Month: June 2023

By DENISE LAVOIE and BEN FINLEY Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — An aviation expert is citing a loss of oxygen as a possible theory for why an unresponsive business jet flew over the nation’s capital Sunday before crashing in rural Virginia. Investigators are just beginning to look for answers. The Cessna Citation took off

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anna Shay, an heiress, philanthropist and breakout star of the Netflix reality series “Bling Empire,” has died at 62. Shay died from a stroke, according to a family statement provided to The Associated Press on Monday. It was not immediately clear when she died. “It saddens our hearts to announce that

NEW YORK (AP) — A former Minnesota Vikings part owner who defrauded a short-lived professional football league while carrying out a $700 million cryptocurrency scam has been sentenced to over six years in prison. Reginald Fowler was sentenced Monday in Manhattan federal court to six years and three months in prison. The Alliance of American

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert Hanssen, a former FBI agent who took more than $1.4 million in cash and diamonds to trade secrets with Moscow in one of the most notorious spying cases in American history, died in prison Monday. Hanssen, 79, was found unresponsive in his cell at a federal

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge has declined to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to ensure that no records are deleted from a now-closed state office created to investigate former President Donald Trump’s loss in 2020. The ruling Monday comes in one of several lawsuits filed by liberal watchdog group

BISHOP, Calif. (AP) — A wolverine was spotted three times last month in the eastern Sierra Nevada, a rare occurrence for an animal that’s only been seen one other time in California over the last 100 years, state wildlife officials said. While wolverines are native to California, they’ve been essentially extinct from the state since

BERLIN (AP) — Nations have resumed talks on tackling global warming with the aim of shaping a deal that might put the world on track to prevent a dangerous increase in temperatures. The U.N.‘s top climate official said Monday that the world needs deep cuts in fossil fuel use. Diplomats began their negotiations despite failing

DALLAS (AP) — The bar from the television series “Cheers” sold for $675,000 at auction over the weekend, garnering the highest bid among the nearly 1,000 props, costumes and sets from classic TV shows offered up from a collection amassed by one man over more than three decades. Heritage Auctions said that the items sold

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A new lawsuit says a Mississippi law will restrict free speech by requiring people to obtain permission from state law enforcement officials for any protest near state government buildings in the capital city of Jackson. The lawsuit seeks to block the mandate from taking effect

By BEN FINLEY Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — People living in and around the nation’s capital experienced a rare, if startling, sound: A sonic boom. The U.S. military had dispatched six fighter jets on Sunday to intercept an unresponsive business plane that was flying over restricted airspace. The Air Force gave the F-16s permission

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Kentucky officials say they won’t begin paying $21 million in economic incentives for a proposed electric vehicle battery facility until the company further explains why federal officials abruptly rejected a $200 million loan. The loan rejection for Texas-based Microvast came after some congressional Republicans argued the

By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A judge in Argentina has dismissed a long-running money laundering case against Vice President Cristina Fernández, after prosecutors and state agencies said there was no evidence she was involved in a crime. Federal Judge Sebastian Casanello ruled that Fernández de Kirchner be removed from the

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Norfolk Southern has become the first major North American freight railroad with deals to provide sick time to all of its workers. But other railroads are making progress, with nearly 65% of all rail workers securing the basic benefit. All of the major freight railroads

By FATIMA HUSSEIN and STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has imposed sanctions on a group of people linked to Russian intelligence who it says has helped the Kremlin destabilize Moldova’s democratically elected government through protests in the Moldovan capital earlier this year. The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control designated

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Yahya Abdul-Mateen II first encountered the play “Topdog/Underdog” in college, performing a section as a favor for a student director who needed actors for a showcase. It turned into a favor for Abdul-Mateen. “I immediately came alive. I used to struggle with contemporary work because

BERLIN (AP) — Officials say strong winds have fanned flames at a wildfire on a German military training site that is known to contain large amounts of ammunition, causing it to double in size. The fire near Jueterbog south of Berlin had been simmering for days as authorities scrambled to prevent it reaching surrounding villages.

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The nation’s production of wild blueberries slipped a bit last year as some growers contended with drought. Wild blueberries are smaller than their cultivated cousins and are widely used in frozen and processed products such as smoothie mixes. Maine is the only state in the U.S.

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for Donald Trump were meeting with Justice Department officials on Monday as a decision nears on whether to bring charges over the handling of classified documents at the former president’s Florida estate. The Trump lawyers two weeks ago requested a meeting with Attorney General Merrick Garland

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance and its founder Changpeng Zhao are accused of misusing investor funds, operating as an unregistered exchange and violating a slew of U.S. securities laws in a lawsuit filed by the SEC. Filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Princess Eugenie has given birth to a baby boy, Buckingham Palace announced Monday. Eugenie, the niece of King Charles III, and her husband, Jack Brooksbank, welcomed their son, Ernest George Ronnie Brooksbank, on May 30th. The baby, who weighed 7 pounds 1 ounce, is the couple’s second child. The couple’s eldest

By SARAH BRUMFIELD and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The pilot of a business jet that flew over Washington and crashed in a remote part of Virginia appeared to be slumped over and unresponsive, three U.S. officials said Monday, recounting observations by fighter pilots who intercepted the wayward flight. The revelations came as

By CHARLIE NEIBERGALL, SCOTT McFETRIDGE and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — The bodies of three Iowa men have been recovered from a collapsed apartment building in Davenport. Police said the last body was removed early Monday and nobody else is believed to have been killed. The dead are Branden Colvin Sr., Ryan

By DAVID BAUDER AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — If Jason Isbell is keeping many more secrets, it’s hard to imagine what they might be. The singer-songwriter and his wife, Amanda Shires, share the details of their life to an extraordinary degree. This, he believes, helps create a stronger bond with fans, and honesty

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence filed paperwork on Monday declaring his campaign for president in 2024, setting up a challenge to his former boss, Donald Trump, just two years after their time in the White House ended with an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and Pence

BERLIN (AP) — Prosecutors say a prominent figure in the far-right Alternative for Germany party has been charged over his alleged use in a 2021 speech of a slogan used by the Nazis’ SA stormtroopers. Prosecutors in the eastern city of Halle said that Björn Höcke was charged with public use of a symbol of

By MADDIE BURAKOFF AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — DNA is all around us — even in the air we breathe. Now scientists have found that air quality monitoring stations — which pull in air to test for pollution — also pick up lots of DNA that can reveal what plants and animals have