Month: February 2023

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Angela Bassett won entertainer of the year at Saturday’s NAACP Image Awards on a night that also saw her take home an acting trophy for the television series “9-1-1.” The Bassett-led Marvel superhero sequel “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” won best motion picture at the ceremony, which was broadcast live on BET

PHOENIX (AP) — Two people were killed and 11 others injured after a pickup truck crashed into a group of bicyclists Saturday morning in Arizona. The Goodyear Police Department said the pickup hit a large group of adult bicyclists just before 8 a.m. in suburban Phoenix. Police say a woman died at the site of

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican officials say about 12% of Mexicans suffer from malnutrition, a situation they blamed in part on consumption of junk food. Health officials told legislators the problem is more common in rural areas. The Health Department said Saturday the problem is often reflected in anemia, protein deficit and an imbalance in

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A powerful New York jail union boss-turned-prison inmate is poised to go free less than halfway through his sentence in a corruption case. A federal judge decided this week that Norman Seabrook’s nearly five-year term should be reduced. Seabrook originally was sentenced to 58 months in

By TERRY TANG Associated Press Since its debut in 1971, an anti-pollution ad showing a man in Native American attire shed a single tear at the sight of smokestacks and litter taking over a once unblemished landscape has become an indelible piece of TV pop culture. It’s been referenced over the decades since on shows

By COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — Designers with diverse backgrounds figured prominently in shows on the fourth day of Milan Fashion Week during a season when diversity in Italian fashion has become an every more pressing topic. Maximilian Davis showed his second season as creative director at Ferragamo. Likewise for Filipino-American designer

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press The creator of the Dilbert comic strip faced a backlash of cancellations Saturday while defending remarks describing people who are Black as members of “a hate group” from which white people should “get away.” Various media publishers across the U.S. denounced the comments by Dilbert creator Scott Adams as

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Ireland’s prime minister says the U.K. and the European Union are “inching” closer to agreeing on a deal to resolve a thorny post-Brexit dispute in Northern Ireland. Leo Varadkar told reporters on Saturday that he believed an agreement may be possible within days. His comments came amid

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — State investigators say a damaged rope led to the plunge of a decorative helicopter into a swimming pool at a New Jersey water park last weekend, injuring four people. The DreamWorks Water Park just outside New York City at the American Dream complex in East Rutherford reopened Saturday after being

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that a former governor of a New Mexico Pueblo appointed to oversee the state’s Indian Affairs was accused of rape in 2007. James Mountain would help oversee the state’s specialized task force addressing crimes against Indigenous women as secretary of Indian Affairs. His appointment hasn’t

BERLIN (AP) — The French documentary “On the Adamant” (Sur l’Adamant) directed by Nicolas Philibert was named best film at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival. The film takes viewers onto a Seine barge in Paris that serves as a floating day-care center for adults suffering from mental disorders. The award was announced Saturday by

DENVER (AP) — Prosecutors have dismissed the most serious charge against a Colorado police officer who locked a woman in a parked police car that was hit by a freight train, leaving her with serious injuries. The Weld County District Attorney’s office dismissed the second-degree felony assault charge against Officer Jordan Steinke on Thursday. Steinke

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — It was a Saturday of learning for U.S. first lady Jill Biden in Kenya. She praised young adults for learning about safe sex and dating practices, attended a meeting of women who created their own banking system and chatted with local entrepreneurs who have been helped

COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) — Police have arrested two people, one just 15 years old, in connection with a shooting in a Georgia city last week near the Alabama state line that left nine children injured. Both were arrested Friday in the Feb. 17 shooting at a gas station in Columbus in which seven teenagers and

By EDWIN KINDZEKA MOKI Associated Press YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Authorities in Cameroon say at least 19 people were injured in an explosion at a sports event in southwest Cameroon. Nine athletes competing in the Mount Cameroon Race of Hope in Buea town were injured as well as 10 civilians including a baby. The annual

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has sought to defend his unpopular pension plan in an effort to show that he hears concerns of farmers and other ordinary citizens. Macron was speaking at France’s biggest farm fair. The pension changes meant to raise the minimum retirement age from 62 to 64 were among recurrent

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Billionaire Warren Buffett said critics of stock buybacks are “either an economic illiterate or a silver-tongued demagogue” or both, and all investors benefit from them as long as they are made at the right prices. Buffett used part of his annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway

BAY MINETTE, Ala. (AP) — A judge has denied bond for a man accused of killing his grandparents, his brother and a family friend in south Alabama. Jared Smith-Bracy is charged with four counts of capital murder in the four deaths Wednesday night in Daphne. WKRG-TV reported that he met briefly with his two court-appointed

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Authorities say three teenage boys were wounded when gunfire erupted after a funeral reception for a 15-year-old who was fatally stabbed at his St. Paul high school earlier this month. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that none of the wounded teens’ injuries are considered life threatening. St. Paul Police Sgt.

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Some frustrated Nigerians cast their ballots with flashlights while others stood watch at their polling stations as counting got under way late Saturday amid fears of vote tampering after a day of delays in Africa’s most populous nation. Election officials blamed the delays on logistical issues,

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Eight people were injured after a fight broke out early Saturday at an Oklahoma City bar, according to Oklahoma City police. Police officers posted outside the Pink Parrot bar in the city’s Bricktown district saw the fight happen and noticed multiple injured people, police said in a statement. At least eight

By RONALD BLUM Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Emily D’Angelo made her point with attire before singing a single note at the Metropolitan Opera’s concert to mark the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The 28-year-old Canadian mezzo-soprano walked onto the stage Friday night for the Mozart Requiem wearing a dark skirt covered

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Authorities say a woman who shot at officers at an abandoned house in Pittsburgh was shot and killed by police. Allegheny County police said Pittsburgh officers were dispatched shortly after 3 p.m. Friday to the city’s St. Clair neighborhood and were directed to an abandoned house, where they saw a woman inside.