Month: January 2024

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — A snowboarder spent 15 hours trapped overnight inside a ski lift gondola amid freezing temperatures at a Lake Tahoe resort, according to officials and media reports. Monica Laso boarded the gondola around 5 p.m. Thursday at Heavenly Ski Resort to ride down the mountain because she was too tired

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press A judge has ordered the Los Angeles Police Department to get rid of photos of legal documents that were allegedly taken during an unannounced raid on the home of an attorney for a Black Lives Matter activist. Attorney Dermot Given said police descended on his townhouse Tuesday. He says officers

SPRINGDALE, Utah (AP) — A hiker has died of a suspected heart attack in Utah’s Zion National Park. The National Park Service said the man was found unresponsive on the West Rim Trail near Scout Lookout on Friday afternoon. Rangers performed CPR and used an automated external defibrillator to deliver electric shocks in a bid

CHICAGO (AP) — Authorities have identified two teenage boys who were fatally shot Friday by masked suspects as they and other students were leaving a Chicago high school. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victims as 17-year-old Monterio Williams and 16-year-old Robert Boston. They were among a group of students walking out of

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press It has been three weeks since three Kansas City fans joined friends to watch the Chiefs play the Los Angeles Chargers in the final game of the regular season. Their bodies were found in a friend’s backyard two days later. Police still haven’t said how the men died, but affirmed

PIEDMONT, S.C. (AP) — Authorities in South Carolina are investigating the fatal shooting of a man by sheriff’s deputy. The Greenville County Sheriff’s Office says deputies responded Friday night to a call about a disturbance and a possible assault. The sheriff’s office says deputies encountered two people, and at least one had a gun. One

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals has named Barry Keoghan, best known for his roles in “Dunkirk,” “The Killing of a Sacred Deer,” “Eternals,” and “The Banshees of Inisherin,” as the recipient of its 2024 Man of the Year Award. Keoghan recently starred in the comedy psychological thriller “Saltburn” and can be

MARION, Ind. (AP) — A truck hauling zebras and camels for a series of weekend circus performances caught fire early Saturday on a northeastern Indiana highway, prompting a police rescue of the animals, which roamed along the freeway, some munching on grass. The tractor-trailer caught fire about 2 a.m. along Interstate 69 in Grant County

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — The Russian city of St. Petersburg has marked the 80th anniversary of the end of a nearly 900-day siege by Nazi forces. It was one of the most brutal episodes of World War II and was commemorated on Satuday in a series of memorial events attended by the Kremlin leader

By DAVID B. CARUSO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — For years, Donald Trump hurled insults at E. Jean Carroll, saying the advice columnist fabricated a sexual assault allegation against him to sell a book. Will Trump keep that up, now that he’s been hit with a $83.3 million defamation judgment? A jury on Friday

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A district attorney in Tennessee has dropped charges against country singer Chris Young stemming from an encounter with Alcoholic Beverage Commission agents who were doing compliance checks. In a statement released Friday, Nashville District Attorney Glenn Funk said charges against Young were dismissed “after a review of all the evidence.” Young

LONDON (AP) — Climate activist Greta Thunberg has joined a march in southern England to protest the use of private jets and the expansion of an airport. Hundreds of local residents and activists holding banners and placards that read “Ban Private Jets” marched to Farnborough Airport in Hampshire County on Saturday. The airport located about

BEIJING (AP) — China’s coast guard says its officers ordered a Japanese fishing vessel and several patrol ships in waters surrounding tiny Japanese-controlled islands in the East China Sea to leave. It marked the latest incident pointing to lingering tensions between the sides. China says the islands belong to it and refuses to recognize Japan’s

By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The U.S. government has condemned the decision of Venezuela’s highest court to block the presidential candidacy of opposition leader María Corina Machado. But the Biden administration on Saturday remained noncommittal on reimposing economic sanctions against Venezuela as it has threatened to do if the government

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — Whether the choices are serious or of a more trivial nature, Eileen Gu refuses to be hemmed in. Two years after exploding onto the world stage at the Beijing Winter Games, the 20-year-old Olympic champion, straight-A student and fashion model remains as comfortable on a

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s train drivers’ union is ending its six-day strike early and is back in talks with the country’s railway operator. German news agency dpa reported Saturday that the strike by the GDL union on passengers trains would end Monday morning at 2 a.m. or 0100 GMT instead of 6 p.m. or 1700

BALTIMORE (AP) — Crashes involving more than 40 vehicles closed all lanes on the heavily-traveled U.S. 50 Bay Bridge in Maryland on Saturday, injuring 13 people and snarling traffic for about six hours, authorities said. The Maryland Transportation Authority said on X, formerly Twitter, that the morning crashes on the westbound lanes closed the bridge

By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s government has acknowledged that at least two well-known Mayan ruin sites are unreachable by visitors because of a toxic mix of cartel violence and land disputes. But two tourist guides in the southern state of Chiapas, near the border with Guatemala, say two other sites

By KANIS LEUNG and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan pressed Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during talks in Thailand to use China’s influence with Iran to ease tensions in the Middle East. The officials also agreed to work toward arranging a call between President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi

Associated Press Alaska Airlines has begun flying Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliners again for the first time since they were grounded after a panel blew out of the side of one of the airline’s planes. The airline says in a statement that it has completed its final inspection of their group of the aircraft. They

By SABINA NIKSIC Associated Press SREBRENICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Jews and Muslims from Bosnia and abroad gathered in Srebrenica on Saturday to jointly observe International Holocaust Remembrance Day and to promote compassion and dialogue amid the Israel-Hamas war. The gathering was organized by the center preserving memory of Europe’s only acknowledged genocide since the Holocaust

By TOM ODULA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Thousands of people have marched in cities and towns in Kenya to protest the recent slayings of more than a dozen women. The anti-femicide demonstration was the largest event ever held in the country against sexual and gender-based violence. In the nation’s capital, Nairobi, protesters wore

By KEVIN FREKING and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel met privately with senators recently, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee asked for his assessment of a startling report: A whistleblower estimated that 95% of claims now being made by businesses for a COVID-era tax break were fraudulent.