Financial markets think the

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The death toll from the collapse of a high-rise apartment building under construction in Nigeria’s most populous city has risen to 21, the Lagos state governor says, as rescue crews continue to seek surviving workers in the rubble. Nine people had been saved as of Tuesday