Articles filed under Associated Press
-
Filings for jobless claims tick up modestly, continuing claims fallDec 07, 2023 12:00 am - U.S. applications for jobless benefits ticked up last week, but the overall number of people in the U.S. collecting unemployment benefits fell after hitting its highest ...
-
Seychelles declares state of emergency after huge explosion; at least 3 dead in separate floodingDec 07, 2023 12:00 am - VICTORIA, Seychelles - The president of Seychelles declared a state of emergency on Thursday after a huge blast at an explosives depot and flooding in other parts of the...
-
Former Polish President Lech Walesa, 80, says he is better but remains hospitalized with COVID-19Dec 07, 2023 12:00 am - WARSAW, Poland - Lech Walesa, Poland's 80-year-old former president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, said Thursday that he is improving after being hospitalized with a bad ...
-
Strikes on Gaza's southern edge sow fear in one of the last areas to which people can fleeDec 07, 2023 12:00 am - RAFAH, Gaza Strip - Israeli forces struck the southern Gaza town of Rafah twice overnight, residents said Thursday, sowing fear in one of the last places where civilians...
-
Putin moves a step closer to a fifth term as president after Russia sets 2024 election dateDec 07, 2023 12:00 am - Lawmakers in Russia set the country's 2024 presidential election for March 17, moving Vladimir Putin a step closer to a fifth term in office. Members of the Federation C...
-
Israel and U.S. at odds over conflicting visions for postwar GazaDec 07, 2023 12:00 am - JERUSALEM - The United States has offered strong support to Israel in its war against the Hamas militant group that rules the Gaza Strip. But the allies are increasingly...
-
Gates Foundation takes on poverty in the U.S. with $100 million commitmentDec 07, 2023 12:00 am - GRAND ISLAND, Neb. - In recent years, city leaders in Grand Island, Nebraska, observed that many workers and students were walking or biking long distances to their jobs...
-
Vegas shooter who killed 3 was a professor who recently applied for a job at UNLV, AP source saysDec 07, 2023 12:00 am - LAS VEGAS - Terrified students and professors cowered in classrooms and dorms as a gunman roamed the floors of a University of Nevada, Las Vegas building, killing three ...
-
Centenarian survivors of Pearl Harbor attack are returning to honor those who perished 82 years agoDec 07, 2023 12:00 am - PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - Ira "Ike" Schab had just showered, put on a clean sailor's uniform and closed his locker aboard the USS Dobbin when he heard a call for a fire res...
-
'Fallen Leaves' is deadpan nirvanaDec 06, 2023 10:00 pm - “Fallen Leaves” — ★ ★ ★ ★ In a movie year rife with grand, three-hour opuses from auteur filmmakers comes a slender 81-minute gem that outclasses them all. Aki Kaur...