Month: May 2023

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden has passed an anti-terror legislation targeting the financing and aiding terrorist groups but also joining or assisting terrorist group by travelling abroad. Wednesday’s tightening is widely expected to help persuade NATO member Turkey to lift objections to Sweden join the 31-member military alliance, seeking protection under the organization’s security umbrella. The

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press A former FBI supervisory agent has been arrested on charges that he joined a mob storming the U.S. Capitol, where he cheered on rioters attacking police officers, federal authorities said. The former agent, Jared Wise, repeatedly shouted, “Kill ’em!” as he watched rioters assaulting officers outside the Capitol on Jan.

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — For the first time, scientists have caught a star in the act of swallowing a planet — not just a nibble or bite, but one big gulp. Astronomers on Wednesday reported their observations of what appeared to be a gas giant around the size

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer P.K. Subban retired from the NHL a year ago at age 33 to go into broadcasting. Now he’s got a new show with Peyton Manning’s Omaha Productions called “P.K.’s Places.” It’s the latest chance for the Black former star to be one of the faces of hockey on ESPN

WASHINGTON (AP) — Eli Lilly and Co. said Wednesday its experimental Alzheimer’s drug appeared to slow worsening of the mind-robbing disease in a large study. In the 18-month trial, people in the early stages of Alzheimer’s who received infusions of donanemab showed 35% less decline in thinking skills compared to those given a dummy drug,

ADAMS TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Voters in one of Michigan’s most conservative counties have ousted a small-town clerk who was accused of improperly handling voting equipment after casting doubt on President Joe Biden’s election victory. Unofficial results from the Hillsdale County’s clerk’s office show Stephanie Scott lost Tuesday’s recall election in Adams Township to Suzy

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The man charged in the deadliest attack on Jewish people in U.S. history has lost a bid to get the death penalty removed as a possible punishment. Robert Bowers is accused of gunning down 11 worshipers at a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018. Jury selection is underway at his federal trial. Lawyers for

By DAVID KOENIG AP Business Writer DALLAS (AP) — Airbnb is making a renewed push into renting single rooms in a nod to its beginnings and a realization that renting an entire house is too expensive for many travelers, especially younger ones. The short-term rental company rolled out a new offering Wednesday that it calls

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press A public broadcaster in Rwanda says 109 people have been killed in flooding amid torrential rain in the western and northern provinces of the country. The death toll “continues to rise,” the Rwanda Broadcasting Agency said. Parts of East Africa, including Uganda’s southwest, are seeing heavy rainfall. At least three