Month: May 2024

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Brittney Griner continues her efforts to settle into a normal routine following her release from a Russian prison 17 months ago. Life isn’t what it once was for the perennial WNBA All-Star. It may never be. The 6-foot-8 center looks different and has different priorities. Gone are her familiar

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia says a Chinese fighter jet has endangered an Australian navy helicopter with flares in international waters. The Defense Department says the incident occurred on Saturday as the Australian air warfare destroyer HMAS Hobart was enforcing United Nations Security Council sanctions against North Korea in international

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s King Frederik X has arrived in Stockholm with his Australian-born wife Queen Mary, as they begin their first official visit abroad as new Danish monarchs. On Monday, Frederik and Mary were greeted by Crown Princess Victoria and her husband, and by Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf, the Scandinavian country’s longest-sitting

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer With artificial intelligence, country music star Randy Travis has his voice back. In 2013, the Travis was hospitalized with viral cardiomyopathy and later suffered a stroke. He now has aphasia, a condition that limits his ability to speak. It’s why his wife Mary Travis assists him in interviews. It’s

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The head of the United Nations’ atomic watchdog will travel to Iran where his agency faces increasing difficulty in monitoring the Islamic Republic’s rapidly advancing nuclear program. Rafael Mariano Grossi already has warned Tehran has enough uranium enriched to near-weapons-grade levels to make “several” nuclear bombs if

By The Associated Press Russia’s Defense Ministry says it plans to hold drills simulating the use of tactical nuclear weapons. The announcement Monday came days after the Kremlin reacted angrily to comments by senior Western officials about the war in Ukraine. The ministry says the drills are in response to “provocative statements and threats of

By The Associated Press Israel’s military has ordered tens of thousands of people in the southern Gaza city of Rafah to begin evacuating, signaling that a long-promised ground invasion could be imminent. The announcement on Monday complicated last-ditch efforts by international mediators to broker a cease-fire. Hamas and Qatar, a key mediator, have warned that

By JEFFREY SCHAEFFER and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press BRETTEVILLE-L’ORGUEILLEUSE, France (AP) — D-Day veteran Charles Shay is about to take part next month in the 80th celebrations of the landings in Normandy that led to the liberation of France and Europe from Nazi Germany occupation. Then a 19-year-old U.S. Army medic, the Penobscot tribe citizen

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas is set to replace the statues of two obscure figures from its history that have represented the state at the U.S. Capitol with contemporary figures. A statue depicting civil rights leader Daisy Bates is scheduled to be installed at the Capitol this week and

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli army has told Palestinians to begin evacuating eastern Rafah, according to an Israeli Defense Force statement on Monday, signaling that a ground invasion is imminent. People were told to move to Muwasi, an Israeli-declared humanitarian area near the coast. The army said it had expanded assistance into the area, including

By JUSTIN SPIKE and JOVANA GEC Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping will spend the bulk of his five-day tour in Europe this week in two small countries at the continent’s eastern half. It’s a region Beijing has used as a foothold for its expanding economic ambitions in Europe. Xi first

By ZIMO ZHONG Associated Press Asian shares were mostly higher on Monday after Wall Street ended last week with the stock market’s best day in over two months in a rally backed by the cooler-than-expected U.S. employment data. U.S. futures edged higher and oil prices rose. The Japanese yen weakened slightly after its value swung

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Three months before Tom Brady gets roasted by critics as Fox Sports’ top NFL analyst, he took his share of barbs from comedians, former teammates and his longtime coach Sunday night during a made-for-streaming comedy live event on Netflix. And it is safe to say

By JUAN ZAMORANO Associated Press PANAMA CITY (AP) — José Raúl Mulino said he was practically retired from politics just over six months ago. Now, he’ll be Panama’s president for the next five years. Standing before a pack of supporters Sunday night, Mulino said: “I never imagined this.” In a historic and tumultuous election, preliminary

By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is welcoming China’s Xi Jinping for a two-day state visit to France. He is seeking to press Xi to use his influence on Moscow to move toward ending the war in Ukraine. Both leaders are also expected to discuss trade issues. Macron recently

By JAMIE STENGLE and LEKAN OYEKANMI Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Floodwaters closed some Texas schools on Monday after days of heavy rains pummeled the Houston area and led to hundreds of rescues including people who were standed on rooftops. A 5-year-old boy died after riding in a car that was swept away in fast

By MICHAEL R. SISAK, JENNIFER PELTZ, ERIC TUCKER and JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors in Donald Trump’s hush money trial are moving deeper into his orbit following an inside-the-room account about the former president’s reaction to a politically damaging recording that surfaced in the final weeks of the 2016 campaign. Hope

By ERIC TUCKER, DIDI TANG and NATHAN ELLGREN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — American officials say foreign countries like China and Iran intimidate, harass and sometimes plot attacks against political opponents and activists in the U.S. A series of cases brought by the Justice Department shows the frightening consequences that geopolitical tensions can have for

By ERIC TUCKER, DIDI TANG and NATHAN ELLGREN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — After a student leader of the historic Tiananmen Square protests entered a 2022 congressional race in New York, a Chinese intelligence operative wasted little time enlisting a private investigator to hunt for any mistresses or tax problems that could upend the candidate’s

By LEANNE ITALIE AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Attention all you fashionistas: It’s almost Met Gala time. Yes, the first Monday in May is upon us. The Metropolitan Museum of Art will soon turn into a palooza of A-list celebrities from film, fashion, music, sports, politics and social media. You can watch the

By COURTNEY SUBRAMANIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s campaign and Democratic candidates are in a fevered race with Republicans over who can best exploit the potential of artificial intelligence, a technology that could transform American elections — and perhaps threaten democracy itself. Still smarting from being outmaneuvered on social media by Donald

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — When teachers at A.D. Henderson School, one of the top-performing schools in Florida, are asked how they succeed, one answer is universal: They have autonomy. Nationally, most teachers report feeling stressed and overwhelmed at work, according to a Pew Research Center survey of teachers last

By ALAN SUDERMAN and GARANCE BURKE Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Brad Parscale was the digital guru behind Donald Trump’s surprise victory in the 2016 election and was promoted to manage the 2020 campaign. But he didn’t last long on that job: His personal life unraveled in public and he later texted a

By GARANCE BURKE and ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Donald Trump’s former campaign manager looked squarely into the camera and promised his viewers they were about to witness a bold new era in politics. “You’re going to see some of the most amazing new technology in artificial intelligence that’s going to

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Text journalism’s biggest day of the year has arrrived with the annual announcement of the Pulitzer Prizes. The Columbia University-based Pulitzer Board on Monday will reveal winners and finalists in 15 journalism categories for work done in 2023. The awards normally highlight some of the

By The Associated Press This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include a new documentary showing the Indigo Girls’ rise and subsequent marginalization, Joel Edgerton finding himself in an alternate timeline of his character’s life in the limited series “Dark Matter” and a new “Pretty Little Liars” returns Thursday on Max. Brooke Shields is the unwitting

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s photo voter identification law is going to trial. The trial starting Monday begins more than five years after the NAACP sued over the voter ID law enacted by the Republican-dominated General Assembly. The litigation and similar state lawsuits delayed

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — In the latest round of their decades-long battle for dominance in commercial aircraft, Europe’s Airbus established a clear sales lead over Boeing even before the American company encountered more fallout from manufacturing problems and ongoing safety concerns. Airbus has outpaced Boeing for five straight years

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Qantas Airways has agreed to pay $79 million in compensation and a fine for selling tickets on thousands of cancelled flights. The airline and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission announced the settlement on Monday to end the watchdog’s federal lawsuit. Qantas had engaged in false,

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Kim Godwin is out as ABC News president after three years as the first Black woman to lead a television network news division. The move seemed inevitable after parent Walt Disney Co. earlier this year appointed another executive, Debra O’Connell, to oversee the division. Announcing

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Authorities say a 16-year-old boy who was shot dead by police after stabbing a man in western Australia had been in a deradicalization program for two years but had no ties to an alleged network of teen extremists in Sydney. The boy called police to say

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A second juror who awarded a New Hampshire man $38 million in a landmark lawsuit over abuse at the state’s youth detention center has contacted attorneys with concerns about the outcome. Jurors sided with David Meehan on Friday in finding the state’s negligence allowed him to

By DÉBORA REY and VICENTE L. PANETTA BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — César Luis Menotti, the charismatic coach who led Argentina to its first World Cup title in 1978, has died, the Argentine Football Association said Sunday. He was 85. “Goodbye, dear Flaco!” the association’s statement added, using Menotti’s nickname which means “the thin one.”

CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say two women were found dead and a 5-year-old girl critically injured at a park near Clovis, New Mexico. Meanwhile, police said Sunday they are searching for an abducted 10-month-old girl, who is the daughter of one of the victims. No suspect has been identified yet in the case. Police

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer This year’s Berkshire Hathaway meeting gave shareholders their best chance yet to hear from the man who will one day take over as CEO when Warren Buffett is gone. Buffett said for the first time Saturday that Greg Abel should also take responsibility for the company’s investments after he

SANTAQUIN, Utah (AP) — A truck driver allegedly killed a police officer during a traffic stop on a Utah highway Sunday by driving his rig into the officer, police said. A Santaquin police officer and a Utah Highway Patrol trooper had stopped the semitrailer around 6:30 a.m. after somebody called 911 to report that a

TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) — A weekend spring storm that drenched the San Francisco Bay area and closed Northern California mountain highways also set a single-day snowfall record in the Sierra Nevada. The wet weather system had mostly moved out of the state by Sunday morning, but officials warn that roads would remain slick after around

Associated Press NORWALK, Conn. (AP) — Interstate 95 in Connecticut has reopened. Authorities shut the highway down in both directions after a three-vehicle crash Thursday involving a gasoline tanker. The tanker burst into flames and damaged an overpass above I-95 in Norwalk. Workers began demolishing the bridge on Friday and worked to repave damaged parts

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities say thieves killed two Australians and an American on a surfing trip in Baja California to steal their truck. State prosecutors released grisly details of the slaying, but have not yet officially confirmed the identification of the bodies. They said family members of the victims are viewing the bodies

By BILL BARROW and LISA MASCARO Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Donald Trump told Republican donors at his Florida resort this weekend that President Joe Biden is running what Trump says is a “Gestapo administration.” It’s the latest example of the former president using the language of Nazi Germany in his campaign rhetoric. The remarks

By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese state media and the town’s municipality report that an Israeli airstrike in the town of Mays al Jabal in south Lebanon has killed four civilians and wounded several others. Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported Sunday that the strike took place “while a number of the

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has announced a $400 million increase in federal funding for security in houses of worship. Places like mosques and synagogues can apply to use the money to hire security personnel or install cameras. The new money adds to the Nonprofit Security Grant Program. It’s

By MICHAEL PROBST Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Michael Probst has been working as a photographer and editor in Germany for over 40 years. He’s covered everything from the fall of the Berlin Wall to Olympics and soccer World Cups, but one of his favorite things to do is make feature photos, the off-the-news

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected international pressure to halt the war in Gaza in a fiery speech marking the country’s annual Holocaust memorial day. Netanyahu told a ceremony Sunday that “if Israel is forced to stand alone, Israel will stand alone.” The message, delivered in a setting that typically avoids