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On the picket lines with Hollywood's actors and writers, from LA to New York 07/15/2023 11:57am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — It's a “Strike Girl Summer.” So read a picket sign as the sidewalks of Hollywood and midtown Manhattan teemed with actors on Day 1 of their strike, protesting alongside the writers who have been at it since May. Together, the two guilds have ground the entertainment in Bargain-hunting Uruguayans are flocking to Argentina as its peso slides. Back home, shops struggle 07/15/2023 12:08am • GUALEGUAYCHÚ, Argentina (AP) — On a recent cross-border shopping trip, four friends from Fray Bentos, Uruguay, visited the nearby Argentine city of Gualeguaychu, where they could afford to live lavishly and snap up eye-popping bargains. Thanks to a huge disparity in the two South American countri NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week 07/14/2023 12:59pm • 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. Here are the facts: ___ Lauren Boebert filed articles of impeachment agai UK officials warn low measles immunization rates could lead to tens of thousands of cases in London 07/14/2023 06:50am • LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Health Security Agency said on Friday that measles vaccination rates in parts of London have dropped so low that the capital could see tens of thousands of cases of the rash-causing disease unless immunization coverage is quickly boosted. In a statement, the agency said t Padel, a rapidly growing racket game, has designs on becoming an Olympic sport 07/13/2023 06:10am • ROME (AP) — Record prize money of nearly $1 million at this week’s tournament in Rome. Recent investment from the company that owns the New York Yankees. A successful debut at the European Games with matches played before enthusiastic crowds in Krakow’s central square last month. Padel, the fa China and ASEAN agree to try to conclude nonaggression pact on sea feud in 3 years 07/13/2023 04:50am • JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — China and Southeast Asian nations agreed Thursday to try and conclude within three years a long-delayed nonaggression pact aimed at preventing the frequent territorial spats in the busy South China Sea from turning into a major armed conflict. China and the Association of FBI Director Chris Wray defends the 'real FBI' against criticism from House Republicans 07/12/2023 04:58pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director Chris Wray defended the “real FBI” during a contentious congressional hearing Wednesday, rejecting a litany of grievances from angry Republicans who are harshly critical of the bureau, threatening to defund some operations and claiming the Justice Department is u Thailand's Election Commission says a reformist candidate for prime minister may have broken the law 07/12/2023 01:51pm • BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s Election Commission said Wednesday there is evidence that the top candidate to become the next prime minister — a reformist with strong backing among progressive young voters — violated election law and referred his case to the Constitutional Court. The commission� World's largest cruise ship prepares to set sail 07/12/2023 08:38am • ▶ Watch Video: World's largest cruise ship, "Icon of the Seas," prepares to set sail The RMS Titanic was once considered the largest ship in the world before it met its demise in the Atlantic Ocean. Now, Royal Caribbean International has created a "first-of-its-kind" ship nearly five t Justices teach when the Supreme Court isn't in session. It can double as an all-expenses-paid trip 07/11/2023 04:34pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — For decades, the University of Hawaii law school has marketed its Jurist-In-Residence program to the Supreme Court as an all-expenses-paid getaway, with the upside of considerable “down time” in paradise. The justices have enthusiastically participated. “Your colleagues wh UK wages are rising at a record pace. That makes higher interest rates more likely 07/11/2023 09:14am • LONDON (AP) — Wages in the U.K. are rising at a record high rate amid stubbornly high inflation, official figures showed Tuesday, bolstering expectations that interest rates will increase again — to the worry of homeowners who are seeing their mortgage payments spike to levels not seen since the Stock market today: Asian shares rise ahead of a US inflation update on hopes for easing rate hikes 07/11/2023 12:22am • BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher Tuesday ahead of an update on U.S. consumer prices that traders hope will show inflation is easing, reducing the need for more interest rate hikes. Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney advanced. Oil prices rose. Wall Street's benchmar The Differences Between RSV, COVID and the Flu Symptoms 07/10/2023 08:00pm • Respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, COVID-19 and influenza are different contagious respiratory illnesses that are all driving high rates of infection and high volumes of hospitalizations this winter. These three viral respiratory illnesses are caused by different viruses, but they do share similar Ex-Juventus president Andrea Agnelli banned for another 16 months 07/10/2023 12:40pm • ROME (AP) — Former Juventus president Andrea Agnelli was banned from soccer for another 16 months after he was charged with fraud for the way he handled player salary cuts during the coronavirus pandemic. It adds to a two-year ban already inflicted on Agnelli for a false accounting case. Agnelli w Man is charged in Berlin with attempted arson attack on building housing Russian news agency staff 07/10/2023 11:30am • BERLIN (AP) — A Russian citizen has been charged in Berlin with attempted homicide and attempted arson for placing an explosive or incendiary device last year in a building where employees of a Russian news agency lived, prosecutors in the German capital said Monday. The 55-year-old suspect, whose