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By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The leaders of a Senate panel have called executives from YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat to face questions on what the companies are doing to ensure young users’ safety. The hearing Tuesday comes as the panel bears down on hugely popular social media platforms and their impact

By SARAH EL DEEB and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — For eight months, a relatively obscure Lebanese judge has been quietly investigating one of the world’s worst non-nuclear explosions with only four assistants — and a lot of powerful detractors trying to block him. Tarek Bitar has now become a household name in

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s government says it will expand a vaccine mandate to include thousands of workers who have close contact with their customers — including those at restaurants, bars, gyms and hair salons. The changes will mean that about 40% of all New Zealand workers will

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — An Israeli Foreign Ministry official says the country is sending an envoy to Washington amid a deepening rift with the Biden administration over six outlawed Palestinian rights groups. Israel last week designated the prominent Palestinian groups as terrorist organizations. The move sparked international criticism and

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong has convicted a second person under its sweeping national security law for chanting pro-independence slogans, amid a political crackdown in the city. A local Hong Kong man was convicted of inciting secession on Monday after he was found to have chanted slogans such as “Hong Kong independence, the only

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A Seoul hospital says former South Korean President Roh Tae-woo has died. He was 88. The Seoul National University Hospital says Roh died on Tuesday while being treated for an illness. It gave no further details. Roh was a major player in the 1979 military

By RYAN PEARSON and GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hollywood professionals say they’re baffled by the circumstances of the New Mexico movie-set shooting that left a cinematographer dead, adding that production crews have stepped up safety measures. Jeffrey Wright says the death has brought a renewed attention to detail on the set

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER, EMILY SWANSON and NATHAN ELLGREN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A majority of Americans regard the deteriorating climate as a problem of high importance to them. That’s the finding of a new poll by the Associated Press and the NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and the Energy Policy Institute at the

By JAY REEVES Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An 82-year-old Black woman who became a civil rights pioneer when she was arrested for refusing to move to the back of an Alabama bus in 1955 wants to end the case once and for all. Claudette Colvin was arrested by Montgomery police months before the

By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong will tighten COVID-19 restrictions despite its lack of outbreaks to align with China’s policies and increase chances of quarantine-free travel between the territory and mainland. Hong Kong has not had a major outbreak in months while remaining largely closed to international travel. Leader Carrie

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A TikTok star with nearly a million online followers pleaded not guilty on Monday to shooting and killing his newly estranged wife and a man she was with last week at a San Diego high-rise. Prosecutors say Ali Abulaban had surreptitiously installed a listening device on his 5-year-old daughter’s tablet device,

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Details are still emerging about how Alec Baldwin accidentally shot and killed a cinematographer on a New Mexico film set. But some political onlookers swiftly assigned guilt to one of Hollywood’s most prominent liberals. Right-wing pundits and politicians have long chafed at Baldwin’s criticism of

By REBECCA BOONE and KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Police say they exchanged gunfire with a suspect during a shooting at a shopping mall in Boise, Idaho, that killed two people and injured four — including an officer. Boise Police Chief Ryan Lee said at a news conference the shooting was reported

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A powerful storm that swept through California set rainfall records and helped douse wildfires. But it remains to be seen how much of a dent it made in the state’s drought. The system weakened as it moved south but still dropped enough rain to cause

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Brian Johnson kicked a 33-yard field goal with 1:56 remaining in his NFL debut, and the New Orleans Saints capitalized on a series of Seattle mistakes for a 13-10 win over the Seahawks. Alvin Kamara carried the load for New Orleans and Jameis Winston made a

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares are mostly higher after another rally to record highs on Wall Street. Benchmarks rose in Tokyo, Seoul and Sydney but fell in Hong Kong and Shanghai. Stocks have been pushing broadly higher as companies turn in much stronger profit reports for the summer than

By LISA MASCARO and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is zeroing in on a package of clean energy strategies for President Joe Biden’s big domestic policy bill. The administration believes the new approach could reach greenhouse gas emission reduction goals similar to an initial proposal that ran into opposition from

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s prime minister says the country is set to reduce emissions by 35% below 2005 levels by 2030. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Tuesday he would not commit at the U.N. climate conference in Scotland next month to increasing the country’s current 2030 target of

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Princess Mako says she will “walk together” in a new life with her husband after they married without a celebration in a union that has split public opinion. Mako lost her royal status upon marrying commoner Kei Komuro and the couple will live in New York,