Year: 2024

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A U.S. couple whose catamaran was hijacked last week in the Caribbean by three escaped prisoners were presumed dead and likely had been thrown into the ocean, police said Monday. The accounts by police in Grenada and in St. Vincent and the Grenadines were

By SEUNG MIN KIM, COLLEEN LONG, ZEKE MILLER and JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will make dueling trips to the U.S-Mexico border on Thursday, as both candidates try to turn the nation’s broken immigration system to their political advantage in an expected campaign rematch this

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private lunar lander is expected to cease operations Tuesday, its mission cut short after landing sideways near the south pole of the moon. Intuitive Machines, the Houston company that built and flew the spacecraft, said Monday it will continue to collect data until

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump has appealed his $454 million New York civil fraud judgment, challenging a judge’s finding that he lied about his wealth as he grew the real estate empire that launched him to stardom and the presidency. The former president’s lawyers filed notices of appeal

LONDON (AP) — You gotta have more than “Faith” to pocket the new George Michael coin. A commemorative minting rolled out on Monday ranges in price from a couple of banknotes to a small fortune as the late musician continues to rack up posthumous honors. The coins made by the Royal Mint depict Michael’s likeness

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Don Henley never gave away handwritten pages of draft lyrics to “Hotel California” and other Eagles hits, he said Monday, calling them “very personal” in testimony that also delved into an ugly but unrelated episode: his 1980 arrest. Henley, the Grammy-winning co-founder of one of the

BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has made clear that he remains reluctant to send Taurus long-range cruise missiles to Ukraine, pointing to a risk of his country becoming directly involved in the war. Germany is now the second-biggest supplier of military aid to Ukraine after the United States and is further stepping up

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City has marked the anniversary of the 1993 bombing at the old World Trade Center. Six people were killed and more than 1,000 injured when the bomb detonated in an underground garage. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey held a memorial Mass on Monday at St.

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities say a ferry carrying day laborers sank in the Nile just outside the Egyptian capital, killing at least 10 of the 15 people on board. The five who survived were transported to a hospital and later discharged, the Ministry of Manpower said in a statement. The cause of the sinking

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Babies born this coming Saturday could get a birthday present featuring a guy who knows how to have fun — The Cat in the Hat. Dr. Seuss Enterprises is celebrating the iconic children’s author’s 120th birthday with a free giveaway of “The Cat in the

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer On the same night Caitlin Clark was adding to her NCAA women’s basketball scoring record before a packed house in Indiana, and a national audience on television, the Iowa sensation was losing ground to the most prolific active scorer in her sport. In a gymnasium smaller than those of

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Suspected illegal loggers have shot and killed three forest rangers and wounded a fourth on patrol in central Mexico, near the slopes of the Iztaccihuatl volcano. Police in the central state of Puebla, east of Mexico City, said late on Sunday that the killings took place earlier in the day. Police

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The prime ministers of Canada and Poland have discussed boosting exports of Ukrainian grain to the world’s poorest countries to ease protests by farmers in Europe who see the Ukrainian goods as a market threat. Farmers in Poland and elsewhere say food imports from Ukraine are undercutting their livelihoods, even as

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court cast doubt Monday on state laws that could affect how Facebook, TikTok, X, YouTube and other social media platforms regulate content posted by their users. The cases are among several this term in which the justices could set standards for free speech in the

By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece has formally agreed to participate in and lead a European Union maritime security operation in the Red Sea to protect commercial shipping from attacks by Houthi militants in Yemen. A governmental security committee ordered the deployment of a Greek frigate in the Aspides operation –

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Two officers in New York have shot and killed a man, prompting authorities to launch an investigation and his family to demand answers. Edward Holmes, 58, was fatally shot Saturday in Buffalo after police say he discharged his shotgun and officers returned fire. Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia said Saturday that

By JOHN LEICESTER and BARBARA SURK Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French actor Gérard Depardieu faces another complaint of sexual assault, this time from a movie decorator who alleges he groped her during filming in 2021. In the complaint to the Paris prosecutor’s office, the 53-year-old decorator alleges that Depardieu grabbed her and kneaded her

By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An active-duty member of the U.S. Air Force has died after he set himself ablaze outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C., while declaring that he “will no longer be complicit in genocide.” The 25-year-old airman, Aaron Bushnell, of San Antonio, Texas, died from his injuries, the

CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Authorities say a college wrestler in Kentucky was killed by a teammate at a private Christian university. Police say 18-year-old Josiah Kilman was pronounced dead at a hospital after officers were called early Saturday to Campbellsville University in central Kentucky. The freshman from Columbia Falls, Montana, was found unresponsive in his

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press Associates of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny say talks had been underway to exchange him for a Russian imprisoned in Germany. Navalny ally Maria Pevchikh said those talks were in their “final stages” on Feb. 15, the day before Navalny was reported dead. Her claims, reiterated by other Navalny aides,

By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel will leave her post on March 8, having been forced out of the GOP’s national leadership as Donald Trump moves toward another presidential nomination and asserts control over the party. McDaniel announced her decision in a statement on

By AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX, LINLEY SANDERS and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump appears close to invincible in the Republican primaries and caucuses, but despite his commanding victories, the front-runner’s strength among general election voters remains unclear. AP VoteCast shows that Trump, the former president, has galvanized the core of the GOP electorate

By KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet Money can create stress within a relationship, but talking through expectations and money beliefs can help couples get on the same page. In fact, conflict over money can be healthy, partly because we often partner with people who are our financial opposites. The key to a healthy form of conflict