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Protesters in Senegal accuse police of using armed civilians to quell unrest 06/16/2023 08:11pm • DAKAR, Senegal (AP) ��� As gunfire rang out at a protest in Senegal���s capital, a man wearing khaki pants and a T-shirt shot Cheikh's childhood friend in the chest. The bleeding 21-year-old slumped against a wall, displaying his wound in disbelief. ���We thought tear gas and grenades would be used Finland's center-right leader announces four-party coalition including anti-immigrant party 06/16/2023 11:55am • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) ��� The head of Finland���s center-right National Coalition Party announced an agreement Friday with three other parties for a governing coalition that includes an anti-immigration party, saying that the new NATO member country needs budget cuts and curbs on immigration. NCP Pastors find a role ministering to young men swept up in El Salvador's crackdown on gangs 06/16/2023 08:19am • SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) ��� The smell of pineapple bread fills the kitchen of ���Vida Libre,��� or ���free life,��� a gang rehabilitation program founded in El Salvador by American pastor Kenton Moody in 2021. The trust that Moody puts in former gang members is not widely shared. Thousands o Pastors find a role ministering to young men swept up in El Salvador's crackdown on gangs 06/16/2023 08:15am • SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) ��� The smell of pineapple bread fills the kitchen of ���Vida Libre,��� or ���free life,��� a gang rehabilitation program founded in El Salvador by American pastor Kenton Moody in 2021. The trust that Moody puts in former gang members is not widely shared. Thousands o Russia accuses Australia of 'Russophobic hysteria' for blocking second embassy on security grounds 06/16/2023 07:28am • CANBERRA, Australia (AP) ��� Russia accused Australia of ���Russophobic hysteria��� for canceling the lease on the land where Moscow wanted to build its new embassy, which the Australian government judged to be a security risk because it was too close to Parliament House. Parliament passed emergency A Russian ransomware gang breaches the Energy Department and other federal agencies 06/16/2023 06:15am • The Department of Energy and several other federal agencies were compromised in a Russian cyber-extortion gang's global hack of a file-transfer program popular with corporations and governments, but the impact was not expected to be great, Homeland Security officials said Thursday. But for others am Governor signs public funding bill for new A's stadium in Vegas, growing global sports destination 06/15/2023 10:16pm • RENO, Nev. (AP) ��� Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo signed into law Thursday a $380 million public financing package to help build a Major League Baseball stadium for the Oakland Athletics on the Las Vegas Strip as MLB's commissioner outlined a months-long approval process for the A's proposed move there. Guardsman indicted on charges of disclosing classified national defense information 06/15/2023 06:33pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Massachusetts Air National Guardsman accused of leaking highly classified military documents has been indicted on federal felony charges, the Justice Department said Thursday. Jack Teixeira faces six counts in the indictment of willful retention and transmission of national d A Missouri doctor's death is steeped in mystery and speculation. Authorities aren't talking 06/15/2023 04:47pm • CASSVILLE, Mo. (AP) ��� John Forsyth was known as a hard-working doctor who cared deeply for his patients and often teased nurses in the emergency room to ease tension. He was a father of eight and newly engaged. He also co-founded a cryptocurrency business with his brother. His sudden disappearance Two-time Oscar winner Glenda Jackson, who mixed acting with politics, dies at 87 06/15/2023 04:38pm • LONDON (AP) ��� Glenda Jackson, a two-time Academy Award-winning performer who had a second career in politics as a British lawmaker before an acclaimed late-life return to stage and screen, has died at age 87. Jackson's agent Lionel Larner said she died Thursday at her home in London after a short NC--Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 06/15/2023 01:12pm • Here���s a look at how AP���s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP���s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov Former Bosnian prison camp guard charged with lying to get refugee status, citizenship in US 06/15/2023 11:41am • BOSTON (AP) ��� A former guard at a notoriously harsh and violent prison camp in Bosnia-Herzegovina where Serbian prisoners were killed, sexually assaulted, tortured and starved has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges that he lied to get refugee status and, ultimately, his U.S. citizens Bayern Munich fined for not paying workers minimum wage 06/15/2023 06:35am • BERLIN (AP) ��� Bayern Munich has been reprimanded and fined by the Munich customs office for not paying its workers the minimum wage. Munich���s main customs office said on Thursday a ���well-known Munich soccer club��� underpaid its workers for five years from November 2016 to 2021. Office spokesm Hong Kong protest song disappears from music streaming sites, social media platforms 06/14/2023 11:31pm • HONG KONG (AP) ��� A popular Hong Kong protest song was no longer available Wednesday on several major music streaming sites and social media platforms, after the government sought an injunction to ban the tune. ���Glory to Hong Kong��� rose to popularity during the 2019 pro-democracy protests, and The 10 Most Valuable Companies in the World by Market Cap 06/14/2023 08:00pm • Apple Inc. (ticker: AAPL) continues to hold the world's attention as the most valuable company in the world, having taken the top spot in 2011 and kept at or near the top for most of that time. Apple was the first company to reach a market capitalization of $1 trillion in 2018. Now, it leads a group