Month: July 2023

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A former investigative journalist for ABC News has pleaded guilty to federal child pornography charges. Fifty-three-year-old James Gordon Meek of Arlington, Virginia, admitted that he illegally possessed and transported child pornography. He covered national security issues for the network until he resigned last year. Court papers

PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona woman who suffered fractured vertebrae and collapsed lungs after being gored by a bison in Yellowstone National Park has said “yes” to her boyfriend’s hospital proposal. Chris Whitehill said he planned to propose to Amber Harris during their vacation in the park this week, but after spending just one night

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An investigation has concluded that the deadly crash of a Marine V-22 Osprey in California last year was caused by mechanical failure. It ruled out pilot and maintenance errors. The more than 400-page report released on Friday concluded that the Marines were doing routine flight operations

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has chosen Adm. Lisa Franchetti to lead the Navy, an unprecedented choice that, if she is confirmed, will make her the first woman to be a Pentagon service chief and the first female member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Biden’s decision goes

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The bodies of four Pakistanis who were among the hundreds who perished in June in an unprecedented tragedy off the coast of Greece have been brought home. Wooden caskets carrying the remains were taken off two flights in Islamabad and handed over to their families on Friday. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Homicides are declining in a cross-section of American cities, though their numbers remain higher than before the coronavirus pandemic took hold. That is according to a new report analyzing data from 30 U.S. cities. Homicides on average dropped 9.4% during the first half of 2023 as compared

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Waves of pink-clad moviegoers passed under carboard palm trees on the frenzied first day of “Barbenheimer.” After a feverish drumbeat propelled forward by a mushroom cloud of memes, the most anticipated day on the year’s movie calendar finally arrived as “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” — two

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Prosecutors want the rapper Quando Rondo sent back to jail after he crashed a car while free on bond pending trial on gang and drug charges. The 24-year-old rapper, whose given name Tyquian Terrel Bowman, was indicted last month in his hometown of Savannah. He was released from jail June 26

By LARRY NEUMEISTER and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s company and his former longtime lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen have settled a lawsuit over Cohen’s claims he was unfairly stuck with big legal bills after getting entangled in investigations into the former president. Lawyers for the two sides disclosed the

LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A 13-year-old girl kidnapped in Texas and sexually assaulted was rescued in Southern California when passersby saw her hold up a “help me” sign in a parked car, police and federal authorities said. The rescue occurred July 9 in Long Beach, south of Los Angeles, when officers responded to a

Movie theater operator AMC has ditched plans to charge more seats with better sightlines after competitors did not follow along. It also found that most customers who previously sat in the preferred sightline section continued to choose seats in that section. But it saw little to no increase in people buying front row seats that

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Molly Gordon is having a good summer, professionally speaking. Her directorial debut “Theater Camp,” which she made with some of her best friends, is in theaters. On the small screen, fans of “The Bear” are falling for her in the popular Hulu show’s second season, too. It’s a moment,

DALLAS (AP) — Prosecutors say the brother of retired NFL cornerback Aqib Talib has pleaded guilty to murder in the 2022 shooting death of a coach at a youth football game in Texas. Dallas County District Attorney’s office spokespersons Claire Crouch says 40-year-old Yaqub Salik Talib pleaded guilty Thursday to a murder charge in the

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A report critical of British police says officers should not have used counter-terrorism laws to detain a French publisher in London earlier this year. Jonathan Hall, the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, said Friday that officers should not have have used anti-terror powers to determine if the

By JACK JEFFERY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Doctors Without Borders says armed men have attacked its 18-member team working at a key hospital in Sudan’s war-torn capital of Khartoum. The MSF medical team was stopped on the road on Thursday while transporting supplies to the Turkish Hospital in the district of South Khartoum. The

The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — More than 345,000 children’s cups are being recalled due to lead levels that exceed the federal content ban, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Thursday. Soojimus is recalling 8-ounce and 12-ounce models of its Cupkin Double-Walled Stainless Steel Children’s Cups — sold in various colors on Amazon

By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M University on Friday announced the resignation of its president in the fallout over a Black journalist who said her celebrated hiring at one of the nation’s largest campuses quickly unraveled due to pushback over her past work promoting diversity. President Katherine Banks said in

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A water main break in Miami Beach caused pressure to drop and forced officials to issue a precautionary boil water alert Friday for a large swath of the tourism hotspot in Florida. A private contractor hit a water main late Thursday in the South Beach section of the city, causing

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Some people paid hundreds of dollars to be able to say they were in the stadium for Lionel Messi’s debut for Inter Miami. Some paid thousands for their seats. The team’s owners committed well over $100 million just to have a chance at moments

By The Associated Press The news of Tony Bennett’s death at age 96 has created an outpouring of love and condolences from the worlds of music, entertainment and the civil rights movement. Stevie Van Zandt says on Twitter that Tony Bennett’s heart was as big as his voice. Others also took to Twitter to offer

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge in Florida has scheduled a trial date for next May for former President Donald Trump in a case charging him with illegally retaining hundreds of classified documents. The May 20, 2024, trial date, set Friday by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, is a compromise

PARIS (AP) — French police are investigating a violent armed robbery that targeted Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma at his home. The Paris prosecutor’s office said the player was targeted overnight Thursday to Friday. The prosecutor’s office and the French capital’s police force refused to release details about the attack that French media said took