TOKYO (AP) 鈥� Shares were mostly lower Tuesday in Asia as optimism over a Wall Street rally was countered by worries about the Chinese economy.Shares edged higher in Tokyo but fell in most other regional markets. Hong Kong鈥檚 benchmark lost 2% as it reopened after a weather related closure on ...
LOUTRAKI, Greece (AP) 鈥� Wildfires outside Athens forced thousands to flee seaside resorts, closed highways and gutted vacation homes Monday, as high winds pushed flames through hillside scrub and pine forests parched by days of extreme heat.Authorities issued evacuation orders for at least ...
NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� A federal prosecutor said Monday his office is seeking to have control of New York City's trouble-plagued Rikers Island jail taken away from Mayor Eric Adam's administration, calling conditions there a 鈥渃ollective failure with deep roots."U.S. Attorney Damian Williams of the ...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) 鈥� Attorneys for an Alabama inmate on death row asked a federal appeals court Monday to block his upcoming execution, arguing the state has a history of troubled lethal injections.James Barber, 54, is scheduled to receive a lethal injection Thursday as the state seeks to ...
MANZANILLO, Mexico (AP) 鈥� An Australian sailor who had been adrift at sea with his dog for three months has been rescued by a Mexican tuna boat in international waters, the fishing vessel's owner said Monday.Timothy Lyndsay Shaddock, 54, was aboard his incapacitated catamaran Aloha Toa in the ...
JEFFERSON PARISH, La. (AP) 鈥� A man suspected of killing two former co-workers Monday at a shipyard near New Orleans was shot to death hours later by deputies in an afternoon gunfight, a sheriff said.Jefferson Parish Sheriff Joe Lopinto said deputies answered a call around 1 p.m. about ...
