Month: September 2023

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A magnitude 6.2 earthquake has shaken northern Chile but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake was registered at 8:48 local time, and its epicenter was 41 kilometers (25 miles) south-southwest of Coquimbo, Chile. The quake had a depth of 41 kilometers

DETROIT (AP) — The family foundation of NBA team owner Dan Gilbert is putting nearly $375 million toward health care and research in Detroit. Gilbert is supporting a new 72-bed rehabilitation center for stroke patients and a research institute that will focus on a genetic disease that afflicted his son. Gilbert is the owner of

NEW YORK (AP) — The Boss is taking an unexpected breather and postponing his September shows, citing doctors’ orders. Bruce Springsteen announced on his website Wednesday that he was postponing shows for the remainder of the month while he is treated for symptoms of “peptic ulcer disease.” The disease causes ulcers to form in the

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Greek shipping company has pleaded guilty to smuggling sanctioned Iranian crude oil and agreed to pay a $2.4 million fine, newly unsealed U.S. court documents seen Thursday by The Associated Press show. The now-public case against Empire Navigation, which faces three years of

By AAMER MADHANI and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has refused to approve some of the conditions that lawyers for the defendants in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks had sought in a possible plea bargain, ruling out a presidential guarantee that the five men would be spared solitary confinement and

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan has launched a rocket with an X-ray telescope that will explore the origins of the universe. The HII-A rocket’s liftoff from Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan was shown on live video by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. The rocket is also carrying a small lunar

By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers have passed legislation requiring judges to consider whether a parent affirms their child’s gender identity in custody and visitation proceedings. The legislation is one of several bills lawmakers want to see signed into law offering more protections for LGBTQ+ children. The state

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The great films of the 1970s have long loomed in the imagination of filmmakers raised during one of the most fertile periods of American movies. But Alexander Payne wanted to take it a step further. Payne’s latest film, “The Holdovers,” isn’t just set in 1970,

WEST YELLOWSTONE, Mont. (AP) — Montana wildlife officials say a grizzly bear that fatally mauled a woman on a forest trail west of Yellowstone National Park this summer and attacked a man in Idaho in 2020 has been killed after it broke into a house near West Yellowstone. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks says in

DEWITT, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say an upstate New York sheriff’s deputy shot to death two teenagers who were in a vehicle that he thought was about to run him over. An Onondaga County sheriff’s deputy responding to a report of suspicious activity in the Syracuse suburb of Dewitt fired three shots into one of

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas attorney and blogger is suing to get State Police to release records regarding Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ travel and security. Matthew Campbell filed a lawsuit on Tuesday accusing the State Police of illegally withholding the public records he’s requested. Campbell runs the Blue

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Nick Bosa’s lengthy contract holdout ended four days before the start of the season for the San Francisco 49ers when he agreed to a contract extension that will make him the NFL’s richest defensive player ever. Coach Kyle Shanahan said Wednesday that the

SEATTLE (AP) — The King County Medical Examiner’s Office has released the names of four people found dead Saturday after a house fire in Seattle over the weekend and ruled three of them homicides. The medical examiner said Wednesday that 40-year-old Lana A. Stewart died from multiple sharp-force injuries, 7-year-old Sebastino Ragusa died from asphyxia

By JACK DURA and STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press South Dakota regulators have denied a construction permit to a carbon dioxide pipeline project. Navigator CO2 Ventures wants to build a 1,300-mile pipeline network. It would carry planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions from more than 20 industrial plants to be buried over a mile underground in Illinois. The

LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Investigators say police officers in South Carolina fatally shot a man after he broke into his ex-wife’s home, killed her, drove her car through her garage door and fired at police during a chase. Authorities say one deputy was wounded in the shootings in Lexington, but is expected to survive. Deputies

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix, already the hottest large city in America, is poised to set yet another heat record this weekend while confirmed heat-associated deaths are on track for a record of their own. The National Weather Service says after a brief respite from the heat over the Labor Day

By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Kremlin spokesman says the U.S. decision to supply depleted uranium ammunition to Ukraine is “very bad news.” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov claims the ammunition’s use by the U.S. in the former Yugoslavia caused cancers and other illnesses. The United States said Wednesday it’s sending depleted uranium

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Julio Urías was placed on administrative leave indefinitely by Major League Baseball on Wednesday, three days after the Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher was arrested on suspicion of corporal injury on a spouse or cohabitant. The leave was imposed under baseball’s joint domestic violence, sexual assault