Month: September 2024

Associated Press/Report for America Members of the Abilene Christian University football team  were injured after a team bus crashed Saturday night in Lubbock, Texas. One player, two coaches, and the driver were transported to University Center in Lubbock to treat minor injuries, according to a statement by the ACU athletics department. The team was returning

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian state TV says an official investigation into the helicopter crash in May that killed Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi and seven other people found it was caused by challenging climatic and atmospheric conditions. State TV said the final report of the Supreme Board of the General Staff of the Armed Forces

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is embarking on a high-profile, nationwide tour to promote her new memoir, “Lovely One.” Jackson, 53, is using the book, publisher Random House says, to trace her family’s rise from segregation to her confirmation as the first Black woman on the nation’s highest court

BOVINA, Miss. (AP) — Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board were collecting evidence Sunday at the scene of a commercial bus crash in Mississippi that killed seven people and injured dozens of others. The 2018 Volvo bus was traveling westbound on Interstate 20 near Bovina early Saturday when a left front tire failed and

Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Brynn Anderson has worked for The Associated Press for 10 years, mostly in Atlanta, Georgia. In addition to spot news, when she’s not spending time with her family – her favorite activity – she’s traveled the world for the AP, covering among other events the Super Bowl, Olympics, Cannes Film

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Authorities in the Dominican Republic say at least 11 people were killed and more than 40 injured when a truck plowed into a bar. Juan Salas, the director of civil defense, told The Associated Press that the crash occurred in the early hours of Sunday in the southern community

NOVI, Mich. (AP) — Two teenagers were shot, one fatally, just outside the Michigan State Fair. Gunshots were reported just before 10 p.m. Saturday. The shooting took place in the fair’s parking lot and was initially described as an active shooter situation prompting several law enforcement agencies to respond. But authorities later said it was

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Prosecutors in southwest Poland say a man has been arrested on allegations of imprisoning and physically and mentally abusing a woman for more than five years with “special cruelty.” Prosecutors in the town of Legnica say the abuse started in January 2019 and lasted until last week in the village of

AP Business Writer With up to 17 rooms to clean each shift, Fatima Amahmoud’s job at the Moxy hotel in downtown Boston sometimes feels impossible. There was the time she found three days worth of blond dog fur clinging to the curtains, the bedspread and the carpet. She knew she wouldn’t finish in the 30

Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — A white beluga whale named “Hvaldimir” that was first spotted in Norway not far from Russian waters with a harness that ignited rumors he may be a Moscow spy has been found dead. The Norwegian public broadcaster NRK reported that the whale carcass was found floating at the Risavika Bay

Associated Press HEWETT, W.Va. (AP) — Ryan Craddock had seen his share of tragedy during two decades as a coal miner and firefighter. Then came the toughest heartbreak of all: his own. Craddock and his family are mourning the loss of his 13-year-old son, Cohen, who died from brain trauma last month after making a

Associated Press Federal law already allows only U.S. citizens to vote in elections for president and Congress. Yet Republicans are raising concerns about the potential for noncitizens voting in this year’s elections. In Congress, House Speaker Mike Johnson is trying to link an extension of government spending authority to a proposal to require proof of

Associated Press ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — Just hours after a dawn air raid alarm rang through the city, Zaporizhzhia schoolchildren have celebrated the traditional first day of school. With the front just 40 kilometers (25 miles) away, the war is never far from the minds of teachers and families. Because of a ban on large

AP Film Writer VENICE, Italy (AP) — “The Brutalist,” a three-hour post-war epic about a Holocaust survivor architect rebuilding a life in America, is a fantasy. But filmmaker Brady Corbet wishes it weren’t. Corbet said at the Venice Film Festival Sunday that the film is about “the physical manifestation of the trauma of the 20th

BERLIN (AP) — German leaders have paid tribute to the three people killed in the Aug. 23 knife attack by a suspected Islamic extremist that has pushed immigration back to the top of the country’s political agenda. Eight people also were wounded in the attack at a “Festival of Diversity” marking the 650th anniversary of

JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian militants have killed three Israeli police officers when they opened fire on a vehicle in the occupied West Bank, where Israel has carried out large-scale raids in recent days. The shooting early Sunday took place along a road in the southern West Bank. The raids have mainly been focused on urban

Rescuers have located a helicopter that went missing in Russia’s far east with 22 people on board, officials said. Russia’s Emergencies Ministry said 17 bodies have been found so far. The Russian state news agency RIA Novosti said all those on board are presumed dead. The TASS and Interfax news agencies said the helicopter, which

Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinian health authorities and United Nations agencies on Sunday began a large-scale campaign of vaccinations against polio in the Gaza Strip, hoping to prevent an outbreak in the territory that has been ravaged by the Israel-Hamas war. Authorities plan to vaccinate children in central Gaza until Wednesday

Polls closed Sunday evening in Azerbaijan’s snap parliamentary election, the first since it regained full control of Karabakh, a former breakaway territory, in a lightning offensive last year. Previous elections since independence from the Soviet Union have not been regarded as fully free or fair, and the vote for the Milli Mejlis parliament is not

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched a barrage of drones, cruise and ballistic missiles at Kyiv and possibly other cities, Ukraine’s Air Force said early Monday. Several series of explosions rocked the Ukrainian capital in the early hours of Monday, sending residents into bomb shelters. Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klitschko said emergency services were called to

Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A far-right party won a state election for the first time in post-World War II Germany in the country’s east on Sunday, and looked set to finish a very close second to mainstream conservatives in a second vote. A new party founded by a prominent leftist also made a strong

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said early Sunday that it had recovered the bodies of six hostages captured during Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack that ignited the Gaza war, including Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin, whose parents had led a high-profile campaign for his release. The military said the six were killed shortly before Israeli forces were

Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine authorities have raided a suspected illegal online gaming and cyberscam complex and taken into custody more than 160 people — mostly Chinese and Indonesians — who were committing internet-based crimes. Philippine officials said Sunday that the raid by more than 100 government agents, backed by military intelligence, on

Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s leaders stressed the need for a strong defense in the face of war in neighboring Ukraine and redress as they led ceremonies to mark the 85th anniversary of German Nazi forces invading and bombing Polish territory at the start of World War II. The Polish President and the