Month: January 2024

ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Duncan says he will not run for an eighth term in his solidly Republican South Carolina district. Duncan says it is time to bring fresh ideas to the district. Duncan was first elected in 2010. He made energy policy one of his chief concerns, pushing for more

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Ava DuVernay’s “Origin” takes a heavyweight work of historical and sociological inquiry and transforms it into a deeply humanistic drama and globe-trotting detective story. DuVernay’s adaptation of Isabel Wilkerson’s bestselling  “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents” is the director’s most ambitious film yet. It’s also

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Gunmen burst into a home in central Mexico and abducted one of the volunteer searchers looking for the country’s 114,000 missing people, and killed her husband and son. Search activist Lorenza Cano was abducted from her home in the city of Salamanca, in the north central state of Guanajuato. Her husband

By SEUNG MIN KIM, LISA MASCARO and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A meeting between President Joe Biden, House Speaker Mike Johnson and other officials highlights the precarious nature of the complex talks to unlock aid for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies. Negotiations hinge on lawmakers’ abilities to enact tougher measures at

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The 2024 Grammy Awards are fast approaching — and it’s never too early to plan your viewing experience. Hosted once again by comedian Trevor Noah, the 66th Grammy Awards will take place Sunday, Feb. 4, at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. The main show

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The manufacturer of the helmet that Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes shattered during their AFC wild-card game with Miami says it “did its job” by protecting the league MVP “during a head-to-head impact in unprecedented cold temperatures.” The game Saturday night was the fourth-coldest in

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A nearly $1 billion upgrade of the airport in Omaha, Nebraska, will include a new glass-domed entrance, larger boarding gates and baggage claim areas and the addition of new restaurants and shops. The Omaha Airport Authority on Tuesday approved plans for a $950 million project expected to be completed by 2028

By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey youth detention center let a “culture of abuse” in which staff sexually abused boys endure for decades. A new lawsuit alleges unchecked sexual abuse of the boys housed at the New Jersey Training School in Monroe Township. Fifty men who lived at the

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Defense Department will install solar panels on the Pentagon, part of the Biden administration’s plan to promote clean energy and “reestablish the federal government as a sustainability leader.” The Pentagon is one of 31 government sites that are receiving $104 million in Energy Department grants that

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Media reports and rights groups say hundreds of protesters clashed with police in the Russian region of Bashkortostan in a rare display of public outrage after a court convicted a local activist and sentenced him to prison. The unrest — one of the largest reported demonstrations

By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — The U.N. World Food Program says it is working with Zimbabwe’s government and aid agencies to provide food to 2.7 million rural people in the country as the El Nino weather phenomenon contributes to a drought crisis in southern Africa. The WFP’s country director for Zimbabwe

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Stopping or standing is now prohibited on pedestrian bridges on the Las Vegas Strip. Violators of the ordinance that took effect Tuesday could face as much as six months in jail or a $1,000 fine. Clark County commissioners voted unanimously this month to approve the measure banning people from stopping, standing

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Associated Press review has found businessman and Trump-backed Ohio U.S. Senate candidate Bernie Moreno faced lawsuits alleging discrimination against employees before he sold his high-end Cleveland car dealership. Two of the suits accused Moreno and Bernie Moreno Cos. of gender and age discrimination, respectively.

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A national Democratic law firm has asked the liberal-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court to throw out the battleground state’s congressional maps, arguing that the court’s decision last month ordering new state legislative maps opens the door to the latest challenge. The redistricting lawsuit filed Tuesday by the

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER, MATTHEW LEE and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States on Wednesday put Yemen’s Houthis rebels back on its list of specially designated global terrorists, piling financial sanctions on top of American military strikes in the Biden administration’s latest attempt to stop the militants’ attacks on global shipping. But

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press Ireland’s prime minister has extended a warm welcome to Chinese Premier Li Qiang. Prime Minister Leo Varadkar says his country wants a “strong and constructive relationship” with China despite not agreeing on some issues. Both Varadkar and Li struck an upbeat note after a bilateral meeting. Ireland was the third

By NOEL SICHALWE Associated Press LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — Zambia is reeling from a major cholera outbreak that has killed more than 400 people and infected more than 10,000, leading authorities to order schools across the country to remain shut after the end-of-year holidays. A large soccer stadium in the capital city has been converted

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — People close to Gov. Andy Beshear have formed an advocacy group to promote the Democrat’s agenda in Kentucky. The move Wednesday signals a more aggressive strategy to advance Beshear’s second-term agenda. It comes as the 46-year-old governor takes other steps to expand his political brand beyond

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The man accused of using a golf club to fatally impale a Minneapolis grocery store employee has been found mentally incompetent to stand trial on a murder charge. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that Judicial Officer Danielle Mercurio on Tuesday ruled on the mental competency evaluation of Taylor Justin Schulz. Schulz was

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — King Charles III and the Princess of Wales are both dealing with medical issues that will force them to delay previously planned public engagements over the coming weeks. Charles will undergo a “corrective procedure” for an enlarged prostate next week, Buckingham Palace said on Wednesday. The palace