Month: January 2024

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York Governor Kathy Hochul has announced support for a plan to build a floating swimming pool in New York City’s waterways. Hochul says she would contribute $12 million in public funding to the long-stalled project, which was first proposed more than a decade ago and

By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press Families of the 12 people killed in a Philadelphia row house fire that began in a Christmas tree two years ago are suing a pair of city agencies. The case filed on Friday says unsafe conditions on the property violated the victims’ civil rights. The federal lawsuit is against the

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press CUMMING, Iowa (AP) — The shooting in Perry, Iowa, has cast a shadow over the state’s upcoming first-in-the-nation Republican presidential caucuses. Three candidates were asked about it Thursday and Friday at campaign stops as they gear up for the Jan. 15 caucuses. Some were just a short drive from the

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A former Ohio state lawmaker has been sentenced to two years of probation for domestic violence and must perform 250 hours of community service. Republican state Rep. Bob Young was also ordered Friday to abstain from alcohol as part of his probation and can’t enter bars and liquor stores. Young was

HAGATNA, Guam (AP) — Authorities in the U.S. territory of Guam are vowing to bring to justice those who fatally shot a Korean visitor in a tourist district. KUAM-TV reports the shooting occurred when the traveler and his wife were walking toward a hotel on Guam’s popular Tumon Bay from a nearby beach on Thursday

INVERNESS, Calif. (AP) — Time is apparently running out for California’s “Inverness Shipwreck,” an old wooden boat that became an Instagram star as it rotted on a shoreline north of San Francisco. Recent storms have made a shambles of the forlorn vessel Point Reyes, a landmark that was already deteriorated from the over-attention of visitors

By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s top budget official is warning in stark terms about how lawmakers are running out of time to approve new aid for Ukraine. Shalanda Young, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, calls the situation “dire” and says there is no money

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles judge has declined to give Cher an immediate court conservatorship over her son’s money. The judge at a hearing Friday said Cher’s attorneys hadn’t given lawyers for 47-year-old Elijah Blue Allman the necessary documents in time for them to prepare his opposition

STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Vatican has concluded a lengthy investigation into allegations of misconduct by Archbishop John Nienstedt, the former leader of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. It found that he did not violate church law, but he did take actions described as “imprudent” and therefore Pope Francis barred

By The Associated Press Health officials say at least two dozen people in 14 states were sickened by salmonella poisoning tied to recalled meat snack trays sold at some Sam’s Club stores. Five people were hospitalized. Fratelli Beretta USA is a New Jersey meat processing company that has recalled more than 11,000 pounds of Busseto

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut military veteran has been arrested on allegations he threatened government officials, including showing up at a Congress member’s office wearing a tactical vest with knives. Federal authorities say Aubrey Rose, of Hartford, was charged Thursday with making threats against members of Congress, the Department of Veterans Affairs and other

Associated Press LEEDS, Alabama (AP) — Police in Alabama say a man crashed his car outside a Bass Pro Shop in Alabama, stripped down to his birthday suit and then plunged into the giant aquarium inside the store. Leeds Police Chief Paul Irwin said the ordeal happened Thursday night in front of shocked shoppers in

LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. (AP) — New York state police say a bus rollover crash on an upstate New York highway left one person dead and about a dozen passengers injured. The bus with 23 people on board was traveling south from Montreal, Canada, when it crashed on the Adirondack Northway in the town of Lake

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Five voters in Massachusetts have become the latest to challenge former President Donald Trump’s eligibility to appear on Republican primary election ballot in March, claiming he is ineligible to hold office because he encouraged and did little to stop the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S.

By MICHAEL R. SISAK, LINDSAY WHITEHURST and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The longtime head of the National Rifle Association said Friday he is resigning, just days before the start of a civil trial over allegations he treated himself to millions of dollars in private jet flights, yacht trips, African safaris and

By JOHN ANTCZAK and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A magnitude 4.2 earthquake was felt widely across the nation’s second largest city Friday and shook things off shelves near the epicenter in a small mountain community east of Los Angeles, but there were no reports of major damage or injuries. The U.S.

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The flu season in the U.S. is getting worse with 38 states reporting high or very high levels for respiratory illnesses. That’s up from 31 states the week before. But it’s too soon to tell how much holiday gatherings contributed to a likely spike in

By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer A new federal study finds that people taking popular diabetes and obesity drugs Ozempic and Wegovy had a lower risk of suicidal thoughts than those taking other medications to treat the same conditions. Researchers reviewed electronic medical records for about 1.8 million patients between 2017 and 2022. People taking

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press A former Alabama police officer has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a Black man in front of his own home during a dispute with a tow truck driver. Morgan County District Attorney Scott Anderson announced the indictment during a news conference Friday. Steve Perkins, 39, was shot and

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A petition initiative that would enshrine abortion rights in the Florida constitution has reached the necessary number of verified signatures to qualify for the 2024 ballot. More than 911,000 signatures have been verified by the Florida Division of Elections, surpassing the more than 891,500 petition signatures

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s former energy minister is quitting the Conservative Party and stepping down as a lawmaker over the government’s backtracking on its environmental commitments. Chris Skidmore said Friday he could not support a forthcoming bill that will authorize new North Sea oil and gas drilling. He said “I cannot vote for a bill