Month: April 2024

BY MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A lawyer for a military contractor being sued by three survivors of the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq says the plaintiffs are suing the wrong people. Lawyers for Virginia-based CACI told jurors Monday that the Army is responsible for any abuse. The lawsuit by the

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The fatal shooting of an Ohio officer during a training exercise at a state corrections department facility this month is being investigated as a possible reckless homicide. That’s according to The Columbus Dispatch. The newspaper reported Monday that the information is included in a heavily redacted 18-page report it received from

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Facing widespread unhappiness over its response to the Israel-Hamas war, the writers’ group PEN America has called off its annual awards ceremony. Dozens of nominees had dropped out of the event, which was to have taken place in New York next week. PEN hands out

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and JIM SALTER Associated Press A Kansas judge has denied a request for a resentencing hearing for two brothers awaiting execution for a quadruple killing known as the “Wichita massacre,” ruling that he lacks jurisdiction to approve a reexamination of the sentences. Monday’s legal setback was the latest for Jonathan Carr and

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is allowing a soccer promoter’s antitrust lawsuit to go forward against FIFA and the U.S. Soccer Federation over the world governing body’s policy of not permitting a country to host league matches involving teams from other countries. Monday’s order leaves in a place a federal appeals court ruling in

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — An independent review of the neutrality of the U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees found that Israel never expressed concern about anyone on the staff lists it has received annually since 2011. The review was carried out after Israel alleged that a dozen employees of the

LONDON (AP) — A driver who plowed through the wall of a Liverpool classroom shortly before the start of school has been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs. Merseyside police say a 39-year-old woman crashed into the Beacon Church of England Primary School on Monday. A passenger in the car had

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A crackdown on how California utilities spend customers’ money faces a do-or-die vote in the Legislature. Investor-owned utilities aren’t allowed to use money from customers to pay for things like advertising and lobbying. But consumer groups have complained utilities have found ways around these rules. A

By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to consider a request by Republican U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake to ban the use of electronic vote-counting machines in Arizona. Lake and former Republican secretary of state candidate Mark Finchem filed suit two years ago when they were running

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press GALLATIN, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has conceded defeat on his push to enact universal school vouchers this year, acknowledging there was “not a pathway for the bill” after months of Republican infighting. Lee said Monday that he was disappointed but promised to renew school

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — The European Union is demanding TikTok provide more information about a new app that pays users to watch videos and warned that it could order the video sharing platform to suspend addictive features that pose a risk to kids. The 27-nation EU’s executive Commission said it

By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A leading fashion designer whose accessories were used by celebrities from Britney Spears to the cast of the “Sex and the City” TV series was sentenced Monday to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty in Miami federal court to charges of smuggling crocodile handbags from her

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The ambiguity of Imagine Dragons’ next album starts from the cover. Two figures stand in the distance separated by a dawning sun. Or is it setting? Lead singer and songwriter Dan Reynolds, who dreamed it up, sees it both ways. “You can’t really tell if

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Longtime Iowa football broadcaster Ed Podolak has announced he will move out of the radio booth this season and limit his appearances to pregame shows and podcasts. Podolak played quarterback and running back for the Hawkeyes before he became a fixture at running back for the Kansas City Chiefs from

By DAVID McHUGH Associated Press COLOGNE, Germany (AP) — For the past year, five fit, academically superior men and women have been spun in centrifuges, submerged for hours, deprived temporarily of oxygen, taught to camp in the snow, and schooled in physiology, anatomy, astronomy, meteorology, robotics, and Russian. On Monday, the five Europeans and an

GOOSE CREEK, S.C. (AP) — Out of air and pinned by an alligator to the bottom of the Cooper River in South Carolina, Will Georgitis decided his only chance to survive might be to lose his arm.  Georgitis told The Post and Courier of Charleston he put his feet on the gator and pushed as

By ERIC TUCKER, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is hearing arguments this week with profound legal and political consequences. The high court will consider whether former President Donald Trump is immune from prosecution in a federal case charging him with plotting to overturn the results of

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press The final letter that George Mallory wrote to his wife before he vanished on Mount Everest a century ago has been digitalized. The letter was published on Monday by Mallory’s Cambridge University college. In it, he tried to ease her worries though he said his chances of reaching the world’s

By The Associated Press An independent Russian news site has reported that a court in Russia convicted the spokesperson of U.S. technology company Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, of justifying terrorism and sentenced him to six years in prison in absentia. The news site Mediazona says the charges against Meta communications director Andy Stone

NEW YORK (AP) — Express Inc. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, as the fashion retailer looks to sell the majority of its stores. Columbus, Ohio-based Express, which is also the parent of Bonbons and Upwest brands, is shuttering a handful of its operations in the process. In an announcement Monday, the company said

By MOLLY QUELL Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Lawyers for Armenia have asked the top U.N. court to throw out a case filed by Azerbaijan over the Karabakh region that accuses Armenia of ethnic cleansing. Monday’s request comes after Azerbaijan launched proceedings at the International Court of Justice in 2021 in the case.

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Supermarket chains Kroger and Albertsons said Monday they will sell more of their stores in an effort to quell the federal government’s concerns about their proposed merger. The companies now plan to sell 579 Kroger and Albertsons stores in markets where they overlap to C&S Wholesale Grocers, a New

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Israel expects its top ally, the United States, to announce that it’s blocking military aid to an Israeli army unit over gross human rights abuses in the Israeli-occupied West Bank before the war in Gaza began six months ago. The move would mark the first time that

NEW YORK (AP) — True love’s kiss or an invite to the Met Gala? Those in the rarified ranks of international celebrity and Anna Wintour’s good graces need not choose. Stars of film, fashion, music, sports, politics and social media will ascend the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6. As fashion’s

By NICK PERRY and DAVE COLLINS Columbia University has canceled in-person classes and police have arrested dozens of students at Yale University as tensions on college campuses across the country continues to grow over the war in the Middle East. The moves at the two Ivy League schools came hours hours before the Jewish holiday

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has agreed to take up a Biden administration appeal over the regulation of difficult-to-trace ghost guns, which had been struck down by lower courts. The justices acted on Monday. By a 5-4 vote, they had previously intervened to keep the regulation in effect during the legal fight. Ghost guns

By BARBARA ORTUTAY and MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writers A tipline set up 26 years ago to combat online child exploitation is “enormously valuable” but hasn’t lived up to its potential. That’s what a new report from the Stanford Internet Observatory released on Monday has found. The report says CyberTipline needs technological and other improvements

By TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Dozens of the children of Flint, Michigan’s lead-contaminated water crisis have turned their trauma into advocacy 10 years after it began. Now as teenagers and young adults, they’re providing input on public health initiatives, campaigning for social issues, distributing filters and providing free water testing for

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press The Entertainment Industry Foundation says the People’s Fund of Maui, an initiative started by Oprah Winfrey and Dwayne Johnson to benefit survivors of the wildfires in Maui, has given away almost $60 million. The fund deposited $1,200 a month for six months into the bank account of 8,100 residents who

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Federal wildlife officials have decided not to place lake sturgeon on the endangered species list, ensuring annual spearing seasons in Wisconsin and Michigan can continue. The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2018 to list the prehistoric fish as endangered

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s military says security forces killed eleven militants in two raids targeting their hideouts in the volatile northwest region bordering Afghanistan. Ten militants were killed in the first raid in Dera Ismail Khan district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, it said in a statement Monday. This came a day after gunmen shot

By NINIEK KARMINI and FADLAN SYAM Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s top court has rejected appeals by two losing presidential candidates who demanded a revote, alleging widespread irregularities and fraud in the February polls. The General Elections Commission had certified a landslide victory for president-elect Prabowo Subianto, but his two rivals alleged that

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s president says the NATO member would be ready to host the nuclear weapons of the military alliances’s other members in response to Russia’s moving its nuclear weapons to neighboring Belarus. President Andrzej Duda made the comments in an interview published Monday in the Fakt tabloid. He was responding to Belarus

LONDON (AP) — Prosecutors in Britain say two men, including one who was reported to be a parliamentary researcher, are being charged with spying for China. Police said Christopher Berry, 32, and Christopher Cash, 29, were charged with “providing prejudicial information to a foreign state, China.” They will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Friday.

BEIJING (AP) — Heavy rainstorms that swept across southern China over the weekend have killed at least four people in riverside cities. A search continues for 10 others missing. The official Xinhua news agency says the deaths occurred in Zhaoqing city and Shaoguan city in Guangdong province. Footage on state broadcaster CCTV showed rescuers in

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Police in Greece have raided multiple homes in Athens and detained dozens of suspects in a crackdown on soccer violence that led to the death of a police officer in December. Police say the raids on homes and vehicles started late Sunday and continued Monday. The police officer died after being

By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — By mid-2024, Claudia Sheinbaum will most likely become Mexico’s first female president. She would also be its first leader with a Jewish background in a country that’s home to nearly 100 million Catholics. On June 2, voters will choose a new president, 628 congressmen and

By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Delegations from Greece and Turkey are meeting in Athens as part of long-standing efforts to improve often tense relations between the two neighbors, days after Turkey voiced objections over Greece’s plans to create marine nature reserves in the Ionian and Aegean seas. The two regional rivals

By MASSINISSA BENLAKEHAL Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Jewish Tunisians who organize an annual pilgrimage to one of the world’s oldest synagogues are planning a scaled-down event next month. They cite concerns about security less than a year after a deadly shooting there shook their community. Thousands regularly make the journey to Djerba to

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Two separate explosions from ordnance left over from Cambodia’s decades of warfare have killed five people and injured two others. Some 4 million to 6 million land mines and other unexploded munitions are estimated to have littered Cambodia’s countryside during almost three decades of war and disorder that ended in

By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin has endorsed a West Virginia mayor in the Democratic primary race for his seat representing deep-red West Virginia. Manchin described Wheeling Mayor Glenn Elliott as a man with the “determination, the vigor and vitality” to work in the U.S. Senate. He praised

By KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet Getting out of a money rut, whether it relates to overspending or struggling to pay off debt, can be challenging. But money experts say it’s possible, especially if you start with a mindset shift. Repeating empowering affirmations and forgiving yourself for money mistakes can be helpful. Then, setting an exciting

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Traffic has begun to flow Monday near Copenhagen’s historic Old Stock Exchange which was half-destroyed by fire last week. A busy bridge reopened and police were allowed to enter the ruins. Firefighters scaled down their presence, with some remaining there protectively in case small pockets of fire reignite or walls tumble. Though