Month: May 2024

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Dr. Cyril Wecht, a pathologist and attorney whose biting cynicism and controversial positions on high-profile deaths such as President John F. Kennedy’s 1963 assassination caught the attention of prosecutors and TV viewers alike, died Monday. He was 93. Wecht’s death was announced by the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts, which did not

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — George Clooney will make his Broadway acting debut next year in a familiar project for the Hollywood star: “Good Night, and Good Luck.” Clooney will play legendary TV journalist Edward R. Murrow in a stage adaptation of the 2005 movie that earned him directing and

PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) — Punxsutawney Phil’s offspring have names that just might help the famed weather-forecasting groundhog to predict when spring will begin. Phil’s human handlers chose Mother’s Day to announce that the two kits born this spring to Phil and his partner, Phyllis, are named Sunny and Shadow. Sunny is a female, Shadow a

By CODY JACKSON and FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press JUNO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A crowd cheered and took photos as two loggerhead sea turtles slowly made their way through the sand and into the Atlantic Ocean. Monday’s turtle release marked the end of their rehabilitation at the Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach, Florida. One

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — After being sentenced to eight years in prison, the award-winning Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof says he’s fled to Europe shortly ahead of the Cannes Film Festival premiere of his latest film. Last week, the 51-year-old Rasoulof’s lawyer told The Associated Press that the director had

STOCKTON, Ala. (AP) — Authorities in south Alabama are urging witnesses to come forward with videos that might show who was responsible for a shooting at an outdoor party in south Alabama that left three dead and 18 wounded over the weekend. Officials have released few details about Saturday night’s incident at a May Day

By MOUTA ALI Associated Press N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — Chad’s opposition leader says he has filed an appeal with the country’s constitutional council to challenge the preliminary results of the May 6 presidential election. Succès Masra in social media posts has shared a copy of a receipt showing that documents have been filed with the

MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Protests against price hikes have continued for the fourth day in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir with demonstrators clashing with the police, officials said. The violence, which gripped the region since Friday, has left at least two people dead, including a police officer, and left a hundred others injured. The prime minister in Pakistan-held

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Refugee rights activists are criticizing Poland’s pro-European Union government for plans to tighten security at the border with Belarus. They are also unhappy that it’s continuing a policy initiated by the previous populist government of pushing migrants back across the border there. The activists organized an

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer WREXHAM, Wales (AP) — Helen Ryvar took up running in 2020 just before Britain went into lockdown amid the coronavirus pandemic and after being told her ex-husband had died following a mental health battle. Four years later she is a world record holder for consecutive half-marathons and an inspiration

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Labor unions in Nigeria staged nationwide have protested a recent increase in electricity prices introduced after the removal of subsidies by the West African nation’s government. The workers who protested across the country on Monday said they are also frustrated that Nigeria’s electricity supply has not improved even for the consumers

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Smoke from Canadian wildfires has prompted health warnings across the Upper Midwest for a second straight year. Smoke from fires burning in British Columbia and Alberta have settled over parts of Montana, the Dakotas, Minnesota and Wisconsin. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency issued its first statewide

NEW DELHI (AP) — A billboard has collapsed and killed three people and injured 59 in India’s financial capital, Mumbai, in thunderstorms and heavy rain. That’s according to Press Trust of India. Police say scores of people are thought to be trapped after the collapse in the suburb of Ghatkopar. An official says 47 people

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — High-level envoys from the United States and China are set to meet in Geneva for talks about artificial intelligence including the risks of the technology and ways to set shared standards to manage it. The meeting Tuesday is billed as an opening exchange of views in an

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal fraud trial has begun for the owner and chief financial officer of a hedge fund that collapsed. The downfall of Archegos Capital Management cost leading global investment banks and brokerages billions of dollars. Fund founder Bill Hwang and his former financial officer, Patrick Halligan,

By FIRDIA LISNAWATI Associated Press DENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian police say they have raided what they have called a major drug lab hidden in a villa on the resort island of Bali. Officers arrested four people. A police spokesperson said Monday that the house’s basement contained facilities for manufacturing ecstasy and a hydroponic marijuana

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has warned of a dangerous future for the U.K. in a pitch to voters ahead of a national election that could see Conservatives ousted from power after 14 years. Sunak’s speech repeatedly attacked Labour leader Keir Starmer and said he lacked a

By ANDREW WILKS Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Greece’s leader has arrived in Turkey’s capital for talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as the countries pursue a normalization program and seek to put aside decades-old disputes.  Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was welcomed in Ankara on Monday by Erdogan and a military guard of honor

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Some police officers have been left injured after a police chase in northern New Jersey that ended when at least two cruisers crashed. The chase began in the wee hours of Monday in Bloomfield when officers tried to stop a sport utility vehicle. The pursuit continued into nearby Newark. That’s where