Month: February 2023

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer Susan Wojcicki, a longtime Google executive who played a key role in the company’s creation, is stepping down as YouTube’s CEO after spending the past nine years running the video site that has reshaped entertainment, culture and politics. In an email to YouTube employees that was shared publicly Thursday,

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Tim McCarver, the All-Star catcher and Hall of Fame broadcaster who during 60 years in baseball won two World Series titles with the St. Louis Cardinals and had a long run as one of the country’s most recognized, incisive and talkative television commentators, died Thursday.

PHOENIX (AP) — “CBS Mornings” co-host Gayle King has been chosen to receive the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism from Arizona State University. The honor is given every year by the university’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. King is expected to attend a Feb. 21 awards luncheon at the Sheraton

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Now that the white supremacist gunman who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket was sentenced to life without parole in state prison, attention is turning toward his federal hate crime charges and the potential for the death penalty. U.S. marshals took temporary custody of

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Abortion access in Kentucky remained virtually shut off Thursday after the state’s highest court refused to halt a near-total ban that has largely been in place since Roe v. Wade was overturned. Kentucky’s Supreme Court, which was weighing challenges to the state’s near-total ban and a

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — U.S. safety regulators have pressured Tesla into recalling nearly 363,000 vehicles with its “Full Self-Driving” system because it can misbehave around intersections and doesn’t always follow speed limits. The recall, part of part of a larger investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration into Tesla’s

By ZEKE MILLER and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Thursday that the U.S. is developing “sharper rules” to track, monitor and potentially shoot down unknown aerial objects, following three weeks of high-stakes drama sparked by the discovery of a suspected Chinese spy balloon transiting much of the country. The

By DÁNICA COTO and ROB GILLIES Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Canada will send navy vessels to Haiti for intelligence-gathering as part of efforts to quell worsening gang violence in the Caribbean nation, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Thursday. Trudeau made the announcement in the Bahamas at an annual meeting of

By TARA COPP Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine nearing the one-year mark, Estonia’s military leaders are warning that if Vladimir Putin is not stopped now, he could entangle the region in a much larger conflict, perhaps one with even larger security implications for the U.S. Kristjan Mäe is the

By BABACAR DIONE Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Police in Senegal have smashed the windows of a top opposition leader’s car and forced him from the vehicle after he appeared in court. Videos recorded by his driver and posted on social media by his supporters showed police physically removing Ousmane Sonko from the back

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — Call it the Goldilocks consumer. Defying high inflation and sharp interest rate hikes, Americans keep spending — a trend that, if sustained, could keep the economy humming just enough to help avoid a much-predicted recession. Surveys show that consumers on average don’t expect

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska’s largest school district repeatedly and inappropriately secluded and restrained students with disabilities. That’s according to a U.S. Department of Justice announcement following an investigation into alleged violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act. According to an agreement reached between the Justice Department and Anchorage schools,

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Leading climate figures are urging the Biden administration to use the early departure of the Trump-appointed head of the World Bank as an opening to overhaul the powerful financial institution. David Malpass announced Wednesday he would step down this summer. That’s about one year short of completing

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — An elected Florida prosecutor who says he was suspended by Gov. Ron DeSantis for political gain and because he is a Democrat is asking the state Supreme Court to reinstate him. Andrew Warren cited a federal judge’s ruling that DeSantis violated state law and his

LONDON (AP) — The chair of the British Museum said Thursday that the U.K. and Greece are working on a deal that would see his institution’s Parthenon Marbles displayed in both London and Athens. George Osborne said talks with the Greek government had been “constructive.” “I think there is a way forward where these sculptures

By ALEJANDRA MOLINA, Religion News Service LOS ANGELES (RNS) — There’s nothing that Oscar Rodriguez Zapata enjoys more than going out for a drive to explore Los Angeles’ vast neighborhoods in search of the Virgin of Guadalupe. He packs his Nikon Z6 II and a Fujifilm X100V and photographs murals, landscapes, storefronts and people across

By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Those melancholy tunes sung by humpback whales may really be a sign of loneliness. Scientists who tracked humpback whales in Australia noticed that fewer whales wailed to find mates as their population grew. “Humpback whale song is loud and travels far in the ocean,” said marine

MILFORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire school board has reversed a decision banning middle and high school students from using urinals after dozens protested the measure. The board overseeing the Milford school district voted to overturn the policy Wednesday night. It had passed the measure on Feb. 6 as a compromise to a proposal

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The man who shot eight students at Michigan State University, killing three, was found with two handguns and a note containing a possible motive for the attack, police said Thursday. The 9 mm guns, dozens of rounds of ammunition and the two-page