Month: February 2024

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs were crowned victorious over the San Francisco 49ers in this year’s Super Bowl — and, off the field, big-name advertisers competed for viewers’ attention with celebrity-filled, glitzy messages. Beyoncé broke the internet yet again in a Verizon ad, which was soon

By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was hospitalized again Sunday to address a bladder issue as he continues to recover from prostate cancer and has transferred authorities to his deputy, the Pentagon said. Austin was diagnosed with prostate cancer in December and continues to deal with complications from his

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A plane carrying four Canadian skydivers came down on a beach in southern Mexico, killing one man who was on the beach at the time. There was no immediate information on why the plane went down Sunday, but it appeared to have made forced landing and was largely intact. However, it

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — A man whose family’s gender reveal photo shoot in 2020 sparked a Southern California wildfire that killed a firefighter has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter. Prosecutors announced the guilty plea on Friday. The El Dorado Fire erupted on Sept. 5, 2020, when Refugio Jimenez Jr. and Angelina Jimenez and their

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A woman in a trenchcoat opened fire with a long gun Sunday inside celebrity pastor Joel Osteen’s megachurch in Texas, sending worshippers rushing to find safety while two off-duty officers confronted and killed the shooter. Two other people were shot and injured, including a 5-year-old boy

NEW YORK (AP) — New York is expanding a curfew to additional migrant shelters after violent incidents attributed to migrant shelter residents gained national attention in recent weeks. Mayor Eric Adams’ administration will impose an 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew at 20 migrant shelters starting Monday, after initially placing the restrictions at four other

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The government of Venezuela accused neighboring Guayana of granting illegal oil exploration concessions in territory the two nations are disputing. Venezuela said it would take any diplomatic actions necessary. The comments Sunday came after Guyana said Saturday that it has satellite imagery showing Venezuelan military movements near the South American country’s

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The population of Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank grew nearly 3% in 2023, according to a new report based on population statistics from the Israeli government. The report, released Sunday by the pro-settler group WestBankJewishPopulationStats.com, found the settler population jumped to 517,407 as of Dec.

KINGFISHER, Okla. (AP) — A man has been sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to killing four workers at an Oklahoma marijuana farm in 2022. Court records show that Chen Wu pleaded guilty at a court hearing Friday to four counts of first-degree murder and to one count of assault and battery with

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A man convicted in the killing of a rookie New York City police officer at the height of the city’s crack epidemic decades ago has been denied parole. Todd Scott had been serving 25 years to life for his role in the shooting death of Officer

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As former President Donald Trump and a growing number of Republicans oppose U.S. aid to Ukraine, the Senate’s leaders argued in strong terms on Sunday that the money is crucial to pushing back against Russian President Vladimir Putin and maintaining America’s global standing.

By WALTER BERRY Associated Press The remnants of a slow-moving atmospheric river storm that pummeled California last week delivered the first notable snowfall of the season across eastern New Mexico, with the National Weather Service warning Sunday of snowpacked and icy roads as the system headed toward the Texas Panhandle and central Oklahoma. A winter

By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden’s personal attorney said Sunday he went to both the special counsel and the attorney general to register concerns over what he viewed to be pejorative and unnecessary digs at the president’s memory. “This is a report that went off the rails,” Bob Bauer

WINTHROP, Maine (AP) — One of the 18 people killed in the deadliest mass shooting in Maine history is being remembered in art, including some of his own. An art exhibit this weekend paid tribute to Peyton Brewer-Ross, a Navy shipbuilder and father. It was curated by his fiancé, Rachael Sloat, who said the art

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A soprano well known for her performance in the French cult-classic film “Diva” has died. Funeral services were held Friday for Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez Smith in Lexington, Kentucky. She died at her home there earlier this month at age 75. Her daughter told The Philadelphia Inquirer that her mother died of

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — With the run she’s having, how could Taylor Swift be on anything other than the winning side? She embraced her boyfriend Travis Kelce and the couple locked lips on the field at Allegiant Stadium after his Kansas City Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers 25-22

By DEREK GATOPOULOS and DEMETRIS NELLAS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — More than 1,500 protesters have gathered in central Athens to oppose legislation that would legalize same-sex marriage in Greece. The bill is set for a vote in parliament in days. Greece’s conservative government is sponsoring the bill but it will require votes from

The Associated Press Human rights activists say a 71-year-old Ukrainian man has died in a Russian prison while on trial for espionage. Court documents found by the human rights group Memorial revealed that the Russian state had closed its case against the late Viktor Demchenko, who had been accused of spying, participation in a terrorist

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer “ Lisa Frankenstein ” didn’t come to life at the North American box office in its first weekend in theaters. The horror comedy written by Diablo Cody and starring Kathryn Newton and Cole Sprouse earned $3.8 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. It debuted in second place on a

By RAHIM FAIEZ ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Taliban spokesman says two Afghan prisoners who were held in U.S. custody for at least 14 years at the Guantanamo Bay detention center after 2002 have been released from house arrest in Oman. The spokesman said the two were released as a result of the efforts made by

By VANESSA GERA and LORNE COOK Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The head of the NATO military alliance warned Sunday that Donald Trump was putting the safety of U.S. troops and their allies at risk after the Republican presidential front-runner said Russia should be able to do “whatever the hell they want” to NATO