Month: May 2023

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Billionaire Warren Buffett said artificial intelligence may change the world but new technology won’t take away opportunities for investors and he’s confident America will continue to prosper despite its bitter political divisions. Buffett and his partner Charlie Munger spent all day Saturday answering questions at

By LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer Less than a year after losing her daughter Emilia at five days old, Jillian Phillips suffered a miscarriage. It was Halloween weekend in 2016, and her doctor said she could wait for it to end naturally, have a surgical procedure or take medication. She chose the medicine, passed the

By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Across the main entrance of a former Jesuit college in the heart of Mexico City, a bright-colored mural depicting Our Lady of Guadalupe represents both the Indigenous religiosity and the Christianity that shaped the culture of post-colonial Mexico. The mural was created by Mexican artist

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russia’s top investigative agency on Saturday said the suspect in a car bombing that injured a prominent pro-Kremlin novelist and killed his driver has admitted acting at the behest of Ukraine’s special services. The blast that hit the car of Zakhar Prilepin, a well-known nationalist writer

By JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Funerals are taking place in Serbia for some of the victims of two mass shootings that happened in just two days, leaving 17 people dead and 21 wounded, many of them children. The shootings on Wednesday in a school in Belgrade and on Thursday in a

By DAVID RISING Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s air force claimed Saturday to have downed a Russian hypersonic missile over Kyiv using newly acquired American Patriot defense systems, the first known time the country has been able to intercept one of Moscow’s most modern missiles. Air Force commander Mykola Oleshchuk said in a

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Indian soldiers have killed two suspected militants in ongoing counterinsurgency operations in Kashmir a day after rebels fighting against Indian rule killed five soldiers in the disputed Himalayan region. An Indian army statement on Saturday said joint army, paramilitary and police teams “spotted and pinned down” the militants before killing one

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinian Health Ministry says Israeli forces have shot dead two Palestinians during a military raid in the occupied West Bank. A local armed group says the pair were militants. Saturday’s deadly raid in the Nur Shams refugee camp near the city of Tulkarem was the latest in Israeli-Palestinian violence

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press ASWAN, Egypt (AP) — The U.S. and Saudi Arabia say that Sudan’s warring sides have begun talks aimed at firming up a shaky cease-fire after three weeks of fierce fighting that has killed hundreds and pushed Sudan to the brink of collapse. They say the negotiations are taking place Saturday

OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (AP) — One person is dead and at least six other people were shot during a Cinco de Mayo party at a Mississippi restaurant late Friday night, police said. Ocean Springs Police Capt. Ryan LeMaire, in a news release, confirmed that seven people were shot at The Scratch Kitchen on Government Street.

By TRISHA THOMAS and WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS Associated Press ROME (AP) — The Italian tourism ministry thought it had a sure-fire way to bring travelers into the country: turning a 15th century art icon into a 21st century “virtual influencer.” The digital rendition of Venus, goddess of love, based on Sandro Botticelli’s Renaissance masterpiece “Birth of

BY DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — King Charles III’s coronation is a chance to unite people with the history and pageantry of the monarchy, but those traditions are also full of potential controversies as he tries to show that the monarchy still has a role to play in modern Britain. The new king

By DANICA KIRKA and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — King Charles III was crowned Saturday at Westminster Abbey, in a ceremony steeped in ancient ritual and brimming with bling at a time when the monarchy is striving to remain relevant in a fractured modern Britain. At a coronation with displays of royal power

By LUJAIN JO Associated Press PORT SUDAN, Sudan (AP) — Qatar has flown a relief flight into Sudan carrying some 40 tons of food. The plane left with 150 evacuees early Saturday as fighting continues between two generals vying for power in the African nation. The Qatari Emiri Air Force C-17 Globemaster touched down in

By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — California’s reparations task force voted Saturday to approve recommendations on how the state may compensate and apologize to Black residents for generations of harm caused by discriminatory policies. The nine-member committee, which first convened nearly two years ago, gave final approval at a meeting