Month: June 2024

BOSTON (AP) — The owner of two Boston pizza shops was convicted Friday of forced labor charges following a nine-day trial. The jury found that Stavros Papantoniadis, of Westwood, Mass. forced or attempted to force six victims to work for him and comply with excessive workplace demands through violent physical abuse, threats of violence, and

By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press A federal judge in New York has given the go-ahead to a New York woman’s class action lawsuit which claims consumers are being duped by Cold Stone Creamery when they purchase certain flavors that “do not contain their represented ingredients.” Lead plaintiff Jenna Marie Duncan, who purchased a serving of

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (AP) — Seven people in southern Texas have been charged after endangering nearly two dozen migrants smuggled in a secret trailer compartment during high temperatures and with little water, authorities said. One person remained hospitalized on Friday. Following a tip of a smuggling operation, Bexar County Sheriff’s Office deputies Thursday morning found

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan; Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas; Israeli military spokesperson Lt. Col. Peter Lerner. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Preempted by coverage of the French Open. ___ CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Sullivan; Sens. Chris Coons, D-Del., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; Cindy

SEACREST, Fla. (AP) — Beaches in Florida’s Walton County have been temporarily closed to swimmers after two reported shark attacks. The Walton County Sheriff’s Office says a woman was injured by a shark near Watersound on Friday afternoon. She was taken to a medical facility for treatment. A second incident later in the day involved

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has challenged signatures on petitions filed seeking an election to recall him from office. He said Friday that there were not enough valid signatures. The bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission has until June 28 to determine whether there are enough to trigger a recall election. The panel

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In Middle East capitals, at the United Nations, from the White House and beyond, the Biden administration is making its most concentrated diplomatic push of the eight-month-old war in Gaza to persuade Israeli and Hamas leaders to take a proposed deal that would bring a cease-fire and

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New charges brought against the man accused of a string of killings on New York’s Long Island are raising questions about another man’s murder conviction. Prosecutors said Thursday that Rex Heuermann was responsible for the death of Sandra Costilla in 1993. For years prosecutors believed that

DETROIT (AP) — A teenager who was convicted of fatally shooting four students at his high school in Michigan is appealing his life sentence. Ethan Crumbley pleaded guilty to murder and other charges in the shooting at Oxford High School in 2021 when he was 15. He was sentenced in December. His parents were convicted

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A prosecutor says he will not file any criminal charges over the purchase of a $19,000 lectern by the office of Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders. The purchase last June has attracted nationwide scrutiny. An audit found it potentially violated state laws on purchasing, state property and government records. But

By GENE JOHNSON and AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — William Anders, the former Apollo 8 astronaut who took the iconic “Earthrise” photo showing the planet as a shadowed blue marble from space in 1968, was killed Friday when the plane he was piloting alone plummeted into the waters off the San Juan Islands

VOORHEES TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — A New York City police officer has been charged with attempted murder after officials say he shot another driver during an instance of road rage in New Jersey. Officer Hieu Tran is awaiting extradition to Camden County, New Jersey, where the shooting took place May 17. Officers from the Voorhees

By DAVID SHARP and HOLLY RAMER Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Thousands of pages of Maine Department of Public Safety documents are providing new details of the chaos and carnage surrounding the state’s deadliest mass shooting. Officers arrived at the two shooting scenes in Lewiston last October not knowing if the gunman was still

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New Jersey businessman who pleaded guilty and cooperated in the bribery case against Sen. Bob Menendez has testified that he believed he had a deal worth $200,000 to $250,000 for the Democrat to make criminal probes of his friends and family vanish. Jose Uribe testified

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Memphis police say they are investigating whether a a U.S. Army veteran charged with killing a homeless man has targeted other homeless people in the city. Police say Karl P. Loucks was charged Friday with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Shaun Rhea. Police say

By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has focused on stopping gun violence during a campaign stop in Maryland to support U.S. Senate Democratic nominee Angela Alsobrooks in a race that could determine control of the Senate. Harris and prominent Maryland Democrats rallied for stronger gun laws on Gun

By JARI TANNER and JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — The Danish prime minister’s office says the premier is suffering minor whiplash but is otherwise fine after a man assaulted her in central Copenhagen. Police confirmed on Friday that “there has been an incident” with Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and that a 39-year-old

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld the conviction of a British national for his role in a hostage-taking scheme by the Islamic State group that tortured and killed Americans and other westerners a decade ago. El Shafee Elsheikh was convicted and sentenced to life in prison

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Kia America is recalling nearly 463,000 Telluride SUVs — and urging owners to park their cars outside and away from other structures until an issue posing a fire hazard is fixed. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says the front power seat motor on the

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers The meme stock protagonist known as Roaring Kitty took to YouTube Friday to tell his hordes of followers that he still believes GameStop’s management team can turn the struggling video game retailer around. In a live stream that drew more than 600,000 views Roaring Kitty, whose

GEARHART, Ore. (AP) — A massive rare fish thought to only live in temperate waters in the southern hemisphere has washed up on Oregon’s northern coast. The Seaside Aquarium says the over 7-foot hoodwinker sunfish first appeared on the beach in Gearhart on Monday. The news of the unusual fish prompted a New Zealand-based researcher

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Washington Post’s new publisher is facing questions about whether he made efforts to conceal — in his own newspaper and elsewhere — his involvement in a British phone hacking scandal from his time working for Rupert Murdoch a decade ago. The weeklong saga, which