Month: April 2023

BUTNER, N.C. (AP) — Federal prison officials say singer R. Kelly has been moved from a Chicago correctional center to a medium-security facility in North Carolina. A Federal Bureau of Prisons spokesperson says Robert Sylvester Kelly was transferred April 19 from the Metropolitan Correctional Center Chicago to the federal correctional institution in Butner, North Carolina.

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre will remain as a defendant in a civil lawsuit that seeks to recover millions of dollars of misspent welfare money that was supposed to help some of the neediest people in the United States, a Mississippi judge ruled Monday. Circuit

ROME (AP) — The fatal beating of a hospital psychiatrist, allegedly by a former patient, has sparked calls in Italy to improve mental health care. Police on Sunday arrested a 35-year-old Italian man for investigation in the attack on Dr. Barbara Capovani. The psychiatrist was beaten repeatedly with a metal bar on the head Friday

By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis judge has ruled that the city’s elected prosecutor was not in contempt of court as a result of her office’s failure to have a prosecutor present when a murder trial was due to begin. Judge Scott A. Millikan determined during a 45-minute hearing

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — CNN fired longtime host Don Lemon on Monday following his short and disastrous run as a morning show host, a little over two months after he apologized for on-air comments about Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley being past her prime. The move quickly turned nasty.

By EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A mob in the Haitian capital beat and burned 13 suspected gang members to death with gasoline-soaked tires Monday after pulling the men from police custody at a traffic stop, police and witnesses said. The horrific vigilante violence underlined public anger over the increasingly lawless situation

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News on Monday ousted prime-time host Tucker Carlson, whose stew of grievances and political theories about Russia and the Jan. 6 insurrection had grown to define the network in recent years and make him an influential force in GOP politics. Fox said that the

By MARK PRATT Associated Press Prosecutors say the driver of an SUV that crashed into a Massachusetts Apple store, killing one man and injuring nearly two dozen other people, was going as fast as 60 miles per hour in the seconds before the crash and did not apply his brakes. Bradley Rein pleaded not guilty

By KRUTIKA PATHI and JOE McDONALD Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India will be the most populous country, eclipsing an aging China, by month’s end. The announcement by the United Nations on Monday has sparked questions about whether India can repeat the economic miracle that took China out of poverty and into the ranks

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Celebrities, professional athletes and other high-profile Twitter users are once again being verified by the social media platform and they don’t know why their blue check marks reappeared — nor do they seem too happy about it. Twitter removed the blue marks last week from accounts that don’t pay a monthly

By CORA LEWIS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — After years of paying low rates for savers, banks are finally offering better interest on deposits. Moving your savings around by opening a new account and closing an old one can seem like a hassle, but it’s a use of time that can pay off. As

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has rejected appeals from oil and gas companies that are fighting lawsuits from state and local governments over whether they can be held responsible for harms resulting from global warming. The justices handed the companies a setback Monday in their legal fight with city, county and state governments that

By AMY BETH HANSON and SAM METZ Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana Republicans persisted in forbidding Democratic transgender lawmaker Zooey Zephyr from participating in debate for a second week and her supporters brought the House session to a halt Monday — chanting “Let her speak!” from the gallery before they were escorted out.

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — As Donald Trump ran for and served as president, over a dozen women publicly accused him of sexual assault and harassment. Most of those claims — all denied by Trump — were never taken to court. None has gone to trial. But that is about to

By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A hearing is being held to determine whether two New York City Police officers should face disciplinary action for their involvement in the shooting death of a Black man in his apartment. Monday’s hearing is a likely last-ditch attempt to find the officers accountable in the

By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer NAPLES, Italy (AP) — It’s a celebration more than three decades in the making and Napoli fans are not waiting for it to become official before coloring their city in the team’s blue colors. Naples Mayor Gaetano Manfredi says in an Associated Press interview that when the team clinches

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday welcomed to the Oval Office the three Tennessee lawmakers who faced expulsion for participating in gun control protests at their statehouse. “You’re standing up for our kids, you’re standing up for our communities,” said Biden, who was joined by

By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Banks are paying up for savers’ deposits in a much bigger way than they have in a long time. After a decade of low interest rates, the Federal Reserve has unleashed a rapid series of rate hikes to combat inflation. a move that has also

By RAF CASERT and JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The four biggest groups in the European Union’s legislature have added more pressure on Hungary to counter what they see as steadfast deterioration in rule of law and democratic principles in the central European member state. The Christian Democrat, Socialist, Liberal and Green groups

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — U2 is familiar with rocking out in major sporting arenas and stadiums, but the legendary band will soon hit the stage to create a new immersive concert experience inside a high-tech, globe-shaped venue in Las Vegas. Live Nation and Sphere Entertainment announced Monday the

By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A court in Thailand has given a craft beer enthusiast a $4,360 fine for violating a law on advertising alcoholic beverages by posting a photo of a beer with his evaluation of it on Facebook. Artid Sivahansaphan says he plans to appeal his conviction in the hope

WELDON SPRING, Mo. (AP) — A man was shot to death by a police officer in suburban St. Louis early Monday after allegedly pulling a gun while being arrested. The shooting happened just after 12:30 a.m. in the St. Charles County town of Weldon Spring. Names of the man shot and the officer who shot

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A yacht carrying three Russians and two Egyptians has reportedly gone missing days ago off the coast of Yemen in the Red Sea. Its owner alleged on Monday that armed pirates took the vessel. The reported disappearance of the 30 Minutes yacht, registered in

By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó says he was expelled from Colombia hours after he crossed the border from Venezuela to try to meet with some participants at Tuesday’s international conference to discuss his country’s political crisis.” In a video posted on Twitter, Guaidó said he