MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Authorities in Liberia say that dozens of inmates have escaped from a maximum security prison outside the country’s capital over the weekend. The Justice Ministry said in a statement on Monday that the initial investigations found that the inmates were able to escape the prison in Kakata because of a breach
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI says Americans were duped out of more than $5.6 billion last year through fraud schemes involving cryptocurrency. The report released Monday shows a 45 percent jump in losses from 2022. The FBI received nearly 70,000 complaints in 2023 by victims of fraud involving bitcoin, ether and other cryptocurrencies, according to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit trying to overturn the South Carolina prison system’s baning on-camera, in-person interviews with inmates or recording their phone calls for broadcast. The American Civil Liberties Union wanted to air a podcast with a death row inmate and also represents a transgender
Continue ReadingAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. chief says the United Nations has offered to monitor any cease-fire in Gaza and is demanding an end to the worst death and destruction he has seen in his more than seven-year tenure. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told The Associated Press in an interview Monday that it’s “unrealistic”
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. government has temporarily halted a plan to remove iconic stray cats that live in a historic district in Puerto Rico’s capital until a lawsuit opposing the project is resolved. The ruling was cheered Monday by those fighting a decision by the U.S. National Park Service
Continue ReadingAssociated Press On Oneida Nation in Wisconsin, white corn harvests are an important cultural practice. Corn is taken to elders, the husks are dried and braided and seeds are saved for the following season. But this year, on one Oneida farm, climate change-fueled spring rains destroyed nearly the whole white corn harvest, and they won’t
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer Norfolk Southern’s board has confirmed that the railroad’s CEO Alan Shaw is under investigation for potential ethical lapses. A spokeswoman for the Atlanta-based railroad declined to offer any additional details Monday about the nature of the allegations against Shaw, who has been CEO since May 2022. Shaw has been under tremendous pressure.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Dozens of women who say they suffered excruciating pain at a Yale University fertility clinic because a nurse stole fentanyl and replaced it with saline have settled their lawsuits against the Ivy League school. Patients and their lawyers announced the settlement Monday in New Haven, Connecticut. Details of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A judge has agreed to move the trial of a man charged in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students out of the city where the crimes occurred. In an order dated Friday, Idaho Second District Judge John C. Judge said he was concerned about defendant Bryan
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Calling it “unserious and unacceptable,” House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries rejected on Monday a proposal from Speaker Mike Johnson that links continued government funding for six months with a measure to require proof of citizenship when registering to vote. The response frames the spending battle to come over the next
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegalese authorities say a boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of Senegal over the weekend, leaving at least four people dead and several others missing. The artisanal fishing boat left the town of Mbour heading to Europe on Sunday afternoon before capsizing a few miles off the coast,
Continue ReadingNICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus and the United States have signed a defense cooperation framework agreement that outlines ways the countries can enhance their response to regional humanitarian crises and security concerns. The two sides hailed the agreement on Monday as another milestone in burgeoning Cypriot-U.S. ties in recent years. The U.S. praised Cypriot authorities
Continue ReadingHORSEHEADS, N.Y. (AP) — A site in New York state has been chosen to build trains for a new high-speed rail line being constructed between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Monday that Siemens Mobility will build a 300,000-square-foot facility in Horseheads, New York. The manufacturing site is
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — The U.N. rights chief says the Taliban’s repressive control over women and girls is unparalleled and will jeopardize Afghanistan’s future. Volker Türk said new morality laws that ban women’s voices and bare faces in public, along with sweeping bans on education and most jobs, are outrageous and amount to systematic gender persecution.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador’s military says the national police director, other high-ranking police officials and a fugitive banker were among nine people killed in a military helicopter crash in a rural part of the country. The crash on Sunday night is being investigated. It occurred after the banker, Manuel
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — Kate, the Princess of Wales, has completed chemotherapy and will make some public appearances in the coming months, bolstering Britain’s royal family after it was rocked by the twin cancer diagnoses of the princess and King Charles III. The 42-year-old wife of Prince William released a video Monday in which
Continue ReadingAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Palestinians have circulated a draft U.N. resolution demanding that Israel end its “unlawful presence” in Gaza and the West Bank within six months. The AP obtained the proposed General Assembly resolution. It follows a July ruling by the top United Nations court that said Israel’s presence in the
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Germany’s interior minister has ordered temporary controls at all German land borders as a response to irregular migration and to protect the country from extremist threats. Nancy Faeser said at a news conference Monday that the government is extending temporary border controls to all German land borders. The ministry said that it
Continue ReadingAP Airlines Writer Battery-powered devices are overheating more often on planes, and that is raising safety concerns because of the fire danger. The risk is coming from lithium-ion batteries that power all kinds of portable electronics. Safety-science group UL Standards said Monday that overheating incidents rose 28% from 2019 to 2023, although such events remain
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Tropical Storm Francine strengthened Monday in the Gulf of Mexico and was forecast to make landfall as a hurricane this week in Louisiana, where evacuation orders were quickly issued in some coastal communities and residents began filling sandbags in preparation for heavy rains and widespread flooding. Francine, the
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