AVENTURA, Fla. (AP) AVENTURA, Fla. (AP) Immersion Corp. (IMMR) on Monday reported profit of $4.9 million in its fiscal first quarter. On a per-share basis, the Aventura, Florida-based company said it had profit of 17 cents. The touch-based technology company posted revenue of $294.4 million in the period. _____ This story was generated...

VATICAN CITY (AP) Pope Leo XIV celebrated his 71st birthday on Monday but it was Vatican employees who got the gift. The Vatican published a papal decree repealing 2021 salary cuts that Pope Francis had imposed on many Vatican employees as part of the Holy Sees COVID-19 cost-saving measures. In the decree, Leo said...

ROME (AP) Victor L. Simpson, the longtime Rome bureau chief for The Associated Press whose four decades as a foreign correspondent spanned five popes, wars and violence that touched him personally, has died. He was 84. Simpson died of cancer Sunday at his home in Rome, his children said Monday. During a 46-year AP...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) There’s something about the American road trip. It brings to mind visions of cars the size of boats, the glory days before seat-belt laws and pit stops at the world’s largest fill-in-the-blank. It has been memorialized in books like Jack Kerouacs On the Road and satirized in movies like National Lampoons...

TOKYO (AP) The president of Chubu Electric Power Co., Japan’s third-largest utility, said Monday that he and the chairperson are resigning to take responsibility over the company’s yearslong manipulation of earthquake safety data for two nuclear reactors and that the operator will withdraw applications to restart them. Japan has been gradually ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) Two minibus taxis collided head-on, and an SUV crashed into them on one of South Africa’s main highways, killing at least 21 people and leaving four others seriously injured, authorities said Monday. The crash on Sunday night in the Western Cape Province took place between the small towns of...

The D.C. attorney general secured over $9 million as part of a settlement agreement where two landlords were allegedly found to be in a price-fixing scheme.

WASHINGTON (AP) Delawares Democratic U.S. senator, U.S. representative and state attorney general will go before voters in a state primary Tuesday as they seek reelection. Voters also will choose nominees for state Legislature and for an open seat for state treasurer. The primaries will set the stage for the November general election, when Republicans...

CAIRO (AP) A crucial Saudi oil pipeline hit in strikes will be mostly out of service for several weeks for repairs, officials say.

Deep-fry (zh), a well-known technique where the food is fried in a pool of hot oil, which both cooks it and creates a crispy exterior, is used throughout the Frying chapter in my cookbook The Chinese Way. When deep-frying, I use a thermometer, aiming for 350F to 375F. Another way to gauge the temperature is...

NEW YORK (AP) Oprah Winfrey stood alone at the Sphere, attempting to comprehend what she had witnessed after U2s opening night performance in 2023. Mesmerized by the multisensory event, the Queen of All Media had a thought: Could she use the groundbreaking, 4D capabilities of the globe-shaped arena to help others reach their highest...

NEW YORK (AP) After seven novels that span centuries, continents and even planets, Emily St. John Mandel has not only created a substantial body of work, but a universe unto herself what admirers like to call the Mandelverse. It means that the novels, although they can be read entirely alone and independently, have...

ALAMO, Texas (AP) A segment of border wall erected in late July stands incomplete along the edge of a wildlife refuge in Alamo, Texas, after a lawsuit halted work. Lush public land in the Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge is a corridor for hundreds of thousands of birds and butterflies migrating to South America....

WESTPORT, Conn. (AP) Flash flooding brought on by heavy rains prompted road closures, water rescues and commuter rail problems across the tristate area Sunday. The National Weather Service said the hardest-hit areas appeared to be northern New Jersey, parts of New Yorks Westchester County and a swath of coastal Connecticut along Interstate 95. The...

Yemens Houthi rebels have seized the strategic islands of Greater and Lesser Hanish in the southern Red Sea, bolstering the Iranian-backed rebels’ ability to control a key maritime shipping route. Meanwhile, Iran says Saudi Arabia was behind Omans decision to postpone a meeting bringing together Iran with other regional countries to discuss the Strait ...

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) Nigerian industrialist Aliko Dangote opened his refinery to public ownership Monday with plans to raise $1.6 billion from retail investors across the continent in Africas biggest initial public offering, or IPO. Dangote, Africa’s richest man, dubbed the IPO one “for the people and said he wants everyone to be able to...

HOBOKEN, N.J. (AP) HOBOKEN, N.J. (AP) The Hain Celestial Group Inc. (HAIN) on Monday reported a loss of $61.9 million in its fiscal fourth quarter. On a per-share basis, the Hoboken, New Jersey-based company said it had a loss of 68 cents. Losses, adjusted for asset impairment costs and non-recurring costs, were 5...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) Poland pledged increased security along its border with Ukraine after a wave of Russian drone strikes near the frontier, including two that landed within kilometers of Polish territory. The move came as Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk warned that Moscow appears poised to intensify its campaign against Ukraines borders with European...

An 18-year-old man died after fleeing the scene of a crash in Montgomery County, Maryland, on Sunday night and going over a railing, according to Maryland State Police.

ROVANIEMI, Finland (AP) European leaders were meeting Monday to discuss growing competition in the Arctic, where global warming is opening new shipping routes, governments are vying for vast natural resources and a Russian military buildup is heightening security concerns. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen were ...

Since April, Matthew Juhren has spent up to 75 hours a week working remotely from his home office near Portland, Oregon. He spends most of that time alone.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) A road crash involving multiple vehicles in South Africa kills at least 21 people, authorities say.

More than a month after Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old Black woman, was found hanging from a tree outside an abandoned house in Jackson, Mississippi, a suspect charged with murder in connection with her death is expected in court Monday.

CAIRO (AP) Yemeni officials say Houthi rebels have seized more key islands in southern Red Sea, increasing grip on shipping routes.

STOCKHOLM (AP) Sweden’s next government remained uncertain on Monday as the national election inched toward a final result, with a thin lead for the left-wing opposition and an underwhelming performance by a hard-right anti-immigration party. Preliminary results showed a narrow advantage for the opposition and former Prime Minister Magdalena Anderssons ...