Month: May 2023

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press ABOARD THE USS PAUL HAMILTON IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ (AP) — The Mideast-based chiefs of the U.S., British and French navies have transited the Strait of Hormuz aboard an American warship. They say it is a sign of their unified approach to keep the crucial waterway open after Iran

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Ten studio albums done, the Dave Matthews Band finds itself in a good place, maybe even at a new beginning. “The band is really gelled right now,” says singer-songwriter and guitarist Dave Matthews. “We’re all, at least for now, shining favorable lights on each other

PEZINOK, Slovakia (AP) — A court in Slovakia has acquitted for a second time a businessman accused of masterminding the 2018 slaying of an investigative journalist and his fiancée. The Specialized Criminal Court in Pezinok near the capital of Bratislava, which handles Slovakia’s most serious cases, ruled on Friday that Marian Kocner was not guilty

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — An aide to Polish President Andrzej Duda says that the object that entered Poland’s airspace last year and was found in April was a Russian-made rocket. The aide told a radio station on Friday that the nose of the rocket had been found and that it’s “peculiar” because it’s made of

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Direct flights have resumed between Russia and Georgia amid protests and sharp criticism from the South Caucasus nation’s president. The move on Friday came just over a week after the Kremlin unexpectedly lifted a four-year-old ban despite rocky relations. Protesters gathered at Tbilisi airport to meet the first flight arriving from

MOSCOW (AP) — The dissident former mayor of Russia’s fourth-largest city has avoided prison despite being found guilty on Friday in a trial over his criticism of Moscow’s actions in Ukraine. Yevgeny Roizman, 60, enjoyed broad popularity while serving as mayor of Yekaterinburg from 2013 and 2018, and remains a top opposition figure. He was

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A British mountain guide returned to Nepal’s capital on Friday after scaling Mount Everest for a 17th time, breaking his own record for the most ascents of the world’s highest mountain by a non-Sherpa guide. Kenton Cool first climbed Mount Everest in 2004 and has been

By BABAR DOGAR Associated Press LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has dialed down his campaign of defiance, saying he would allow a police search of his home over allegations that he was harboring suspects wanted in recent violence during anti-government protests by his supporters. Khan, who is facing about 100

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta prosecutor investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and others broke the law while trying to overturn his 2020 election loss in Georgia seems to be suggesting that any grand jury indictments in the case would likely come in August. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has

By ZENEL ZHINIPOTOKU and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press MITROVICA, Kosovo (AP) — A new mayor has been sworn in in northern Kosovo after a vote that was boycotted by the ethnic Serb minority which dominates the area. Erden Atic, who is from the Bosnian minority, took up his post in the northern, Serb-dominated part of

CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s top army general has fired the country’s paramilitary leader, his former ally turned rival, as the deputy of the Sudanese governing body. Friday’s dismissal by Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan of Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, the commander of the Rapid Support Forces, from the Sovereignty Council comes as the two warring generals continue

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — Brad Cox-trained First Mission has been scratched from the Preakness on the advice of veterinarians, taking one of the top contenders out of the Triple Crown race 36 hours before post time. Godolphin, which owns the horse, announced the scratch early Friday, saying vets identified a

By OLIVIA CHEN of NerdWallet As more states adopt pay transparency laws, many small businesses will need to comply with legislation if they or the candidates they’re sourcing are located within these states. For businesses that don’t have as many resources to dedicate to HR, simply tracking and compiling their internal employment data can help

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — Sean Penn has strongly backed the current Hollywood screenwriters strike while speaking at the Cannes Film Festival on Friday, saying the dispute over Artificial Intelligence is “a human obscenity.” Penn addressed the ongoing Writers Guild of America strike in a press conference for his new

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Canada’s second-largest airline WestJet and its pilots union say they have reached a last-minute deal to avert a strike on Friday before a holiday weekend in the country. A statement from the Air Line Pilots Association says union leaders voted to approve an agreement-in-principle with a membership vote to begin in

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Andy Rourke, bass guitarist of The Smiths, one of the most influential British bands of the 1980s, has died after a lengthy illness with pancreatic cancer, his former bandmate Johnny Marr said Friday. He was 59. In a lengthy post on Instagram, guitarist and songwriter Marr paid