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Germany's Scholz warns of extremists stoking rage as farmers protest and discontent is high 01/13/2024 06:12am • BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called for calm and a readiness to accept compromises on Saturday as the country faces protests by farmers angry about a plan to cut their fuel subsidies. He warned of extremists stoking rage against a backdrop of wider discontent. Farmers have blocked m Indonesia's president visits Vietnam's EV maker Vinfast and says conditions ready for a car plant 01/13/2024 04:25am • HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Indonesian President Joko Widodo visited Vietnamese automaker VinFast's factory on Saturday and said that he would create the necessary conditions for the multinational to be able to build a plant and invest in Indonesia quickly. On a trip to the sprawling factory in the port In 100 days, the Israel-Hamas war has transformed the region. The fighting shows no signs of ending 01/13/2024 01:16am • JERUSALEM (AP) — Sunday marks 100 days that Israel and Hamas have been at war. The war already is the longest and deadliest between Israel and the Palestinians since Israel’s establishment in 1948, and the fighting shows no signs of ending. Israel declared war in response to Hamas’ unprecedent Today in History: January 13, Trump becomes first president to be impeached twice 01/13/2024 12:00am • Today in History Today is Saturday, Jan. 13, the 13th day of 2024. There are 353 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 13, 2021, President Donald Trump was impeached by the U.S. House over the violent Jan. 6 siege of the Capitol, becoming the only president to be twice impea Fairfax Police: Thieves adopt high-tech car theft methods, but old-school prevention methods can help 01/12/2024 09:31pm • The latest strategy some car thieves are using to steal your car right from your driveway involves a tool that locksmiths have been using for years. Fairfax County, Virginia, police say they are seeing an uptick in the use of key fob programmers by area car thieves. According to a release from Hate the Virginia 'car tax'? A plan to get rid of it is 'dead on arrival,' state Democrats say 01/12/2024 08:40pm • A plan to get rid of Virginia's local tax on personal property, which is often referred to as the "car tax," will not go far in the General Assembly, according to Democratic leaders. "My opinion is: it's dead on arrival," said Democratic Sen. Scott Surovell, the majority leader in Virginia's Sena Mayday call from burning cargo ship in New Jersey prompted doomed rescue effort for 2 firefighters 01/12/2024 06:12pm • UNION, N.J. (AP) — The Grande Costa D’Avorio cargo ship was being loaded with 1,200 West Africa-bound cars at Port Newark last July when a deadly fire began. Dense black smoke limited visibility to about 3 feet, and the floor was so hot it made the soles of a firefighter's boots begin to peel of Navy officer who'd been jailed in Japan over deadly crash now released from US custody, family says 01/12/2024 05:32pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A Navy officer who had been jailed in Japan over a car crash that killed two Japanese citizens was released from U.S. custody on Friday, one month after he was returned to the United States and placed in a federal prison, his family said. Lt. Ridge Alkonis was ordered released by A 4th person has died after fiery crash near western New York concert, but motive remains a mystery 01/12/2024 05:23pm • ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — A fourth person has died nearly two weeks after a driver crashed an SUV packed with gas cans near a crowd of New Year's concertgoers in western New York, but authorities said Friday they may never know the motive for what they call an intentional attack. Rochester police re A refugee bear from a bombed-out Ukraine zoo finds a new home in Scotland 01/12/2024 04:13pm • LONDON (AP) — An unlikely refugee from the war in Ukraine — a rare Asiatic black bear — arrived at his new home in Scotland on Friday and quickly took to a meal of cucumbers and watermelon. The 12-year-old Yampil was named for a village in the Donetsk region where he was one of the few survivo How attacks on ships in the Red Sea by Yemen's Houthi rebels are crimping global trade 01/12/2024 03:19pm • LONDON (AP) — The attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels have rerouted trade that normally flows through the crucial corridor for consumer goods and energy supplies, a shift that's delaying shipments and raising transport costs. The impact struck home Fr Police in Puerto Rico capture a rhesus macaque monkey chased by a crowd at a public housing complex 01/12/2024 01:26pm • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Police in Puerto Rico captured a rhesus macaque monkey on Friday that was being chased by a crowd of people at a public housing complex near the U.S. territory’s north coast. The monkey was found injured and exhausted in the laundry room of an apartment within the Be Wholesale inflation in US declined last month, signaling that price pressures are still easing 01/12/2024 11:33am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Wholesale inflation in the United States fell for a third straight month in December, further evidence that price pressures in the economy are easing. The Labor Department reported Friday that its producer price index — which tracks inflation before it reaches consumers — dec Somali president's son reportedly testifies in Turkey as he is accused of killing motorcyclist 01/12/2024 11:08am • ISTANBUL (AP) — The son of Somalia's president testified at an Istanbul court on Friday about the death of a motorcycle courier in the city, Turkish media reported. An arrest warrant had been issued for Mohammed Hassan Sheikh Mohamud after a diplomatic car he was driving allegedly hit Yunus Emre G NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week 01/12/2024 10:44am • A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. ___ Discovery of a tunnel at a Chabad synagogue spurs false claims and c