Month: June 2022

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “MJ,” the hit-filled Broadway musical about the King of Pop, got a huge bump at the box…

PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. (AP) — A swimmer has been seriously injured in a shark attack on the central California coast. The attack occurred at…

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A federal lawsuit is challenging a decades-old Missouri law that limits the extent to which volunteers can provide…

ATLANTA (AP) — Police say nearly $100,000 in cash was taken in a weekend burglary at the Atlanta home of former NBA player Vince Carter. Police…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has received the final chapter of a report on an…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The family of a man who died in custody after being shot with a stun gun has filed a federal lawsuit against the city of…

By JIM SALTER Associated Press An attorney working as a senior investigator for the U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection will…

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The owner of seven Louisiana nursing homes whose residents suffered in squalid conditions after…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The head of the European Space Agency says Russia’s invasion of Ukraine highlights the need…

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The final phase of jury selection in the penalty trial of Florida school shooter…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — This week’s gripping testimony to Congress about threats to local election officials…

LONDON (AP) — Health officials in Britain are warning parents to ensure their children have been vaccinated against polio after the virus that…

By DÉBORA ÁLVARES Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s judicial watchdog agency says it’s investigating a judge who stopped…

MIAMI (AP) — A prominent Mexican scientist who led a double life with two families on separate continents and was co-opted by Russian agents into…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A California man who was arrested near Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s home…

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice says Maine is in violation of the Americans with…

NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — A team of biologists recently hauled in the heaviest Burmese python ever captured in Florida. The Conservancy of Southwest…

By DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago City Council has passed new cooling requirements for residential buildings after three…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Top Tennessee Republican House leaders are urging Gov. Bill Lee to delay the state’s…

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press A former West Virginia lawmaker who livestreamed himself on Facebook storming the U.S. Capitol and cheering…

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The independent watchdog for U.S. assistance to Afghanistan is accusing the State Department…

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Families from many places, including war-ravaged Ukraine, have told Pope Francis their stories of joys, sorrows and hopes at an…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Actor Marlee Matlin, director Jason Reitman and producer Jason Blum are joining the Board of Governors of the Academy…

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Brittney Griner will have a place at the WNBA All-Star Game. League commissioner Cathy…

BOSTON (AP) — A federal jury has awarded $650,000 in damages to a Massachusetts construction worker who said his employer retaliated against him…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the Capitol insurrection heard from election workers…

By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is proposing to “legislate in a different way” based on…

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Violent protests by Indigenous people demanding a variety of changes, including lower fuel prices, have paralyzed Ecuador’s…

HOPEWELL, Va. (AP) — The U.S. Marshals Service and Federal Bureau of Prisons say all four inmates who escaped a minimum-security prison satellite…