Month: June 2024

By MELINA WALLING and JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press California’s largest wildfire so far this year has been significantly surrounded after blackening a swath of hilly grasslands between San Francisco Bay and the Central Valley. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection says the Corral Fire is 75% contained Monday after scorching more than 22

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The head of Greece’s extreme far-right Golden Dawn party will return to prison after a council of judges rescinded his early conditional release. Nikos Michaloliakos was arrested in his Athens home following Monday’s decision, and will be taken back to prison just over a month after his release. The council of

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — For at least some residents, Atlanta’s water problems aren’t over. Resident Milena Franco says flow was cut off to her apartment before dawn Monday, leaving her a dry shower. City officials say water was shut down in the immediate neighborhood as part of a successful effort to

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Palestinian officials have applied at the top U.N. court for permission to join South Africa’s case accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza. The request published Monday alleges that Israel’s ongoing military operation is “part of a systematic effort to wipe Palestinian society and its culture

By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey is citing a rebound in bald eagle populations as it proposes removing the national symbol from its endangered species list. State environmental officials say the turnaround stems from the work of volunteers and professionals who nurtured hatchlings, guarded nests and educated the public. Monday’s

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has had plenty to say since his hush money trial conviction last week. He’s claimed the case was rigged, incorrectly linked President Joe Biden to the state prosecution, called the star witness against him a “sleazebag” and said the judge was a “devil” and “highly

JAKE OFFENHARTZ and PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York architect charged in the Gilgo Beach killings will return to court this week after investigators searched his suburban home and combed a wooded area elsewhere on Long Island. Rex Heuermann has pleaded not guilty to killing four women and dumping their

By SEUNG MIN KIM, STEPHEN GROVES and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is telling lawmakers that President Joe Biden is preparing to sign off on an executive order that would shut down asylum requests at the U.S.-Mexico border once the average number of daily encounters hits 2,500 between ports of

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The 2024 BET Awards are fast approaching. Oscar-nominated actor Taraji P. Henson will host the BET Awards for a third time. Performers include Lauryn Hill and her son YG Marley, Ice Spice and Tyla. The show announced Monday that Will Smith will debut a new

CHICAGO (AP) — A new network is launching to carry games from three Chicago pro teams, the Blackhawks, Bulls and White Sox. The Chicago Sports Network will launch in October across multiple platforms. The network said it will air more than 300 live Blackhawks, Bulls and White Sox games annually and include pre- and postgame

NEW YORK (AP) — The typical compensation for CEOs of S&P 500 companies keeps climber higher — and outpacing the wages of average workers today. In its annual analysis of CEO pay for The Associated Press, executive data firm Equilar reviewed the salaries, bonuses, perks, stock awards and other pay components of 341 top executives.

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A technical issue caused the temporary halt for dozens of stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange Monday, including at least one whose price briefly fell nearly 100%. A New York Stock Exchange spokesperson said a technical issue related to some pricing data triggered

By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press DEAUVILLE AIRPORT, France (AP) — ‘’To our forever heroes: Thank you” — those words inscribed by French schoolchildren on a big poster greeted dozens of U.S. World War II veterans, many in their 100s, as they arrived on Monday in Normandy to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings.

HONOLULU (AP) — One of the most active volcanoes in the world has erupted again in a remote area that last erupted a half-century ago. The U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory says Kilauea began erupting early Monday, about 1 mile south of the Kilauea caldera inside Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park. The eruption paused about

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The cease-fire proposal announced by President Joe Biden has placed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a crossroads, with either path likely to shape the legacy of Israel’s longest-serving and deeply divisive leader. The proposal offers the possibility of ending Israel’s war against Hamas, returning scores

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — An international observer says Serbia’s rerun of a troubled municipal election in the capital was marked by misuse of public resources and ruling party dominance but overall was well-run. The coalition led by the nationalist Serbian Progressive Party of President Aleksandar Vucic won convincingly over the

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A judge has reset the trial date for a man charged with killing rapper Young Dolph in a daytime shooting ambush at a cookie shop in his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee. Shelby County Judge Jennifer J. Mitchell on Monday set a Sept. 23 trial date for

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A lawyer for Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan says an appeals court has acquitted him of leaking state secrets. However, he will remain behind bars as he serves several prison terms following convictions in four cases and awaits other trials. Khan was convicted in January of revealing state secrets for

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Patients can now see a growing array of doctors without leaving their living room recliner thanks to telemedicine. But that doesn’t mean trips to the office should end. Finding the right balance between virtual and in-person visits can be a key to getting good care, given telemedicine’s popularity spike

By BOUBACAR DIALLO Associated Press CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has arrived in Guinea on his latest visit to West Africa. Coups and growing discontent with traditional allies like France and the United States have contributed to a shift toward Moscow by some countries in the region. Lavrov has visited the

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police have briefly detained a performance artist on the eve of the 35th anniversary of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown, signaling the city’s shrinking freedom of expression. Police on Monday took away Sanmu Chen on a street of Causeway Bay, a busy Hong Kong shopping

By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris will represent the U.S. at this month’s Swiss-organized global peace summit on the war in Ukraine promoted by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The White House announced that Harris would attend the meeting in Lucerne on June 15. President Joe Biden is

BERLIN (AP) — Brigitte Bierlein, the former head of Austria’s Constitutional Court who became the country’s first female chancellor in an interim government in 2019, has died. She was 74. Her death on Monday was announced by Chancellor Karl Nehammer, who wrote that “for future generations, she will remain a shining example of self-determination, equal

By ANGELA CHARLTON and BARBARA SURK Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French prosecutors say three people have been released from custody pending further investigation after they allegedly placed five coffins at the foot of the Eiffel Tower. The Paris landmark will feature prominently in the upcoming Olympic Games. The three men are citizens of Bulgaria,

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Bill May chuckles at the mere mention of the words “Saturday Night Live,” knowing that the conversation is about to turn to the TV show’s 1984 skit starring Martin Short as one of two brothers attempting to make it to the Olympics in what then

DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit man has been sentenced to more than 40 years in prison for killing a teenager whose body is believed to be lost forever in a landfill. Zion Foster’s remains were never found during an extraordinary summer search through tons of trash in 2022. Her cousin Jaylin Brazier admitted that he