Month: April 2024

By DAVID RISING Associated Press SIEM REAP, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodian authorities are investigating the abuse of monkeys at the famous Angkor UNESCO World Heritage Site. Officials say some YouTubers are physically abusing the macaques to earn cash by generating more views. Others are not physically abusive, but lure the monkeys with food and water,

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans will delay bringing their case against Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate until next week, two months after impeaching the Homeland Security secretary. House Speaker Mike Johnson had planned to send the impeachment charges to the Senate on Wednesday, but said Tuesday he would wait

By ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — The first parents convicted in a U.S. mass school shooting were sentenced to at least 10 years in prison Tuesday as a Michigan judge lamented missed opportunities that could have prevented their teenage son from possessing a gun and killing four students in 2021. “These convictions

By JIM SALTER Associated Press BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man has been executed for killing his cousin and her husband nearly two decades ago in an attack that left the couple’s 4-year-old girl home alone and unharmed. A spokesperson for the Missouri Department of Corrections says Brian Dorsey was pronounced dead Tuesday

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida began a much-anticipated visit to Washington on Tuesday that spotlights shared concerns about provocative Chinese military action in the Pacific and at a rare moment of public difference between the two nations over a Japanese company’s plan to buy an iconic U.S.

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press BRENTWOOD, N.H. (AP) — An attorney says the man who filed the first of nearly 1,200 lawsuits alleging decades of abuse at New Hampshire’s youth detention center was treated like a “sex slave and punching bag.” Former detainee David Meehan’s allegations were outlined Tuesday as trial began in the litigation

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — A basketball beatdown. A coaching clinic. A double-digit domination. Take one guess who finished off a romp through college basketball again. You bet, it’s UConn — a team built to win now, and often, and by a lot every time it takes the court. Coach

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and her team are leaving China and returning to Washington after trying to tackle the major questions of the day between the countries. Here’s a look at what she tried to accomplish, what was achieved, and where things stand for the world’s

By SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For the 10th consecutive month, Earth in March set a new monthly record for global heat — with both air temperatures and the world’s oceans hitting an all-time high for the month, the European Union climate agency Copernicus said. March 2024 averaged 14.14 degrees Celsius (57.9 degrees

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Investigators are seeking connections between the deaths of an infant girl found on the shoulder of a busy Los Angeles area freeway, a man discovered slain at a suburban apartment complex, and a woman killed in a solo car crash near a beach. The series of events began Monday when officers

By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana’s Republican-controlled Senate advanced a bill Monday that would empower state and local law enforcement to arrest and jail people in the state who entered the U.S. illegally, similar to embattled legislation in Texas. Amid national fights between Republican states and Democratic President Joe Biden

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Atlantic City’s casinos were less profitable in 2023 than they were a year earlier, even with help from the state’s booming online gambling market. Figures released Monday by New Jersey gambling regulators show the nine casinos collectively reported a gross operating profit of $744 million

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon officials say a person with a ticket matching all six Powerball numbers in Saturday’s $1.3 billion jackpot has come forward to claim the prize. The Oregon Lottery said in a statement that the ticket holder came forward on Monday and that the ticket was purchased

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Jack Smith’s team urged the Supreme Court on Monday night to reject former President Donald Trump’s claim that he is immune from prosecution in a case charging him with scheming to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. The brief from prosecutors was submitted

By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland lawmakers have approved a plan to rebuild Baltimore’s storied but antiquated Pimlico Race Course and transfer the track to state control. The vote Monday night sends the bill to Gov. Wes Moore, who has expressed support for it. The measure would use $400 million in

By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — FIFA says it will consider changes to its policy that blocks league matches from being played in other countries as part of an agreement with a soccer promoter to dismiss the world governing body from a lawsuit challenging that policy. Relevent Sports lawyer Jeffrey L.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Tesla has settled a lawsuit brought by the family of a Silicon Valley engineer who died in a crash while relying on the company’s semi-autonomous driving software. The amount Tesla paid to settle the case was not disclosed in court documents filed Monday, just a day before the trial stemming

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Terry Tang has been formally named executive editor of the Los Angeles Times after leading its newsroom since January on an interim basis. Tang becomes the first woman to hold the post in the newspaper’s 142-year history. The Times said Monday that Tang has already moved in her interim role to