Mexico church roof collapses, 11 people dead

Associated Press 10/03/2023

CIUDAD MADERO, Mexico — Eleven members of Monica Segura’s family were gathered inside the Santa Cruz church in northeast Mexico for the baptism of her 1-year-old nephew when the roof collapsed killing at least 11 people. Segura…

Maui: Old tire, burnt trees may be key to find out how wildfires spread

Associated Press 09/28/2023

Melted remains of an old car tire. Heavily burned trees. A charred stump of an abandoned utility pole. Investigators are examining these and other pieces of evidence as they seek to solve the mystery of last month’s…

Usher says he will headline the 2024 Super Bowl halftime show in Las Vegas

Associated Press 09/25/2023

LOS ANGELES  — Usher has a new confession: The Grammy winner will headline the Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show in Las Vegas. The NFL, Apple Music and Roc Nation announced Sunday that Usher would lead the…

NASA asteroid samples, released from spacecraft, land on Earth

Associated Press 09/25/2023

NASA’s first asteroid samples fetched from deep space parachuted into the Utah desert Sunday to cap a seven-year journey. In a flyby of Earth, the Osiris-Rex spacecraft released the sample capsule from 63,000 miles (100,000 kilometers) out.…

Taliban send all-male team to Asian Games

Associated Press 09/24/2023

HANGZHOU, China — In the first Asian Games since the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan, two teams of athletes are arriving in the Chinese city of Hangzhou, looking very different. One, sent from Afghanistan where women are…

Indonesia imprisons a woman for saying a Muslim prayer before eating pork in a TikTok video

Associated Press 09/22/2023

PALEMBANG, Indonesia — A court in Indonesia has convicted a woman of inciting religious hatred and sentenced her to two years in prison for saying a Muslim prayer and then eating pork — considered forbidden in Islam…

Kim Jong Un inspects Russian bombers, warship in Russia’s Far East

Associated Press 09/17/2023

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected Russia’s nuclear-capable bombers, hypersonic missiles and an advanced warship from its Pacific fleet on Saturday as he continued a trip in Russia’s Far East that has…

Searchers look for more than 10,000 missing in flooded Libyan city

Associated Press 09/16/2023

DERNA, Libya — Libyan authorities limited access to the flooded city of Derna on Friday to make it easier for searchers to dig through the mud and hollowed-out buildings for the more than 10,000 people still missing…

Fiba confirms the nations still eligible for 2024 Paris Olympics

Associated Press 09/12/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Fiba has confirmed the 19 national teams that used the World Cup to play their way into last-chance qualifying tournaments for the Paris Olympics next summer. From Europe, these nine nations — Latvia, Lithuania,…

Lahaina’s fire-stricken Filipino residents are key to tourism and local culture. Will they stay?

Associated Press 09/11/2023

LAHAINA, Hawaii — Ambulance and fire truck sirens wailed outside as Elsie Rosales stripped linens from king-sized mattresses at a beachfront resort in Lahaina. She tried to focus on the work, but was beset by dread: Had…

Coco Gauff wins US Open for first Grand Slam title at age 19

Associated Press 09/10/2023

NEW YORK — Coco Gauff is still a teenager, after all, and so it should surprise no one that she was on her phone in the locker room, scrolling through social media, right up until 10 minutes…

Queen Elizabeth II remembered a year after her death as gun salutes ring out for King Charles III

Associated Press 09/09/2023

LONDON — With gun salutes and tolling bells, the United Kingdom on Friday marked the anniversary of the death of Queen Elizabeth II and the ascension of King Charles III, who remembered his mother as a symbol of stability during…

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