Month: May 2024

MIAMI (AP) — Investigators believe they’ve found the boat that struck a 15-year-old girl off a South Florida beach. The Florida Fish and Wildlife…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Eight watches belonging to auto racing icon Michael Schumacher sold Tuesday for nearly 4 million…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers have discovered what they believe is the biggest known batch of…

CHICAGO (AP) — Dorothy Jean Tillman’s participation in Arizona State University’s May 6 commencement was the latest step on a…

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Google has rolled out a retooled search engine that will frequently favor…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — King Charles III unveiled his first completed portrait since the coronation, a vivid image in reds…

By CLAUDIA LAUER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — A federal judge in Delaware has denied a request by Hunter…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has approved legislation allowing the death penalty in child…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer Kathleen Hana’s bands, Bikini Kill, the Julie Ruin and Le Tigre, have long been celebrated for their candor,…

DETROIT (AP) — Federal auto safety regulators are warning people not to stick decals on their steering wheels because they can be hurled at drivers…

By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A man who posted a Snapchat video last year threatening to shoot up a New Hampshire high…

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A judge says the remaining wrongful death lawsuit filed after 10 people were killed during a…

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Melinda French Gates is already one of the biggest philanthropic supporters of gender equity in…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — The first star to arrive on the red carpet at the 77th Cannes Film Festival came on four legs.…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer Nobel laureate Alice Munro, the Canadian literary giant who became one of the world’s most esteemed…

By MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s Independence Day is normally a raucous affair, celebrated with day…

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A movie weapons armorer is appealing her conviction for involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer…

By JOSH FUNK Associated Press The U.S. government has a specialized plane loaded with advanced sensors that the EPA brags is always ready to deploy…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday that the central bank is unlikely to…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A new FBI report shows the rate of assaults on American law enforcement reached a 10-year high in 2023, with more than 79,000…

ATLANTA (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court’s ruling that a Georgia county illegally discriminated against a sheriff’s…

OCALA, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Highway Patrol says a bus carrying farmworkers in central Florida has overturned, killing eight people and injuring…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson has become the highest-level Republican to attend court with Donald Trump for his…

NEW YORK (AP) — David Sanborn, the Grammy-winning saxophonist who played lively solos on such hits as David Bowie’s “Young Americans” and…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An anti-abortion activist who led others on an invasion and blockade of a reproductive…

By MOLLY QUELL Associated Press THE HAGUE (AP) — The University of Amsterdam has canceled classes and shut buildings for two days after the latest…

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Following the ramming of a small boat by an orca in the Strait of Gibraltar, authorities…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer A new study finds that the broiling summer of 2023 was the hottest in the Northern Hemisphere in more than 2,000…

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A coalition that includes entrepreneur and philanthropist Daniel Lubetzky, actor Liev Schreiber,…

By BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI Associated Press Authorities say a security guard trainee at an Amazon warehouse in Ohio was fatally shot by police after he…

LONDON (AP) — Mining giant Anglo American plc plans to break up its sprawling worldwide business — including the DeBeers diamond operation — as…

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Jimmie Johnson will attempt his own version of “The Double” when he becomes the first…

The Associated Press Georgia’s parliament has passed a law that critics see as a threat to media freedom and the country’s aspirations to join…

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Caitlin Clark’s much anticipated WNBA debut is set for Tuesday night in…

NEW YORK (AP) — New fiction from Jami Attenberg and books from young adult authors Kwame Mbalia and Robert Beatty and the latest book on science…

Authorities say at least one person is dead in Louisiana after storms slammed several southern states, including many areas previously hit during one…