Month: November 2023

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press SANT JOAN DESPÍ, Spain (AP) — It’s been a whirlwind last few months for newly crowned Ballon d’Or winner Aitana Bonmatí with memorable victories on and off the field. Bonmatí helped Spain win the Women’s World Cup and led Barcelona to the Champions League title. But amid the avalanche of

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts State Police say a man killed a woman, left her body in a car in Boston, then boarded a flight for Kenya. Police say the body of 31-year-old Margaret Mbitu of Whitman was discovered about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in a parking garage at Logan International Airport. Investigators have identified the suspect

By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The federal trial of a former Louisville police officer charged in the deadly Breonna Taylor raid has begun. Former Louisville police officer Brett Hankison fired shots during the botched raid that went through Taylor’s apartment and into her neighbor’s dwelling. Hankison is charged with two federal

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Authorities in the Seattle area are searching for a 17-year-old boy they say shot and killed a passenger on a city bus last month. Newly filed charging documents describe the killing as “the senseless execution of a total stranger.” Miguel Rivera Dominguez was charged Wednesday with first-degree

By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Biden administration officials hosted big city mayors at the White House on Thursday to discuss how to manage a growing number of migrants, one day after those leaders sent a letter asking for more federal help. Denver Mayor Mike Johnston and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson met with

By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — State funds covered at least three trips to Prague by a former North Dakota lawmaker who has been charged with traveling to the city in Czech Republic to have sex with a minor, according to a group that organized the travel. Travel records from the North

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s lawmakers have approved the new government’s first supplemental budget, which includes huge allocations for SUVs and houses for the president, his wife and other public officials, sparking anger and criticism from citizens in one of the world’s poorest countries. Already, the country’s National Assembly recently

By DIDI TANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says Washington wants to build an economic relationship with Beijing that takes into account national security and human rights and is fair to both sides. In laying out the Biden administration’s economic approach toward the Indo-Pacific region, Yellen says Washington does not seek

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Federal agents on Thursday raided the home of a top fundraiser and longtime confidante to New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who abruptly ditched a planned White House meeting and flew home from Washington. Agents searched the Brooklyn home of Brianna Suggs, a

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s spectacular rise and fall in the cryptocurrency industry — a journey that included his testimony before Congress, a Super Bowl advertisement and dreams of a future run for president — hit rock bottom Thursday when a New York jury convicted him of

By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The labor union representing Las Vegas hotel workers has set a strike deadline. The decision threatens major disruptions at more than a dozen resorts that could coincide with the Strip’s inaugural Formula 1 races later this month. The Culinary Workers Union said Thursday that about 35,000

By DAVID SHARP and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Across the nation, much of the debate around gun rights and restrictions centers on mental health. Many advocates on both sides agree that getting people with serious mental health struggles into treatment, and preventing people who are dangerous from accessing guns, is key

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City lawmaker has been arraigned on a gun charge after prosecutors say she brought a firearm to a pro-Palestinian demonstration. Authorities say Republican City Council member Inna Vernikov was seen in photos and videos with the butt of a gun jutting out from her waistband while attending an

By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department is investigating two South Carolina jails where incarcerated people have died violently at the hands of employees or others held behind bars. Officials announced Thursday that civil rights probes will examine the conditions at detention centers in the urban hubs

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — An unarmed U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile was intentionally destroyed when something went wrong during a test launch from California. The Air Force Global Strike Command says the flight of the Minuteman 3 was “safely terminated” over the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday due to an anomaly during launch from

By EMMANUEL IGUNZA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Rwanda announced Thursday that it will allow all Africans to travel visa-free to the country, becoming the latest nation on the continent to announce such a measure aimed at boosting free movement of people. President Paul Kagame made the announcement on Thursday and highighted the potential

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to condemn the American economic embargo of Cuba for a 31st year. Thursday’s vote on the resolution in the 193-member General Assembly tied the record of support for the Caribbean island nation. The vote was 187 in favor,

By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Two West Virginia corrections officers have pleaded guilty to a federal charge stemming from the fatal beating of an inmate. Southern Regional Jail officers Andrew Fleshman and Steven Wimmer entered the pleas to a conspiracy charge Thursday. They face up to 10 years in prison. The

SALEM, Mass. (AP) — A district attorney in Massachusetts says police have made an arrest in the fatal shooting of a Salem State University student just days before his first college basketball game. Essex County District Attorney Paul Tucker says 18-year-old Missael Pena Canela of Salem is charged with murder in connection with the fatal

By The Associated Press The long-awaited final installment of “Yellowstone” — featuring Kevin Costner ’s final episodes — has been delayed until November 2024, the Paramount Network announced Thursday. Originally scheduled to return this month, Paramount says production was delayed by this year’s strikes by actors and screenwriters. The first half of the fifth season

TAYLORSVILLE, Utah (AP) — A 63-year-old Utah woman had a leg amputated after being attacked by her son’s dogs in her own backyard in a Salt Lake City suburb. Police in Taylorsville, Utah, say the injured woman called 911 on Tuesday while still in her yard with the adult male and female dogs and their

By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The United Nations will cut the number of refugee families receiving cash assistance in Lebanon by nearly a third next year. That’s according to UNHCR spokeswoman Lisa Abou Khaled on Thursday. She says that due to “significant funding reductions,” UNHCR and the World Food Program will give