Melvin Van Peebles, godfather of Black cinema, dies at 89
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Melvin Van Peebles, a Broadway playwright, musician and movie director whose work ushered in the…
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Melvin Van Peebles, a Broadway playwright, musician and movie director whose work ushered in the…
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico has so many criminals to deal with that critics are openly wondering why the government has sought to lock up 31…
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the central bank will overhaul its financial…
Continue ReadingREDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) — A California judge says she plans to re-sentence Scott Peterson to life in prison this fall in the 2002 murders of his…
Continue ReadingBy MALLIKA SEN and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Indonesia’s leader says inclusiveness and a sustainable, green economy will be…
Continue ReadingBy MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — A school district in suburban Kansas City says it is working with students and parents…
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN J. COOPER and BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A Republican official in Arizona resigned Tuesday from the board overseeing…
Continue ReadingALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A report from the Federal Aviation Administration shows the pilot of a hot air balloon that crashed in New Mexico in June…
Continue ReadingBy MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — Scientists have found evidence of a drug-resistant form of malaria in Africa. Researchers detected…
Continue ReadingBy STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal lawmakers have introduced legislation Wednesday that would change 19th century…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has announced that’s he’s nominating two major Democratic fundraisers and a former…
Continue ReadingBy BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida will consider an abortion bill similar to one signed into law in Texas that…
Continue ReadingBy JORGE GARMA Associated Press SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain (AP) — Taking center stage in a prestigious Spanish film festival to receive a top career…
Continue ReadingBy JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas death row inmate’s murder conviction has been overturned because a prosecutor in…
Continue ReadingBy ACACIA CORONADO and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Latino groups are bracing for possible fights over redistricting.…
Continue ReadingBy JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled a state law preventing anyone from moving a…
Continue ReadingBy LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mayim Bialik knew she’d be busy around this time of year, but not this busy. Besides…
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has ruled the man who claimed he had a bomb in a pickup truck near the U.S.…
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s new surgeon general has signed new protocols allowing parents to decide whether…
Continue ReadingTHREE RIVERS, Calif. (AP) — Growing armies of firefighters are battling wildfires in the heart of California’s sequoia country. A big increase in…
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