Month: February 2023

By COSTAS KANTOURIS and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press TEMPE, Greece (AP) — A passenger train carrying hundreds of people collided at high speed with an oncoming freight train in a fiery wreck in northern Greece, killing 32 and injuring at least 85, officials said Wednesday. Multiple cars derailed and at least three burst into flames

JERUSALEM (AP) — Nine emerging scholars of history from around the world have been announced as winners of the prestigious Dan David Prize, with each awardee receiving $300,000 to help further their work. The Dan David Prize board said Tuesday it is recognizing the historians for “changing our understanding of the past” by delving into

By The Associated Press A man who federal agents say tried to board a plane in New Jersey with three guns, including a semi-automatic rifle, and a fake law-enforcement ID is in federal custody and facing two charges. Seretse Clouden, who has a prior weapon-related conviction, is charged with possession of a firearm by a

By MICHAEL PHILLIS and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials sued a Louisiana chemical maker on Tuesday, alleging that it presents an unacceptable cancer risk to the nearby majority-Black community and demanding cuts in toxic emissions. Denka Performance Elastomer LLC makes synthetic rubber, emitting the carcinogen chloroprene and other chemicals in such

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Prosecutors say a 15-year-old boy and a 21-year-old man have been indicted in the carjacking and fatal shooting of a prominent United Methodist Church leader in Memphis, Tennessee. The Shelby County District Attorney’s office said the two were each indicted on charges of first-degree murder and

By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — After Milan, global fashion’s spotlight shifted to the final stretch of ready-to-wear shows in Paris on Tuesday, as the industry looks to the future with all the final fall trends. But displays in the French capital will also revisit the past this week, with homages to

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s opposition demanded a revote Tuesday for the country’s presidential election, where partial results show an early lead for the ruling party. At a news conference in the capital Abuja, the three main opposition parties said the election was an insult to democracy and called for

By LISA MASCARO and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is defending his decision to give Fox News’ Tucker Carlson “exclusive” access to Jan. 6 security footage of the Capitol attack, despite the conservative commentator’s own work raising false claims and conspiracy theories about the 2021 riot over Joe Biden’s

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohioans wagered more than $1.1 billion on sports betting in January, the first month sports gambling was legal in the state. The Ohio Casino Control Commission released the data Tuesday, noting the bets resulted in $208.9 million in revenue for sportsbooks across the state. The vast majority of wagers were placed

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press Prosecutors have called their final witnesses in Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial. The jury will now head Wednesday about 40 minutes from the courthouse to see the family home where authorities say Murdaugh killed his wife and son in June 2021. Only the jury, attorneys from both sides, security and

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes is citing her recently born child as another reason she should be allowed to delay the start of a more than 11-year prison sentence while her lawyers appeal her conviction for duping investors about the capabilities of her failed company’s blood-testing technology. The birth of

ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — A south Alabama man has been arrested on reckless murder charges after his 2-year-old child died Monday after being left in a car. The Atmore Police Department told news outlets the man went to pick up the toddler from daycare on Monday afternoon but learned he had not been dropped off.

PHOENIX (AP) — Jack Holder, a Pearl Harbor survivor who went on become a decorated World War II flyer, has died in Arizona. He was 101. Darlene Tryon, a friend and executor of Holder’s estate, said he died Friday at a hospital near Phoenix. Born to a farming family in Texas, Holder joined the Navy

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — There was a major breach of a U.S. Marshals Service computer system this month with ransomware. Hackers stole sensitive and personally identifiable data about agency employees and targets of investigations. An agency spokesman says the hacked system was disconnected from the network shortly after the breach and

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican Gov. Bill Lee says it would be “ridiculous” to conflate a recently surfaced yearbook photo of him wearing women’s clothing in high school to drag show performances currently under attack in Tennessee and other GOP-led states. Lee told reporters this week that he plans to

By The Associated Press A spate of drone attacks that Russian authorities blamed on Ukraine has targeted areas in southern and western Russia, reflecting the Ukrainian military’s growing reach as the war dragged into a second year. One drone crashed less than 100 kilometers (less than 60 miles) from Moscow, marking the closest attempted strike

STROUDSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Law enforcement officials seized dark clothing, medical gloves, a flashlight and other items from a Pennsylvania home where they arrested a graduate student charged with stabbing four University of Idaho students to death, according to newly unsealed court documents. The records were made public Tuesday, two months after Pennsylvania State Police

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The devastating earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria have killed at least 50,000 people with many more injured, tens of thousands still missing and hundreds of thousands homeless. That’s the latest figure from U.N. humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths. He told the U.N. Security Council Tuesday

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon’s inspector general says his office has found no evidence yet that any of the billions of dollars in weapons and aid to Ukraine has been lost to corruption or diverted into the wrong hands. But he says those investigations are only

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A judge has ordered Flint, Michigan, to replace any remaining lead or steel water lines by Aug. 1. It’s the latest intervention after a series of missed deadlines. Federal Judge David Lawson signed off on an agreement between the city and the Natural Resources Defense Council. The group represents residents in

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Memphis police officer who was shot while responding to a confrontation at a library has been remembered at his funeral as a strong, proud and dedicated U.S. Marine and public servant. Officer Geoffrey Redd died Feb. 18, two weeks after the shooting at the Poplar-White Station Library. Redd served in

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama coach Nate Oats apologized and took responsibility for allowing freshman forward Brandon Miller to continue going through a pat-down during pregame introductions. Oats reiterated that the teammate’s pat-down of Miller won’t continue. Miller had received the pat-down upon his introduction well before the Jan. 15 arrest of then-teammate Darius Miles

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — FIFA’s choice of Brazilian supermodel Adriana Lima as its first global fan ambassador is not popular with a leading advocate for women’s soccer. Five months before the Women’s World Cup starts the appointment of the former Victoria’s Secret runway model was described as “tone deaf” by

By RONALD BLUM Associated Press Opera Philadelphia has rescheduled three new works composed by women that were delayed by the coronavirus pandemic. Rene Orth’s “10 Days in a Madhouse” will be given its world premiere on Sept. 21 in the opening of the company’s O23 Festival. Jennifer Higdon’s “Woman with Eyes Closed” has been rescheduled

BOSTON (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration says a JetBlue pilot had to take evasive action while landing at Boston’s Logan International Airport when another aircraft crossed an intersecting runway. The FAA’s preliminary review found that the close call occurred at about 7 p.m. Monday when the pilot of a Learjet 60 took off without

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The clock is ticking for New Hampshire to stop the involuntary holding of psychiatric patients in emergency rooms after a federal judge declared the practice unconstitutional. The judge ruled Thursday that the state is violating the rights of hospitals by seizing their property. She gave the

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — They dreamt up universes of hotdog fingers, googly-eyed rocks and “Raccaccoonie.” But Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, in this world or another, never imagined the kind of runaway success “Everything Everywhere All at Once” would have on the Oscar trail. For the past year, since

MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Struggling low-cost airline Viva Air has suspended its operations in Colombia and Peru. That has left thousands of passengers stranded in airports with little support. The airline, owned by the same group that owns Ryanair, said in a statement late Monday that it grounded its flights after

By RONALD BLUM Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Carnegie Hall will reach its pre-pandemic level of 170 concerts during a 2023-24 season that includes a focus on the fall of the Weimar Republic. The season will open Oct. 4 with the Riccardo Muti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s in Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto with Leonidas