AP Briefs

By The Associated Press About 8,000 N. Korean troops at Ukraine’s border WASHINGTON | The Biden administration says some 8,000 North Korean soldiers are now in Russia near Ukraine’s border and are preparing to help the Kremlin fight against Ukrainian troops in the coming days. The new figure announced Thursday is a dramatic increase from

By NewsPress Now College athletes push for voter turnout Lily Meskers faced an unexpected choice in the lead-up to the first major election she can vote in. The 19-year-old University of Montana sprinter was among college athletes in the state who received an inquiry from Montana Together asking if she was interested in a name,

By NewsPress Now Indigenous people march in Brazil’s capital BRASILIA, Brazil | Bearing images of animals and covered in body paint, hundreds of Indigenous people marched Wednesday in Brazil’s capital, urging Congress to drop a proposed constitutional amendment that has the potential to paralyze and even reverse land allocations. The bill aims to add to

By NewsPress Now Microsoft reports $65.6 billion in quarterly sales Microsoft on Wednesday reported an 11% increase in profit for the July-September quarter compared to the same time last year as investors looked for signs that the company’s huge spending on artificial intelligence is paying off. The company reported quarterly net income of $24.7 billion,

By NewsPress Now Google’s moneymaking machine still pumping out massive profits SAN FRANCISCO | Google is still thriving while the company navigates through a pivotal shift to artificial intelligence and battles regulators trying to topple its internet empire. The latest evidence of Google’s prosperity emerged Tuesday with the release of its corporate parent Alphabet Inc.’s

By NewsPress Now Treasury issues rule to block U.S. investors from helping China military WASHINGTON | The U.S. Treasury Department, seeking to keep the Chinese military from gaining an edge in advanced technologies, issued a rule Monday to restrict and monitor American investments in China in artificial intelligence, computer chips and quantum computing. The finalized

By NewsPress Now Owner of ship that caused Baltimore bridge collapse to pay $100M WASHINGTON | The owner and manager of the cargo ship that caused the Baltimore bridge collapse have agreed to pay more than $100 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the Justice Department, officials said Thursday. The settlement comes a month

By The Associated Press County judge strikes down Ohio abortion ban COLUMBUS, Ohio | A county judge has permanently blocked enforcement of an Ohio law that bans virtually all abortions. Hamilton County Judge Christian Jenkins on Thursday cited the voters’ approval last November of Issue 1, which created a constitutional right for people to make

By NewsPress Now NBA opens investigation into Joel Embiid’s playing status The NBA is investigating why Philadelphia center Joel Embiid did not play in the team’s nationally televised season opener against Milwaukee. The league confirmed the investigation on Thursday. It was opened as part of the NBA’s player participation policy that went into effect last

By NewsPress Now Polish radio station replaces journalists with AI ‘presenters’ WARSAW, Poland | A Polish radio station has triggered controversy after dismissing its journalists and relaunching this week with AI-generated “presenters.” Weeks after letting its journalists go, OFF Radio Krakow relaunched this week, with what it said was “the first experiment in Poland in

By The Associated Press Apple, Goldman Sachs must pay $89M for mishandling Apple Card NEW YORK | A federal regulator on Wednesday ordered Apple and Goldman Sachs to pay a combined $89 million for deceiving consumers and mishandled transaction disputes of Apple Card customers. The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau orders point to “customer service breakdowns

By NewsPress Now Taxpayers will get bigger standard deductions NEW YORK | U.S. taxpayers will again see higher standard deductions for 2025, allowing them to shield more of their money from taxation on future returns. The Internal Revenue Service detailed the increases in its annual inflation adjustments announced Tuesday. For single taxpayers and married individuals

By NewsPress Now Disney names Gorman as next chairman; anticipates naming new CEO The Walt Disney Co. is tapping Morgan Stanley executive James Gorman to serve as its next chairman, beginning early next year. The entertainment giant also announced that it anticipates naming its new CEO in early 2026. Gorman will become chairman on Jan.

By The Associated Press Hundreds of frozen waffle products recalled Hundreds of frozen waffle products sold in leading retailers including Walmart and Target are being recalled. The manufacturer says they could be contaminated with the listeria bacteria. TreeHouse Foods announced the recall Friday and published a list of the products. It says consumers should throw

By NewsPress Now Tech firms remove social media accounts of a Russian drone factory Google, Meta and TikTok have removed social media accounts belonging to an industrial plant in Russia’s Tatarstan region aimed at recruiting young foreign women to make drones for Moscow’s war in Ukraine. Posts on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok were taken

By The Associated Press Parents, teachers sue to stop Oklahoma school Bible mandate OKLAHOMA CITY | A group of Oklahoma parents of public school students, teachers and ministers filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to stop the state’s top education official from forcing schools to incorporate the Bible into lesson plans for students in grades 5

By The Associated Press McConnell called Trump ‘stupid’ and ‘despicable’ in private WASHINGTON | Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said after the 2020 election that then-President Donald Trump was “stupid as well as being ill-tempered” and a “despicable human being.” That’s according to a new biography of McConnell that’ll be released this month. McConnell made

By NewsPress Now Tom Coughlin, Mike Shanahan among coaching candidates for Hall of Fame Two-time Super Bowl winning coaches Tom Coughlin, Mike Shanahan and George Seifert are among the coaching candidates under consideration for the 2025 Pro Football Hall of Fame class. One other Super Bowl winner, Mike Holmgren, also made the cut Thursday as

By The Associated Press USDA launches internal investigation into Boar’s Head outbreak U.S. Agriculture Department officials have launched an internal investigation into how the agency handled reports of serious problems tied to a deadly listeria outbreak at a Boar’s Head deli meat plant in Virginia. Sen. Richard Blumenthal says that the USDA inspector general is