Month: May 2023

LAKE WALES, Fla. (AP) — Police in central Florida say they have fatally shot a man suspected of killing a 40-year-old woman and her three children. Police said 38-year-old Al Joseph Stenson was shot Wednesday after an hourslong standoff at a motel north of Orlando. Police in Lake Wales say Stenson was suspected of killing

By OMAR ALBAM SALQIN, Syria Aid officials say that three months after a massive earthquake hit Turkey and Syria, living conditions remain dire in Syria’s rebel-held northwest. The Feb. 6, earthquake killed more than 50,000 people, including over 6,000 in Syria has also displaced hundreds of thousands of people. Three U.N. officials who visited Syria’s

LAUDERDALE LAKES A Walmart employee is facing a murder charge after Florida investigators say he fatally shot a customer. The Broward County Sheriff’s Office says Tironie Sterling was off-duty Tuesday when he went to the suburban Fort Lauderdale store where he worked to meet with a female colleague. Investigators say they got into an argument

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say a man already convicted of murdering a Tucson teenager in 2014 is scheduled to be retried in the kidnapping and death of a 6-year-old girl. Pima County prosecutors say the retrial of 41-year-old Christopher Clements is scheduled to begin on Sept. 12 and last four weeks. Clements has been

By ALEXANDRA OLSON and WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — A homeowner fired shots at a couple’s car when they mistakenly turned onto his property while making an Instacart delivery. A Florida man was charged with killing and dismembering an Uber Eats delivery driver who brought food to his home. A woman

By CORA LEWIS and ADRIANA MORGA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — If, as expected, the Federal Reserve raises interest rates yet again Wednesday in its drive to cool inflation, much of America will be directly affected. Rates on credit cards, mortgages and auto loans, which have been surging since the Fed began raising rates

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer P.K. Subban retired from the NHL a year ago at age 33 to go into broadcasting. Now he’s got a new show with Peyton Manning’s Omaha Productions called “P.K.’s Places.” It’s the latest chance for the Black former star to be one of the faces of hockey on ESPN

WASHINGTON (AP) — Eli Lilly and Co. said Wednesday its experimental Alzheimer’s drug appeared to slow worsening of the mind-robbing disease in a large study. In the 18-month trial, people in the early stages of Alzheimer’s who received infusions of donanemab showed 35% less decline in thinking skills compared to those given a dummy drug,

BEIRUT (AP) — The U.S. military says it has carried out a drone strike in northwestern Syria targeting a senior al-Qaida leader. Wednesday’s strike was the latest in a series of similar attacks over the past years that have killed senior members of the Islamic State group or al-Qaida. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights,

ADAMS TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Voters in one of Michigan’s most conservative counties have ousted a small-town clerk who was accused of improperly handling voting equipment after casting doubt on President Joe Biden’s election victory. Unofficial results from the Hillsdale County’s clerk’s office show Stephanie Scott lost Tuesday’s recall election in Adams Township to Suzy

DALLAS (AP) — Democratic Rep. Colin Allred of Texas says he’ll run for the U.S. Senate in 2024, becoming an early challenger to Republican Sen. Ted Cruz. The three-term congressman and former Tennessee Titans linebacker made the announcement Wednesday. Allred enters the race a heavy underdog. No Democrat has won statewide office in Texas in

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press A former FBI supervisory agent has been charged with joining the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol more than two years ago. Court records show the former agent, Jared Wise, was arrested Monday in Oregon on charges including entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds. The FBI says

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — A Canadian lawyer who found his vocation caring for AIDS patients in Harlem has been elected the grand master of the Knights of Malta. John Dunlap is the first non-European and first nonaristocratic head of the ancient lay Catholic order that provides humanitarian aid around the world.

By MALAK HARB and NOHA ELHENNAWY Associated Press PORT SUDAN, Sudan (AP) — The U.N.’s humanitarian chief has arrived in Sudan’s main seaport, as thousands of Sudanese and foreign nationals gather there, hoping to flee the conflict-torn east African country. His visit comes amid increasing concern about the humanitarian situation for those trapped and displaced

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Google plans to build two more data centers in Ohio to help power its artificial intelligence technology and other tools. Google already has one data center up and running near Columbus. Company and state officials announced Wednesday that the two new locations will bring Google’s total investment in Ohio to more

MILAN (AP) — Heavy rains have caused flooding in Italy’s populous Emilia-Romagna region, leaving at least two people dead as riverbeds left dry by drought overflowed their banks after a day and a half of non-stop rain. One person was swept away by flood waters while riding a bicycle in the Ravenna province, and another died

By IGNATIUS SSUUNA Associated Press KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — A public broadcaster in Rwanda says at least 129 people have been killed in flooding amid torrential rain in the western and northern provinces of the country. The Rwanda Broadcasting Agency reported Wednesday that the death toll “continues to rise.” The governor of Rwanda’s Western province

By CARLA BRIDI and DAVID BILLER Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s Federal Police searched former President Jair Bolsonaro’s home and seized his phone Wednesday in what they said was an investigation into alleged falsification of COVID-19 vaccine cards. Several other locations also were searched and a half dozen people faced arrest, police said.

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities have accused Ukraine of attempting to attack the Kremlin with two drones overnight in an effort to assassinate President Vladimir Putin. The Kremlin on Wednesday decried the alleged attack attempt as a “terrorist act” and said Russian military and security forces “disabled” the drones before they could strike. It said

By MIKE SILVERMAN Associated Press Belgian director Ivo van Hove is making his U.S. opera debut with a dark take on “Don Giovanni” at the Metropolitan Opera. Van Hove portrays the Don not as a charming if amoral rake but as a predator and killer. The Met’s general manager, Peter Gelb, thinks that depicting the

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A Turkish court has given pop singer Gulsen a 10-month suspended sentence after convicting her of “inciting hatred and enmity” over a joke about Turkey’s religious schools. The singer-song writer was briefly jailed last year and later spent 15 days under house arrest for the joke she made during a concert.

BERLIN (AP) — Berlin police say that they are getting ready for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to visit Germany’s capital this month. A police department spokesperson said Wednesday that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz invited Zelenskyy to come, and authorities were preparing for the visit to take place May 13-14. It would be Zelenskyy’s first visit