Month: April 2024

By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A weekly central Kansas newspaper and its publisher have filed a federal lawsuit over police raids last summer of its offices and the publisher’s home. The Marion County Record’s parent company and its editor and publisher Eric Meyer also notified local officials Monday that the paper

JERUSALEM (AP) — On Monday, the Israeli military withdrew from its second devastating raid on Gaza’s largest hospital, Shifa, leaving it in ruins, with the walls blown out and frame blackened. Despite the destruction, Israel claimed the battle as a victory in its battle against Hamas militants — and said it hadn’t harmed civilians sheltering

By MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Sami Michael, an award-winning and Iraqi-born Israeli author who was known for writing poignantly about oppressed minorities and the challenges faced by Jews from Arab countries, has died. He was 97. The human rights organization he led for decades announced his death on Monday. His characters, who

By MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The mayor of Colombia’s second-largest city banned prostitution in some of the city’s most famous neighborhoods for six months Monday, arguing it was necessary to prevent the sexual exploitation of children. Medellín’s Mayor Federico Gutiérrez said the ban will be enforced in Provenza and El Poblado,

By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report For America Ohio’s Republican Attorney General Dave Yost says a 2019 law banning most abortions in the state is unconstitutional. The attorney general’s court filing on Monday comes after abortion clinics asked a Hamilton County judge to throw out the law since Ohio voters decided to enshrine abortion in the

NEW YORK (AP) — Two men have been charged with providing the fentanyl-laced heroin that in February killed prominent New York City transgender activist Cecilia Gentili. Federal prosecutors said Monday that text messages, cell site data, and other evidence shows 52-year-old Antonio Venti, from Long Island, sold Gentili drugs on Feb. 5, and that 44-year-old

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for the state to ban abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant, while also giving voters a chance to remove restrictions in November. The court, which was reshaped by Republican Gov.

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer North America is on the verge of another masking of the sun during a total solar eclipse. This one will last almost twice as long, with an even wider audience, than the eclipse that stretched coast-to-coast in 2017.  Monday’s eclipse will make landfall along Mexico’s Pacific coast and cross

ATLANTA (AP) — The FBI says a driver rammed a vehicle into the front gate of its Atlanta office, but his motives were not immediately known. The federal agency says that the crash happened shortly after noon on Monday. Pete Ellis is the assistant special agent in charge of the agency’s Atlanta office. Ellis told

By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday vowed to shut down Al Jazeera’s operations in Israel, calling it a “terror channel” that spreads incitement, after parliament passed a law clearing the way for the closure. Netanyahu’s pledge escalated Israel’s long-running feud against Al Jazeera. It also threatened to

By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon confirms that a senior Defense Department official who attended last year’s NATO summit in Lithuania had symptoms similar to those reported by U.S. officials who have experienced “Havana syndrome.” The syndrome is a still-unexplained set of symptoms that includes piercing head or ear pain. Intelligence

By BOB THOMAS AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Barbara Rush, a popular leading actor in the 1950 and 1960s who co-starred with Frank Sinatra, Paul Newman and other top film performers and later had a thriving TV career, has died. She was 97. Rush’s death was announced by her daughter, Fox News reporter

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and REBECCA BOONE Associated Press The owner and manager of a cargo ship that rammed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge before the span collapsed last week filed a court petition Monday seeking to limit their legal liability for the deadly disaster. The companies’ “limitation of liability” petition is a routine but

REDMOND, Wash. (AP) — Microsoft will stop packaging its Teams videoconferencing app with its Office software after the practice attracted antitrust scrutiny. The tech giant said Monday that customers buying Office subscriptions starting this week won’t get Teams bundled with the service. Microsoft will start selling the two products separately around the world, following a

By DEVNA BOSE AP Health Writer New federal guidance says hospitals must obtain written informed consent from patients before subjecting them to pelvic exams and exams of other sensitive areas — especially if an exam will be done while the patient is unconscious. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says consent is needed

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Lou Conter, the last living survivor of the USS Arizona battleship that exploded and sank during the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, has died. He was 102. Conter passed away on Monday at his home in Grass Valley, California, following congestive heart failure, his daughter, Louann Daley

By SARAH RANKIN and MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The collapse of a proposal to relocate the Washington NBA and NHL teams to northern Virginia has set off an extraordinary round of bitter recriminations among some of the officials and companies that were parties to the deal. Lawmakers pointed the finger at

SOUTHWEST RANCHES, Fla. (AP) — Former Miami Dolphins and Indianapolis Colts cornerback Vontae Davis was found dead in his South Florida home on Monday, but police say no foul play is suspected. Police in the Fort Lauderdale suburb of Davie said they responded to a medical emergency at Davis’ home Monday morning, but the 35-year-old

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A Tucson police officer has died after a driver crashed into his patrol car while he was responding to a call with his siren on and lights flashing, authorities said Monday. Tucson police said Officer Adam Buckner, 31, had the right of way before the collision Sunday night at an intersection

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Sports Writer The NCAA said Monday one of the 3-point lines on the court used for the women’s basketball regionals in Portland, Oregon, was about 9 inches short of regulation at its apex, a mistake by the contractor that makes the courts used throughout March Madness. The line on

SEATTLE (AP) — Federal researchers indicate the gray whale population along the West Coast is showing signs of recovery five years after hundreds washed up dead on the coasts of California, Oregon, Washington state and Alaska, as well as Canada and Mexico. The increase in population numbers comes after the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small says a search of his home last week by prosecutors involved “a private family issue,” not a crime. The Democratic mayor held a news conference at City Hall on Monday to respond to the execution last Thursday of five search

BIG SUR, Calif. (AP) — Motorists crept along one lane of a scenic stretch of California’s iconic Highway 1 on Monday after a giant chunk of it collapsed into the ocean following heavy weekend rains, stranding as many as 1,600 people in the coastal community of Big Sur. Convoys of vehicles resumed at 8 a.m.

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Conservationists in Maine want lawmakers to ask voters whether to approve millions of dollars in improvements to the state’s beloved outdoor trail network. Maine has long been a destination for hikers, cyclists and other outdoor adventurers, and the state has more than 14,000 miles of snowmobile