Month: January 2023

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Leading Sunday services on the lawn outside his tornado-damaged Crosspoint Christian Church, the Rev. David Nichols told his congregation there was much for which to be grateful despite the destruction around them. The tornado that ravaged Selma hit the church’s daycare. It destroyed much of the

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An undersea earthquake has shaken part of western Indonesia, but there were no immediate reports of serious damage or casualties. The magnitude 6.2 earthquake was centered southeast of Singkil, a coastal district in Aceh province at a depth of 23 miles, the U.S. Geological Survey said. No tsunami alert was issued

HOUSTON (AP) — Authorities say one person was killed and four others were wounded as dozens of shots were fired outside a Houston club early Sunday morning. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez says that officials believe that just after 2 a.m. Sunday, shooters got out of a vehicle and opened fire at people who were

By DANICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s government says it plans to privatize electricity generation, a first for a U.S. territory facing chronic power outages as it struggles to rebuild a crumbling electric grid. The move announced Sunday marks the beginning of the end for Puerto Rico’s Electric Power

HOUSTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors say that a former Texas trooper has been found guilty of assaulting two women while he was on duty in the Houston area in 2020. Prosecutors said Friday that a jury found that 33-year-old Lee Ray Boykin Jr. deprived two separate victims of their right to bodily integrity while acting

BRIGANTINE, N.J. (AP) — Marine animal welfare officials say the most recent whale found dead on a New Jersey shoreline had apparently been struck by a vessel. The Marine Mammal Stranding Center said Sunday that preliminary results of a necropsy on the humpback whale that washed up Thursday on the North End Natural Area in

By COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — The Milan menswear runway is full of spare looks for next fall and winter, as if the fashion world is taking a deep breath, to see what happens next. Prada opened its runway show with tailored, slightly blocky suit jackets with sharp, wing-like collars that flapped

LOS ANGELES (AP) — More rain and snow fell during the weekend in storm-battered California, making travel dangerous and prompting evacuation warnings over flooding concerns along a swollen river near Sacramento. Bands of gusty thunderstorms started Saturday in the north and spread south, with yet another atmospheric river storm following close behind Sunday, the National

DALLAS (AP) — Police investigating after a clouded leopard escaped her enclosure at the Dallas Zoo say a cutting tool was used to intentionally make an opening in the fence of the small cat’s habitat, and a similar cut was found at a habitat for small monkeys. Dallas police said Saturday evening that they did

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Upgraded murder charges have been filed against a Minnesota mom who is accused of fatally shooting her 6-year-old son and stashing his body in the trunk of her car last spring. Julissa Thaler was already charged with second-degree murder in the May 20 death of Eli Hart. The suburban Minneapolis mom was

CHICAGO (AP) — Authorities say a man has died after he fell onto the electrified third rail at a Chicago Transit Authority station. Chicago police and the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office say 31-year-old Rueben Castro of Chicago fell onto the tracks at the Merchandise Mart CTA station about 10:20 p.m. Friday. Police say Castro

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer New movies like “Plane” and “House Party” were no match for “Avatar: The Way of Water” and the killer doll horror “M3GAN” at the box office this weekend. The two holdovers topped the charts again according to studio estimates Sunday. In first place for the fifth weekend in a

POMPTON LAKES, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey house where smoke had been reported exploded with volunteer firefighters inside, injuring five of them and sending two to a hospital for treatment of burns, authorities said. The Pompton Lakes Volunteer Fire Department in Passaic County said on its Facebook page that crews were dispatched at about

By CAROLYN THOMPSON and JOHN WAWROW ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Bills safety Damar Hamlin, who is still recovering after going into cardiac arrest on the field in Cincinnati two weeks ago, cheered via Twitter from home Sunday during Buffalo’s wild-card playoff home game against the Miami Dolphins. “My heart is with my guys as

By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer Georgia offensive lineman Devin Willock and a recruiting staff member were killed early Sunday in a car wreck, the school said, just hours after the Bulldogs celebrated their second straight national championship with a parade and ceremony. Two other members of the football program were injured in the crash,

PARIS (AP) — The Paris prosecutor’s office has opened a judicial investigation into “attempted murders” four days after seven people were injured with a sharp metallic hook at a crowded Paris train station. Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said on Sunday that her office asked for the man suspected in Wednesday’s attack to be detained pending

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Nearly 50 vehicles collided on an icy highway near the South Korean capital, killing one person and injuring dozens. The vehicles skidded and collided in succession Sunday night on the Guri-Pocheon highway entering Pocheon city. Many had damaged fronts or rear-ends and some appeared to have been knocked sideways. Fire

By JULIE WATSON and DOUG GLASS Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — The record rainfall in California has soaked its steep hillsides, causing hundreds of landslides and heightening the threat to communities. So far the state has not seen another tragedy like the one in 2018 when mudslides roared through Montecito, killing 23 people and

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan is launching its first anti-polio campaign of the year, targeting more than 44 million children under the age of five. It is one of two countries in the world where polio continues to threaten the health and well-being of children. Polio affects the nervous system of children and ultimately leads to

British police say two children and four women were injured in a drive-by shooting in central London. The Metropolitan Police said officers were called on Saturday afternoon to a church in the Euston area where a private memorial service was taking place. Police believe gunmen fired shotgun pellets from a moving car outside the church.

MADRID (AP) — Several thousand health workers have returned to the streets of Spain’s capital to protest what they claim is the dismantling of Madrid’s public health care system by its conservative regional government. The marchers clamored on Sunday against staff shortages and criticized what they consider the favoritism shown by regional authorities toward private

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer Celebrities wept in court. Coaches lost their jobs. Elite universities saw their reputations stained. And nearly four years later, the mastermind of the Varsity Blues scheme was sentenced this month to more than three years in prison. But there’s little belief the college bribery scandal has stirred significant change

ROME (AP) — Italian energy giant Eni has announced what it calls a significant gas discovery offshore of Egypt in the eastern Mediterranean. In a statement, Eni on Sunday said the discovery occurred in the Nargis offshore area concession. Eni said it will further develop the offshore area thanks to a recent award of several

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has invited Christians of all dominations to gather in St. Peter’s Square in September to help further the cause of Christian unity. Speaking to the public in the square on Sunday, Francis announced that the event will take place on Sept. 30, a few days ahead of the start