Year: 2024

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man has been sentenced to life in prison for setting a house fire that killed his girlfriend and their two daughters. Thirty-three-year-old Kyle Tyler won’t be eligible for parole until he serves at least 25 years of his life sentence for the first-degree murder conviction. On top of that,

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper approved more than $600 million worth of funding on Friday to go toward disaster recovery from Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina. The bill Cooper signed to approve the spending was passed by the General Assembly on Thursday. It comes as the second iteration of disaster

Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The presiding judge of an International Criminal Court panel considering a request to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his defense minister and senior Hamas leaders has been replaced on medical grounds. The court published a decision Friday granting a request by Romanian Judge Iulia

Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republican Senate candidate Eric Hovde has repeatedly defended his self-professed lack of knowledge about the U.S. farm bill in the campaign’s closing days, after first saying in a debate that he is “not an expert” on the legislation that is vital to farmers in the state known as

LONDON (AP) — An online predator who blackmailed as many as 3,500 girls around the world has been sentenced to at least 20 years in prison. Alexander McCartney admitted 185 charges, including the manslaughter of a victim who took her own life. Prosecutors say 26-year-old McCartney, from Northern Ireland, pretended to be a teenage girl

Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — A new lawsuit accuses the WWE and its founders of fostering a culture of sexual abuse within the organization and looking the other way while longtime ringside announcer Melvin Phillips preyed on young men he hired as “ring boys.” The suit was filed Wednesday in state court in Maryland, where

AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — There are so many Hollywood stars either on New York theater stages or on the way that you might want to level up your stargazing game. Why not play some bingo? Sure, Robert Downey Jr., Daniel Dae Kim, Jim Parsons and Katie Holmes are currently on Broadway, and

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — This year’s presidential election could come down to microscopic margins, so Kamala Harris is hunting for votes in even the most unlikely of places. One of her latest targets is Donald Trump ‘s demographic base — white people who didn’t attend college. “It’s tough turf,” said Dan Kanninen, the Harris

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Workers on strike have shut down power across the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe and left its more than 370,000 inhabitants without electricity. A government statement said the workers raided the power plant’s control room on Friday, prompting police to rush to the scene to secure it. Unionized workers

Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The grandson of South Africa’s first Black president, Nelson Mandela, says the U.K. government denied him an entry visa because of his support for Hamas. Mandla Mandela could not travel to the U.K. earlier this month to address pro-Palestinian gatherings after he was informed that he would need a visa,

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. (AP) — A person of interest is in custody in connection with the death of a soldier stationed at Fort Leonard Wood in south-central Missouri. The body of Sgt. Sarah Roque of Ligonier, Indiana, was found Tuesday inside a trash bin. No cause of death was given but the Department of

Associated Press TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Many of Donald Trump’s supporters left a Michigan rally before he arrived after the former president kept them waiting for three hours to tape a popular podcast interview. Those who remained at the outdoor rally on an airport tarmac huddled in the cold Friday night as they waited