Month: July 2023

WARREN, Pa. (AP) — Authorities are searching for an inmate described as “very dangerous” who officials say escaped from a jail in northwestern Pennsylvania using bed sheets. Warren police say Michael Burham was last seen wearing a blue denim coat and an orange jail jumpsuit but had likely changed clothes. Police say Burham was being

By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s main opposition party has gone to court to challenge a police decision to ban a rally it wants to hold in the buildup to what will be highly scrutinized elections next month. The opposition Citizens Coalition for Change party has been told it cannot hold

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz played for the second straight day at Wimbledon and won again. So did unseeded American Chris Eubanks. Stefanos Tsitsipas played for the fifth day in a row on Saturday — and he also won again. Defending champion Elena Rybakina, No. 2

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Hundreds of people have marched in South Korea’s capital demanding Japan scrap its plans to release treated wastewater from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant. The rally comes on the day the head of the United Nations’ nuclear agency met with senior Seoul officials to

CAIRO (AP) — A court in the Libyan capital has sentenced three people to harsh prison terms on charges of human trafficking. It’s a first such ruling in a North African nation where migrants are routinely mistreated. The Criminal Court of Tripoli convicted the three of human trafficking, detaining, and torturing migrants, and extorting their

By ELDAR EMRIC Associated Press NEZUK, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — A solemn peace march has started through forests in eastern Bosnia in memory of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, Europe’s only acknowledged genocide since World War II. The annual 100-kilometer (60-mile) march on Saturday retraces a route taken by thousands of men and boys from the Bosniak

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A government official says a fire in a passenger van in eastern Pakistan killed seven people, including two children. The dead included four members of the same family — a woman, her daughter and her two granddaughters. Eight passengers received burn injuries of various degrees. The official said the incident occurred

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The U.S. military says Russian fighter jets have “harassed” American drones over Syria for the third day in a row. Tension between Russian and U.S. forces is not uncommon in Syria as both countries conduct patrols on the ground as well as overflights. The U.S. military said

By FELIPE DANA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy marked the 500th day of the war Saturday by hailing the country’s soldiers in a video from a Black Sea island that became the symbol of Ukraine’s resilience in the face of the Russian invasion. Speaking from Snake Island, Zelenskyy honored the

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has visited the king to hand in the resignation of his four-party coalition, setting the deeply divided Netherlands on track for a general election later this year. The vexed issue of reining in migration that has troubled countries across Europe

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — An updated news report says a shooting at a party in Texas wounded six people, fewer than previously reported. KVIA-TV reports police in El Paso say the shooting happened in a neighborhood near the El Paso Country Club in the city’s Upper Valley area around 9:45 p.m. Friday. Citing police,

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese political and business leaders are marking one year since the assassination of former leader Shinzo Abe. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledged to tackle pressing political goals as a way of honoring Abe’s wishes. At a Buddhist temple Zojoji in Tokyo, Kishida and other mourners on Saturday

By LIUDAS DAPKUS Associated Press VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — A pair of colorful children’s scooters rest against the yellow tracks of a battle tank, parked in the shade of skyscrapers in the Vilnius business district. The area, usually busy with cars, cyclists and pedestrians, is closed to traffic and packed with heavy armored vehicles. “Never

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s state TV says four militants have attacked a police station with grenades in the country’s southeast. The attack took place Saturday morning in Zahedan, a city in Iran’s Sistan and Baluchistan province, near the border with Pakistan, triggering a shootout. Two security forces were killed. Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard said

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press SONNEBERG, Germany (AP) — The election of the first head of a county administration by the far-right Alternative of Germany in a rural eastern region recently has led to concern among opponents of the party. The recent win comes as national polls show support for the party at record levels.

By HANNAH FINGERHUT, HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The harassment started to intensify as TV meteorologist Chris Gloninger did more reporting on climate change during local newscasts — outraged emails and even a threat to show up at his house. Gloninger said he had been recruited, in part,

By MELINA WALLING Associated Press Mily Trevino-Sauceda was 9 when her mother fell as she worked to move irrigation pipes along rows of potato and alfalfa on an Idaho farm. Mily’s 10-year-old brother splashed water over their mother’s face and body while her children looked on, scared and crying. Their mother had fainted from the