Month: November 2023

By RICHARD LARDNER Associated Press YANKEETOWN, Fla. (AP) — A freshwater spring bubbles amid the mangroves, cabbage palms and red cedars on Sweetheart Island, a two-acre uninhabited patch of paradise about a mile off the coast of this little Gulf Coast town. Pelicans divebomb nearby into the cool waters of Florida’s Withlacoochee Bay and the

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — More than a year after California endorsed a proposal to extend the lifespan of its last nuclear power plant, disputes continue to swirl about potential safety risks and future costs tied to the decades-old reactors. The Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant was scheduled to close

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BALATONOSZOD, Hungary (AP) — Zusha Pletnyov left his home in the eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk in 2014, when Russian-backed rebels seized large swaths of eastern Ukraine. After living some years in the capital, Kyiv, he fled again to Israel when Moscow launched its full-scale invasion in February of last

By ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has set off a cacophony of criticism over her plans to attend a weekend march to protest rising antisemitism in France, with critics saying that her once-pariah party has failed to shake off its antisemitic heritage despite growing political legitimacy. Prime

By STEVE KARNOWSKI, MARK VANCLEAVE and MELISSA PEREZ WINDER Associated Press ST. PETER, Minn. (AP) — Earl Meyer remembers in vivid detail when his platoon came under heavy fire during the Korean War — he still has shrapnel embedded in his thigh. But over 70 years later, the 96-year-old is still waiting for the U.S.

By JOHN DUERDEN Associated Press Makram Daboub may be struggling to prepare his Palestinian team for the start of 2026 World Cup qualification but he takes some comfort, for now at least, that his players stuck in Gaza are safe. The national soccer team’s head coach wanted to include Ibrahim Abuimeir, Khaled Al-Nabris, and Ahmed

By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — After a marathon week of negotiations, the Las Vegas hotel workers union says it has reached a tentative deal with Wynn Resorts. It was the last contract the Culinary Workers Union needed to avoid a strike Friday. The new five-year contract covers employees at the company’s

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Killing her ex? That’s a bad idea. Writing “Kill Bill” and releasing her critically acclaimed sophomore album “SOS” earlier this year? That was a great one. SZA is the lead contender for the 66th Grammy Awards, with nine nominations announced Friday. “Kill Bill,” her revenge

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is suggesting that a ransomware attack that forced China’s biggest bank to take some systems offline only minimally disrupted the U.S. Treasury market. She says U.S. and Chinese finance officials discussed the attack in San Francisco, where they met Friday ahead of a regional economic summit next week. The impacted

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — Days after asking for the public’s help to determine what happened at a California protest that resulted in a Jewish demonstrator’s death, authorities say they still have no video of the incident and are urging patience as they investigate. The Ventura County Sheriff’s Department on Thursday asked anyone who may

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily blocked Idaho’s “abortion trafficking” law from being enforced while a lawsuit challenging its constitutionality is underway. U.S. District Magistrate Debora K. Grasham handed down the ruling Wednesday, saying the lawsuit is about the fundamental rights of freedom of expression, due process

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Pro-Palestinian demonstrators have occupied the lobby of The New York Times to demand an immediate cease-fire in Gaza. They also accused the media of portraying a bias toward Israel in war coverage. The sit-in lasted for more than an hour Thursday. It was led by a

DALLAS (AP) — A man was sentenced to life in prison Thursday after being convicted of fatally shooting two workers at a Dallas hospital last year as he argued with his girlfriend, who had just given birth to their child. Nestor Hernandez, 31, was found guilty of capital murder in the October 2022 shooting deaths

MEXICO CITY (AP) — An opposition candidate for the mayorship of Mexico City is accusing the city prosecutor’s office of having filed a request for his phone records and those of about a dozen other prominent politicians. The allegation is the latest to accuse city prosecutors of going to extremes for political purposes. The city

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice says Alabama cannot use conspiracy laws to prosecute people and groups who help women leave the state to obtain an abortion. The department filed a statement of interest in consolidated lawsuits brought by an abortion fund and others against Alabama Attorney

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A new class-action lawsuit alleges that U.S. immigration authorities disregarded signs of unsanitary and unsafe conditions at a detention center in New Mexico to ensure the facility would continue to receive public funding and remain open. The lawsuit announced Wednesday by a coalition of migrants’

By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press The U.S. Census Bureau estimates the world’s population has topped 8 billion for the first time. The agency said Thursday that it estimates the global population exceeded the threshold Sept. 26. The bureau says the overall trend is longer lifespans offsetting fewer births. Even so, the global population growth rate

CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — Apple has agreed to pay $25 million to settle allegations that it engaged in a pattern of discriminatory hiring practices when filling some of its jobs during 2018 and 2019. The deal announced Thursday resolved a lengthy investigation by the Department of Justice into alleged violations of the Immigration and Nationality