Month: June 2024

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — On opening night of the Broadway revival of “Merrily We Roll Along,” one person in the audience strangely wasn’t nervous — the director. Maria Friedman, who has helmed the show to seven Tony Award nominations, including for the three leads and her direction, says she

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A first-of-a-kind proposal to begin using the mind-altering drug MDMA as a treatment for PTSD was roundly criticized Tuesday — a potentially major setback to psychedelic advocates who hope to win a landmark federal approval and bring the banned drugs into the medical mainstream. A panel

By ALI ZERDIN Associated Press LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Slovenia has recognized a Palestinian state after the country’s parliament voted in support of the move, following in the recent steps of Spain, Ireland and Norway. Slovenia’s government endorsed a motion last week to recognize a Palestinian state, and sent the proposal to parliament for final

By JOSH FUNK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska funeral home discovered that a 74-year-old hospice patient who was declared dead by her nursing home two hours earlier was actually still alive, so workers started CPR and she was rushed to a hospital, where she died hours later. It’s not clear how often

By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer Specially trained service dogs helped ease PTSD symptoms in U.S. military veterans in a small study that the researchers hope will help expand options for service members. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs provides talk therapy and medications to veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and runs a pilot

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine military chief says the Chinese coast guard seized one of four food packs dropped by a plane for Filipino navy personnel at a territorial outpost that has been surrounded by Chinese vessels in the South China Sea. Gen. Romeo Brawner said the Chinese personnel

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul filed felony forgery charges Tuesday against two attorneys and an aide who helped submit paperwork falsely saying that former President Donald Trump had won the battleground state in 2020. The state charges are the first to come in Wisconsin and follow

By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — Seventeen years after she was accused of killing her British roommate, Amanda Knox returned to an Italian court to hear the outcome of a slander charge that has stuck long after she was exonerated of the murder. Knox was reconvicted of slander Wednesday for wrongly accusing

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The Hubble Space Telescope has suffered another breakdown that will limit its scientific discoveries. The telescope slipped into a hibernating state more than a week ago when one of its three remaining gyroscopes malfunctioned. NASA said Tuesday that attempts to fix it failed and

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The two main contenders to be Britain’s next prime minister have sparred over tax, the cost of living and the country’s creaking health system in an inconclusive televised debate. Conservative leader Rishi Sunak hoped to boost his party’s dismal outlook while Labour’s Keir Starmer aimed to cement

By KENYA HUNTER AP Health Writer MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Associated Press analysis of licensing data from 44 states, data from the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs and the American Community Survey shows residents of neighborhoods that are majority Black and Latino have fewer pharmacies per capita than people who live in mostly

By DEVI SHASTRI AP Health Writer Rural pharmacies can be a touchstone for their communities. The staff knows everyone’s names and drugs, answers questions about residents’ mail-order prescriptions or can spot the signs of serious illness. But their business models face unrelenting pressures to the point that sometimes they have to close. An AP analysis

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A conservative University of Wisconsin regent who originally refused to step down even though his term was over has resigned, clearing the way for his successor named by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers to take his spot. Regent Bob Atwell notified university leaders Monday that he was

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — San Diego Padres infielder Tucupita Marcano was banned from baseball for life for betting on the sport and four others were suspended for one year by Major League Baseball in the game’s biggest gambling scandal in decades. MLB said Marcano placed 387 baseball bets totaling

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland rebuked Republicans for what he described as unprecedented attacks on the Justice Department Tuesday, telling lawmakers who have sought to hold him in contempt that he will “not be intimidated.” Appearing before a House panel led by allies of

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The president of Cyprus says he won’t “open another route” for irregular migration by letting through more than two dozen asylum-seekers now stranded in a U.N.-controlled buffer zone that bisects the war-divided island nation. President Nikos Christodoulides told reporters Tuesday that his government is ready to

By JOHN LEICESTER, SYLVIE CORBET and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — Across Normandy, France, where the largest-ever land, sea and air armada punctured Adolf Hitler’s defenses in western Europe on D-Day, Allied veterans of World War II are the VVIPs of 80th anniversary celebrations this week. Veterans, many of them centenarians

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The superintendent of Milwaukee Public Schools has resigned with Wisconsin’s largest school district in jeopardy of losing millions of dollars in state funding after not submitting required financial reports. Keith Posley is former teacher who has been superintendent since 2018. Wisconsin Public Radio reported Tuesday that Posley resigned hours after a public

NORTH OLMSTED, Ohio (AP) — Police in Ohio say a 3-year-old boy stabbed by a woman in a grocery store parking lot has died in what they believe was a random attack. Police say the boy and his mother were going back to their vehicle after shopping at the Giant Eagle grocery on Monday when

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s government has proposed a law to protect children from online threats that includes virtual restraining orders for felons and a higher age for opening social media accounts. The prime minister has said Spain is facing an “authentic pandemic” of pornography targeted at minors. Spain’s government

By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — For a month now, visitors to a Manhattan gallery have been taking selfies of their reflections in artist Maurizio Cattelan’s gleaming gold-plated wall, pockmarked by more than 20,000 rounds of ammunition. The Italian conceptual artist, famous for his lowly banana duct-taped to a wall and

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The pink house where Muhammad Ali grew up dreaming of boxing fame — and where hundreds of fans gathered for an emotional send-off as his funeral procession passed by decades later — is up for sale. The two-bedroom, one-bathroom house in Louisville was converted into a

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania’s minister of culture says she will ask French luxury fashion house Louis Vuitton to acknowledge that a traditional Romanian blouse directly inspired items in one of its 2024 collections. The traditional blouse in question typically boasts intricate embroidery designs and tassels and is widely recognized as a symbol of the