Month: April 2024

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice said Wednesday that he was taking “full responsibility” for his part in a weekend wreck involving speeding sports cars that caused a chain-reaction crash on a Dallas highway and resulted in minor injuries to four people. Rice was leasing

By STEPHANY MATAT Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Rick Scott is spending millions of campaign dollars on ads focused on Florida’s Hispanic voters. In recent years, these voters have often supported Republicans and been critical to GOP wins in important counties in Florida. In the coming weeks, Scott will release a

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A top U.S. commander in the Middle East is acknowledging concern about retaliatory attacks on American forces there. That’s after airstrikes widely attributed to U.S. ally Israel killed commanders of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps Monday in Syria. The U.S. says it was quick

By JILL COLVIN and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — When Donald Trump first ran for the White House eight years ago, protesters filled the streets. His inflammatory rhetoric and often dehumanizing descriptions of immigrants spurred thousands to demonstrate outside his rallies. By this time in 2016, protesters regularly interrupted his speeches, sparking

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina says that it had cut 15,000 state jobs as part of President Javier Milei’s aggressive campaign to slash spending. The move was the latest in a series of painful economic measures that have put the libertarian government on a collision course with angry protesters

By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump and the Republican Party say they raised more than $65.6 million in March as the former president became the presumptive nominee and installed new party leadership. Trump and the Republican National Committee closed out the month with $93.1 million in their campaign accounts.

By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An explicit requirement that Iowa’s state, county and local decision-making bodies be balanced by gender has been repealed. Gov. Kim Reynolds said Wednesday before she signed the bill into law that it was common sense and that the focus for boards and commissions should be

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Donald Trump traveled to Michigan and Wisconsin and used the recent death of a 25-year-old Michigan woman killed by a man who immigration officials say entered the country illegally to hammer President Joe Biden over his handling of the U.S.-Mexico border. Trump in his Tuesday

By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — An attorney defending Texas’ plans to arrest migrants who enter the U.S. illegally told a panel of federal judges Wednesday that it’s possible the law “went too far” but that will be up to the court to decide. The comment was made to a 5th U.S.

By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Charlie Russo had an unbelievable view of Hank Aaron’s record-breaking 715th home run. Fifty years later, he’s ready to share it with the world. The 81-year-old Russo is releasing his long-private footage of the moment Aaron broke Babe Ruth’s record on April 8, 1974, which

By The Associated Press The average price paid for a ticket on the resale market this week was twice as high for the NCAA women’s Final Four compared with that for the men’s semifinals, according to a technology company that analyzes prices across multiple platforms. The average price of a ticket sold to the women’s

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — An audit conducted by the Postal Service’s inspector general found significant problems at a new regional processing facility in Virginia, including damaged mail left unprocessed for months and a worker asleep at a forklift. The audit released last week raises questions about the Postal Service’s plans to modernize its processing network

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Crews could next week begin ripping out a groundbreaking art installation bordering a Des Moines pond, which a local art museum says is hazardous and too expensive to repair. City officials announced Wednesday that they have given the Des Moines Art Center permission to demolish

By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer Bayou Barbie is WNBA bound. LSU star Angel Reese, who is known for her eyelash extensions, painted fingernails and ferocious play in the paint, formally declared for the WNBA draft on Wednesday. Her announcement comes two days after the Tigers’ season ended with a loss to Caitlin Clark and

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press The company that owns New Jersey’s three nuclear power plants says it will seek federal approval to operate them for another 20 years. The power plants run by PSEG Nuclear LLC provide nearly half of New Jersey’s electricity. A licensing extension represents a potential hedge against not enough offshore wind

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The owner of Arkansas Derby winner Muth has sued Churchill Downs Inc. and is seeking a temporary injunction against what it called the track’s “illegal” ban of Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert that keeps the colt he trained from competing in next month’s 150th Kentucky Derby. Baffert is suspended through

Associated press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — European Council President Charles Michel has traveled to Romania’s capital for talks with several European Union country leaders on the bloc’s so-called strategic agenda to address goals for the next five years. Michel arrived in Bucharest at the presidential Cotroceni Palace where he was hosted by Romanian President Klaus Iohannis. The

By RONALD BLUM Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Tilman Michael will become chorus director of the Metropolitan Opera next season following the retirement of Donald Palumbo after 17 years as chorus master. The 49-year-old Michael was chorus master at the National Theater in Mannheim, Germany, then has held the same job at Oper Frankfurt

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer Jay-Z ’s annual Made in America festival, held in Philadelphia over Labor Day weekend, has been canceled for a second year in a row. The festival announced the cancellation on social media and its official website Wednesday. A specific reason was not outlined, and a representative for Made in

By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — The only maritime shipping terminal currently operating in the Port of Baltimore is preparing to process an influx of redirected ships as crews continue clearing the wreckage of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge. Tradepoint Atlantic says it will unload and process an estimated 10,000 vehicles over

By LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer Brown rats are the undisputed winners of the real rat race. New research suggests that they crawled off ships arriving in North America earlier than previously thought and out-competed rodent rivals – going on to infuriate and disgust generations of city-dwellers and becoming so ubiquitous that they’re known as

By DAVID HAMILTON AP Business Reporter SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Disney shareholders have rallied behind longtime CEO Robert Iger. They voted Wednesday to rebuff activist investor Nelson Peltz and his ally, former Disney chief financial officer Jay Rasulo, who had sought seats on the company’s board. The entertainment giant had recommended a slate of directors

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The youngest children of an octogenarian couple who were killed inside their Florida home say they are mystified as to why anyone would harm their parents. Kim Melvin Hill and Tonya Mitchell told reporters on Wednesday they could think of no one or no reason

By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota lawmakers expecting a legal challenge to a congressional age limit, if passed through a ballot initiative in the June election. They estimate $1 million for the state to defend the age limit in litigation. North Dakota voters will decide the outcome of the ballot