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Azerbaijan arrests the former head of separatist government after recapturing Nagorno-Karabakh
09/27/2023 02:17pm • YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Azerbaijan said it arrested the former head of Nagorno-Karabakh’s separatist government as he tried to cross into Armenia on Wednesday along with tens of thousands of others who have fled following Azerbaijan’s 24-hour blitz last week to reclaim control of the enclave.
At Jai Paul's kickoff show, an elusive pop phenomenon proves his stardom in a live arena
09/27/2023 01:34pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — He emerged in front of piercing, sunset-colored LED screens that flashed like strobe lights, percussion pulsing from the stage to the audience floor. In the crowd, it was felt first in our chests, then throughout our bodies. He opened with “Higher Res,” a malleable Big Boi c
Bruce Springsteen postpones all 2023 tour dates until 2024 as he recovers from peptic ulcer disease
09/27/2023 12:47pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's 2023 tour will be postponed until 2024, citing doctor's advice. The Boss, who last week celebrated his 74th birthday, is “steadily recovering” from peptic ulcer disease, a press release read. "Out of an abundance of caution,” the
6 young climate activists take European governments to court over climate change
09/27/2023 12:41pm • STRASBOURG, France (AP) — Six young adults and children argued that governments across Europe aren’t doing enough to protect people from climate change at the European Court of Human Rights on Wednesday in the latest and largest instance of activists taking governments to court to force climate
A Turkish film festival has been threatened by accusations of censorship
09/27/2023 12:11pm • ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s oldest film festival has been thrown into turmoil after jury members resigned and filmmakers withdrew their work from the competition over accusations of censorship. The producers and directors of 27 entries at the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival on Wednesday announc
Jan. 6 panel wants answers from GOP's Brooks, Biggs, Jackson
09/27/2023 11:58am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Three more House Republicans received requests Monday to voluntarily appear before the congressional committee investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection and answer questions about their involvement in the effort to overturn Donald Trump's 2020 election loss. The committee sent
Britain approves new North Sea oil drilling in welcome news for the industry but not activists
09/27/2023 11:55am • LONDON (AP) — Britain on Wednesday gave the go-ahead for a major oil and gas project in the North Sea, ignoring warnings from scientists and the United Nations that countries must stop developing new fossil fuel resources if the world is to avoid catastrophic climate change. The North Sea Transiti
Who’s being listened to on the global stage? Increasingly not who you might think
09/27/2023 11:50am • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Togo's foreign minister wasn't having any of it. He talked of an accelerating “African awakening,” of a resolve to “fight our own battles,” of a refusal to be banished to the children's table while the musclebound great powers of the 20th century moved chess pieces ar
We carry DNA from extinct cousins like Neanderthals. Science is now revealing their genetic legacy
09/27/2023 11:38am • Neanderthals live on within us. These ancient human cousins, and others called Denisovans, once lived alongside our early Homo sapiens ancestors. They mingled and had children. So some of who they were never went away — it's in our genes. And science is starting to reveal just how much that shapes
Photo giant Getty took a leading AI image-maker to court. Now it's also embracing the technology
09/27/2023 10:41am • Anyone looking for a beautiful photograph of a desert landscape can find many choices from Getty Images, the stock photography collection. But say you're instead looking for a wide angle shot of a “hot pink plastic saguaro cactus with large arms that stick out, surrounded by sand, in landscape at
Trump rivals try to make headway and other things to watch during the GOP presidential debate
09/27/2023 10:26am • SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — A growing sense of urgency hangs over Wednesday's Republican presidential debate as seven candidates fight for momentum on a stage that will not feature the race's front-runner. Former President Donald Trump says he’s so far ahead that it would only help his competito
Utah must keep riding its defense until Rising returns. Notre Dame-Duke is Week 5's best matchup
09/27/2023 06:10am • Utah has quietly emerged as a top-10 team with convalescing quarterback Cam Rising yet to play a down and a defense that so far has put up better numbers than the 2019 unit that is regarded as the Utes' best ever. To be determined is whether the Utes can keep doing what they've been doing as they mo
Justin Rose the last bastion of Europe's old guard as new wave sweeps through Ryder Cup team
09/27/2023 06:02am • GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) — As the only 40-something playing at this Ryder Cup, Justin Rose has come a long way from being that 17-year-old amateur in a baggy red sweater who holed out for eagle to finish tied fourth in his first British Open in 1998. With age comes experience and that’s w
Gun laws and mental health: Fairfax and Montgomery counties explain their approaches
09/27/2023 04:37am • From firearm legislation to focusing on mental health, two D.C.-area jurisdictions are finding different approaches to tackle the growing number of gun deaths in the region. During Suicide Prevention Month, Fairfax County, Virginia, reported new data on its "red flag law," while officials in near
In a win for Black voters in redistricting case, Alabama to get new congressional lines
09/27/2023 12:12am • MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama is headed to the first significant revamp of its congressional map in three decades after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the state's bid to keep using a plan with a single majority-Black district. The decision on Tuesday sets the stage for a new map with greater
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