Month: September 2022

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Lance Mackey, one of mushing’s most colorful and accomplished champions who also suffered from health and drug issues, has died. His father says Mackey died Wednesday after battling cancer. The four-time Iditarod Trail Sled Dog champion was 52. Mackey overcame throat cancer to win an unprecedented

LONDON (AP) — Several sporting events in Britain have been called off as a mark of respect following the death of Queen Elizabeth II at the age of 96. Organizers of the BMW PGA Championship golf event reacted to the announcement of the queen’s death by immediately suspending play with many players still out on

DUBLIN, Calif. (AP) — Relatives and former co-workers of a couple allegedly killed by a sheriff’s deputy inside their Northern California home say they were a retired civil engineer and a nurse. Lt. Ray Kelly, a spokesperson with the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office, identified them Thursday as 57-year-old Benison Tran and 42-year-old Maria Tran. Kelly

By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jennifer Hudson is a proud EGOT, an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony winner who has proven herself on screen, stage and in music. Her next intended conquest: daytime TV. “The Jennifer Hudson Show” debuts Monday. It’s among the newcomers jumping into the void left by

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service is resuming its practice of intentionally lighting fires to clear brush and small trees from forested areas nationwide after a three-month hiatus to review the risks of runaway wildfires under increasingly severe climate conditions, the agency announced Thursday. The prescribed fire

By CARLA BRIDI Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has skipped a congressional celebration of the country’s independence bicentennial. It comes a day after he used the national festivities as a campaign event for his reelection. His absence on short notice added to a rift with top congressional authorities and Supreme

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — U.K. politicians across the political spectrum have united in sorrow at the death of Queen Elizabeth II, a passing that brought the country’s usually fractious politics to a halt. The queen’s death will be marked with 10 days of national mourning, culminating in a state funeral for

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is preparing to appeal a judge’s decision granting the appointment of an independent arbiter to review records seized in a criminal investigation by the FBI from former President Donald Trump’s Florida home. Citing national security concerns and other factors, the department also asked U.S.

By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Forces are beginning to collide in California as wildfires threaten communities, an epic heat wave stresses the electrical grid and moisture from a Pacific tropical storm is expected to bring threats of thunderstorms and floods. Firefighters are struggling Thursday to control major wildfires in Southern California

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The number of homeless people counted in Los Angeles County is up this year, but at a much slower pace than previously. And many more people left the streets for shelters. That’s according to the results of federally required tally announced Thursday. The Los Angeles Homeless

NEW YORK (AP) — “Crying In H Mart” memoirist Michelle Zauner, novelist Gayl Jones and author-journalist Francisco Goldman are among the winners of the 43rd annual American Book Awards, presented by Ishmael Reed’s Before Columbus Foundation. The awards, which Reed helped found in 1979, honor “outstanding literary achievement from the entire spectrum of America’s diverse

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has pressed the case for Democratic economic policies during a visit to Ford’s Rouge electric vehicle assembly plant in election-year battleground Michigan. After a production-line tour, Yellen promoted recent legislative successes for the Biden administration. Yellen says she’s more optimistic about the course

By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A record eight whooping crane chicks have taken wing in Louisiana after hatching in the wild. It’s not just a state record for fledglings of the world’s rarest crane, but one for any flock reintroduced to the wild to help save the endangered birds, the state

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Horse racing was Queen Elizabeth II’s big sporting love. She first rode a horse at the age of 3 and would inherit the breeding and racing stock of her father, King George VI, when she acceded to the throne in 1952. She became one of the biggest faces of

LONDON (AP) — Condolences have poured in from around the world after the death of Queen Elizabeth II, whose rule saw Britain through decades of change.  She had been on the throne since 1952 when the nation was still rebuilding from the destruction of World War II. Elizabeth became a global icon of calmness and

By TOM DAVIES Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Opponents of Indiana’s abortion ban set to take effect next week filed a lawsuit Thursday arguing it would violate a state religious freedom law that Republican lawmakers approved in 2015. The lawsuit follows another one filed last week also challenging the abortion ban that the GOP-dominated Legislature

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA is replacing leaky seals in its moon rocket at the pad in hopes of launching it on its first test flight by the end of this month. Managers said Thursday they will conduct another fueling test to ensure all hydrogen leaks are plugged.

By DANICA KIRKA, JILL LAWLESS and SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and a symbol of stability across much of a turbulent century, died Thursday after 70 years on the throne. She was 96. Buckingham Palace said she died at Balmoral Castle, her summer residence in Scotland, where

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — After seven decades, the United Kingdom has a new woman to call queen. Charles’ wife, Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, will be known as Queen Consort — a title that came with Queen Elizabeth II’s blessing after years of contention, dating back to the days before she

LOS ANGELES (AP) — David A. Arnold, a comedian who was a producer of the “Fuller House” reboot and the creator and showrunner of Nickelodeon’s “That Girl Lay Lay,” has died. He was 54. Arnold’s family said in a statement Thursday that the doctors “ruled the cause of death due to natural causes.” His family

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prince Charles has been preparing for the crown his entire life. Now, at age 73, that moment has finally arrived. Charles, the oldest person to ever assume the British throne, became King Charles III on Thursday following the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II. No date

By MARTÍN ADAMES ALCÁNTARA Associated Press SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — The president of the Dominican Republic has barred Haiti’s former interim prime minister from entering the country, a move that further heightens tensions between two nations that share the island of Hispaniola. The order against Claude Joseph that was signed Wednesday by Dominican

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The DNA of a jailed elected official who was angered by past and upcoming newspaper stories was found on the hands of a Las Vegas investigative reporter who fought for his life while being stabbed to death outside his home, authorities said Thursday. County Public Administrator