Month: May 2024

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Fever fans will get to see Caitlin Clark make her home debut one day earlier than expected. Team officials announced Friday that next week’s preseason game against the Atlanta Dream will be played on Thursday. The game had initially been scheduled for May 10 but was moved to accommodate the Indiana

SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — An endangered sawfish rescued last month in the Florida Keys after it was spotted acting erratically and swimming in circles has died as wildlife officials continue to search for what is causing fish to become distressed. The Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium in Sarasota said in a statement that the 11-foot

The Associated Press KENT, Ohio (AP) — On May 4, 1970, The Ohio National Guard opened fire on unarmed student protesters at Kent State University. Four students were killed, and nine others were injured. The demonstration opposed the U.S. bombing of neutral Cambodia during the Vietnam War. The confrontation, sometimes referred to as the May

By ERIK VERDUZCO and JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Friends, colleagues and the wife of fallen Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Officer Joshua Eyer are remembering him as a hard-charging outwardly stern cop who also peppered friends with “how’s things” texts and showered love on his wife and young son. Thousands packed the sanctuary at

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A former Boy Scout volunteer has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for hiding cameras in a bathroom at a Missouri camp. A federal judge on Thursday also ordered 41-year-old David Lee Nelson to pay more than $60,000, with some of the money going toward counseling for the victims. Some

By GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — The civil defense agency in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul says heavy rains have killed 37 people, with another 74 still missing. The record-breaking floods have devastated cities and forced more than 17,000 people to leave their homes. Brazil’s Geological Service

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press Frustrated with the lack of diversity in the fantasy genre, LaDarrion Williams posted a question on Twitter in 2020. “What if Harry Potter went to an HBCU in the South?” The proposal went viral and after a long road of trial and error and numerous rejections by people who thought

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America As pro-Palestinian student protests dominated college campuses across the country in recent weeks, Jewish students had fervent debates over how to respond. Like many Americans, Jewish students’ views on the war in Gaza and the broader Israeli-Palestinian conflict are wide-ranging and often nuanced. Some pitched tents and joined

By TARA COPP Associated Press EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — With the midday sun blazing, an experimental orange and white F-16 fighter jet launched with a familiar roar that is a hallmark of U.S. airpower. But the aerial combat that followed was unlike any other: This F-16 was controlled by artificial intelligence, not

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas is denying any wrongdoing amid reports of pending indictments related to business dealings with the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan. The longtime congressman released a statement Friday saying he and his wife “are innocent of these allegations.” Neither Cuellar nor his attorney immediately responded to

By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer ROME (AP) — The message was clear from Italy coach Luciano Spalletti. Put your PlayStation away and start focusing more on scoring goals. The results have been wondrous for Gianluca Scamacca. He has scored nine goals in 11 matches for Atalanta since Spalletti dropped him from the Azzurri squad

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press A former government employee has been charged with repeatedly submitting fake tips to the FBI reporting that several of his co-workers in the intelligence community were part of a mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, according to court filings unsealed Friday. Miguel

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. expects to have arrangements in Gaza ready for humanitarian workers to start delivering aid this month via a new U.S.-backed sea route. An official with the U.S. Agency for International Development tells The Associated Press that humanitarian groups expect to have their part of preparations

DORCHESTER, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts woman has won $1 million twice on lottery tickets in the last 10 weeks. The state lottery says Christine Wilson, of Attleborough, won the most recent prize on Wednesday playing the “100X Cash” $10 instant ticket game. The lottery says Wilson decided to receive the winnings in a one-time

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s New York hush money trial has clarified the gag order pertaining to the ex-president doesn’t prohibit him from testifying on his own behalf. Judge Juan M. Merchan started court Friday by apparently responding to comments the Republican ex-president made after court the day before. On

By HAVEN DALEY Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco’s famed Fisherman’s Wharf district is seeing a surge in sea lions. First appearing at Pier 39 after the 1989 earthquake, the sea lions have become a well known tourist attraction. The number of sea lions crashing at the pier fluctuates over the seasons. On

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — One of the two Black lawmakers briefly expelled from Tennessee’s GOP-controlled Statehouse last year after staging a gun control protest has overcome a challenge to remain on the 2024 ballot. Earlier this year, Rep. Justin Jones submitted 26 signatures to Nashville election officials in order to

CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Eta Aquarid meteor shower, remnants of Halley’s comet, peaks this weekend. And with just a waning crescent moon in the sky, it should be visible. The Eta Aquarids occur every year in early May. This year’s peak activity happens early Sunday with an expected 10 to

By BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI Associated Press TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — The murder trial of a New Jersey dad charged in the death of his 6-year-old son has begun with prosecutors and defense lawyers disputing what caused the boy’s death. Ocean County prosecutors argue that Corey Micciolo died from blunt force trauma he suffered when 31-year-old

By MATTHEW BARAKAT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Google’s preeminence as an internet search engine is an illegal monopoly propped up by more than $20 billion spent each year by the tech giant to lock out competition, Justice Department lawyers argued at the closings of a high-stakes antitrust lawsuit. Google, on the other hand,

By STEPHEN GRAHAM Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Berlin’s government is offering to give away a villa once owned by Adolf Hitler’s propaganda minister, Joseph Goebbels, hoping to end a decades-long debate on whether to repurpose or bulldoze the sprawling, disused site in the countryside north of the German capital. Berlin has repeatedly tried to

NORWALK, Conn. (AP) — Workers have begun removing a bridge over a Connecticut highway that was damaged in a fiery crash involving a gasoline tanker truck. The demolition that began Friday morning is expected to keep both sides of Interstate 95 in Norwalk closed through the weekend and extend a traffic nightmare on the major

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An armed person shot and killed by Indianapolis police after allegedly pointing a weapon at other people has been identified as a 35-year-old man. The Marion County Coroner’s Office said Friday that Lemar Brandon Qualls died at Methodist Hospital. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department says he was shot on the city’s north

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China has publicized for the first time what it claims is an unwritten 2016 agreement with the Philippines over access to South China Sea islands. A statement from the Chinese Embassy in Manila said the “temporary special arrangement” agreed to during a visit to Beijing by

HOUSTON (AP) — Torrential rain inundated southeastern Texas on Friday, forcing schools to cancel classes and closing numerous highways around Houston. More than 9 inches (23 centimeters) of rain fell during the past 24 hours, according to the National Weather Service, which has issued a flood warning until Tuesday for the region. A flash flood

Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The Congolese army says a bomb at a refugee camp in eastern Congo has killed at least 5 people, including children. An army spokesman blamed the attack on the Mugunga refugee camp in North Kivu on a rebel group, known as M23, with alleged links to Rwanda, in a

By COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press A wave of student protests has spread across U.S. campuses over the last two weeks, led by students who have pitched tents or occupied buildings in protest of the Israel-Hamas war. It started April 18 when police moved to break up an encampment at Columbia University in New York City.

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian opposition war monitor and pro-government media oulets say suspected members of the Islamic State group have attacked three posts for Syrian government forces and pro-government gunmen killing at least 13. The attack Friday near the central town of Sukhna killed 15 people, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s president has postponed next week’s planned reopening of schools until further notice, as heavy rains and floods that have killed more than 200 people continue. The president in his state of the nation address on Friday said “meteorological reports paint a dire picture,” citing the

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A U.K. High Court judge has ruled that the government acted unlawfully when it approved a plan to meet climate targets without evidence it could be delivered. It was the second time in two years that the government’s main climate action plan was found unlawful and insufficient

MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian activist has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for attempting to set fire to a military conscription office in protest against the Russian action in Ukraine. A military court in Khabarovsk in Russia’s far east said Friday that Angel Nikolayev was convicted of placing two bottles containing a flammable

PARIS (AP) — French police have peacefully removed dozens of students from a building at the Paris Institute of Political Studies, known as Sciences Po. Students had gathered in support of Palestinians, echoing similar encampments and solidarity demonstrations across the United States. They waved Palestinian flags and chanted slogans in support of residents of Gaza.

By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president and foreign minister say they have pressed British Foreign Secretary David Cameron to accelerate the delivery of promised military aid to Kyiv. Their appeal during Cameron’s visit to Kyiv came as Russia heaps battlefield pressure on depleted Ukrainian forces in the third year of

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A radical Norwegian Islamist who is suspected of complicity in the deadly shooting at an LGBTQ+ festival in Oslo two years ago has been expelled from Pakistan and is on his way to Norway. Arfan Bhatti, who is to land in Oslo later Friday, has

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say a blast from an improvised explosive device has killed three people and wounded seven in southwestern Baluchistan province. Footage from the scene moments before the attack shows a motorcyclist traveling alongside the car, attaching something to it before riding off. The car exploded, scattering civilians and traffic. Nobody

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The race for the White House tops the ballot Tuesday in Indiana’s presidential and state primaries. But voters will also have to settle more competitive contests for governor, Congress and the state legislature. President Joe Biden is the sole option in the Democratic primary. Former President Donald

By JUAN ZAMORANO Associated Press PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama’s Supreme Court has rejected a constitutional challenge to the candidacy of leading presidential contender José Raúl Mulino. The move removes an element of uncertainty two days before the May 5 vote. The court was ruling on a challenge from lawyer Karisma Etienne Karamañites, who argued

By SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s Supreme Court has upheld the two-year prison sentence of a labor union leader who led a long-running strike against the country’s biggest casino. Chhim Sithar, president of the Labor Rights Supported Union of Khmer Employees of NagaWorld, had originally been convicted in May 2023

LONDON (AP) — Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was turned away from a polling station after forgetting to bring ID to vote in the U.K.’s local elections. British media reported Friday that Johnson, who introduced the requirement for voters to provide photo ID when he was in office, was told by polling station staff

By FATIMA HUSSEIN and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is arguing that a fractured democracy can have destructive effects on the economy. In an address prepared for delivery Friday in Arizona, Yellen never mentions Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump by name but hints at his potential influence if he

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump will return to court as his hush money trial enters its 11th day. Friday will cap a frenzied second week of witness testimony. Lawyer Keith Davidson concluded his testimony Thursday after more than six hours on the stand over two days. Jurors also heard from forensic analyst Douglas Daul