Month: February 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — District of Columbia police say they have arrested a suspect in an assault on Democratic Rep. Angie Craig of Minnesota. Craig was assaulted in the elevator in her Washington apartment building around 7:10 a.m. Thursday, police say, but the assailant fled when she defended herself. Craig suffered bruises while escaping serious injury

By DAVID BAUDER Associated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Easy listening, some called Burt Bacharach’s music, and not always kindly. But listen closely, and there was nothing easy about it. Bacharach, who death at age 94 was announced on Thursday, leaves behind a rich catalog of work. The best centered on his collaborations with

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s inflation rate rose in January to 7.91%, leading the country’s central bank to boost its principle interest rate to 11%. The Bank of Mexico said inflation was not going down as expected, and was likely to remain high for some time. The bank said Mexico’s inflation rate it is not

By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — An immigration judge has ordered a commercial truck driver from Ukraine to be deported, six months after he was acquitted of causing the deaths of seven motorcyclists in New Hampshire. Twenty-seven-year-old Volodymyr Zhukovskyy, of West Springfield, Massachusetts, had a series of immigration hearings after he was

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate will vote this month to repeal two decades-old measures that approved American military action in Iraq. That’s according to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York, who made the announcement Thursday. The Iraq vote is being sought by a bipartisan group of senators

By JOHN SEEWER Associated Press Police in Ohio say the arrest of a broadcast reporter who was pushed to the ground and handcuffed while covering a news conference came after he got into an argument with the head of the state’s National Guard and refused to leave. NewsNation correspondent Evan Lambert was arrested Wednesday during

By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press Ten retired players are accusing the NFL of lying and flagrantly violating federal law in denying disability benefits. The allegations are found in a potential class-action lawsuit that was filed Thursday in Baltimore. The players say they left the game with lingering physical or cognitive injuries that make their daily

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Congress is hearing about the December meltdown at Southwest Airlines. A Southwest executive said Thursday the airline is upgrading software this week to better respond to disruptions such as winter storms. The president of the pilots’ union at Southwest says Congress needs to hold the airline accountable, and give

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Two former Ohio State football players have been acquitted on charges of rape and kidnapping stemming from a sexual encounter they had with a woman in an apartment the two players shared. Amir Riep and Jahsen Wint embraced each other and cried after the jury’s verdict was read Thursday. Their attorneys

By LEA SKENE Associated Press NORTH EAST, Md. (AP) — Relatives of a Maryland woman who allegedly conspired with a Florida-based neo-Nazi leader to plan a crippling attack on Baltimore’s power grid say she has a long history of white supremacist beliefs. The plan was thwarted last week when Sarah Beth Clendaniel was arrested alongside

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press KAHRAMANMARAS, Turkey (AP) — As hours have turned to days after Turkey’s deadly earthquake, rescues are becoming rarer. Many of the family members left behind are facing an awful truth: that it’s unlikely they’ll ever be reunited with their relatives. In cities like Nurdagi and Kahramanmaras, crews continue the frantic

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say two people are dead after their SUV was struck by a high-speed commuter train in South Florida. Police say the crash occurred Wednesday night in Delray Beach, south of West Palm Beach. Witnesses told officers the vehicle was on the tracks when it was hit by the southbound

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian authorities have directed all universities to shut down for nearly three weeks for this month’s presidential elections, citing security concerns. The National Universities Commission cited “concerns expressed on the security of staff, students and properties of our respective institutions,” as a factor in the decision.

By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — Ukrainians have reacted with puzzlement and some ire to comments by a top Starlink official that their country has “weaponized” the satellite internet service. President Gwynne Shotwell of SpaceX, which runs Starlink, was also reported to have said at the same venue Wednesday that the Elon

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Delaware man who threatened a Black police officer with a pole attached to a Confederate battle flag as he stormed the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Thursday to three years in prison. Kevin Seefried, 53, tearfully apologized for his participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City woman accused of feeding poisoned cheesecake to her lookalike in a bid to steal the other woman’s identity has been convicted of attempted murder. Prosecutors say a jury found 47-year-old Viktoria Nasyrova guilty on Wednesday of trying to kill 35-year-old Olga Tsvyk with cheesecake that had been

MONTEREY, Calif. (AP) — Dennis the Menace has been found. A statue of the comic strip character that was stolen from a park in Monterey, California, last summer was found submerged in a nearby lake. Monterey County Sheriff Tina Nieto announced the recovery on Wednesday. Sheriff’s divers found the 3-foot-tall statue after Monterey police received

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Newly released Atlanta police body camera video shows officers clearing tents from the site of a planned public safety training center and then reacting after they heard the barrage of gunfire that left an environmental activist dead and a state trooper injured. The four Atlanta police officers

By BETH HARRIS AP Racing Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Burt Bacharach wasn’t only a hit on the pop charts. The songwriter and pianist got into horse racing in 1968 and went on to own and breed several successful horses. A filly named Heartlight No. One after a song he wrote for Neil Diamond was

By MADDIE BURAKOFF AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Archaeologists in Kenya have dug up some of the oldest stone tools ever found, but who used them is a mystery. In the past, scientists assumed that our direct ancestors were the only toolmakers. But two big fossil teeth found along with the tools at

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press A lawyer testifying in Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial in South Carolina said he trusted Murdaugh even though the disgraced lawyer suggested an unusual way to split fees from a case the two had worked on together. Attorney Chris Wilson said he had no reason to be suspicious when Murdaugh

PALM COAST, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man ended up in jail after authorities say he left his debit card at a gas station during a robbery. a Facebook post from the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office says deputies responded to an alarm at a closed Palm Coast gas station in the early morning of Feb.

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Every New York City mayor has battled rats. But for the current mayor, Eric Adams, the war on vermin has taken a peculiar turn. Adams went before a hearing officer Thursday to contest tickets he got from his own health department for allegedly allowing broods

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Rihanna is putting in the work ahead of her Super Bowl halftime show, focusing so hard on what she promises will be “a jam-packed show” that her upcoming birthday and Valentine’s Day almost slipped her mind. “The setlist was the biggest challenge. That was the

By MATTHEW DALY and GABE STERN Associated Press MCCARRAN, Nev. (AP) — A Nevada company that recycles batteries for electric vehicles has won a $2 billion green energy loan from the Biden administration. Redwood Materials, a recycling venture founded by the former chief technology officer at Tesla, secured a conditional loan from the Energy Department’s

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A federal appeals court has agreed to hear a dispute over control of an 1888 painting by Vincent van Gogh that was recently displayed for months at a Detroit museum. The court granted an injunction Monday and ordered the Detroit Institute of Arts to continue to hold

By BIANCA VÁZQUEZ TONESS and SHARON LURYE Associated Press She’d be a senior right now, preparing for graduation in a few months, probably leading her school’s modern dance troupe and taking art classes. Instead, Kailani Taylor-Cribb hasn’t taken a single class in what used to be her high school since the height of the coronavirus

DENVER (AP) — Police in Colorado are investigating a car theft and the fatal shooting of a 12-year-old boy found inside by the car’s owner after an exchange of gun shots over the weekend. Denver police said Thursday that no arrests have been made and that it’s still not known who stole the vehicle. They

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Church of England’s national assembly on Thursday voted to let priests bless same-sex marriages and civil partnerships, while continuing to ban church weddings for the same couples. Bishops proposed the compromise measure after five years of discussions about the church’s position on sexuality. It was approved