Month: June 2023

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Before fleeing North Korea in 2014, Jeon Jae-hyun kept U.S. dollars as a store of value and used Chinese yuan to make everyday purchases at markets, restaurants and other places. He used the domestic currency, the won, only occasionally. “There were not many places to

By MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York would create a commission to consider reparations to address the lingering, negative effects of slavery under a bill passed by the state Legislature on Thursday. “We want to make sure we are looking at slavery and its legacies,” said state Assemblywoman Michaelle

By BEATRICE DUPUY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — West Coast social media users are sharing their DIY tips for building an air purifier at home as smoke from Canada wildfires are cloaking much of the East Coast. In videos online, social media users are sharing their instructions on building a Corsi-Rosenthal air purifier. The

By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — The Nevada Senate adjourned on Thursday without voting on a  a financing bill for a proposed $1.5 billion Las Vegas Strip stadium for the Oakland Athletics, extending the special legislative session into the next week amid negotiations over whether to contribute $380 million in public

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Two apologetic lawyers responding to an angry judge in Manhattan federal court blamed ChatGPT Thursday for tricking them into including fictitious legal research in a court filing. Attorneys Steven A. Schwartz and Peter LoDuca are facing possible punishment over a filing in a lawsuit against an

By The Associated Press Donald Trump’s legal problems appear to have escalated significantly with federal charges over the retention of top secret documents, but investigators aren’t done yet. The former president faces a string of inquiries in various states and venues as he campaigns for a second term in the White House. He’s already been

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration has another acting leader at the controls. The White House said Thursday that President Joe Biden picked longtime government official Polly Trottenberg to run the FAA. She replaces another acting administrator, Billy Nolen, who announced in April that he would leave soon. Trottenberg held a high-ranking job in

By JOHN CARUCCI Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — It’s a weekday afternoon and Anna Sorokin is on house arrest in a New York apartment building that has been condemned as imminently perilous to life. So she’s attempting to capture outside attention and relieving her boredom in the most quotidian way: starting a podcast. “So

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer The Los Angeles county district attorney’s office said Thursday it has left Twitter due to barrage of “vicious” homophobic attacks that were not removed by the social media platform even after they were reported. The account, which went by the handle @LADAOffice, no longer exists on Twitter. “Our decision

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii tourism officials urged tourists to be respectful when flocking to a national park on the Big Island to get a glimpse of the latest eruption of Kilauea, one of the world’s most active volcanoes. Kilauea, Hawaii’s second-largest volcano, began erupting Wednesday after a three-month pause.

By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — James Watt, the Reagan administration’s sharp-tongued, pro-development interior secretary who was beloved by conservatives but ran afoul of environmentalists, Beach Boys fans and eventually the president, has died. He was 85. Watt died in Arizona on May 27, son Eric Watt said in a statement Thursday.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indianapolis nursing home resident pleaded guilty to murdering and raping an 80-year-old invalid. Sixty-one-year-old Dwayne Freeman faces 45 years in prison under terms of a plea agreement when he is sentenced June 22. Patricia Newnum died Feb. 2, 2022 at the Homestead Healthcare Center in Indianapolis. Court documents say a Homestead

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A federal judge in Mexico has charged another Venezuelan migrant for his alleged role in the March blaze at a Mexican detention center that left 40 dead and dozens more wounded. Mexico prosecutor’s office said Thursday in a statement that a man identified as Carlos “C” was charged with homicide, injuries

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a man wanted in the 1984 killing of a Florida woman has been arrested nearly four decades later. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday that Donald Santini has been jailed in San Diego, California. Florida authorities have sought Santini’s arrest since June 1984, when a warrant tied him

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing an amendment to the United States Constitution that would enshrine into law regulations on guns, including implementing universal background checks and raising the minimum age to buy a firearm to 21. Newsom’s proposed 28th Amendment would also institute

By JAKE BLEIBERG and PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The FBI on Thursday arrested a businessman at the center of the scandal that led to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s historic impeachment, a move that came amid new questions about the men’s dealings raised by financial records the Republican’s lawyers made

FLORENCE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama prisoner received a life sentence on Thursday for escaping with the help of a jail official who ultimately took her own life as police closed in following a manhunt across three states. Casey White, 39, told those gathered in the Lauderdale County courtroom that he felt like the most

CLEVELAND (AP) — A former school dance teacher in Cleveland has been sentenced to life in prison for raping six teenage students and sexually abusing two others. Terence Greene was convicted late last month by a Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court jury that also found him guilty of kidnapping and felonious assault. The 57-year-old Greene

By ERIC TUCKER, JILL COLVIN and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Donald Trump said Thursday that he was indicted for mishandling classified documents at his Florida estate, a remarkable development that makes him the first former president in U.S. history to face criminal charges by the federal government that he once oversaw. The

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — The Tunisian coast guard says five Africans were found dead and dozens are believed missing after three migrant boats capsized in the Mediterranean Sea in recent days. The prosecutor in the port city of Sfax says five bodies, including that of one child, have been recovered in the area in recent

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A Salt Lake City man who says his job offer to become an Alaska State Trooper was rescinded after he disclosed he was HIV positive filed a lawsuit in state court Thursday to get his position on the statewide police force and to prevent others from

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United States Agency for International Development says it has suspended all food aid to Ethiopia after an internal investigation found donated food intended for needy people were being diverted on a “widespread” scale. USAID did not say Thursday who diverted the food aid. An internal memo prepared by a group

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ recruiters set their sights on Sacred Heart Catholic Church in the Texas border city of El Paso in search of asylum-seekers they could take from its bustling migrant shelter to California’s capital on taxpayer-funded private jets. Intentionally or

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s attorney general has filed a federal lawsuit against an anti-abortion group whose members have been arrested for blocking access to health care clinics in New York and other states. Attorney General Letitia James said the group, Red Rose Rescue, has terrorized health care providers

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — An attorney representing the shooter who killed six people at a Nashville school says that ownership of the shooter’s writings will be transferred to the families of students at the school. The development is the latest twist in the increasingly complex legal battle over the release

Associated Press The S&P 500 is now in what Wall Street refers to as a bull market, meaning the index has risen 20% or more from its most recent low. Here are some answers to questions about bull and bear markets: WHY IT IS CALLED A BULL MARKET? Wall Street’s nickname for a surging stock

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ashish Jha, the White House’s point person on the COVID-19 response, will depart from the administration next week. A White House official says Jha will return to Brown University, where he had served as the dean of the university’s school of public health before joining the White House as its COVID-19 coordinator

SURFSIDE BEACH, Texas (AP) — Nearly two dozen teenagers from a summer camp were injured when an elevated walkway collapsed Thursday in a beachside city in Texas, with five flown to the hospital by helicopter. None of the injuries were expected to be life-threatening, Brazoria County officials said. The cause of the walkway collapse in

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer There were many stressful things about making “The Flash” and getting it to theaters. It was shot in the middle of a pandemic. There was isolation from friends and family for the 138-day shoot. There were A-list schedules to coordinate for cameos. There was a star in Ezra Miller

TERRY SPENCER Associated Press PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — A Florida police officer has testified he didn’t initially know where shots were being fired from during the Parkland high school massacre five years ago. Coral Springs Sgt.Jeffrey Heinrich testified Wednesday and Thursday at the trial of former Broward County Deputy Scot Peterson, who is charged with

CANTONMENT, Fla. (AP) — Officials say animal control officers rounded up more than 600 pigs from an animal sanctuary in Florida after their overwhelmed owner called for help. Escambia County Animal Control Director John Robinson says it took 3 1/2 days to capture so many pigs on the 8-acre property used by In Loving Swineness