Month: March 2024

By MARK LONG AP Sports Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A former Jacksonville Jaguars financial manager who pled guilty to stealing more than $22 million from the NFL franchise through its virtual credit card program was sentenced to 78 months in prison. Judge Henry Lee Adams Jr. sentenced Amit Patel, 31, in U.S. District Court

LONDON (AP) — An acclaimed revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Sunset Boulevard” and a play about the travails of England’s national soccer team lead the race for the Olivier Awards recognizing work on the London stage. The 11 nominations for “Sunset Boulevard” include best actress in a musical for Nicole Scherzinger and best actor for

By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A judge has ruled that a 5-year-old New Hampshire girl missing since 2019 is legally dead and her mother can become administrator of her estate, just weeks after the child’s father was convicted of killing her. A probate judge says Crystal Sorey “has carried her burden

By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — A senior U.S. official will visit Kosovo in the next days to put “back on track” talks on normalizing ties between Kosovo and Serbia, after tensions escalated over Kosovo’s decision to ban the use of the Serbian dinar. Deputy Assistant Secretary Gabriel Escobar said he would

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A year ago, Georgia lawmakers said they were striking a balance when they banned most gender-affirming care for transgender people under 18, but let doctors continue prescribing medicines to block puberty. Now Sen. Ben Watson, the Republican who led last year’s efforts, is seeking an outright ban.

CRESCENT, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say two people were found dead after an explosion that destroyed a house in the Pittsburgh area near the Ohio River. Allegheny County emergency dispatchers said the blast in Crescent Township in the northwest Pittsburgh suburbs was reported shortly before 9 a.m. Tuesday. Aerial images from the scene showed smoking

By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press A 19-year-old Michigan man who lost his right eye after being shot with a firearm made from a ghost gun kit is suing his former best friend who accidently shot him and the Pennsylvania company that sold his friend the kit. The lawsuit, which was filed Tuesday in Washtenaw County

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats are launching a long-shot effort to push $95 billion in aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan to a vote. The move intensifies pressure on House Speaker Mike Johnson to take up the package. House Democrats are gathering signatures for a “discharge petition.” That’s a seldom-successful

By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Supreme Court has extended a pause on a Texas law that would allow state police to arrest migrants accused of crossing into the U.S. illegally. The Tuesday order by Justice Samuel Alito extended the hold on the law until Monday. It came a day before

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska woman allegedly found a lucrative quirk at a gas station pump — double-swipe the rewards card and get free gas! Unfortunately for her, you can’t do that. The 45-year-old woman was arrested March 6 and faces felony theft charges accusing her of a crime that cost the gas station

RIFLE, Colo. (AP) — A judge has ended a temporary restraining order U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert had sought against her ex-husband at her request. During a court hearing Monday in Colorado, Rep. Boebert asked the judge to vacate the order she had requested against Jayson Bobert. saying they had come to a “strict” agreement that

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two detectives looking for 43 students who went missing almost ten years ago have themselves disappeared in Mexico’s Pacific coast state of Guerrero. Mexico’s president said Tuesday that a search effort has been launched to find the two federal detectives, a man and a woman. The disappearances were the latest sign

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The scandal over Kate, Princess of Wales’ family snapshot — dubbed “photogate” — is a new chapter in the thorny relationship between the media and Britain’s royal family. It’s also a sign of how hard it is for the monarchy to control its own narrative in the

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB and SULEIMAN AMHAZ Associated Press SAFRI, Lebanon (AP) — A Lebanese security official and an official from the militant Hezbollah group say two Israeli airstrikes over northeastern Lebanon have killed at least two people and destroyed a warehouse. The Israeli military said the airstrikes hit two Hezbollah sites and were in response

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press A new narrative series on Max follows female journalists on the campaign trail for the presidential election. “The Girls on the Bus” is based on the memoir “Chasing Hilary” by Amy Chozick, who covered Hillary Clinton’s two unsuccessful campaigns for president. Chozick and Julie Plec, who was an executive producer

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Some of the most closely watched news conferences happen during China’s annual meetings of its ceremonial legislature. The sessions are a rare opportunity to engage directly with officials, yet the space for that engagement is shrinking. Carefully screened questions are now the norm at news conferences, ensuring

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A man who denied that he was the leader of violent gang in Connecticut’s capital city has been acquitted of a murder charge and freed following a third trial. A state jury in Hartford found Donald Raynor not guilty Monday in the 2007 fatal shooting of 22-year-old Delano Gray. Raynor had

By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House knew it had a political problem on its hands when a special counsel report questioned President Joe Biden’s memory last month, but Biden saw a much more personal affront as well. Robert Hur, who had been appointed to investigate whether Biden mishandled classified documents,

LONDON (AP) — A major donor to Britain’s ruling Conservative Party is under fire after he reportedly said a Black member of Parliament made him “want to hate all Black women” and she “should be shot.” The Guardian reported that Frank Hester, chief executive of health care software firm The Phoenix Partnership, made the comments

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The British military says that several people have boarded and taken control of a vessel in a suspected pirate attack in the Indian Ocean nearly 700 miles (1,100 kilometers) east of Somalia’s coastal capital Mogadishu. The British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operation says the vessel was boarded by several people

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Supporters of former President Donald Trump who organized an effort to recall Wisconsin’s top elected Republican did not gather enough signatures to trigger the recall election. That is based on an initial review by the state elections commission released Tuesday. However, questions remain over whether additional

By MARC LEVY Associated Press MECHANICSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Jody Mikhail was a sophomore at Pennsylvania’s Cumberland Valley High School when a poster for a new girls’ wrestling club caught her eye. So Mikhail, a senior now, tried the sport. “I fell in love with it the first time,” she said. Unlike previous generations, she’s

By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press CARMEL, N.Y. (AP) — A formidable opponent of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro who twice tried to mount coups against the socialist leader spoke to The Associated Press as a Manhattan federal judge is deciding whether to punish him with a long prison sentence. It’s the first time retired army Gen.

BERLIN (AP) — The German parliament’s commissioner for the armed forces says the country’s military still has “too little of everything,” but progress is being made in securing new equipment nearly two years after a special fund was set up to modernize it. Days after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Chancellor

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT and GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The race for the White House isn’t the only one with big stakes for climate policy. In campaigns for Congress and for governor around the country, candidates are talking about how green the grid should be, too. As voters are increasingly feeling

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Police in southeastern Poland say that an alert tax driver prevented a scam in which an elderly woman would have lost the equivalent of about $36,000 for a phony bailout of relatives from jail. Police in the city of Rzeszow said a caller instructed the driver last week to collect a

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — A court in Belgium has convicted prominent far-right activist Dries Van Langenhove to a year in prison on Tuesday for what the judge called “racist, hateful, Nazi and negationist speech” in a major ruling on how the nation deals with extremism. Five members of the extremist group

LAKE ST. LOUIS,. Mo. (AP) — Former New York Mets and Yankees star Darryl Strawberry is recovering from a heart attack and is at SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital. Mets spokesman Jay Horwitz said Tuesday that Strawberry was stricken Monday, a day before the eight-time All-Star’s 62nd birthday. Strawberry posted a photo of himself at

RUSHVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Authorities have identified the five people killed in a fiery crash, including both drivers and three children, when a school bus and a semitruck collided along a highway in western Illinois. The eastbound bus from Schuyler-Industry Schools crossed the center line “for an unknown reason” Monday into westbound U.S. Route 24

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — The Vatican secretary of state is trying to defuse outrage over Pope Francis’ latest diplomatic foray. Cardinal Pietro Parolin is insisting in media interviews that a primary condition for negotiations to end the war in Ukraine is an end to Russia’s aggression and that any peace must

OAK RIDGE NORTH, Texas (AP) — Police say a man suspected of several robberies in southeastern Texas was fatally shot by officers with a joint task force after they saw him rob a liquor store at gunpoint. Montgomery County District Attorney Brett Ligon says the man, whose name wasn’t immediately released, fled officers Monday night

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The trial has begun in Norway for a man accused of aggravated terrorism for the deadly shooting at an LGBTQ+ festival in Oslo’s nightlife district. Two people were killed and nine seriously wounded in the shooting in June 2022. The prosecutor says the Norwegian citizen originally from Iran had sworn allegiance

By ALBERT STUMM Associated Press Even in Ireland many people have thought of their cuisine as basically stews, meat pies and potatoes. But contemporary chefs and a renewed focus on local producers have changed minds. Jp McMahon opened his Galway restaurant, Ainar (ah-NYEER), with innovative recipes that rely on traditional cooking methods like curing, pickling

By CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Not even education can close the pay gap that persists between women and men, according to a recent U.S. Census report. Whether women earn a post-secondary certificate or graduate from a top-tier university, they still make about 71 cents on the dollar compared with men at the

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s vice chancellor has launched a program initially worth up to 4 billion euros to help heavy industry shift to more climate-friendly production over a 15-year period. Germany, which is home to many energy-intensive industries as Europe’s biggest economy, aims to cut its greenhouse gas emissions to

HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — Officials say a man visiting the Florida Everglades is recovering after being bitten by a crocodile after falling off a boat. The National Park Service says the attack occurred Sunday afternoon at the Flamingo Marina in Everglades National Park. Officials said Monday that the 68-year-old man capsized his sailboat in the

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press The number of robberies of postal carriers grew again last year and the number of injuries nearly doubled, even as the U.S. Postal Service launched crackdown aimed at addressing postal crime. Figures provided to The Associated Press indicate postal carrier robberies reached 643 last year. That’s an increase of nearly