Month: January 2024

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian state TV reports that an Iranian soldier has opened fire on fellow soldiers, killing five of them, in the southeastern city of Kerman. Kerman is where 94 people were killed in a bombing attack earlier this month. State TV said Sunday the shooting happened when the soldier arrived at a

By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended his Republican presidential campaign Sunday just before the New Hampshire primary and endorsed Donald Trump, ending a White House bid that failed to meet expectations that he would emerge as a serious challenger to the former president. “It’s clear

TINLEY PARK, Ill. (AP) — Four people have been fatally shot outside Chicago in what suburban officials describe as a “domestic-related shooting.” A suspect was taken into custody Sunday. That’s according to a Tinley Park Public Safety Department social media post. The village of roughly 55,000 people is located about 30 miles southwest of Chicago.

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — In what’s become an annual winter tradition, hundreds of people carrying torches set fire to a giant wooden beetle effigy in Custer, South Dakota, to raise awareness of the destructive impact of the mountain pine beetle on forest land in the Black Hills. Custer firefighters prepared and lighted the torches

LONDON (AP) — Sarah, the Duchess of York, has been diagnosed with a malignant skin cancer that was discovered during her treatment for breast cancer. A spokesperson said Sunday that the melanoma was found after several moles were removed while she was undergoing reconstructive surgery after a mastectomy. Doctors are analyzing it to see if

Marlena Shaw, the jazz and R&B vocalist whose “California Soul” was one of the defining soul songs of the late 1960s, has died. She was 81. Shaw’s daughter, Marla Bradshaw, announced the singer’s death Friday in a video posted on Facebook. A cause of death was not given. A charismatic and wide-ranging vocalist, Shaw was

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s leader says his country stands shoulder to shoulder with Somalia in its dispute with landlocked Ethiopia, which struck a deal with Somaliland to obtain access to the sea. President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi slammed Ethiopia’s deal with the breakaway region. He called on Ethiopia to seek benefits

PARIS (AP) — Tens of thousands of people marched in the streets of cities across France on Sunday, calling on President Emmanuel Macron not to sign into law a tough new immigration measure they say bears the footprint of the far right and betrays French values. According to the Interior Ministry, 75,000 people marched in

By MOHAMMED ZAATARI and ABBY SEWELL Associated Press SIDON, Lebanon (AP) — Lebanese state media and health officials say an Israeli airstrike has hit two vehicles near a Lebanese army checkpoint in south Lebanon. The reports say the attack Sunday killed a Hezbollah member and wounded several other people, including civilians. The strike appears to

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — On a quiet weekend in movie theaters, “Mean Girls” repeated atop the box office with $11.7 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday, while a handful of awards contenders sought to make an impact ahead of Oscar nominations on Tuesday. Only one new

By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Paris Men’s Fashion Week has wrapped up with a showcase of a style dichotomy. Collections ranged from subtle elegance, emphasizing timeless fashion with quality materials and muted palettes, to extravagant designs with bold colors and creative reinterpretations of menswear. Highlights on the final day on Sunday

BERLIN (AP) — German police say safety concerns caused a protest against the far right in the city of Munich Sunday afternoon to end early, after approximately 100,000 people showed up. The demonstration was one of dozens around the country this weekend that drew hundreds of thousands of people in total. The demonstrations came in

AARHUS, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s royal family has participated in a special “celebratory church service” at Aarhus Cathedral. The new King Frederik X, accompanied Sunday by wife Queen Mary and mother Queen Margrethe, waved to crowds gathered outside the 12th-century building that is the tallest church in the country. The royal family drove 3.5 kilometers

MOSCOW (AP) — More than 300,000 people have signed a petition calling for a train conductor in Russia to lose her job after she threw a pet cat off a train, believing it was a stray. The white and ginger tom cat, known as Twix, escaped from his carrier on a train traveling between Yekaterinburg

By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Much of the U.S. remained gripped by deadly Arctic weather Sunday — with subfreezing conditions reaching as far south as Texas and Florida. But the numbing cold is expected to ease up in the coming days. Crews in Memphis, Tennessee continued to work around the clock

BY BABACAR DIONE Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s highest election authority has excluded two top opposition leaders from the final list of candidates for the West African nation’s presidential election next month. The list published Saturday by Senegal’s Constitutional Council named 20 candidates, including Prime Minister Amadou Ba, who has the backing of

Three people were killed overnight Sunday after a gathering in a short-term rental turned deadly near Houston, Texas. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said deputies responded to an emergency call around 2:15 a.m. at a suburban neighborhood in Katy, Texas, just 30 miles west of Houston. A small party of about 10 to 20 young

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — With days left before the New Hampshire presidential primary, former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley needs to win over independent voters while also peeling support away from the front-runner, former President Donald Trump. Independents make up nearly 40% of registered voters in New Hampshire, and they can

LONDON (AP) — Britain and Ireland are bracing as powerful wind and rain from Storm Isha are expected to batter a wide swath of the island nations and disrupt travel. The Met Office on Sunday issued an unusual blanket wind warning for all of the U.K. It says gusts could reach 90 miles per hour

BY MELINA WALLING and MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The EPA’s newest assessment of water quality and nutrient pollution in U.S. rivers and streams shows almost no progress on cutting the nitrogen pollution that comes primarily from farm chemical runoff. That’s a problem because it can cause algae blooms, contaminate drinking water

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama is preparing to use a new method of execution: nitrogen gas. Kenneth Eugene Smith, who survived the state’s previous attempt to put him to death by lethal injection in 2022, is scheduled to be put to death Thursday by nitrogen hypoxia. If carried out, it

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Libya’s state-owned oil company says production has resumed at the country’s largest oilfield, ending a more than two-week hiatus after protesters blocked the facility over fuel shortages. The National Oil Corp. said in a terse statement it lifted the force majeure at the Sharara oil field in

By COLLEEN LONG and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden campaign is betting big on abortion rights as a major driver in this year’s presidential election. It is working to broaden how voters are thinking about the issue following the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision, emphasizing what it means for health care and

By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Nowhere is former President Donald Trump more vulnerable early this presidential primary season than New Hampshire. The state is hosting its first-in-the-nation Republican primary on Tuesday, and Nikki Haley, the former U.N. ambassador, is the only candidate with a real chance to defeat Trump

By JESSE BEDAYN The Associated Press/Report for America LAST CHANCE, Colo. (AP) — Colorado Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert is moving from the mountains to run for election on the plains. While her new district is more conservative, Republican voters wait with a hands-on-hips skepticism for a good explanation. The move is the latest in Boebert’s

By SLAMET RIYADI Associated Press YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s Mount Merapi has erupted, spreading searing gas clouds and avalanches of lava down its slopes as other active volcanoes flared up across the country, forcing the evacuation of thousands. On the densely populated island of Java, Merapi unleashed Sunday clouds of hot ash and a

By TIM SULLIVAN AP National Writer APPLETON, Wis. (AP) — The decades fall away as you open the front doors. It’s the late 1950s in the cramped little offices — or maybe the pre-hippie 1960s. It’s a place where army-style buzz cuts are still in fashion, communism remains the primary enemy and the decor is

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Local officials say at least 13 people have been killed by shelling of a market in Russian-occupied Ukraine. The attack hit Tekstilshchik, a suburb of the city of Donetsk, on Sunday. The Russian-installed authorities say the missile was launched by Ukraine. A further 10 people were injured, said Denis Pushilin, head

By NAJIB JOBAIN and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Palestinian death toll in Gaza from over three months of war between Israel and the territory’s Hamas rulers has soared past 25,000, the Gaza Health Ministry said Sunday. At least 178 bodies were brought to Gaza’s hospitals in 24 hours along

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Russian private jet carrying six people is believed to have crashed in a remote area of rural Afghanistan. The crash happened Saturday in a mountainous area near Zebak district in Badakhshan province, according to regional spokesman Zabihullah Amiri. He said a rescue team had been dispatched to the area. Badakhshan police

By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press A century after the death of Vladimir Lenin, the founder of the Soviet Union is largely an afterthought in modern Russia. The once-omnipresent face with the goatee and the intense gaze glares only from scattered statues. Many streets and localities that bore his name have been rechristened. The Red Square

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nearly three decades after it was established, Pitchfork, the most influential music publication of the internet age with the power to make or break an artist, is being absorbed by another entity — a men’s fashion and style magazine. The website, beloved for being one

By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Three decades after Hindu mobs tore down a historical mosque, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the consecration of a grand Hindu temple at the same site on Monday in a political move to boost his party ahead of a crucial national vote. Experts say

By JOSH FUNK Associated Press The aging reformed mobster who has admitted stealing a pair of ruby slippers that Judy Garland wore in “The Wizard of Oz” gave into the temptation of “one last score” after an old mob associate led him to believe the famous shoes were adorned with real jewels. Terry Jon Martin’s

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Christian McCaffrey scored his second touchdown on a 6-yard run with 1:07 to play, and the San Francisco 49ers mounted their first second-half comeback of the season to beat the Green Bay Packers 24-21 in a divisional-round playoff game. After spending all regular

By LARRY NEMEISTER NEW YORK A lawyer for a writer who says Donald Trump sexually abused her in the 1990s and then defamed her while president in 2019 says the infamous “Access Hollywood” tape and two women who accused Trump of abuse will not be put before a New York jury. Attorney Roberta Kaplan said