Month: July 2023

WARREN, Pa. (AP) — Police searching for a homicide suspect who used bed sheets to escape from a northwestern Pennsylvania jail say he is likely still in the area and that someone may be helping him to evade capture. Thirty-four-year-old Michael Burham fled the Warren jail late Thursday by climbing on exercise equipment and fashioning

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A California judge has dismissed sex charges against a reality TV show doctor and his girlfriend who had been accused of drugging and raping women in a case that drew international attention. Court records show charges of assault with the intent to commit a sexual offense have been dismissed against

WARREN, Mich. (AP) — A suburban Detroit police officer who punched a 19-year-old Black man in the face and slammed his head to the ground is now facing a federal civil rights crime. A criminal complaint against Matthew Rodriguez has been unsealed in federal court Monday by the Detroit-area U.S. attorney. Jaquwan Smith was being

By ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — Two sons of the late singer Aretha Franklin gave opposing opinions Monday about the Queen of Soul’s final wishes, testifying in an unusual trial that will determine whether a 2014 handwritten document found in couch cushions will lead her estate. Franklin died in 2018 at age

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — The European Union has signed off on a new agreement over the privacy of people’s personal information that gets pinged across the Atlantic, aiming to ease concerns about electronic spying by American intelligence agencies. The EU’s executive commission on Monday deemed the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United Nations humanitarian chief tells The Associated Press that Sudan appears to be in a civil war “of the most brutal kind” and the world needs a new forum for talks in pursuit of a cease-fire. Martin Griffiths spoke Monday as regional leaders met in neighboring Ethiopia following the breakdown

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — John Warren — the multimillionaire businessman who forced South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster into a 2018 GOP runoff — has written a new book, saying he wants to share leadership lessons he has learned from military service and business. In “Lead Like a Marine,” which goes

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Scientists say crushing temperatures that blanketed Europe last summer may have led to more than 61,000 heat-related deaths, highlighting the need for governments to address the health impacts of global warming. In their study, published Monday in the journal Nature Medicine, researchers examined official mortality figures from

By KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has alleged that the country’s warplanes repelled a U.S. spy plane that flew over its exclusive economic zone. She warned of “shocking” consequences if the U.S. continues reconnaissance activities in the area.

FRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee soccer coach is accused of drugging and raping at least 10 boys between the ages of 9 and 17 after photos and videos of the children were discovered on his cell phone. Franklin Police say they were contacted by a local restaurant after staff found a phone left behind

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas must stop allowing transgender people to change the sex listed on their driver’s licenses, a state-court judge ordered Monday as part of a lawsuit filed by the state’s Republican attorney general. District Judge Teresa Watson’s order will remain in effect for up to two

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Raymond “Red” Reddington is finally hanging up his famous black fedora and — fitting for a manipulative genius — he’s doing it on his own terms. “The Blacklist” ends its 10-year NBC run Thursday with a two-hour send-off, and star James Spader says the cast

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s official news agency says a fire erupted at an oil refinery and injured eight firefighters in the country’s south. The IRNA news agency didn’t say what caused Monday’s fire but reported the firefighters were hurt while trying to put out the blaze burning in two of the five tanks at

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The commander of the U.N. peacekeeping force deployed on the tense Lebanon-Israel border has relayed an Israeli request to remove a tent set up by the militant Hezbollah group in a disputed area. Lebanon’s foreign minister said after the meeting that Lebanese leaders told the U.N. commander

By ALEKSANDAR FURTULA Associated Press LEIDEN, Netherlands (AP) — The Netherlands and Indonesia on Monday hailed the return of hundreds of cultural artifacts taken — sometimes by force — during colonial times as a major step forward in restitution efforts worldwide. The items, ranging from valuable jewels to 13th-century temple carvings, were officially handed back

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Police have arrested a man suspected of shooting and injuring an investigator with a metro Atlanta prosecutor’s office while both were driving. Police say the investigator with the Gwinnett County district attorney’s office was not on duty when he was shot around 6 p.m. Friday by another driver. The motive was

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian Kurdish fighters have carried out an attack in northern Syria, killing at least five members of Turkey-backed Syrian opposition forces. Activists say that the attack early on Monday took place just south of the northern town of Afrin, which is held by the Turkey-backed forces. That’s

By CHRIS LEHOURITES AP Sports Writer WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Novak Djokovic’s experience was on display at Wimbledon on Monday. And so was Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva’s inexperience. Djokovic, a seven-time champion at the All England Club who is looking for his 24th Grand Slam title overall, reached the quarterfinals at the grass-court major for

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — An actor best known for his roles on “CSI: NY” and “The Good Doctor” will run for Michigan’s open U.S. Senate seat and challenge U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin for the Democratic nomination. Hill Harper is the sixth Democratic candidate to announce a bid for the seat

BEIJING (AP) — Leaders of the Solomon Islands and China have promised to expand relations that have fueled unease in Washington and Australia about Beijing’s influence in the South Pacific. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare met Chinese leader Xi Jinping and the country’s No. 2 leader, Premier Li Qiang, on Monday. Sogavare and Li presided over

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar, who was convicted of sexually abusing Olympic and college female gymnasts, was stabbed multiple times by another inmate at a federal prison in Florida that is experiencing staffing shortages. The attack happened Sunday at United States Penitentiary Coleman,

By ELDAR EMRIC Associated Press SREBRENICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Jews and Muslims have come together in Bosnia on the eve of the 28th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre, Europe’s only acknowledged genocide since the Holocaust. On Monday, they discussed ways of using their shared pain to help rid the world of hate and bigotry. Menachem

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Former Michigan state Sens. Curtis Hertel Jr. and Tom Barrett will face off for the 7th Congressional District. Democrat Hertel will announce his campaign Monday after the Republican Barrett launched his second run for the seat Sunday. Hertel and Barrett are the first to declare bids

BERLIN (AP) — Prosecutors in Berlin say a Russian citizen has been charged with attempted homicide and attempted arson for placing an explosive or incendiary device last year in a building where Russian intelligence officers lived. The 55-year-old is accused of putting the device in an opening to the building’s basement in late April 2022.

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Ukrainian soccer club Dynamo Kyiv has told Turkish rival Fenerbahce it had “blood on your hands” for going to Russia to play Zenit St. Petersburg in a preseason game. It’s the latest dispute between clubs who met in the Champions League qualifying rounds and Europa League

By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian special prosecutors have demanded that a lawmaker and former deputy prime minister be arrested on corruption charges, accusing him of failing to declare his assets and other criminal offenses. The Special Prosecutor’s Office Against Corruption and Organized Crime, in charge of prosecuting senior officials, made

By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas has drawn another Democratic challenger in the 2024 U.S. Senate race. Democratic state Sen. Roland Gutierrez announced Monday that he will become the second Texas Democrat to embark on a longshot bid to deny Cruz a third term representing the