Month: January 2024

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Authorities say fire crews found the burned bronze remnants of a prized statue of Jackie Robinson that was stolen last week from a public park in Kansas. A Wichita police spokesperson says Tuesday the fire department received a call around 8:40 a.m. about a trash can on fire at Garvey

By TERESA M. WALKER and RALPH D. RUSSO AP Sports Writers Tennessee has been in contact with NCAA investigators and a person with direct knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press the inquiry is into potential rules violations related to name, image and likeness compensation for multiple athletes. The person spoke to the AP

Associated Press ARDMORE, Ala. (AP) — A Greyhound bus and a car have collided on a northern Alabama road, killing a man and injuring the bus driver and eight bus passengers. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency says the crash happened shortly after 10 p.m. Monday. 23-year-old Sidney C. Benson of Ardmore, Alabama, was killed in

By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press U.S. and Mideast mediators appeared optimistic in recent days that they are closing in on a deal for a two-month cease-fire in Gaza and the release of over 100 hostages held by Hamas. But on Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the militant group’s two main demands — that

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is investigating whether Democratic Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri misused campaign funds for her own personal security, the progressive lawmaker confirmed in a statement Tuesday. Bush, a second-term lawmaker, denied any wrongdoing and said she is “fully cooperating” with federal prosecutors. “As a rank-and-file

By JEFF AMY Associated Press Another sports gambling bill is moving forward in Georgia. Supporters say they can legally set up betting under the Georgia Lottery Corporation without putting it to a statewide vote through a constitutional amendment. The Senate Economic Development and Tourism Committee voted 8-2 Tuesday to advance the measure to create 16

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The U.S. attorney’s office says two current and two former Massachusetts State Police troopers are among six people charged in a scheme to allegedly take bribes in exchange for giving passing scores on commercial driving tests. Fifty-eight-year-old Gary Cederquist, a sergeant with the state police from Stoughton,

By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s new prime minister is vowing to boost employment, restore authority in schools and support workers including farmers who have been protesting for days across the country over their eroding incomes. Gabriel Attal, 34, gave his policy address to French lawmakers three weeks after he was appointed.

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A military veteran who shot and killed a handcuffed civilian in Iraq nearly 20 years ago has been ordered jailed on charges that he used a metal baton to assault police officers during the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. Chief Judge James Boasberg ruled Tuesday

By AAMER MADHANI and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has spoken with the families of the three American service members killed in a drone attack in Jordan that his administration has pinned on Iran-backed militia groups. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters traveling with Biden to Florida that

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press Federal authorities say a rare whale found dead off Massachusetts shows potential evidence of injury from entanglement in fishing gear, which is one of the most pressing threats to the species. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said it was notified about the dead female North Atlantic right whale on

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency will pair artists with federal officials overseeing treasured bodies of water in the United States as part of a new initiative to use arts and culture to support water restoration and climate resiliency. The EPA’s artist-in-residence program was announced Tuesday at a daylong

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia police say two officers had their weapons holstered before a scuffle with a man inside a corner deli when one of the officers was shot by a suspect who was then fatally shot by the wounded officer’s partner. The department on Tuesday is promising full “transparency” about the Friday night encounter

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has vetoed a redistricting proposal that the Republican-controlled Legislature passed last week in a last-ditch effort to avert the drawing of legislative boundaries by the state Supreme Court. Tuesday’s veto came a day after five of Wisconsin’s Republican members of Congress

LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — A man charged in the fatal 2021 shootings of three men whose bodies were found outside a Wisconsin quarry has been sentenced to life in prison. A La Crosse County judge sentenced 46-year-old Khamthaneth Rattanasack on Monday to a life sentence specifying that the Wausau man cannot seek early release

BERLIN, Germany (AP) — The foreign minister in Poland’s new pro-European Union government says he would like Germany’s leaders to think in a “creative” way about compensating Poland for huge losses it suffered at German hands during World War II. The request was greatly toned down from that of Poland’s previous right-wing government, which had

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The city of Memphis Tennessee has released hours of more video in the case of five former police officers charged with the violent beating and death of Tyre Nichols. The recordings were released Tuesday based on a judge’s order from November, when former officer Desmond Mills Jr. pleaded guilty to federal

By TERRY TANG and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press A majority of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States call their personal financial situation good. But, recent polling shows the outlook isn’t quite as sunny when it comes to the nation’s economy, rising household expenses and unexpected medical costs. Those are the findings of

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Four Mexican tourists have died after a boat carrying 19 people capsized or swamped between Cancun and Isla Mujeres. Authorities said Tuesday that the captain of the boat had been detained. Investigators in the Caribbean coast state of Quintana Roo are looking into whether the boat had been overcrowded, or if

By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A Zimbabwe opposition figure who spent nearly two years in pretrial detention is set be freed after a magistrate sentenced him to a suspended prison sentence for inciting violence. Job Sikhala is seen by many as the face of resistance to Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF party and

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — With four young children and a fifth on the way, Kristina Stadelman was ecstatic after qualifying for a $50,000 bonus for taking a hard-to-fill job as a special education teacher in Oklahoma. She used the money to finish home improvements and buy a new car for

By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Federal investigators say a local want ad for a yoga instructor in Costa Rica helped them capture the killer of rising pro cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson in 2022. Investigators had been searching for Kaitlin Armstrong for more than a month and believed she was moving around

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The National Science Foundation has given a consortium of Great Lakes-area universities and tech companies $15 million to develop ways to extract harmful substances from wastewater. The foundation announced Monday that it has named the Great Lakes ReNEW group as one of 10 regional innovation engines across the country. Each will

ISTANBUL (AP) — The Turkish Parliament has stripped an imprisoned opposition lawmaker of his parliamentary status, defying a ruling made by the country’s top court in September. After months of legal and political turmoil that saw two of the highest courts in Turkey clash, the decision by the Court of Appeals to unseat Can Atalay,

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The Georgia Ports Authority says it handled a record number of automobiles on its docks last year. The state agency reported Tuesday that more than 775,000 autos and heavy machinery units moved through the Port of Brunswick in the 2023 calendar year. That is an increase

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Residents have been evacuated from small coastal towns near Cape Town in South Africa as wildfires sweep down from surrounding mountains and burn out of control. Authorities ordered a full evacuation of Pringle Bay, a coastal village popular with holidaymakers. The fires began Monday

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A collision between a passenger bus and a freight truck on a highway in northern Mexico has left at least 19 people dead and 18 injured. The accident occurred Tuesday on a highway in the Pacific coast state of Sinaloa. The director of the state civil defense office said the crash

By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Like a moth to flame, many scientists and poets have long assumed that flying insects were simply, inexorably drawn to bright lights. But that’s not exactly what’s going on, a new study suggests. Rather than being attracted to light, researchers believe that artificial lights at night

By LORNE COOK and JARI TANNER Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Parliament has opened an investigation into news reports that a Latvian member of the assembly, Tatjana Ždanoka, has been working as a Russian agent for several years, officials said Tuesday. In a statement, the office of the president of the parliament, Roberta

By KRYSTA FAURIA and MARIA SHERMAN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The second chapter in Olivia Rodrigo’s musical story began similar to the first: with a big-hearted, full-throated piano ballad about a relationship gone awry. But the bloodsucking “vampire” was no “drivers license,” the song that kickstarted her career. Instead of descending into her

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The planned auction of dozens of items that belonged to Nelson Mandela has been suspended pending a court application to completely halt it. The online auction, by New York-based Guernsey’s auction house in conjunction with Mandela’s eldest daughter was due to take place on Feb. 24. However,

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The International Monetary Fund’s chief economist has advised the U.K. government to avoid further tax cuts amid expectations Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s battered administration will do just that to win over voters in an election year. The economist said Tuesday that instead of reducing taxes, the British

By TOM ODULA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan police say a man wanted for allegedly killing his girlfriend and leaving her body in a parking lot at a Boston airport before flying to Kenya has been arrested. The country’s director of criminal investigations tells The Associated Press that Kevin Kangethe was apprehended at

KEENESBURG At least two people were hospitalized after an Amtrak train derailed when it hit a truck carrying milk in a rural area in northeastern Colorado. Amtrak says the crash happened at around 10 p.m. Monday near Keenesburg, a town of about 1,300 people roughly 35 miles northeast of Denver. KUSA-TV reports that the Colorado

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Dave Canales is ready to begin his journey as head coach of the Carolina Panthers just 16 months after co-authoring a faith-based book about working through problems with his sexual infidelity and addiction to pornography and alcohol. The book “This Marriage? The Question That Changed