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Montana says 1st-in-nation TikTok ban protects people. TikTok says it violates their rights 05/18/2023 12:36pm • HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana became the first state in the U.S. to enact a complete ban on TikTok on Wednesday when Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte signed a measure that's more sweeping than any other state's attempts to curtail the social media app, which is owned by a Chinese tech company. The m Digital divide: Jill Biden visit touts efforts to connect Alaska Native villages to outside world 05/18/2023 11:03am • ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — For years, when the tiny Alaska Native village of Rampart's awful internet service would go down, the only way to reach the outside world was to await the small airplane that touched down daily with supplies and the occasional visitor. “We had no way of getting ahold of Takeaways of AP's report on Chinese loans pushing poor countries to brink of collapse 05/18/2023 10:56am • A dozen poor countries are facing economic instability and even collapse because of a common, undeniable factor: their struggle to pay back hundreds of billions of dollars in foreign loans, much of them from the world’s biggest and most unforgiving government lender, China. Here are the key takea Anti-migration operation on French African island of Mayotte stirs tensions, exposes inequalities 05/18/2023 10:43am • CHIRONGUI, Mayotte (AP) — Facing a migration quagmire on the French island territory of Mayotte, off Africa’s east coast, France’s government has mobilized 2,000 troops and police to carry out mass expulsions, destroy slums and eradicate violent gangs. But the operation has raised concerns of F1 drivers de Vries, Tsunoda affected by Italy flooding as grand prix canceled 05/18/2023 08:36am • IMOLA, Italy (AP) — Formula One drivers Nyck de Vries and Yuki Tsunoda have shared stories of struggling to get out of the deadly flooding in northern Italy after this week's Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix was canceled. Floods which have killed at least nine people, with more still unaccounted for, and IMF board approves $3 billion bailout for Ghana amid economic crisis 05/18/2023 08:09am • LONDON (AP) — The International Monetary Fund's executive board has approved a long-awaited $3 billion bailout for Ghana in hopes of combating the country’s economic crisis. The arrangement will allow for the immediate release of $600 million, with the remaining funds to be made available over t New Zealand police arrest, charge man in connection with hostel fire that killed at least 6 05/18/2023 06:17am • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand police said Thursday they had arrested a man and charged him with two counts of arson in connection with the fire at a Wellington hostel that killed at least six people. Police said the investigation is ongoing and they could file more serious charges in New Zealand police to remove bodies from hostel where at least 6 died in fire 05/17/2023 11:46pm • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand police said Thursday they plan to start removing bodies from the Wellington hostel where at least six people were killed in a fire. Police Inspector Dion Bennett said they were aiming to remove the first two bodies from Loafers Lodge on Thursday and the n 8-year-old migrant girl dies in U.S. Border Patrol custody, officials say 05/17/2023 10:41pm • ▶ Watch Video: 8-year-old migrant girl dies in U.S. border custody Washington — An 8-year-old migrant girl from Panama with a heart condition died in federal U.S. custody on Wednesday after crossing the southern border with her family, officials said. T Pasquantino hits 2-run homer, Royals beat struggling Padres 4-3 05/17/2023 09:48pm • SAN DIEGO (AP) — What was left of the crowd of 32,416 at Petco Park on a gloomy afternoon loudly booed the San Diego Padres after Ha-Seong Kim made the last out of a dismal 4-3 loss to the lowly Kansas City Royals. It wasn't the first time Wednesday frustrated fans let the high-priced Padres have Democratic Minneapolis City Council candidate says he doesn't condone violence, days after melee 05/17/2023 09:28pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Days after chaos erupted at a Democratic nominating convention for a Minneapolis City Council seat, one of the candidates said he does not condone violence. Nasri Warsame, a political newcomer and Somali immigrant who is running for the seat currently held by Aisha Chughtai, sai Exceptional rains in drought-struck northern Italy kill 8, cancel Formula One Grand Prix 05/17/2023 08:49pm • CASTEL BOLOGNESE, Italy (AP) — Exceptional rains Wednesday in a drought-struck region of northern Italy swelled rivers over their banks, killing at least eight people, forcing the evacuation of thousands and prompting officials to warn that Italy needs a national plan to combat climate change-indu Russia agrees to extend Ukraine grain deal in a boost for global food security 05/17/2023 08:45pm • ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Russia agreed to a two-month extension of a deal that has allowed Ukraine to ship grain through the Black Sea to parts of the world struggling with hunger, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Wednesday, a boost to global food security after the war drove up price Man who killed 8 in NYC terrorist attack gets 10 life sentences plus 260 years 05/17/2023 08:37pm • NEW YORK (AP) — An unrepentant and defiant Islamic extremist received 10 life sentences and another 260 years in prison on Wednesday for killing eight people with a truck on a bike path in Manhattan on Halloween in 2017, as a judge decried his “callous and cowardly” crimes. “The conduct in t Abortion pill case moves to appeals court, on track for Supreme Court 05/17/2023 08:27pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Lawyers seeking to preserve pregnant women's access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion got pushback Wednesday from appellate judges with a history of supporting abortion restrictions. A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments