Month: May 2024

By STEVE KARNOWSKI, MARK VANCLEAVE AND JOSH FUNK Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The shooting death of a Minneapolis police officer has stunned a department that has struggled to fill its ranks since the murder of George Floyd and the ensuing turmoil. Officer Jamal Mitchell’s death Thursday came days after the fourth anniversary of Floyd’s

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has broken an unofficial political rule about headwear when helped celebrate the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs at the White House — he tried on the team helmet he received as a gift. The entire team attended Friday’s celebration on the South Lawn.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials are investigating an incident in which an American Airlines plane rolling down the runway canceled its takeoff from Reagan National Airport to avoid colliding with another plane landing on an intersecting runway. It was the second close call at the busy airport near Washington, D.C., in the past six weeks.

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has appointed a replacement for a conservative-leaning Universities of Wisconsin regent who is refusing to step down. Robert Atwell’s seven-year term on the Board of Regents expires this month. Atwell has said he won’t step down until the state Senate confirms his

By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Following his unprecedented felony conviction, former president and current presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump has to wait to find out what his sentence will be. But even if it involves time behind bars, that doesn’t mean his campaign to return to the White House comes to

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — A man accused of killing a nursing student whose body was found on the University of Georgia campus pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges in her death. A grand jury in early May returned an indictment charging Jose Ibarra with murder, aggravated assault, kidnapping

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K.’s first Black female member of Parliament will be allowed to stand for the Labour Party in the upcoming general election, leader Keir Starmer says, following a fractious few days over her political future. Starmer told reporters Friday that Diane Abbott, who has been a Labour

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Google said Friday it has made “more than a dozen technical improvements” to its artificial intelligence systems after its retooled search engine was found spitting out erroneous information. The tech company unleashed a makeover of its search engine in mid-May that frequently provides AI-generated summaries on top of search

NEW YORK (AP) — Olympic champion Katie Ledecky says faith in the anti-doping system is at an “all-time low” in the wake of the way global regulators handled a case involving Chinese swimmers. The seven-time Olympic gold medalist is looking to add to her haul this summer in Paris. In an interview with “CBS News

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Doctors say a woman who received a pig kidney transplant is back on dialysis after surgeons removed the gradually failing organ. Lisa Pisano was the second person to receive a kidney from a gene-edited pig, in a dramatic pair of surgeries in April that also implanted

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador says it has foiled a plot to plant bombs around the country to coincide with President Nayib Bukele’s inauguration on Saturday. The National Police said the plot involved “veterans” of the country’s 1980-1992 civil war, an apparent reference to former leftist guerillas. Police posted photos of cylinders

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — A second shareholder advisory firm has come out against reinstating a pay package for Tesla CEO Elon Musk that was voided earlier this year by a Delaware judge. ISS late Thursday joined Glass Lewis in recommending against the package, recently valued by the company at $44.9

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — The United States has expressed its deep concerns about the convictions of 14 pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong under a Beijing-imposed national security law. U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said Friday that it was taking steps to impose new visa restrictions on mainland Chinese and

By DENG MACHOL Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan has received its first batch of a new malaria vaccine from the World Health Organization, an important step in efforts to battle a disease that is the biggest killer of children in this African country. The more than 645,000 doses of the R21

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press SUMY REGION, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine and Russia exchanged prisoners of war on Friday, each sending back 75 POWs in the first such swap in the past three months, officials said. A few hours earlier and at the same location, the two sides also handed over bodies of their fallen

HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina aquarium said in February that a stingray became pregnant with no male companion in its tank and now says the fish has a rare reproductive disease. Thursday’s statement from the Aquarium and Shark Lab in Hendersonville did not say what the disease is. It also did not comment

By LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer Scientists have found the genetic root of a disorder that causes intellectual disability, which they estimate affects as many as one in 20,000 young people. Those with the condition have a constellation of issues, including intellectual disability, short stature, small heads, seizures and low muscle mass, said the researchers.

By JIM VERTUNO and JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Supreme Court on Friday rejected a closely watched challenge to the state’s restrictive abortion ban, ruling against a group of women who had serious pregnancy complications and became the first in the U.S. to testify in court about being denied abortions

By LEAH ASKARINAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The general election for a race that could determine the Senate majority begins right after Montana voters lock in their nominees in Tuesday’s primaries. The Senate nominee of choice for Republican leadership is Tim Sheehy, a retired Navy SEAL who has the personal wealth to help pay

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Officials in Poland say that a fake news report saying that Prime Minister Donald Tusk was mobilizing 200,000 men starting on July 1 was probably the work of Russia-sponsored hackers and was designed to interfere with the upcoming European Parliament election. Poland’s digital affairs minister said Friday that the “goal is

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health regulators are set to review the first request to approve the mind-altering club drug MDMA as a treatment for PTSD. The Food and Drug Administration posted its review of the drug on Friday, raising questions about its effectiveness and potential risks, including heart problems.

By SETH BORENSTEIN, MARY KATHERINE WILDEMAN and ANITA SNOW Associated Press David Hom suffered from diabetes and felt nauseated before he went out to hang his laundry in 108-degree weather, another day in Arizona’s record-smashing, unrelenting July heat wave. His family found the 73-year-old lying on the ground, his lower body burned. Hom died at

By LISA MASCARO, KEVIN FREKING and LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia has announced he has switched his registration to independent. The move on Friday raises questions about his political plans since it could help his chances should he seek elected office again in a state that

PARIS (AP) — French authorities have handed preliminary terrorism charges to an 18-year-old accused of a plot targeting spectators attending Olympic soccer games. The man is accused of planning a ‘’violent action’’ on behalf of the Islamic State group’s jihadist ideology. That’s according to a statement on Friday from the national counterterrorism prosecutor’s office. The