Month: April 2024

By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A weekly central Kansas newspaper and its publisher have filed a federal lawsuit over police raids last summer of its offices and the publisher’s home. The Marion County Record’s parent company and its editor and publisher Eric Meyer also notified local officials Monday that the paper

Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — On Monday, the Israeli military withdrew from its second devastating raid on Gaza’s largest hospital, Shifa, leaving it in ruins, with the walls blown out and frame blackened. Despite the destruction, Israel claimed the battle as a victory in its battle against Hamas militants — and said it hadn’t harmed

By MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Sami Michael, an award-winning and Iraqi-born Israeli author who was known for writing poignantly about oppressed minorities and the challenges faced by Jews from Arab countries, has died. He was 97. The human rights organization he led for decades announced his death on Monday. His characters, who

By MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The mayor of Colombia’s second largest city has issued a six-month ban on prostitution in one of the city’s most famous neighborhoods, arguing that it is a necessary step to prevent the sexual exploitation of children. Mayor Federico Gutierrez said that the prostitution ban will be

By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report For America Ohio’s Republican Attorney General Dave Yost says a 2019 law banning most abortions in the state is unconstitutional. The attorney general’s court filing on Monday comes after abortion clinics asked a Hamilton County judge to throw out the law since Ohio voters decided to enshrine abortion in the

NEW YORK (AP) — Two men have been charged with providing the fentanyl-laced heroin that in February killed prominent New York City transgender activist Cecilia Gentili. Federal prosecutors said Monday that text messages, cell site data, and other evidence shows 52-year-old Antonio Venti, from Long Island, sold Gentili drugs on Feb. 5, and that 44-year-old

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Supreme Court on Monday upheld the state’s ban on most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, which means a subsequently passed six-week ban can soon take effect. The court that was reshaped by former presidential candidate and Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis ruled that the 15-week ban signed by DeSantis

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer North America is on the verge of another masking of the sun during a total solar eclipse. This one will last almost twice as long, with an even wider audience, than the eclipse that stretched coast-to-coast in 2017.  Monday’s eclipse will make landfall along Mexico’s Pacific coast and cross

ATLANTA (AP) — The FBI says a driver rammed a vehicle into the front gate of its Atlanta office on Monday. The federal agency said in an email that the crash happened shortly after noon. FBI spokesperson Jenna Sellitto says DeKalb County police took the driver to an Atlanta hospital for evaluation. The U.S. attorney’s

By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to shut down Al Jazeera’s operations in Israel, calling it a “terror channel” that spreads incitement, after parliament passed a law clearing the way for the closure. Netanyahu’s pledge escalates Israel’s long-running feud against Al Jazeera. But it also threatens to

By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon confirms that a senior Defense Department official who attended last year’s NATO summit in Lithuania had symptoms similar to those reported by U.S. officials who have experienced “Havana syndrome.” The syndrome is a still-unexplained set of symptoms that includes piercing head or ear pain. Intelligence

By BOB THOMAS AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Barbara Rush, who co-starred in films with Frank Sinatra, Paul Newman and other leading men of the 1950s and 1960s and had a thriving TV career later in life, has died. She was 97. Her daughter, Fox News reporter Claudia Cowan, posted on Instagram that

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and REBECCA BOONE Associated Press The owner and manager of a cargo ship that rammed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge before it collapsed are seeking to limit their legal liability for the deadly disaster. The two Singapore-based companies filed what’s known as a “limitation of liability” petition Monday. The filing is

REDMOND, Wash. (AP) — Microsoft will stop packaging its Teams videoconferencing app with its Office software after the practice attracted antitrust scrutiny. The tech giant said Monday that customers buying Office subscriptions starting this week won’t get Teams bundled with the service. Microsoft will start selling the two products separately around the world, following a

By DEVNA BOSE AP Health Writer New federal guidance says hospitals must obtain written informed consent from patients before subjecting them to pelvic exams and exams of other sensitive areas — especially if an exam will be done while the patient is unconscious. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says consent is needed

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — The last living survivor of the USS Arizona battleship that exploded and sank during the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor has died. Lou Conter was 102. Conter passed away at his home Monday in Grass Valley, California following congestive heart failure, his daughter, Louann Daley said. The

By SARAH RANKIN and MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The collapse of a proposal to relocate the Washington NBA and NHL teams to northern Virginia has set off an extraordinary round of bitter recriminations among some of the officials and companies that were parties to the deal. Lawmakers pointed the finger at

SOUTHWEST RANCHES, Fla. (AP) — Former NFL cornerback Vontae Davis has been found dead in his South Florida home. Police in the Fort Lauderdale suburb of Davie say the 35-year-old Davis was found Monday morning, but no foul play is suspected. No cause of death has been released pending an autopsy. Davis played for 10

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say an Arizona officer died after a driver crashed into a patrol car that had its siren on and lights flashing. Police officials say 31-year-old Officer Adam Buckner was rushed to a hospital and died from his injuries after the crash Sunday night at an intersection not far from the

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Sports Writer The NCAA said Monday one of the 3-point lines on the court used for the women’s basketball regionals at Moda Center in Portland, Oregon, was 9 inches short of regulation, a mistake made by the contractor that makes the courts used throughout March Madness. The line has

SEATTLE (AP) — Federal researchers indicate the gray whale population along the West Coast is showing signs of recovery five years after hundreds washed up dead on the coasts of California, Oregon, Washington state and Alaska, as well as Canada and Mexico. The increase in population numbers comes after the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small says a search of his home last week by prosecutors involved “a private family issue,” not a crime. The Democratic mayor held a news conference at City Hall on Monday to respond to the execution last Thursday of five search

BIG SUR, Calif. (AP) — Motorists crept along one lane of a scenic stretch of California’s iconic Highway 1 after a giant chunk of the highway collapsed into the ocean following heavy weekend rains. Convoys of vehicles in and out of the Big Sur area resumed Monday after a portion of the roadway fell away

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer ATLANTA (AP) — A person in Texas has been diagnosed with bird flu — an infection tied to the recent discovery of the virus in dairy cows. The only reported symptom was eye redness, and the patient is recovering. Texas health officials announced the case Monday. Health officials say

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Conservationists in Maine want lawmakers to ask voters whether to approve millions of dollars in improvements to the state’s beloved outdoor trail network. Maine has long been a destination for hikers, cyclists and other outdoor adventurers, and the state has more than 14,000 miles of snowmobile

NEW YORK (AP) — Less than a week after a flashy stock market debut, Donald Trump’s social media company is disclosing that it lost nearly $58.2 million in 2023. Last year’s losses for Trump Media & Technology Group — whose flagship product is Truth Social — mark a stark decline compared to a profit of

BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Argentina and Colombia have agreed to end a diplomatic spat that escalated over right-wing Argentine President Javier Milei’s visceral attack on his leftist counterpart in Colombia last week. Milei’s insult prompted the country to order the expulsion of Argentine diplomats and summon its own envoy from Buenos Aires. In a statement

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB and ALBERT AJI Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian state media says an Israeli airstrike has destroyed the consular section of Iran’s embassy in Damascus, killing or wounding everyone inside. The Iranian Arabic-language state television Al-Alam and pan-Arab television station Al-Mayadeens say the strike killed Iranian military adviser Gen. Ali Reza

DETROIT (AP) — U.S. highway safety regulators say traffic deaths fell 3.6% last year, but still, almost 41,000 people were killed on the nation’s roadways. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it was the second year in a row that fatalities decreased. The agency also released final numbers for 2022 on Monday, saying that

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Bands who play the thumping tuba-and-drums songs of northern Mexico on beaches in the resort city of Mazatlan appear to have emerged victorious after noise complaints. A local hotel owner had suggested limiting the time or places where the bands could play. But after a protest march turned into a violent

MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court on Monday ordered a detained Russian-American journalist to be held in jail for two more months pending investigation and trial, in another step in the Kremlin’s crackdown on dissent and free speech. Alsu Kurmasheva, an editor for the U.S. government-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s Tatar-Bashkir service, was charged with