Month: August 2024

Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — The parties in lawsuits seeking damages for last year’s Maui wildfires have reached a $4 billion global settlement, a court filing said Friday, nearly one year after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century. The term sheet with details of the settlement is not publicly available, but the

NEW YORK (AP) — A segment of fans in Yankee Stadium’s right field bleachers chanted “U-S-A! “U-S-A!” during the playing of “O Canada” before a game between New York and the Toronto Blue Jays. Most of the fans in the crowd of 44,883 in in the ballpark ignored the chanting during the anthem sung by

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Aerosmith says Steven Tyler’s voice has been permanently damaged by a vocal cord injury last year and the band will no longer tour. The iconic band behind hits like “Love in an Elevator” and “Livin’ on the Edge” posted a statement Friday announcing the cancellation of remaining dates on its tour

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday overrode a plea agreement reached earlier this week for the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and two other defendants, reinstating them as death-penalty cases. The move comes two days after the military commission at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, announced that the official

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — YouTube’s biggest star MrBeast is facing complaints about the safety of contestants from the preliminary round of his ambitious “Beast Games” game show, which boasts 1,000 competitors hoping for a $5 million grand prize. Some contestants complained online and to other YouTube influencers that they lacked regular access to

PHOENIX (AP) — A uranium producer has agreed to temporarily pause the transport of the mineral through the Navajo Nation after the tribe raised concerns about the possible effects that it could have on the reservation. Gov. Katie Hobbs said Friday that she intervened this week after talking with Navajo President Buu Nygren, who had

Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Authorities say one of three incarcerated people killed in a Nevada prison brawl this week was a member of a white supremacist gang serving a life sentence for his role in a murder in another Nevada prison. The local county sheriff identified 41-year-old Anthony Williams as the third person

Associated Press Coca-Cola Co. says it will pay $6 billion in back taxes and interest to the Internal Revenue Service while it appeals a federal tax court decision in a case dating back 17 years. The Atlanta beverage giant said Friday it will continue to fight and believes it will win its dispute with the

GRAND CANYON, Ariz. (AP) — A man died at Grand Canyon National Park after attempting the high-risk parachute leap from Yavapai Point on the South Rim, the park said Friday. The park did not name the person who died Thursday morning because it was still awaiting positive identification and needed to notify his family. The

Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A transgender woman’s use of the women’s locker room at a suburban St. Louis gym is prompting protests and calls for an investigation. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports the woman joined the gym Sunday. By Friday, protesters outside the gym were calling for a boycott and an investigation by

Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Family members of a 12-year-old Houston girl who police say was killed by two Venezuelan men who entered the U.S. illegally said Friday that they are supporting legislation that would severely limit the ability of federal immigration authorities to release immigrants they detain. The proposed legislation runs counter to what