Month: December 2022

ATLANTA (AP) — The father of a man who was fatally shot by an Atlanta police officer said he is grateful for the indictment of the now-retired officer. Sung Kim was indicted Friday on charges including felony murder and involuntary manslaughter in the 2019 death of Jimmy Atchison. Atchison’s father, Jimmy Hill, said in a

NEW YORK (AP) — A suspected serial burglar was caught Monday while attempting to poach Christmas presents from actor Robert De Niro’s Manhattan home, police said. Officers had been tracking the real-life Grinch amid a string of recent robberies and saw her bust into “The Godfather” and “Goodfellas” star’s townhouse around 2:45 a.m. Monday, police

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Long before the bobbleheads and the “Fauci ouchie,” Dr. Anthony Fauci was a straight-shooter about scary diseases — and “stick with the science” remains his mantra. Fauci steps down from a five-decade career in public service at the end of the month, one shaped by the

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI sounded the alarm Monday about an explosive increase in teenage boys being targeted online and extorted for money after being tricked into sending sexually explicit pictures. At least 3,000 children, mostly teenage boys, have been victims of the schemes that are connected to more than

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard have settled their defamation lawsuits following a high-profile trial earlier this year in which the former couple accused each other of physical and verbal abuse. Heard announced the settlement Monday on social media. Both sides had filed appeals of

By RAMI MUSA BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — Libya’s top prosecutor says a court has sentenced 17 former members of the Islamic State group to death. The statement Monday from the country’s Tripoli-based prosecutor said the death sentences were for those convicted of participating in the killing of 53 people in the western city of Sabratha

By MARK PRATT Associated Press The highest court in Massachusetts has ruled that allowing doctors to prescribe a lethal dose of medication to mentally competent patients with terminal illnesses is not protected by the state constitution. The Supreme Judicial Court in Monday’s decision said it recognized the importance and significance of end-of-life decisions, but concluded

By MADDIE BURAKOFF AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have uncovered new clues about a curious fossil site in Nevada, a graveyard for dozens of giant marine reptiles. Instead of the site of a massive die-off as suspected, it might have been an ancient maternity ward where the creatures came to give birth.

BERLIN (AP) — Germany and France on Monday backed calls to boost Europe’s own green industries in a bid to counter financial aid that the United States has put in place for American manufacturers. The European Union has warned of a possible trans-Atlantic trade war over the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act, a $369 billion plan

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The seed for one of the best musicals on Broadway this season sprang from an off-hand comment about an infant. Playwright David Lindsay-Abaire asked a friend about his newborn niece and was told she was like a wise old woman trapped in a baby’s body.

LONDON (AP) — A second person has died after a crush at a London concert venue last week. Police say Gaby Hutchinson was working as a security guard at the O2 Brixton Academy when Nigerian singer Asake was due to perform there on Thursday. The Metropolitan Police force said the 23-year-old died on Monday. Rebecca

BERLIN (AP) — Shareholders of German energy company Uniper have approved a rescue package for the gas supplier, clearing the way for its nationalization. The government announced its plan to nationalize Uniper in September, expanding state intervention in the energy industry to prevent an energy shortage resulting from Russia’s war in Ukraine. The deal built

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s space corporation Roscosmos says a coolant leak from a Russian space capsule attached to the International Space Station doesn’t require evacuation of the crew. But the space agency is keeping open the possibility of launching a replacement capsule, if needed. Roscosmos said Monday that a panel of experts will determine later

BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium is urging its nationals to leave Iran and warns that they face the risk of arrest, arbitrary detention or unfair trial. The warning came after a detained Belgian aid worker was reportedly sentenced to 28 years in prison there last week. The Belgian foreign ministry says that “in the event of

Associated Press Sam Bankman-Fried may be ready to come to the U.S. to face criminal charges related to the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX following a chaotic court appearance in the Bahamas. A lawyer for Bankman-Fried was quoted as saying Monday the disgraced FTX founder has agreed to be extradited to the United States. A

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Stellantis and U.S. safety regulators have confirmed that an exploding Takata air bag inflator has killed another driver. The company and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reiterated warnings to owners of 274,000 older Dodge and Chrysler vehicles to stop driving them until faulty inflators are

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The head of the United Nations on Monday urged world leaders to take “credible” new action to curb climate change, warning that efforts so far fall short of what’s needed to avert catastrophe. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the Paris climate accord’s goal of capping global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius

LONDON (AP) — British television presenter Jeremy Clarkson said Monday he is “horrified to have caused so much hurt” with a scathing column about Prince Harry’s wife, Meghan, that attracted a flood of complaints. Clarkson, who hosts motoring show “The Grand Tour” on Amazon, wrote in tabloid newspaper The Sun that he hated the former

By The Associated Press The maker of the popular Fortnite video game will pay $520 million in penalties and refunds to settle complaints revolving around children’s privacy and its payment methods that tricked players into making unintended purchases, U.S. federal regulators said Monday. The Federal Trade Commission reached the settlements to resolve two cases against

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — For all the worries about inflation and the economy, Americans aren’t scrimping on a centerpiece of many celebrations this holiday season: the Christmas tree. Retailers from Home Depot and Lowes to mom and pop operations raised their prices on trees — but people are still

PARIS (AP) — Fans are set to welcome the France team in central Paris on Monday evening after its loss against Argentina in in one of the greatest finals in World Cup history. Kylian Mbappé and his teammates left Qatar on Monday and are expected to go to Place de la Concorde in the evening

By COLLEEN BARRY and LORNE COOK Associated Press BRESCIA, Italy (AP) — An Italian court has ruled that a suspect in a big corruption scandal linked to the European Parliament can be handed over to Belgium. The court decided that Maria Dolores Colleoni should go based on a European arrest warrant linking her to the