Year: 2024

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Landing a spacecraft on the moon has long been a series of hits and misses. Now, a U.S. company has become the first private outfit to achieve a safe moon landing. Only five countries have done it. A lander built by Intuitive Machines through

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press Time flies when you’re hosting a late-night show four times a week. “Late Night with Seth Meyers” turns 10 on Saturday. Meyers will mark the occasion on Monday’s episode with fellow “Saturday Night Live” alum Amy Poehler. In a conversation with The Associated Press, Meyers admitted it took some time

STILLWATER, Minn. (AP) — A 26-year-old Minnesota man has pleaded guilty to charges related to a shooting at a 2021 graduation party that killed a 14-year-old boy. Enrique Lucio Davila, of St. Paul, pleaded guilty Friday to aiding and abetting second-degree unintentional murder without intent and second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon. The St. Paul

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer The Professional Fighters League is set to become the first major MMA promotion to hold a card in Saudi Arabia. Mike Tyson will be on hand to present the winner of three title fights in the inaugural PFL vs. Bellator: Champs card with a custom championship belt. Francis Ngannou

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private U.S. lunar lander tipped over at touchdown and ended up on its side near the moon’s south pole, hampering communications, company officials said Friday. Intuitive Machines initially believed its six-footed lander, Odysseus, was upright after Thursday’s touchdown. But CEO Steve Altemus said

WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Jill Biden is lamenting the partisanship that permeates Capitol Hill and politics writ large, telling governors at the White House that she wishes more lawmakers would follow their lead. Speaking on Friday in the White House’s East Room to state chief executives in Washington for the winter gathering of the

CHILLICOTHE, Ohio (AP) — A professional bowler who was arrested by U.S. Marshals while he was competing in an Indiana tournament has been extradited back to Ohio to face  charges related to child sexual abuse material. Brandon Novak was moved Thursday from the Marion County jail in Indianapolis to the Ross County jail, where he’s

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish broadcaster TV4 says a suspected gas leak at the headquarters of Sweden’s security agency has forced the authorities to evacuate some 500 people from the facility. Police spokesman Anders Bryngelsson told the TT news agency that emergency services decided to evacuate the entire building because of a “suspected gas leak” on

By KEVIN SCHEMBRI ORLAND Associated Press VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — Five people have died during rescue operations of a migrant boat off Malta. The Armed Forces of Malta say eight people were injured, and 21 other survivors were taken to a migrant detention center on the Mediterranean island nation. The dead included four men and one

NEW YORK (AP) — A 45-year-old man has been killed in a New York City subway car. The New York Police Department said the man was killed around 5 a.m. Friday as he was riding a southbound D Train that was pulling into the 182-183 Streets station in the Bronx. Michael Kemper, the police department’s

By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Three members of the University of Wyoming swimming and diving team were killed and two others were injured when their sport utility vehicle veered off-road and rolled over along a rural highway known for deadly wrecks, including one that killed eight other Wyoming athletes. The latest

MADRID (AP) — The Spanish league has postponed games involving Valencia and Levante after both clubs requested not to play in the immediate aftermath of a deadly fire in the eastern Spanish city of Valencia. Valencia was scheduled to visit Granada in the Spanish league on Saturday, the same day Levante was set to host

By ABDULRAHMAN ZEYAD BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s prime minister has announced the reopening of the Beiji refinery, the country’s largest, which had been shut down for a decade after being damaged in the battle against the Islamic State extremist group. Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said in a statement that the refinery’s return to operation

By ANDI JATMIKO AND NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia and Australia have held high-level talks in Jakarta as the neighboring countries seek to strengthen security ties by signing a defense cooperation agreement in the coming months. Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto who is set to become Indonesia’s next leader said Friday that

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A senior Cabinet minister says Israel plans to build more than 3,300 new homes in settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank in response to a fatal Palestinian shooting attack. The move, announced late Thursday, drew an angry reaction from the U.S. as relations between the allies are

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Jack Fisk, the legendary production designer, has been down a lot of roads in his life. He goes looking down back roads for movie locations and hillsides on which to plop down mock houses. He’s been to the Solomon Islands for “The Thin Red Line”

By JEFF AMY, SHARON JOHNSON and JEFF MARTIN Associated Press ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Police say they have arrested a man in connection with the killing of a nursing student whose body was found on the University of Georgia campus in Athens. The 22-year-old was found dead on the campus on Thursday after a friend

By COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — Designers have been making an impression at their new brands during Milan Fashion Week. Creative positions can sometimes be a game of musical chairs: Matteo Tamburini showed his first collection for Tod’s on Friday just hours before his predecessor there, Walter Chiapponi, made his debut as

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Jack Fisk, the legendary production designer, has been down a lot of roads in his life. He goes looking down back roads for movie locations and hillsides on which to plop down mock houses. He’s been to the Solomon Islands for “The Thin Red Line”

By TOM ODULA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s world marathon record holder Kelvin Kiptum has been given a state funeral as many urged the government to do more to protect the country’s famous athletes. Hundreds of dignitaries — from Kenyan President William Ruto to Sebastian Coe, head of World Athletics — joined family,

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — An unexploded World War II bomb was safely transported Friday through the eerily empty streets of the southwestern English port city of Plymouth before being placed on a boat for its next and final journey to sea where it will be blown up by naval divers. In