Month: September 2022

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey grand jury has indicted 14 corrections officers on charges stemming from what authorities said was a brutal attack in 2021 on inmates at the state’s only prison for women. The grand jury handed up the indictments after a more than yearlong investigation into the events at the Edna

By AMY TAXIN Associated Press REDONDO BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Elsa Morin gripped the football and launched a perfect spiral. Then the 17-year-old dodged in and out of cones and yanked the flag hanging from another girl’s belt for a key defensive play. “Something about football just gets me really excited,” said the senior at

By MADDIE BURAKOFF AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A scientist who built a global COVID-19 website received this year’s Lasker award for public service. The Lasker Foundation, which gives out annual prizes for medical research, announced this year’s winners on Wednesday. The Johns Hopkins University researcher was honored for creating the website to

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two people have been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of rapper PnB Rock and Los Angeles police were searching Wednesday for a third suspect they warned should be considered armed and dangerous. The Philadelphia artist, whose real name is Rakim Allen, was gunned down Sept. 13 at a South

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Some 15 Griffon vultures from Spain have been released into the wild in Cyprus to help revive the east Mediterranean island’s population that’s dropped to just 8-10 birds because of deliberate poisoning, conservationists said Wednesday. The LIFE with Vultures CY group said the large birds were initially brought to the east

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration should create a new position at the White House National Security Council to focus on cases of Americans  wrongfully detained in foreign countries. That’s according to a report from an advocacy group, which recommends funding an interagency office to help free hostages. The report

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon will hike its fixed currency exchange rate against the U.S. dollar 25 years after adopting it. The Finance Ministry said Wednesday the official rate of the Lebanese pound against the dollar will increase from just over 1,500 to 15,000 in November. The country’s economy has been

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities have publicly identified the 14-year-old killed in a shooting that also wounded four other teens as they walked away from a Philadelphia high school athletic field after a football scrimmage. Police said Wednesday they were still searching for at least two suspects in the shooting outside Roxborough High School shortly after

By JAN M. OLSEN and PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Methane leaking from the damaged Nord Stream pipelines is likely to be the biggest burst of the potent greenhouse gas on record, by far. The Nord Stream pipeline leaks that were pumping huge volumes of methane into the Baltic Sea and atmosphere

CHAMPION, Neb. (AP) — Officials say 11 children and two adult drivers were injured when a semitrailer truck collided with a school bus in southwestern Nebraska. The Chase County Sheriff’s Office says the crash happened Tuesday afternoon on a rural highway near Champion. A bus dropping off children from school turned left in front of

By MADDIE BURAKOFF AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A big catch of fish fossils in southern China includes the oldest teeth ever found — and may help scientists learn how our aquatic ancestors got their bite. The finds offer new clues about a key period of evolution that’s been hard to flesh out

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Two children drowned in eastern El Salvador after being swept away in a rain-swollen gully on their way home from school. El Salvador’s Civil Defense agency said a third child was rescued and taken to a hospital for medical attention. Residents of the area eventually recovered the two victims’

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Katie Couric said Wednesday that she’d been diagnosed with breast cancer, and underwent surgery and radiation treatment this summer to treat the tumor. Couric, who memorably was tested for colon cancer on the “Today” show in 2000, announced her diagnosis in an essay on her

By LISA RATHKE Associated Press BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Volunteers have restored 51 gravestones of children who lived and died in the late 1800s and early 1900s at the Home for Destitute Children in Vermont’s largest city. The small headstones are in the scenic and historic Lakeview Cemetery. According to University of Vermont professor Meghan

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) — Wildlife officers on Wednesday were tracking a mountain lion that attacked a 7-year-old boy and prompted the closure of a sprawling Southern California park, authorities said. The child and his father were walking up stairs at Pico Canyon Park near Santa Clarita around dusk on Monday when a cougar emerged

By KIM COOK Associated Press Chances are if you’ve been to a great restaurant, bar or hotel, you’ve snagged a coaster, matchbook, napkin or card key. Mementoes like these help us remember a fun experience. You may hesitate before you pocket one, wondering if that’s OK. But don’t worry. Hospitality and branding industry folks say

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — For more than half a century, ABC, CBS and NBC have aired evening newscasts each weeknight on television. This fall, the competition has spread to another medium. With the launch of “CBS News Prime Time” with John Dickerson a few weeks ago, all three networks

PRAGUE (AP) — Thousands of protesters are rallying again in the Czech capital to condemn the Czech government’s handling of the energy crisis and its support for Ukraine. Despite a national holiday, the crowd that has united the far right with the far left is smaller than the 70,000 who gathered for the same reasons

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Grab your toilet paper. Bring a flashlight. Don’t forget a newspaper — or your fishnets. A touring, interactive version of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” is hitting the road to celebrate the cult film’s birthday with screenings, live shadow casts, the invitation to be inappropriate

OSWIECIM, Poland (AP) — Film icon Arnold Schwarzenegger visited the site of the Auschwitz Nazi death camp on Wednesday, meeting a Holocaust survivor and the son of Holocaust survivors and saying it is time to “terminate” hatred. The “Terminator” actor and former California governor viewed the barracks, watchtowers and remains of gas chambers that endure

BERLIN (AP) — The president of the Berlin Constitutional Court says Germany’s capital will likely need to repeat its 2021 state and district elections due to severe election day glitches. Several political parties and government entities have filed formal complaints about the Sept. 26, 2021 votes. Long lines formed outside many polling stations in Berlin