Month: March 2024

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Attorneys plan to refile a lawsuit over zoning changes that they say threaten one of the South’s last Gullah-Geechee communities of Black slave descendants. A Superior Court judge threw out the original civil complaint Tuesday, ruling that the lawsuit improperly named individual commissioners of coastal McIntosh

By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to announce a running mate for his independent presidential campaign on March 26 in Oakland, California, his campaign said Tuesday. The campaign did not say whom Kennedy will pick, but he told The New York Times this week that NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers and

By RUTH ALONGA Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — A senior United Nations official says intensifying violence in Congo’s eastern region has pushed a humanitarian crisis in the region to “unprecedented” levels. Ramesh Rajasingham, the director of coordination in the U.N. humanitarian office, told The Associated Press on Wednesday during a visit to the city

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The European Union’s maritime security force says it is tracking a Bangladesh-flagged cargo vessel that was boarded by pirates this week off the Somali coast. The EU force, known as Operation ATALANTA, says that the MV Abdullah’s 23 crew members have been taken hostage but that they are safe. It says

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The regional president of Catalonia has called an early election for May 12 after his minority government failed to pass a budget for Spain’s wealthy northeast region that includes Barcelona. The move by Pere Aragonès on Wednesday came on the eve of a vote in Spain’s

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A judge has acquitted a New York state trooper who was charged with manslaughter after shooting an unarmed motorist to death following a high-speed chase. Trooper Anthony Nigro testified during a nonjury trial in Buffalo this week that he feared for his life when he fired two shots at 38-year-old James

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is ordering more than 250 law enforcement officers and soldiers to the Florida Keys to help stop what he anticipates to be an increase in Haitian migrants fleeing violence in their country. The governor said Wednesday he is sending a mix of Florida Department of Law Enforcement

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Robotaxis will begin cruising the streets of Los Angeles on Thursday when Google spinoff Waymo starts offering free rides to some of the roughly 50,000 people who have signed up for its driverless ride-hailing service. Waymo is expanding into Los Angeles, the second largest U.S. city, seven months after California regulators

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say three men from Kansas City, Missouri, face firearms charges, including gun trafficking, after an investigation into the mass shooting during the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade and rally. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Kansas City says  22-year-old Fedo Antonia Manning, was charged in a 12-count complaint.

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A court in Romania’s capital has extended geographical restrictions against online influencer Andrew Tate, who is charged with human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women. The Bucharest Tribunal extended by a maximum of 60 days the restrictions, which stipulate Tate may not leave the country. Tate,

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s Foreign Ministry says it’s cutting short the missions of 50 of the nation’s ambassadors as part of efforts by the country’s new pro-European Union government to improve the missions at a challenging time. A statement from the ministry on Wednesday didn’t name any of the ambassadors being recalled by Foreign

By MEGAN JANETSKY, VICTOR R. CAIVANO & RODRIGO ABD Associated Press TUSAQUILLAS, Argentina (AP) — Irene Leonor Flores de Callata, 68, treks along a bone-dry riverbed, guiding a herd of llamas and sheep through stretching desert. Flores de Callata’s native Kolla people have spent centuries climbing deep into the mountains of northern Argentina in search

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The Israeli military says it plans to direct many of the 1.4 million displaced Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip’s southernmost town of Rafah toward “humanitarian islands” in the center of the territory ahead of its planned offensive there. The fate of those in Rafah

By ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A prosecutor urged jurors to convict the father of a Michigan school shooter on Wednesday, saying he ignored the “easiest, most glaring opportunities” to prevent the killing of four students, especially when confronted with his son’s violent classroom drawing. Instead of taking Ethan Crumbley home, James

By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — A Texas man who spent decades using an iron lung after contracting polio as a child has died at the age of 78. Paul Alexander’s longtime friend Daniel Spinks says he died Monday at a Dallas hospital. Spinks called his friend “one of the bright stars of

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A former North Carolina representative who finished second in last week’s primary for what was essentially his old U.S. House seat has declined to participate in a runoff, joining Donald Trump’s campaign instead. Ex-U.S. Rep. Mark Walker’s decision Wednesday means first-time candidate Addison McDowell will

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A pair of Ukrainian justice ministers in Washington this week said they were “quite optimistic” about the U.S. coming up with a way to financially support Ukraine. But lawmakers must agree on how to move forward. Speaking at a Wednesday press conference at his country’s embassy, Ukrainian

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A movie set armorer convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on the set of the Western film “Rust” is scheduled to be sentenced next month. Court records show an April 15 sentencing is planned for Hannah Gutierrez-Reed

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — An appeals court has overturned the convictions of a former Georgia police officer who shot and killed an unarmed naked man. Robert “Chip” Olsen responded to a call of a naked man behaving erratically at an Atlanta-area apartment complex in March 2015. He shot and killed 26-year-old

LINLEY SANDERS AND AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have secured their party’s nominations for president, setting up a rematch of the 2020 election. An analysis of survey data from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and AP VoteCast highlights the two men’s electoral challenges as

By DÁNICA COTO and EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A proposal to install new leadership in Haiti appeared to be crumbling Wednesday as some political parties rejected the plan to create a presidential council that would manage the transition. The panel would be responsible for selecting an interim prime minister and a

NORTH LAS VEGAS. Nev. (AP) — Authorities say officers near Las Vegas shot and killed a man who refused orders to drop a gun while walking toward them outside of an apartment complex where they later found three women who had been shot to death. Police say in a news release that the officers were

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa’s foreign minister says her country’s citizens who fight in the Israeli armed forces or alongside them in Gaza will be arrested when they return home. Her comments deepen the rift between the nations after South Africa lay accusations of genocide against Israel

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Senate Republicans have revealed their version of the state’s next two-year budget. Their plan proposes more funding for the main K-12 school funding formula. And it would double the amount of performance-based funding going to public universities. The spending blueprint could be voted on later

By KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Seven people living at a Chicago shelter for migrants have tested positive for measles since last week, prompting the arrival of a team with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to guide city and state officials’ response to the infections, including vaccination efforts. Eight infections total

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — TikTok once again finds itself in a precarious position as lawmakers in Washington move forward with a bill that could lead to a nationwide ban on the platform. The House on Wednesday passed legislation that would ban TikTok if its China-based owner ByteDance doesn’t sell its

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts beach community is scrambling after a weekend storm washed away mountains of sand trucked in for a nearly $600,000 dune that was meant to protect homes, roads and other infrastructure. The project, which brought in 14,000 tons (12,701 metric tonnes) of sand over several weeks

By TOM ODULA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s President William Ruto says the country will still lead a U.N.-backed multi-national police force to help quell gang violence in Haiti once a transitional presidential council is formed in the Caribbean country. Ruto said in a post on X, formerly Twitter, that U.S. Secretary of

By The Associated Press Olivia Munn has revealed that she was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a double mastectomy, thanking her doctors and urging fans to calculate their own risk assessment. She says in an Instagram post on Wednesday that she was lucky it was caught in time. Munn said she took a genetic

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rose Glass’ first film “Saint Maud,” was a chilling picture of faith and madness. Her second, “Love Lies Bleeding” is also kind of about madness but of different sorts — that of love, of power and of strength (the literal kind). She said she wanted

By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Author and Detroit Free Press columnist Mitch Albom and nine others have been rescued by helicopter from Haiti after becoming stranded in the Caribbean nation while visiting an orphanage. Albom says in a statement on X, formerly known as Twitter, that the group was forced to shelter

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Former UFC champion Mark Coleman was airlifted to an Ohio hospital after saving his parents from a house fire. Coleman’s daughter Morgan posted on Instagram that her father went back in several times to get his parents out of the blaze. She said he also went back in to save a

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities want the final suspect to turn himself in after a shooting wounded eight Philadelphia high school students at a bus stop last week. Federal authorities said Tuesday night that the third suspect, 19-year-old Jermahd Carter, had been arrested that afternoon at a relative’s home. He faces charges including attempted murder and

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — NCAA chief medical officer Brian Hainline is retiring after more than a decade in the position. Hainline’s retirement will be effective on May 31. He was named the NCAA’s first chief medical officer in 2013, forming and overseeing the NCAA Sport Science Institute that sought to provide college athletes with the best

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans police chief says conditions at the department’s aging headquarters are so deplorable that rats have munched on marijuana contraband in the evidence locker. Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick told city council members that the rats are all high. Kirkpatrick has made moving out of the police department’s 1968 headquarters

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Researchers have linked another kind of amoeba to nasal rinsing. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday published a report that for the first time connects Acanthamoeba infections to use of neti pots and other nasal rinsing devices. For years, scientists have known

By GAETANE LEWIS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Trader Joe’s mini canvas tote is the latest item to cause a stir on social media, so much so that resellers are taking advantage of the hype. The mini totes are offered in four colors — blue, red, green, and yellow — and they are all

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer A new study calculates that U.S. oil and natural gas wells, pipelines and compressors are spewing three times the amount of the potent heat-trapping gas methane as the government thinks. Wednesday’s study estimates it’s causing $9.3 billion in yearly climate damage. It’s just a few really bad polluters called

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunter Biden has rejected an invitation from House Republicans to appear for a public hearing next week alongside former business associates. His attorney, Abbe Lowell, called the outreach a ‘carnival side show.’ Lowell went on to blast Republicans’ efforts to bring his client before a public hearing

MERIDEN, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut police officer was suspended for five days and arrested on assault charges after punching a motorist during an altercation while off duty in December. Dash cam video made public following a freedom of information request shows Meriden police Corporal Allen Ganter punching the motorist, Thomas Brocuglio, in the face

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A landslide has destroyed a hillside home and is imperiling at least two others in Los Angeles. The slide occurred just before 3 a.m. in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood. The fire department says an initial search found no victims, but several people were evacuated from one house. There was no immediate

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Like most kids, Victor Levin was raised on fairy tales — and still resents it. Those stories in books, movies and TV that inevitably ended up with everyone happily ever after seemed dishonest. Levin is ready to prove his point with the powerful new six-part

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. David Valadao and Democrat Rudy Salas will face each other in November in California’s competitive 22nd congressional district. The pairing offers a rematch of the contest in 2022. Valadao beat Salas by less than 4,000 votes. The district runs through California’s Central Valley farm belt and includes part

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The biopic “Bob Marley: One Love” has been a box office hit in the United States and several other countries. The film, starring Kingsley Ben-Adir, is focused on the Rastafari legend’s story during the making of his 1977 album “Exodus” while leading up to