Month: July 2022

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A third person has died months after an April shooting inside a crowded Iowa nightclub. Linn County Attorney Nick Maybanks said Marvin Cox died July 24. He had been on life support. Nine other people were also hurt. Timothy Rush was already charged with second-degree murder for killing his 35-year-old

By AL-HADJI KUDRA MALIRO and JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press BENI, Congo (AP) — Officials from the United Nations and Congo’s government say peacekeepers returning from leave opened fire at a border post between Congo and Uganda, killing at least two people and wounding at least 15 others. Tensions between the population in restive eastern Congo

Anatoly Chubais, who resigned as a high-ranking adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin and left Russia shortly after the invasion of Ukraine, was reported to be in intensive care in a European hospital for a neurological disorder. Ksenia Sobchak, a Russian television personality and family friend of Chubais, said Sunday on Telegram that she had

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Police say seven people were injured after a person began shooting a handgun into a crowd during a large brawl in downtown Orlando. Orlando Police Chief Eric D. Smith told reporters the shooting occurred during a fight that started around 2:22 a.m. Sunday near Wall Street Plaza and South Orange Avenue.

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Bill Russell redefined how basketball is played, and then he changed the way sports are viewed in a racially divided country. The most prolific winner in NBA history, Russell marched with Martin Luther King Jr., stood with Muhammad Ali and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan professor who was suspended in January for making a profanity-filled video to welcome students settled his legal dispute with a university by agreeing to accept $95,000. Barry Mehler also agreed to a three-year gag order and retirement. If he criticizes Ferris State University, he could

By NOAH BERGER Associated Press YREKA, Calif. (AP) — Crews battling the largest wildfire so far this year in California braced for thunderstorms and hot, windy conditions that created the potential for additional fire growth Sunday as they sought to protect remote communities. The McKinney Fire was burning out of control in Northern California’s Klamath

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 for the second straight day, in what appears to be a rare case of “rebound” following treatment with an anti-viral drug. In a letter noting the positive test, Dr. Kevin O’Connor, the White House physician, said Sunday that the president

HAMPSHIRE, Ill. (AP) — Police say seven people are dead after a crash involving a wrong-way vehicle on an interstate in northern Illinois. The crash occurred around 2 a.m. on Interstate 90 in McHenry County, roughly 50 miles from Chicago. Police say a woman and five children in a van were killed. A woman in

PLANCHE DES BELLES FILLES, France (AP) — Veteran rider Annemiek van Vleuten won the women’s Tour de France for the first time on Sunday after clinching the eighth and final stage in style. The 39-year-old Van Vleuten won the stage by 30 seconds from Dutch countrywoman Demi Vollering, who also finished the race second overall.

LONDON (AP) — A retired British geologist jailed in Iraq for antiquities smuggling has been freed and has left the country. Jim Fitton was sentenced last month to 15 years in an Iraqi prison. A Baghdad appeals court overturned the conviction and last week ordered his release. He has now been reunited with family in

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer The summer box office showed signs of slowing down this weekend as the animated “DC League of Super-Pets” opened in theaters across North America. The superhero spinoff about Superman’s dog earned $23 million from 4,314 locations, according to studio estimates Sunday. Though slightly less than expected, it was still

LONDON (AP) — Just when it seemed England might again be weighed down by expectations and history, Chloe Kelly made the breakthrough. Kelly’s goal in the second half of extra time — the first time she had ever scored in a competitive international game — propelled England to its first major women’s soccer title on

By BRUCE SCHREINER and JOHN RABY Associated Press HINDMAN, Ky. (AP) — Damage to critical infrastructure and the arrival of more heavy rains hampered efforts Sunday to help Kentucky residents hit by recent massive flooding, Gov. Andy Beshear said. As residents in Appalachia tried to slowly piece their lives back together, flash flood warnings were

RONALD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Two bicyclists are dead in western Michigan after an SUV driven by a suspected drunken driver struck a group of riders. They were on an endurance ride Saturday for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The vehicle crossed a center line in Ionia County and hit the bicyclists on a rural road. The

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — There was already plenty of trouble to talk about when a major U.N. meeting on the landmark Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty was originally supposed to happen in 2020. Now the pandemic-postponed conference finally starts Monday as Russia’s war in Ukraine has reanimated fears of nuclear confrontation and

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A section of Beirut’s massive port grain silos, shredded in the 2020 explosion, collapsed in a huge cloud of dust on Sunday after a weekslong fire, triggered by grains that had fermented and ignited in the summer heat. The northern block of the silos toppled after what

By MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Difficulties in finding affordable child care cost Enoshja Ruffin her job three years ago. The mother of six was let go from her position as a counselor for kids with cerebral palsy after she missed three shifts because she had trouble finding babysitters. After

ELWOOD, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana police officer was fatally shot during a traffic stop early Sunday. Noah Shahnavaz worked for the Elwood police department, 50 miles northeast of Indianapolis. State police say a driver got out of his vehicle and shot the 24-year-old officer. The suspect was captured roughly 30 minutes later. Madison County

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian border guards have clashed with the Afghan Taliban, the latest cross-border exchange since the former insurgents seized power in neighboring Afghanistan a year ago. The official IRNA news agency quoted the governor of a border country in eastern Iran as saying Sunday’s incident is under investigation. No casualties were reported.

By HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Joe Manchin, one of the Democrats’ most conservative and contrarian members, declined on Sunday to endorse Joe Biden if the president seeks a second term in 2024 and refused to say whether he wants Democrats to retain control of Congress after the November elections. In a

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Pro-democracy activists say Myanmar’s military authorities have arrested a Japanese video journalist who was filming an anti-government protest in Yangon, Myanmar’s biggest city. They identified the man arrested Saturday as documentary filmmaker Toru Kubota. A Japanese Embassy official confirmed its national has been detained. A leader of

By SAMYA KULLAB and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — With mattresses strewn about, food trucked in and protesters playacting as lawmakers, hundreds of followers of an influential Shiite cleric were camped out Sunday inside the Iraqi parliament after toppling security walls around the building and storming in the previous day. The protesters —