Month: June 2024

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Manhattan prosecutors are urging a judge to keep Donald Trump’s gag order in place in his hush money criminal case at least until the former president is sentenced in July. They oppose a defense request that the restrictions be lifted immediately following in light of

By TODD RICHMOND and SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The warden of a maximum-security Wisconsin prison and eight members of his staff have been charged following investigations into the deaths of four inmates at the troubled facility over the past year. Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt said at a news conference Wednesday

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Police in Belarus have raided dozens of event management companies suspected of opposition ties as part of on ongoing crackdown against dissent. Belarusian human rights center Viasna says at least four people were detained in the latest raids. Authorities have released videos of detained staffers seemingly

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press CARENTAN-LES-MARAIS, France (AP) — Shortly after D-Day in 1944, the American soldiers heading out to more fighting against Adolf Hitler’s forces couldn’t help but notice the hungry French boy by the side of the road, hoping for handouts. One by one, the men fished fragrant, brightly-colored spheres from their pockets

By STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — Diplomats say the U.N. nuclear watchdog’s board has censured Iran for failing to cooperate fully with the agency. It called on Tehran on Wednesday to provide answers in a long-running investigation and reverse its decision to bar several experienced U.N. inspectors. The vote by the 35-member board

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico says he believes he was targeted for having a Ukraine position contrary to the European mainstream but bears no malice toward the gunman who seriously wounded him three weeks ago. The prerecorded speech posted online Wednesday by Fico, who opposes military aid to Ukraine, was

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Authorities in Detroit have charged a man with embezzling millions of dollars from a group that has turned Detroit’s riverfront into a popular attraction. William Smith was chief financial officer at the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy until he was recently fired. Federal prosecutors say he used the group’s

By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — An official says Turkey’s foreign minister has urged Chinese authorities to protect the cultural rights of minority Muslim Uyghurs and allow them to “live their values.” Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Wednesday ended a three-day visit to China that included a visit to China’s Xinjiang province.

By JOCELYN GECKER AP Education Writer WESTPORT, Conn. (AP) — The damaging consequences of social media are increasingly well documented, so some parents are trying to raise their children with restrictions or blanket bans on social media use. Teenagers themselves are aware that too much social media is bad for them, and some are initiating

By JOHN SEEWER Associated Press Police near Cleveland say a woman who fatally stabbed a 3-year-old boy sitting in a grocery cart attacked him and his mother in less than five seconds before walking away. Police say witnesses in the supermarket parking lot had no time to stop the stabbing. Investigators believe it was a

By ELENA BECATOROS and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s culture minister says the comments made by a Turkish official at a UNESCO meeting last week, casting doubt on the existence of proof long cited by Britain that it had legally acquired the Parthenon Marbles, have bolstered Athens’ stand in the dispute.

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres has called for a “windfall” tax on profits of fossil fuel companies to help pay for the fight against global warming. He calls them the “godfathers of climate chaos.” Guterres spoke on Wednesday in a bid to revive the world’s focus on climate

LAKE ZURICH, Ill. (AP) — The body of a 77-year-old man has been found after a house exploded in suburban Chicago. The Lake County sheriff’s office says first responders found the home leveled after the explosion about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday in Lake Zurich. The man’s body later was recovered from the rubble. His identity has

The Associated Press A court in Russia has convicted a dual U.S.-Russian citizen for “rehabilitating Nazism” over posts on social media. Yuri Malev was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in a minimum-security penal colony. Malev was arrested in December after sharing images on a Russian social media site featuring the black-and-orange Saint George’s ribbon — a

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — NBC has partnered with several entertainers and non-Olympic athletes like Megan Thee Stallion, Dolly Parton and Peyton Manning to promote the Paris Games this summer. The network wants to build anticipation and entice more viewers after drawing lackluster ratings following the Games in Beijing

By RONALD BLUM Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Damiano Michieletto has been prominent on European stages for two decades, known for contemporary reconsiderations that at times cause controversy. The 48-year-old Italian’s latest production, Massenet’s rarely performed “Don Quichotte,” is running at the Paris Opéra through June 11 in a staging that suggests Don Quijote may

By SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Anacostia River in Washington, D.C. is shorter, shallower and harder to navigate than the more famous Potomac, which cuts through the city’s storied landmarks and is steeped in Revolutionary and American Civil War history. For decades, the Anacostia was treated as a municipal dumping ground for

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer While interpreting the annual pre-Stanley Cup Final state of the NHL address into American Sign Language for the first time in 2022, Brice Christianson worried that it was a one-time thing, his only chance to open the door to hockey for the Deaf community. Two years later, it is

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Ten years ago, Meghan Trainor became a hit pop performer. “All About That Bass” established the then 20-year-old as a new force channeling old sounds, a combination of doo-wop with contemporary pop hooks. Then, her public persona became intertwined with the song’s lyrics about body

By JAMEY KEATEN and KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.’s refugee agency has expressed concern over plans for new asylum restrictions in the United States. President Joe Biden on Tuesday unveiled plans to enact immediate significant restrictions on migrants seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border as the White House tries to neutralize

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart is offering new perks for its hourly U.S. workers, ranging from a new bonus plan to opportunities to move into skilled trade jobs within the company. The perks program announced Wednesday comes as the nation’s largest private employer says it’s seeing a decline in

By JULIA FRANKEL and MOSHE EDRI Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Thousands of ultranationalist Israelis marched through a sensitive Palestinian area of Jerusalem on Wednesday in an annual procession, chanting racist slogans as the country’s far-right national security minister boasted that Jews had prayed freely at a key holy site in the city in violation

By KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Since coming to power a decade ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been known for big, bold and often snap decisions that he’s found easy to execute thanks to the brute majority he enjoyed in India’s lower house of parliament. In 2016, he yanked over 80%

By LAURA UNGAR and TIFFANY STANLEY Associated Press When faced with infertility, Amanda and Jeff Walker had a baby through in vitro fertilization but were left with extra embryos — and questions. Tori and Sam Earle “adopted” an embryo frozen 20 years earlier by another couple. Matthew Eppinette and his wife chose to forgo IVF

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — United Nations agencies warned Wednesday that over 1 million Palestinians in Gaza could experience the highest level of starvation by the middle of next month if hostilities continue. The World Food Program and the Food and Agriculture Organization said in a joint report that hunger is worsening