Month: May 2023

By TED ANTHONY AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — At the end of “The Searchers,” one of John Wayne’s most renowned Westerns, a kidnapped girl has been rescued and a family reunited. As the closing music swells, Wayne’s character looks around at his kin — people who have other people to lean on —

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — The Cannes red carpet springs to life again Tuesday as the 76th Cannes Film Festival gets underway with the premiere of the Louis XV period drama “Jeanne du Barry,” with Johnny Depp. This year’s festival promises a Cote d’Azur buffet of spectacle, scandal and cinema

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Daniel Cameron won the Republican primary for Kentucky governor, becoming the first major-party Black nominee for governor in the state’s history and setting up a November showdown with Democratic incumbent Andy Beshear. Cameron, the state’s attorney general who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump, claimed

By ED KOMENDA and GENE JOHNSON Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington lawmakers approved and Gov. Jay Inslee quickly signed a major new drug policy Tuesday that keeps controlled substances illegal while boosting resources to help those struggling with addiction. A compromise reached a day earlier by Democratic and Republican leaders sought to bridge

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Three conservative appeals court judges, each with a history of supporting restrictions on abortion, will hear arguments May 17 on whether a widely used abortion drug should remain available. The case involves a regulatory issue — whether the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone, and

By LISA MASCARO and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Debt limit talks have entered an encouraging new phase as President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy have tapped top emissaries to negotiate a deal to avert an unprecedented national default. The president also cut his upcoming overseas trip short in hopes

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM, GARY D. ROBERTSON and DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Legislation banning most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy will become law in North Carolina after the state’s Republican-controlled General Assembly successfully overrode the Democratic governor’s veto late Tuesday. The House completed the second and final part of the override

BY STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Roope Hintz and Wyatt Johnston scored goals and the Dallas Stars advanced to the Western Conference final with a 2-1 win over the Seattle Kraken in Game 7 on Monday night. Dallas moves on to play first-year Stars coach Pete DeBoer’s former team, the Vegas Golden

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Striking members of the Writers Guild of America have said they will not picket next month’s Tony Awards telecast, clearing a thorny issue facing show organizers and opening the door for some sort of Broadway razzle-dazzle on TV. The union last week denied a request

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia prosecutor who’s investigating whether Donald Trump and his allies broke any laws as they tried to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state fought back Monday against the former president’s attempt to remove her from the case and exclude certain evidence. Trump’s Georgia legal

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Allies of former Vice President Mike Pence are launching a new super PAC to support his expected candidacy for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. “Committed to America” will be the official Pence-sanctioned outside group, according to sources familiar with the project, who spoke on condition of

By MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian rebel leader Pablo Beltran says peace talks between his National Liberation Army and the government have been put “on pause” due to remarks made last week by President Gustavo Petro. Petro questioned whether members of the rebel group’s delegation in Cuba could effectively control the

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A tourist from Argentina who was seriously wounded in a May 12 machete attack in Mexico has died. Prosecutors in the Pacific coast state of Oaxaca said the tourist _ whose name was not released _ died of his injuries Monday at a hospital in Mexico City. However, the Tala Rugby

By FOSTER KLUG, KIM TONG-HYUNG and MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Amid the high-level efforts to deal with a raft of global emergencies, this weekend’s Group of 7 summit of rich democracies will also see an unusual diplomatic reconciliation as the leaders of Japan and South Korea look to continue mending ties that

By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Members of several Texas groups representing people of color on Monday demanded that authorities quickly acknowledge whether they believe the neo-Nazi who killed eight people at a Dallas-area mall over a week ago was racially motivated in choosing his victims. More than a week after the May

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An investigation into the origins of the FBI’s probe into ties between Russia and Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign has finally been concluded, with prosecutor John Durham submitting a much-awaited report that found major flaws. The report, the culmination of a four-year investigation into possible misconduct by

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The government of the U.S. Virgin Islands is asking a federal judge to help it serve billionaire Elon Musk with a subpoena for documents in its lawsuit seeking to hold JPMorgan Chase liable for sex trafficking acts committed by businessman Jeffrey Epstein. Lawyers asked Judge Jed

By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco’s district attorney has released surveillance video of the shooting death of a suspected shoplifter by an on-duty Walgreens security guard. DA Brooke Jenkins released the video and other evidence Monday, saying again that she will not file charges against the guard. She said there

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Hundreds of soldiers have been deployed in Croatia to help people in parts of the country hit by floods. Heavy rain in recent days caused some rivers to overflow their banks, flooding homes, roads and public buildings in some towns. Parts of the town of Obrovac were left without electricity. In

By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — At 81, Martha Stewart isn’t slowing down and some might say she’s heating up. Stewart has been chosen as one of Sports Illustrated’s swimsuit cover models, the magazine announced Monday. She’s the oldest model to grace the cover of the annual swimsuit issue, surpassing Maye Musk who

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ Democratic governor has vetoed state funds for a project backed by a Democratic lawmaker who helped Republicans override her vetoes of anti-abortion and anti-transgender rights measures. Gov. Laura Kelly rejected $250,000 in the state budget for the Quindaro Ruins in Kansas City, Kansas. the

MIAMI (AP) — Five people have pleaded guilty in South Florida to participating in a wire fraud scheme that created an illegal shortcut for aspiring nurses to get licensed and find employment. Court records show the group pleaded guilty last week in Miami federal court. They each face up to 20 years in prison at

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors say that two New York City police detectives swiped pricey Champagne on duty at an electronic music festival and that a third detective didn’t stop them. Two of the detectives were released without bail and suspended from their jobs after pleading not guilty Monday. A

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has sided with Alabama death row inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith, who requested he be put to death by nitrogen hypoxia when executed. Justices without comment rejected the Alabama attorney general’s request to review an 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision in Smith’s case. The state argued

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — U.N. Secretary General António Guterres is warning that Haiti’s “tragic situation” threatens the security of the Caribbean region and beyond as he pressed the international community for a response. Guterres spoke Monday after meeting behind closed doors with Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness in

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer The NFL is taking another big step into streaming by putting one of its playoff games exclusively on a digital platform for the first time. The league and NBCUniversal announced that the Saturday night game on Wild Card weekend will be on Peacock. It will be preceded by a

By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump called into an event hosted by his former national security adviser Michael Flynn over the weekend, telling his ex-adviser, “We’re going to bring you back.” After scrubbing a rally in Iowa on Saturday night because of bad weather, Trump spoke via

By LISA RATHKE Associated Press BERLIN, Vt. (AP) — As federal money has dried up, Vermont is ending the last of its COVID-era hotel housing for homeless people. Advocates and local officials are sounding the alarm, saying there isn’t enough housing and programs. They fear many of the 1,800 households staying in hotels for free

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Single parents in Mississippi will no longer face a policy that made it difficult for them to receive help paying for child care. Since 2004, single parents and guardians have had to seek child support from the other parent to be eligible for assistance

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi judge has dismissed one lawsuit that challenges a new law dealing with appointment of judges in the majority-Black capital city of Jackson and the surrounding county. But, a separate lawsuit remains alive in federal court. Hinds County Chancery Judge Dewayne Thomas wrote Monday

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Cook Medical says it will cut 500 jobs worldwide under a plan to refocus efforts on product innovation. The Indiana-based maker of medical devices said Monday that the cuts affecting about 4% of its global workforce will include about 223 workers in the U.S. That includes about 123 in Indiana. Cook

SPRINGFIELD, Colo. (AP) — Police in Colorado say a driver, who was pulled over for speeding, tried to switch places with his dog to avoid arrest. Police say an officer watched him maneuvering inside the car before he got out on the passenger side on Saturday night in Springfield, a town on the state’s Eastern

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The impact of the writers strike was evident as major television networks began their annual week of sales presentations to advertisers. NBC was force to bring news personalities like Willie Geist and Stephanie Ruhle to hawk comedies and dramas, as entertainers stayed away from a

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A fire ripped through a hostel in New Zealand’s capital overnight, killing at least six people and forcing others to flee the four-story building in their pajamas in what a fire chief on Tuesday called his “worst nightmare.” Six bodies were found but not all