Month: June 2024

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — Apple has jumped into the race to bring generative artificial intelligence to the masses, spotlighting a slew of features Monday designed to soup up the iPhone, iPad and Mac. And in a move befitting a company known for its marketing prowess, the AI technology coming

By CLAUDIA LAUER, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, RANDALL CHASE and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Jurors in Hunter Biden’s gun trial began deliberating Monday whether the president’s son is guilty of federal firearms charges over a revolver he bought in 2018 when prosecutors say he was addicted to crack cocaine. Hunter Biden is

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and JACK DURA Associated Press Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier has spent most of his life in prison since being convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents in South Dakota. A parole hearing for Peltier was held Monday at a federal prison in Florida. At 79, his health is failing. His

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Three of the four Utah Republicans vying for the seat of retiring U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney sought to portray themselves as the most loyal to former President Donald Trump during the primary debate, while the likely frontrunner differentiated himself as someone willing to challenge party

By NICK PERRY Associated Press VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass. (AP) — An 81-year-old woman on Martha’s Vineyard drove up to the Island Time dispensary last week seeking her usual order of pot. But owner Geoff Rose had to tell her the cupboard was bare — he’d been forced to temporarily close three weeks earlier after selling

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Voters in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District will consider the political future of three-term Rep. Jared Golden in one of the nation’s most closely watched congressional elections. Golden is a Democrat with a history of supporting gun rights who has long bucked his party on the issue.

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer TEL AVIV (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his latest trip to the Middle East. America’s top diplomat on Monday urged approval of a cease-fire proposal that faced new uncertainty following Israel’s hostage rescue operation that killed many

By The Associated Press This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include an album from Paul McCartney & Wings, Jake Gyllenhaal starring in his first TV role as a prosecutor accused of murder in “Presumed Innocent,” and actor Andrew McCarthy sets out to reconnect with some of this fellow Brat Pack alum. “Origin,” Ava DuVernay’s stirringly

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese economy shrank at an annual rate of 1.8% in the first quarter of this year. That’s according to revised government data and was slightly better than the initial estimate of a 2.0% contraction. The revision reported Monday was due to private sector investments, at

By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America RENO, Nev. (AP) — Former president Donald Trump has endorsed retired Army Capt. Sam Brown for U.S. Senate in Nevada over a crowded GOP primary field. Trump chose Brown over several other candidates with close ties to the former president including Jeff Gunter, Trump’s former ambassador to Iceland,

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Jrue Holiday led the scoring. Derrick White added a chase-down block. Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown pitched in, too — with their passing and defense. The Mavericks can stop worrying about who Boston’s best player is. Everyone is contributing to the Celtics’ quest for an unprecedented

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The director of the U.N. World Food Program said Sunday the program has “paused” its distribution of humanitarian aid from an American-built pier off Gaza, saying she was “concerned about the safety of our people” after what had been one of the deadliest days of the war

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia congressional candidate convicted for illegally demonstrating inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, has walked out of a televised debate with a fellow Republican. Chuck Hand tells reporters he left Sunday’s debate because he believed his opponents were unfairly attacking his wife. Hand and

By GIADA ZAMPANO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s far-right party has won European elections in Italy with a strong 28% of the votes, boosting her leadership at home and consolidating her kingmaker role in Europe. Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party has confirmed its status as the country’s most popular party,

By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — With its decades-long grip on power under threat, Venezuela’s ruling party on Sunday tested a voter organizing campaign aimed at shoring up President Nicolás Maduro’s bid for a third term. The assessment followed weeks of efforts by local organizers of the United Socialist Party of

By MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — Colombia has marked the first anniversary of the rescue of four Indigenous children who survived a small plane crash in the Amazon rainforest in an operation that gripped the world’s attention. A small ceremony was held at a Bogota military base that included an emotional reunion

SISTERS, Ore. (AP) — A rodeo bull hopped a fence surrounding an Oregon arena and ran through a concession area into a parking lot, injuring at least three people before wranglers caught up with it, officials said. The crowd at the 84th Sisters Rodeo in the city of Sisters was singing along with Lee Greenwood’s

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City subway station would be renamed to commemorate the Stonewall riots that galvanized the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement, under legislation approved by state lawmakers as they wrapped up their session this month. The state Legislature approved a bill Wednesday directing the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to change the name

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s newly selected Prime Minister Garry Conille was discharged from a hospital after spending a night in treatment for an undisclosed condition. In a video published on YouTube, Conille said Sunday that he is now feeling well and is “ready” to continue to help steer the country out of

PHOENIX (AP) — More sweltering heat appears to be headed to parts of Arizona and Nevada this week. The National Weather Service said Sunday that an excessive heat watch is in effect Tuesday through Thursday for the Phoenix metro area plus other portions of south-central and northwest Arizona. Temperatures could reach 111 F (43.8 C)

By MOHAMMAD JAHJOUH, JACK JEFFERY and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — They arrived in the middle of the day, when the squat concrete buildings of the Nuseirat refugee camp are stifling and the narrow streets outside are filled with people. No one suspected a thing until the shots rang out.