Month: February 2024

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A convicted drug dealer reluctantly testified Monday that Jam Master Jay — known for his anti-drug advocacy as part of the groundbreaking rap group Run-DMC — got involved in cocaine deals to pay his bills. Taking the stand at the federal murder trial over the DJ’s

By AAMER MADHANI and FRANK BAJAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is rolling out a new policy that will allow it to impose visa restrictions on foreign individuals involved in the misuse of commercial spyware. The new policy announced Monday will apply to individuals who’ve been involved in the misuse of commercial

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters in Syria have liberated a Yazidi woman who had been held by the Islamic State group for a decade where she was raped and forced to marry extremists. The Syrian Democratic Forces said Monday that the 24-year-old woman along with her son and daughter

By AHMED AL-HAJ Associated Press SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemen’s internationally recognized presidential council has sacked the prime minister. It’s an unexpected move that comes at a time when a U.S.-led coalition has been striking targets of the government’s rivals, the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels. The council has not given any reasons for the unexpected reshuffle.

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Officials in Boston acknowledged getting seven matches for the 2026 World Cup was more than they expected and offers a much-needed shot in the arm to the city’s economy. FIFA made the announcement Sunday, allocating the opener of the 39-day tournament to Mexico City’s Estadio Azteca and

By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — A meeting scheduled in the 1980s between the NFL and sportsbook directors sparked hope in Las Vegas that their relationship would soon take a much more positive turn after decades during which the league kept the city at arm’s length. When all it turned out

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The first publicly known cases have emerged of Russian authorities penalizing people under a court ruling that outlawed LGBTQ+ activism as extremism, Russian media and rights groups have reported, with at least three people who displayed rainbow-colored items receiving jail time or fines. The Supreme Court

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Bob Beckwith, a retired firefighter whose chance encounter with the president amid the rubble of ground zero became part of an iconic image of American unity after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, has died. He was 91. Beckwith died Sunday night in hospice care after dealing

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Brock Purdy went overtime on Super Bowl opening night. The San Francisco 49ers’ second-year quarterback began by saying he’s ready to spoil Taylor Swift’s trip to Las Vegas and finished by remaining at the microphone to answer questions for several minutes after Monday’s media

By ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro city authorities have declared a public health emergency in the city because of an outbreak of mosquito-borne dengue fever. The announcement came just days before Carnival celebrations kick off across Brazil. But the outbreak wasn’t expected to derail Carnival, which officially starts

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Investigators plan to interview two police officers who were working off duty in Nebraska’s largest city when they shot and killed two men in an SUV. But authorities are still providing few details about what led to the confrontation or what happened during it. Police say the two Omaha officers were

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s King Charles III has been diagnosed with cancer and has begun treatment, Buckingham Palace said Monday. Less than 18 months into his reign, the 75-year-old monarch will suspend public engagements but will continue with state business, and won’t be handing over his constitutional roles as head

LONDON (AP) — Royal officials say King Charles III has been diagnosed with a form of cancer and has begun treatment. Here is the statement from Buckingham Palace in full.

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer A handful of centuries-old sponges from the Caribbean are causing some scientists to theorize that human-caused climate change began sooner and has warmed the world nearly a degree Fahrenheit more than most scientists previously thought. In Monday’s study, researchers figure that the world more than a decade ago blew

By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina woman who traveled elsewhere for an abortion just days after reaching six weeks of pregnancy wants a court to affirm that the state’s ban on the procedure should not take effect until later in a pregnancy. In a lawsuit filed Monday,

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer For the first time, the NBA will play on glass. Part of All-Star weekend in Indianapolis — including the entire All-Star Saturday Night lineup — will be played on a state-of-the-art, full video LED court that will be installed at Lucas Oil Stadium, the league said Monday. That means

The Associated Press OXFORD, Mich. (AP) — Jury deliberations are underway in the groundbreaking involuntary manslaughter trial of the Michigan mother of a teenage boy who killed four classmates and wounded others. It is the latest development in the shooting that occurred Nov. 30, 2021, in Oxford, Michigan, just north of Detroit. Ethan Crumbley pleaded

By KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago children’s hospital has been forced to take its networks offline after an unspecified cyberattack. Access to medical records and communication by phone or email has been limited since the middle of last week. Lurie Children’s Hospital initially described the issue Wednesday as a network outage.

By PATRICIA LUNA and MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Volunteers in central Chile tried to remove charred metal, broken glass and other debris Monday from neighborhoods devastated by wildfires over the past several days, as officials raised the death toll to 123. Hundreds of people remain missing. The fires appeared to have

By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Justice Department says First National Bank discriminated against Black and Latino homebuyers in North Carolina for a period of at least four years, the latest in a long list of banks who have been caught redlining. The Justice Department said FNB will pay $13.5