Month: May 2024

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — A fourth Indian national living in Canada has been charged in the slaying of a Sikh separatist leader last June that became the center of a diplomatic spat with India. British Columbia’s Integrated Homicide Investigation Team say that 22-year-old Amandeep Singh was already in the custody of Peel Regional Police

By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When two U.S. fighter jets recently faced off in a dogfight in California, only one was piloted by a human. The other was flown by AI, in a display of how far the U.S. military has come in its use of artificial intelligence. But it’s only a

By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Victims of the devastating floods in northern Afghanistan are burying the dead and looking for the loved ones still missing. The U.N. food agency estimates that unusually heavy seasonal rains have left more than 300 people dead and over 1,000 houses destroyed, most of them in the

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A protest against rising costs of food, fuel and utility bills has turned violent in Pakistani-controlled portion of Kashmir, leaving a police officer dead and dozens of people injured. Traders in some of the cities in Pakistani-controlled Kashmir pulled their shutters down on Saturday while protesters burned tires to express their anger.

ATLANTA (AP) — Authorities in Atlanta say three police officers were hospitalized with gunshot wounds after an altercation that left a man dead. Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum says officers responded at 5:15 p.m. Saturday to a report of an armed person and encountered a man with a handgun and a knife on Desoto Avenue.

By WAFAA SHURAFA, JOSEPH KRAUSS and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli forces were battling Palestinian militants across the Gaza Strip on Sunday, including in parts of the devastated north that the military said it had cleared months ago, where Hamas has exploited a security vacuum to regroup. Israel has portrayed

PADANG, Indonesia (AP) — Heavy rains and torrents of cold lava and mud flowing down a volcano’s slopes on Indonesia’s Sumatra island have triggered flash floods that killed at least 15 people and injured several others. Monsoon rains and a major mudslide from a cold lava flow on Mount Marapi caused a river to breach

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A fire broke out on Sunday morning in a vast shopping center housing 1,400 shops and service outlets in the Bialoleka district in Poland’s capital. The fire brigade said more than 80% of the center was on fire, and rescue operations were being carried out by 50 teams, including chemical and

CAIRO (AP) — Canadian authorities are urging all remaining residents in the northeastern part of the province of British Columbia to leave immediately, despite improving weather conditions, after thousands have already been evacuated due to a fast-growing wildfire. The blaze, which started Friday, almost doubled in size the following day, reaching about 17 square kilometers

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press MBALE, Uganda (AP) — There can be lifelong challenges for people with sickle cell disease in rural Uganda, where it remains poorly understood. Estimates vary, but some researchers put the number of people with the disease in sub-Saharan Africa at more than 5 million. The only cure for the pain

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Memorial Day is always a somber occasion in Israel. But in the aftermath of Oct. 7, it has taken on a profound and raw sadness coupled with percolating anger. Families of the fallen, along with broad segments of the public, are demanding accountability from Israeli

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer The Cannes Film Festival rarely passes without cacophony but this year’s edition may be more raucous and uneasy than any edition in recent memory. When the red carpet is rolled out Tuesday, the 77th Cannes will unfurl against a backdrop of war, protest, potential strikes and quickening #MeToo upheaval

By DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press The birthday of the historical Buddha or Shakyamuni Buddha, known as Vesak in several countries, celebrates the birth of the child who became Prince Siddhartha around the end of the 4th century B.C. This is a holy occasion for all Buddhists, but is celebrated on different dates depending on the

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — One of greatest climbing guides on Mount Everest has scaled the world’s highest peak for the 29th time, extending his own record for most times to the summit, expedition organizers said Sunday. Kami Rita reached the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) peak at 7:25 a.m. local time Sunday along

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Settlement money to help stem the decades-long opioid addiction and overdose epidemic is rolling out to small towns and big cities across the U.S., but advocates worry that chunks of it may be used in ways that don’t make a dent in the crisis. As state and local governments navigate

BANDUNG, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian officials say a bus slammed into cars and motorbikes after its brakes apparently malfunctioned in West Java province, killing at least 11 people, mostly students, and injuring dozens of others. The bus carrying 61 students and teachers was returning to a high school in Depok outside Jakarta, the capital, from

By LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A familiar horror reached Pooja Kanda first on social media: There had been a sword attack in London. And then Kanda, who was home alone at the time, saw a detail she dreaded and knew all too well. A man with a sword had killed a 14-year-old

By LARRY NEUMEISTER and MIKE CATALINI Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — For the second time in a decade, Sen. Bob Menendez is finding his political career and freedom on the line in a federal criminal case that already has forced him out of one of the Senate’s most powerful posts. The New Jersey Democrat

By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — After weeks of preparation, crews are scheduled to conduct a controlled demolition Sunday to break down the largest remaining span of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Maryland, which came crashing down under the impact of a massive container ship on March 26. The steel span

By SUZAN FRASER and DEREK GATOPOULOS ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Old foes Turkey and Greece will test a five-month-old friendship initiative Monday when Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visits Ankara. The two NATO members, which share decades of mutual animosity, a tense border and disputed waters, agreed to sideline disputes last December. Instead, they’re focusing

By DAVID A. LIEB and JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas could soon offer up to $5 million in grants for schools to outfit surveillance cameras with artificial intelligence systems that can spot people carrying guns. But the governor needs to approve the expenditures and the schools must meet some very specific

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Catalonia is holding a regional election whose outcome will reverberate in Spain’s national politics. The ballot on Sunday will be a test both for the strength of the separatist movement in the wealthy northeastern part of Spain and for the policies of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.

By ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana is one of 18 states that has never had a female governor. But four out of its five past lieutenant governors have been women. That’s likely to remain true after this week’s party primaries. GOP gubernatorial nominee Mike Braun announced the day after his primary victory

By DÉBORA REY Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A quota law in Argentina that promotes the inclusion of transgender people in the workforce has helped many find jobs, including a former sex worker who was hired in the country’s Foreign Ministry. Those benefits are now in danger after right-wing President Javier Milei began

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuanians are casting votes in a presidential election on Sunday at a time when Russian gains on the battlefield in Ukraine are fueling greater fears about Moscow’s intentions. Those concerns are particularly pronounced in the strategically important Baltic region. The popular incumbent, Gitanas Nausėda, is favored to win another five-year term

By BOB THOMAS and AMY TAXIN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Roger Corman, the Oscar-winning “King of the Bs” who helped turn out such low-budget classics as “Little Shop of Horrors” and “Attack of the Crab Monsters” and gave many of Hollywood’s most famous actors and directors early breaks, has died. He was 98.

BOSTON (AP) — The first recipient of a genetically modified pig kidney transplant has died nearly two months after he underwent the procedure. Rick Slayman underwent the procedure at Massachusetts General Hospital in March. The hospital’s transplant team says it is deeply saddened by Slayman’s passing and offered condolences to his family. They say there

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal prosecutors are asking a judge for a 40-year prison sentence for the man who broke into former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home seeking to hold her hostage and attacked her husband with a hammer. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that prosecutors made the request ahead of a

By JOSH FUNK Associated Press South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is now banned from entering nearly 20% of her state after two more tribes banished her this week over comments she made earlier this year about tribal leaders benefitting from drug cartels. The latest developments in the ongoing tribal dispute come on the heels of

By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press Small pro-Palestinian protests are popping up sporadically as colleges and universities hold commencement services. Among the demonstrations on Saturday were dozens of graduating students at Virginia Commonwealth University who walked out on Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s address. While some of the estimated 100 students and family members who left during the

By JEFF MARTIN and CLAUDIA LAUER The Associated Press The killing of a Black U.S. Air Force senior airman by a Florida sheriff’s deputy responding to a phoned-in complaint about an argument has the airman’s family calling for charges, saying the shooting was completely unjustified. Authorities, though, say the May 3 killing of Roger Fortson

By TERRY SPENCER and LYNNE SLADKY Associated Press MIAMI LAKES, Fla. (AP) — Family and friends have remembered former Florida Gov. and U.S. Sen. Bob Graham as a politician who usually avoided rancor, enjoyed meeting regular Floridians and always behaved civilly, even behind closed doors. About 200 people gathered for a Saturday memorial service at

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The $200,100 winning bid for a private lunch with software titan Marc Benioff might appear disappointing at first glance after years of multimillion-dollar bids for a private meal with investor Warren Buffett. But the winner also pledged to donate a total of $1.5 million to

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Police say eight people have been killed in a shooting attack on a birthday party in a bar in Ecuador, which has suffered an escalating wave of gang-fueled violence. It was unclear if the attack early Saturday in the coastal province of Santa Elena was directed at the person whose was

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County prosecutors say they suspect a crime was committed in the recording of a racist conversation that prompted the city council president to resign. But they declined to file charges. The Los Angeles Times reports the district attorney’s office determined that two people who previously worked at the Los

UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut Democrats have unanimously endorsed U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy for a third term. They praised the state’s junior senator for his work on gun reform and foreign policy during Saturday’s state convention, held at the Mohegan Sun casino and resort. With 1,425 delegates on hand, Murphy and other top state Democrats

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, says it’s been “humbling” to find out through a genealogy test that she is partly Nigerian. She was speaking at a meeting with Nigerian female industry leaders at an event on Saturday, her second day in the West African nation where

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The governor of New Mexico has announced plans to court new investments in hydrogen fuel development at a business summit in the Netherlands over the coming week. In a news release Friday, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said she’ll lead a delegation to an industry summit exhibition in the

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A backcountry skier has died after being buried by an avalanche in Idaho, officials said. The avalanche occurred Friday when two experienced backcountry skiers were traveling on Donaldson Peak in Idaho’s Lost River Range, the Sawtooth Avalanche Center said. One skier triggered the slope collapse while climbing down to where the

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A report by The New York Times and ProPublica says former President Donald Trump may face an IRS bill in excess of $100 million after a government audit indicates he double-dipped on tax losses tied to a Chicago skyscraper. The published report draws on a yearslong audit

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A growing number of civilians and police officers are demanding the dismissal and arrest of Haiti’s police chief as heavily armed gangs launched a new attack in the capital of Port-au-Prince. Gunmen seized control of yet another police station after raiding the coastal community of Gressier