Month: April 2024

By STEPHEN GROVES and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson is pushing toward action this week on aid for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, unveiling an elaborate plan Monday to break the package into separate votes to squeeze through the House’s political divides on foreign policy. Facing an outright rebellion from

By MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The mayor of Colombia’s capital has announced new measures to reduce water consumption in the city of eight million people, where a drought associated with the El Niño weather pattern has already prompted officials to ration water in most neighborhoods and ask residents to change their

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — An endangered Bornean orangutan baby has been welcomed into the world at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay in Florida. The baby orangutan was delivered by cesarean section on Saturday, weighing just over three pounds (1.3 kilograms), park officials said. The mother, Luna, is recuperating from surgery and will be reunited with the

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden called on the House to immediately take up the Senate-passed supplemental legislation for Ukraine and Israel funding on Monday as he hosted Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala in the Oval Office. Biden aimed to highlight the efforts other nations are making to support Ukraine. His comments followed the Czech

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Tens of millions of Americans stretching from Lincoln, Nebraska, to Baltimore could face strong thunderstorms Monday night through Wednesday, with tornadoes possible in some states. A large storm system hitting much of the central U.S. over the next few days is expected to bring severe thunderstorms to Kansas and Nebraska

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press BRENTWOOD, N.H. (AP) — Jurors deciding whether to hold the state of New Hampshire accountable for alleged abuse at a youth detention center are hearing about how staff and administrators handled complaints. Virgil Bossom oversaw staff training and investigations at the Youth Development Center facility in the 1990s. He testified

By AMY BETH HANSON and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The dying words of an Oregon man who had an asbestos-linked cancer are being replayed in a federal courtroom for a jury hearing a wrongful death case against Warren Buffett’s BNSF Railway. Attorneys for the estates of Thomas Wells and a second

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The biggest moments for many of this generation’s Olympic athletes came in front of mostly empty stands. That was three years ago at the COVID-19 Summer Olympics or two years ago at the COVID-19 Winter Olympics. Now that they’re preparing for the Paris Olympics, the

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer Chiefs coach Andy Reid says wide receiver Rashee Rice will participate in the team’s voluntary offseason program beginning this week. Rice is facing one count of aggravated assault, one count of collision involving serious bodily injury and six counts of collision involving injury as the result of a sports

By SOPHIKO MEGRELIDZE Associated Press TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Lawmakers in Georgia’s legislature have scuffled as the parliament started debating a divisive new law dubbed the foreign agent bill. Hours later, hundreds of people protested against the legislation outside the parliament in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi. The draft — proposed by the ruling party

DALLAS (AP) — The pilots union at American Airlines says there has been “a significant spike” in safety issues at the airline, including fewer routine aircraft inspections and shorter test flights on planes returning from major maintenance work. The union also says it has seen incidents in which tools were left in wheel wells and

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small and his wife LaQuetta have been charged with endangering and abusing their teenage daughter. Charges filed Monday by the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office allege the mayor repeatedly hit his daughter in the head with a broom, knocking her out. He

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A political prisoner in Belarus has shed light on the country’s brutal prison system by smuggling out her story written on pieces of toilet paper. Katsiaryna Novikava describes being repeatedly beaten by security forces after she was detained in June 2023 wearing only a nightshirt. She

By TERRY TANG Associated Press For decades, Vietnamese people often been relegated to the background in popular cinematic depictions of the Vietnam War. Films like “Full Metal Jacket” and “Apocalypse Now” typically only examined the price the U.S. and its soldiers paid. In the HBO adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book, “The Sympathizer,” it is

By JESSE BEDAYN, COLLEEN SLEVIN and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — A couple who owned a Colorado funeral home where authorities last year discovered 190 decaying bodies were indicted on federal charges that they misspent nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds on vacations, cosmetic surgery, jewelry and other personal expenses, according

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The retrial of a former Ohio sheriff’s deputy charged with murder in the killing of a 23-year-old Black man is scheduled for this fall. The Oct. 31 trial date for Jason Meade was confirmed during a status conference held Monday. The judge also oversaw Meade’s first trial in which a jury

By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s military chief said Monday that his country will respond to Iran’s weekend attack, but he did not elaborate on when and how as world leaders urged against retaliation, trying to avoid a spiral of violence in the Middle East. The Iranian attack on Saturday came in

By CLAIRE SAVAGE and ALEXANDRA OLSON AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Workers are entitled to time off and other job accommodations for abortions under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, according to finalized federal regulations published Monday. The regulations provide guidance for employers and workers on how to implement the law, which passed with

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The union that represents a Pittsburgh newspaper’s truck drivers, one of five unions that have been on strike for 18 months, has approved a new contract with the paper’s owners. But four other unions, including one representing the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s journalists and other newsroom employees, have not settled. The newspaper said the