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A Spanish soccer official’s kiss unleashed fury, soul-searching over sexism, and a hunger strike 08/29/2023 12:22pm • MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Aug. 20 victory at the Women’s World Cup was a momentous occasion for the soccer-crazed country, but the joy on and off the field was soon sullied by the leader of the country’s soccer federation when he planted an unwanted kiss on the lips of a star player during the m Guatemala progressive's presidential victory certified, but his party is suspended 08/29/2023 09:21am • GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Progressive candidate Bernardo Arévalo was confirmed the winner of Guatemala's presidential election by the country's Supreme Electoral Tribunal on Monday, but the same day another government body ordered his political party suspended. Arévalo has faced a slew of legal chal Jean Dawson is introducing fans to 3 new characters in his latest musical trilogy 08/29/2023 09:06am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jean Dawson is an open book. Onstage, the eccentric performer takes control as he bounces around, full of energy with vulnerable lyricism and experimental sound. In person, he’s charming and introspective, sitting across with a tight sweatshirt hoodie pulled over his head and Heavy rains cause significant flooding in parts of West Virginia 08/29/2023 08:55am • CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Thunderstorms dumped heavy rains that caused significant flooding in parts of West Virginia on Monday, authorities said. Gov. Jim Justice issued a state of emergency in at least five counties, enabling the National Guard to activate swift-water rescue teams and use helicop The U.N. says at least 183 people have been killed in Ethiopia over Amhara region unrest since July 08/29/2023 08:27am • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United Nations human rights office says at least 183 people have been killed in clashes in Ethiopia’s Amhara region since July as Amhara fighters resist efforts by the federal government to disband them. The U.N. office on Tuesday also said the human rights situation in Neurosurgeon investigating patient's mystery symptoms plucks a worm from woman's brain in Australia 08/29/2023 08:13am • CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A neurosurgeon investigating a woman’s mystery symptoms in an Australian hospital says she plucked a wriggling worm from the patient’s brain. Surgeon Hari Priya Bandi was performing a biopsy through a hole in the 64-year-old patient’s skull at Canberra Hospital NFL-style lawsuit and brain-injury concerns hang over Rugby World Cup 08/29/2023 05:01am • Alix Popham traveled the world as a rugby player. He played 33 times for Wales and competed at two Rugby World Cups, and even got to meet Nelson Mandela before a match in South Africa. Or so he’s told. He can’t actually remember. Popham is 43 and his rugby career is, in his words, “all a blur. Florida governor declares widespread state of emergency ahead of Idalia's expected landfall 08/29/2023 02:37am • TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Florida residents loaded up on sandbags and evacuated from homes in low-lying areas along the Gulf Coast as Tropical Storm Idalia intensified Monday and forecasters predicted it would hit in days as a major hurricane with potentially life-threatening storm surges. “You should 2 adults and 2 young children found fatally stabbed inside New York City apartment 08/28/2023 11:15pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A mother, father and their two children, ages 1 and 3, were found fatally stabbed inside a New York City apartment Monday, police said. Officers who were called for a wellness check on Manhattan’s Upper West Side found the bodies of the young boys, along with a 41-year-old man an Man pleads guilty in bystander shooting death outside DC deli 08/28/2023 09:36pm • A man has pleaded guilty in a shooting that led to the death of a bystander outside a Northwest D.C. deli. Demarcus Bennett, 20, of D.C., pleaded guilty to a charge of voluntary manslaughter on Monday in the shooting that killed 62-year-old Lasanta Qumar McGill in June. Barnett admitted during Hawaii power utility takes responsibility for first fire on Maui, but faults county firefighters 08/28/2023 08:57pm • HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s electric utility acknowledged its power lines started a wildfire on Maui but faulted county firefighters for declaring the blaze contained and leaving the scene, only to have a second wildfire break out nearby and become the deadliest in the U.S. in more than a century. FEMA changes wildfire compensation rules for New Mexicans affected by last year’s historic blaze 08/28/2023 08:18pm • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced changes Monday to its wildfire compensation rules after a planned burn by the U.S. Forest Service last year exploded into the largest and most destructive blaze in New Mexico’s recorded history. FEMA officials said they a Denver to pay $4.7 million to settle claims it targeted George Floyd protesters for violating curfew 08/28/2023 08:15pm • DENVER (AP) — Denver will pay $4.7 million to settle a class action lawsuit that alleged that protesters were unjustly targeted for violating the city's curfew during demonstrations over the killing of George Floyd in 2020. City councilors unanimously agreed to the deal Monday without any debate. Faculty member fatally shot in University of North Carolina building 08/28/2023 08:15pm • CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — A shooter killed a faculty member in a science building at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Monday, police said after a lockdown that paralyzed the campus community as authorities searched for the suspect. Police arrested the suspect over three hours afte Spanish soccer federation leaders ask president Rubiales to resign over his kiss of player 08/28/2023 07:06pm • GENEVA (AP) — Leading officials within the Spanish Football Federation asked suspended president Luis Rubiales to resign on Monday because of his behavior at the Women's World Cup, including kissing a player on the lips after Spain won the championship match. The heads of the regional bodies that