Month: May 2022

DALLAS (AP) — Jeff Gladney, a defensive back for the Arizona Cardinals, has died in a car crash in Dallas. He was 25. Gladney’s death was confirmed by the Cardinals and his agent, Brian Overstreet. Gladney played at TCU and was a 2020 first-round draft pick of the Minnesota Vikings. He was released before the

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — For 60 years, Ted Sams regretted missing his high school graduation. Now 78 years old, Sams can finally call himself a graduate after donning a cap and gown and receiving his diploma Friday with the class of 2022 at Southern California’s San Gabriel High School. Back in 1962 when he was

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — An aging Japanese militant who spent more than a decade in an Israeli prison for his part in a deadly attack on the airport outside Tel Aviv showed up in Beirut at an event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the attack. Seventy-four-year-old Kozo Okamoto was on hand

PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — A boat has capsized on a Colorado lake, leaving one woman dead, 11 people hospitalized and one man missing. Authorities told KRDO-TV that eight adults and five children were on the large, flat boat near a picnic area at Lake Pueblo State Park on Sunday night when high winds apparently overturned

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican’s longtime investment banker has testified that he repeatedly voiced concerns about a fund that was investing in a troubled London property, but said the Holy See insisted on pursuing the deal even as it lost money. Enrico Crasso said Monday he was very much

PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix police say gunfire erupted over the weekend at a house party, killing a young man and injuring five teenagers. Police said Monday they’re trying to determine what led up to shooting overnight Saturday into Sunday. Neighbors told KNXV-TV that they heard multiple gunshots before several vehicles drove away from the scene.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — Police say six people wounded in weekend gunfire in a downtown Chattanooga, Tennessee, business district were all children. Chattanooga Police said in a statement on Monday that five of the victims were 15 and one was 13. Officers were patrolling the area Saturday night when they heard gunfire and responded to

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Sheriff’s deputies in Florida have arrested a 10-year-old fifth grade student accused of threatening to shoot up a school. Investigators learned of the threats made by the boy on Saturday and arrested him. In a social media post, Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno called the student’s behavior “sickening, especially after

By DAVID BILLER Associated Press Authorities in northeastern Brazil’s Pernambuco state say that 91 deaths have been confirmed from weekend flooding, with more two dozen people still missing. Officials say that hundreds of state and federal rescue workers are searching for 26 people currently unaccounted for., according to the official statement. Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Officials say the leader of a pro-gun group that has staged armed protests has been convicted of pointing a rifle at law enforcement while in Kentucky for a demonstration. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a statement on Sunday that jurors found John F. Johnson guilty Friday on charges of assaulting,

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida house where Lynyrd Skynyrd rock legend Ronnie Van Zant and his brothers Donnie and Johnny grew up is on the market for $629,000. Property records show the home in Jacksonville comes with eight lots, a fourplex home and a manufactured home. There is also a historical marker, put in

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Police say someone busted into the altar at a New York City church, stole a $2 million gold relic and removed the head from a statue of an angel at some point late last week. The incident happened between 6:30 p.m. Thursday and 4 p.m.

By MUNIR AHMED and TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani-American woman who came under fire in the Islamic nation for leading a delegation to Israel has defended the trip. Anila Ali says Monday she traveled to Jerusalem with a small group of Muslims and non-Muslims to promote interfaith harmony. Ali is a

PARIS (AP) — The French news broadcaster BFM TV says a 32-year-old French journalist was killed Monday in Ukraine. It says the journalist was fatally hit by shell shrapnel while covering a Ukrainian evacuation operation. BFM TV said Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff was killed as he was “covering a humanitarian operation in an armored vehicle” near Sievierodonetsk,