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Maluma has a new alter ego. Meet Don Juan, also the title of the Colombian superstar's new album 08/22/2023 05:34pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — On New Year's Eve 2022, Colombian superstar Maluma bid farewell to his musical alter ego Papi Juancho, created during the coronavirus pandemic. “Fue un placer,” he wrote on Instagram. “It was a pleasure.” Then he teased a new era: Don Juan, coming 2023. The wait is over US Open 2023: How well do you know Grand Slam tennis? Try the AP's quiz 08/22/2023 09:44am • How well do you know the U.S. Open? How well do you know tennis? Try this AP quiz about the tournament that begins Monday in New York: 1st Round: Serena Williams and Roger Federer Last year's U.S. Open was the last tournament of Serena Williams' playing career. Soon after, Roger Federer announced hi What to know about new COVID variants EG.5, FL.1.5.1 and BA.2.86 now spreading 08/22/2023 07:45am • ▶ Watch Video: Dr. Scott Gottlieb says he's "pretty concerned" about new COVID variant Health authorities say they're closely tracking the spread of three new COVID-19 variants now spreading around the country. Levels of COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths for now remain far below Dubai International Airport sees 41.6 million passengers in first half of year, more than in 2019 08/22/2023 04:50am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai International Airport, the world's busiest for international travel, announced Tuesday it served 41.6 million passengers in the first half of this year — exceeding figures for the same period in 2019 as travelers return to the air after the lockdowns of t Mass shootings spur divergent laws as states split between gun rights and control 08/22/2023 12:07am • Tennessee's Republican-led Legislature is meeting in special session this week to consider a package of public safety proposals, including some stemming from a deadly shooting at a Nashville elementary school earlier this year. Though the session is not expected to result in any new firearms restri Son of banana tycoon pulls off upset in Ecuador and advances to presidential runoff 08/21/2023 03:02pm • GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AP) — An heir to a fortune built on Ecuador's main crop of bananas has pulled off an upset by advancing to the country's presidential runoff election in which he will face an ally of a convicted former president who remains an influential figure in the South American country. D Vote count in Ecuador points to likely runoff between ally of ex-president and banana tycoon’s son 08/21/2023 12:55am • GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuadorians put aside fears of leaving their homes amid unprecedented violence and voted for a new president Sunday in a special election that was heavily guarded by police and soldiers in part due to the assassination of a presidential candidate this month. No candidate 'Children are known to spread diseases:' COVID and keeping your family healthy as kids go back to school 08/20/2023 08:24pm • Kids are filing back into classrooms, gymnasiums and cafeterias at public schools across Fairfax and Prince William counties Monday. And with them, students are bringing in and sharing pens, spiral notebooks and — yes, unfortunately — viruses. "I don't have to tell any parent that their kids Iran's foreign minister visits Saudi Arabia's powerful crown prince as tensions between rivals ease 08/18/2023 08:26am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's foreign minister met Friday with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as part of his visit to the kingdom, a sign of how the two countries are trying to ease tensions after years of turmoil. Images of Iran's top diplomat, Hossein Amirabdollahian Stock market today: Asian shares mostly decline after Wall Street drop on higher bond yields 08/18/2023 01:08am • TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly slipped Friday as rising yields in the bond market on Wall Street set off expectations that high interest rates would continue in the U.S. Japan’s inflation data showed consumer prices rose 3.1% from a year earlier in July, down from 3.3% in June. But that was st Feds raise concerns about long call center wait times as millions dropped from Medicaid 08/17/2023 02:10pm • JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — As millions of Medicaid recipients face the potential loss of health coverage for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic, state call centers are getting inundated with questions from people needing help. In some cases, federal officials say, it’s taking too long Iran's foreign minister visits Saudi Arabia on first such trip in years as tensions ease 08/17/2023 01:14pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's foreign minister traveled to Saudi Arabia on Thursday, marking the first trip to the kingdom by Tehran's top diplomat in years after the two nations reached a détente with Chinese mediation. The visit by Hossein Amirabdollahian comes as both Saudi Arabia White House lawyer who advised Biden on pandemic and GOP investigations is set to leave next month 08/17/2023 12:17pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The top White House lawyer will leave next month after a nearly three-year run helping President Joe Biden weigh legal considerations as he implemented his pandemic response, battled Republican investigations and crafted major legislation. Stuart Delery joined Biden's transition Day of emotion for hundreds of thousands of students in England as they learn final school results 08/17/2023 10:08am • LONDON (AP) — For hundreds of thousands of final-year high school students in England, Thursday was a day of high emotion as they learned how they did in exams that will largely determine what they will be doing over the coming years. Early morning nerves were followed by either joy or disappointm Japan sank into a trade deficit last month as exports dropped, especially to other Asian nations 08/17/2023 02:05am • TOKYO (AP) — Japan suffered a trade deficit last month as exports sank for the first time in more than two years, dragged down by a slowdown overseas. Japan’s trade deficit totaled 78.7 billion yen ($539 million), the Finance Ministry said Thursday, the first trade deficit for the world’s thir