Month: September 2023

BOSTON (AP) — A pair of front-row balcony tickets to Ford’s Theatre on April 14, 1865 — the night President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth — has sold at auction for $262,500. RR Auction, a Boston-based auction house, says the tickets sold Saturday. They are stamped with the date of that night’s

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Do you know the highest grossing movie franchise in history? That’s easy, “Avatar.” What about the record for the most balloons popped in one minute by a pogostick? Or the longest journey in a pumpkin boat? These and many more superlatives are in the latest

TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M. (AP) — One person has died in the crash of an ultralight in central New Mexico, authorities said Monday. Federal Aviation Administration officials said the crash occurred around 6 p.m. Sunday near the Truth or Consequences airport and the pilot was the only person aboard. New Mexico State Police said they

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — If another pandemic happens, the world will again be unprepared. That’s the bleak assessment from former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark after the U.N. General Assembly held a high-level summit aimed at heading off another pandemic. Clark co-chaired the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A journalist who ran a community Facebook news page has been killed in the northern Mexico border town of San Luis Rio Colorado, when he was apparently caught in the cross-fire of an attack aimed at police. Jesús Gutiérrez ran Notiface Prensa Digital De San Luis, a Facebook page that included

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says it is offering $2 billion in loans to Poland to support the defense modernization of the ally which has been a hub for weapons going into Ukraine. The State Department said in a statement Monday that Poland is a “stalwart” ally of the U.S. whose “security is vital

HOLLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A western Michigan woman has been sentenced to up to five years in prison for a crash in which her three young sons drowned after her SUV plunged into an ice-covered pond. Leticia Gonzales had pleaded no contest in August to operating while intoxicated causing serious injury and three misdemeanor

ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. (AP) — A major Pfizer pharmaceutical plant has restarted production, 10 weeks after it was heavily damaged by a tornado. The plant  in North Carolina makes critical supplies for U.S. hospitals. Pfizer said in a statement Monday that a majority of manufacturing lines at the Rocky Mount facility are back up and

By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A white Texas gunman who killed 23 people at a Walmart in 2019 after ranting about Hispanics taking over the government and economy has agreed to pay more than $5 million to victims of the racist attack, according to an order signed by a judge

By EDGAR H. CLEMENTE Associated Press TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — Drug cartel turf battles have cut off towns in southern Mexico state of Chiapas, near the Guatemala border, Mexico’s president acknowledged Monday. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said the cartels have cut off electrical power in some towns, and then prevented government workers from coming

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The writers strike is over. Actors are still walking picket lines, but Wednesday is the first day in nearly five months that screenwriters can return to their jobs. So when will your favorite shows return? Well, it’s complicated. Late-night talk shows — and talk shows

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The U.S. and Kenya have signed a defense agreement that will see the East African nation get resources and support for security deployments as it is poised to lead a multi-national peacekeeping mission to Haiti to combat gang violence. U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Kenya’s

By COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — More curvy models than ever showed up on Milan runways this season, due mostly to a single show by Brazilian designer Karoline Vitto, while designers of color showcased their work at collateral events meant to promote their visibility — along with diversity — in the backrooms

By AAMER MADHANI and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday told leaders from the 18-member Pacific Islands Forum that he has heard their warnings about the impact of climate change on their region and that his administration is committed to helping them meet the challenge. Pacific islands leaders gathered

By BELA SZANDELSZKY Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán says his country is in no hurry to ratify Sweden’s bid to join NATO, suggesting the Nordic country could face further delays in becoming a member of the military alliance. Speaking during the opening autumn session of Hungary’s parliament on Monday,

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Attorneys for former President Donald Trump argue that an attempt to bar him from the 2024 ballot under a rarely used “insurrection” clause of the Constitution should be dismissed as a violation of his freedom of speech. The lawyers made the argument in a filing posted Monday

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British police have opened a sex crimes investigation triggered by news reports about comedian Russell Brand. London’s Metropolitan Police force said Monday that it had “received a number of allegations of sexual offences” after a television documentary and newspaper investigations. It said there have been no arrests.

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Heavy rains have caused a flash flood in Guatemala’s capital that swept several humble homes into a river and left t least six people dead and 12 missing, including 10 minors. Guatemala’s National Disaster Reduction Coordinator said the death toll had risen to six, including a young girl. The 5-year-old girl

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Reports from central Myanmar say about two dozen members of local resistance forces have been killed in an army ambush as they sought to evacuate villagers ahead of a feared attack by the military. The total number of resistance fighters killed last Friday and Saturday in the

By DEEPTI HAJELA and MIKE CATALINI Associated Press UNION CITY, N.J. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey defiantly pushed back against federal corruption charges on Monday, saying nearly half a million dollars in cash authorities found in his home was from his personal savings, not from bribes, and was on hand