NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts:
A monument to love: Bosnian makes rotating house for wife
SRBAC, Bosnia-Herzegovina — It’s not exactly on par with India’s Taj Mahal, but a family house in a small town in northern Bosnia is in its own way a monument to love.
El Salvador explores bitcoin mining powered by volcanoes
BERLIN, El Salvador — At a geothermal power plant near El Salvador’s Tecapa volcano, 300 computers whir inside a trailer as they make complex mathematical calculations day and night verifying transactions for the cryptocurrency bitcoin.
US vows to pay relatives of Afghans killed in drone strike
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Defense Department said Friday that it is committed to offering condolence payments to relatives of the 10 people who were killed in an errant U.S. drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, in August.
Kerry says world short of climate goal
WASHINGTON — Crucial U.N. climate talks next month could end short of the global target for cutting coal, gas and oil emissions, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry says, after nearly a year of climate diplomacy that helped win deeper cuts from allies but has so far failed to move some of the world’s biggest polluters to act fast enough.
Developer aims to bring 4th hotel to Honolulu suburb
HONOLULU — A developer aims to bring a fourth hotel to the Honolulu suburb of Kapolei amid demand from local residents and business travelers for less expensive hotel rooms outside of resort districts.
North Kawaihae Small Boat Harbor improvement work starts Monday
Infrastructure improvements will begin Monday at North Kawaihae Small Boat Harbor, state officials said Thursday.
‘Squid Game’ strikes nerve in debt-ridden South Korea
SEOUL, South Korea — “Squid Game,” a brutal Netflix survival drama about desperate adults competing in deadly children’s games for a chance to escape severe debt, hit a little too close to home for Lee Chang-keun.
Former Boeing pilot involved in Max testing indicted
DALLAS — A former Boeing pilot was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury on charges of deceiving safety regulators about the 737 Max jetliner, which was later involved in two deadly crashes.
Lucy in the sky: Spacecraft will visit record 8 asteroids
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Attention asteroid aficionados: NASA is set to launch a series of spacecraft to visit and even bash some of the solar system’s most enticing space rocks.
FDA panel backs Moderna booster for older, high-risk people
Booster shots of Moderna Inc.’s COVID-19 vaccine should be given to older people and those at high risk of the disease, advisers to U.S. regulators said.
California firefighters, aircraft try to box in wildfire
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — More than 1,300 firefighters helped by aircraft dumping water and fire retardant worked Thursday to box in a wildfire in a Southern California coastal mountain range that has closed a major highway for days.
Social Security checks getting big boost as inflation rises
WASHINGTON — Millions of retirees on Social Security will get a 5.9% boost in benefits for 2022. The biggest cost-of-living adjustment in 39 years follows a burst in inflation as the economy struggles to shake off the drag of the coronavirus pandemic.
Turris scores shootout winner, Oilers beat Canucks 3-2
EDMONTON, Alberta — Kyle Turris scored the shootout winner and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 on Wednesday night in the season opener for both teams.
Dimitrov downs top-seeded Medvedev in 3 sets at Indian Wells
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Grigor Dimitrov outlasted top-seeded Daniil Medvedev 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 Wednesday in the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open, extending the parade of upsets that has knocked out several top players.
Mercury even WNBA Finals with 91-86 OT win over Sky
PHOENIX — Brittney Griner dunked while scoring 29 points, Diana Taurasi had eight of her 20 points in overtime and the Phoenix Mercury evened the WNBA Finals with a 91-86 win over the Chicago Sky on Wednesday night in Game 2.
Taiwan tensions raise fears of US-China conflict in Asia
BANGKOK — After sending a record number of military aircraft to harass Taiwan over China’s National Day holiday, Beijing has toned down the saber rattling but tensions remain high, with the rhetoric and reasoning behind the exercises unchanged.
William Shatner, TV’s Capt. Kirk, blasts into space
VAN HORN, Texas — Hollywood’s Captain Kirk, 90-year-old William Shatner, blasted into space Wednesday in a convergence of science fiction and science reality, reaching the final frontier aboard a ship built by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin company.
No. 19 BYU’s long-scheduled trip to Baylor a peek at Big 12
BYU coach Kalani Sitake knows his players are looking forward to the change of scenery, the chance to try some different foods and a game in a different region of the country.
