Video game expo E3 gets permanently canceled
LOS ANGELES (AP) — One of the highest-profile video game conventions is being shut down permanently, its organizers said Tuesday. The Electronic…
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Missouri county to pay $1.2 million to settle lawsuit over inmate restraint chair death
By JIM SALTER Associated Press Missouri’s second-largest county will pay a $1.2 million settlement to the parents of a 21-year-old man with mental…
Continue Reading Packed hospitals, treacherous roads, harried parents: Newborns in Gaza face steeper odds of survival
By WAFAA SHURAFA and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The birth of their daughter should have marked the beginning of…
Continue Reading A Chicago train operator was not at fault for crash last month, federal review finds
By CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America CHICAGO (AP) — The operator of a Chicago commuter train that collided with snow-removal…
Continue Reading Epic wins its antitrust lawsuit against the Play Store. What does this verdict mean for Google?
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google lost an antitrust lawsuit over barriers to its Android app store, as a federal court jury has decided that the…
Continue Reading South Dakota vanity plate restrictions were unconstitutional, lawsuit settlement says
By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press South Dakota officials will no longer deny applications for personalized license plates based on whether the…
Continue Reading Colorado cattle industry sues over wolf reintroduction on the cusp of the animals’ release
By JESSE BEDAYN The Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Just weeks before the deadline for Colorado to reintroduce gray wolves under…
Continue Reading Canadian police charge man accused of selling deadly substance with 14 new murder charges
By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canadian police say they are charging a man with 14 counts of second-degree murder in addition to…
Continue Reading Florida dentist gets life in prison in death of his ex-brother-in-law, a prominent professor
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A judge sentenced a South Florida dentist to life in prison for the 2014 shooting death of his former brother-in-law, a…
Continue Reading Biden will meet with families of Americans taken hostage by Hamas on Wednesday at the White House
By ZEKE MILLER and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday will hold his first in-person meeting with the…
Continue Reading Auto union boss urges New Jersey lawmakers to pass casino smoking ban
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Shawn Fain, the international president of the United Auto Workers union, recently won…
Continue Reading Rights group says security services in Belarus raid apartments and detain election observers
By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A local human rights center says security services in Belarus are breaking into…
Continue Reading Young Thug trial on pause until January after co-defendant is stabbed in jail
ATLANTA (AP) — The trial for rapper Young Thug and five other people is on pause until early next year after one of the defendants was stabbed in…
Continue Reading George Santos attorney expresses optimism about plea talks as expelled congressman appears in court
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. George Santos ‘ lawyer expressed optimism about plea…
Continue Reading US agency takes first step toward requiring new vehicles to prevent drunk or impaired driving
DETROIT (AP) — U.S. auto safety regulators say they have taken the first step toward requiring devices in vehicles that prevent drunk or impaired…
Continue Reading Maryland judiciary seeks applications to replace slain judge
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — Maryland’s state judiciary is accepting applications to replace a circuit court judge who was killed earlier this year.…
Continue Reading Kwamé Ryan to become music director of Charlotte Symphony in 2024-25
By RONALD BLUM Associated Press Kwamé Ryan was hired as music director of the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra in North Carolina and given a four-year…
Continue Reading South Africa to build new nuclear plants. The opposition attacked the plan over alleged Russia links
By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The South African government has announced plans to build new nuclear power…
Continue Reading Suspect in fatal grocery store shooting leaves behind debit card, leading to his arrest
GARY, Ind. (AP) — Police in Gary, Indiana, say a debit card left behind at the scene of a fatal shooting helped officers track down and arrest a…
Continue Reading Online sports betting to start in Vermont in January
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Gov. Phil Scott has announced that online sports betting starts in Vermont on Jan. 11. He says the state Department of…
Continue Reading Thousands gather to honor Mexico’s Virgin of Guadalupe on anniversary of 1531 apparition
By FERNANDA PESCE Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Thousands of people sang the traditional Mexican birthday song “Las mañanitas” at Mexico…
Continue Reading Maná drummer Alex González shares big plans for 2024, including playing London for the first time
By JOHN CARUCCI Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — During a career than spans over four decades, Grammy-winning Mexican rockers Maná have toured the…
Continue Reading Far-right lawmaker extinguishes Hanukkah candles in Polish parliament
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A far-right lawmaker in the Polish parliament on Tuesday extinguished candles on a menorah…
Continue Reading Son of jailed Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai lobbies UK foreign secretary for his release
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The son of jailed Hong Kong media mogul and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai will meet with…
Continue Reading The Dutch counterterror agency has raised the national threat alert to the second-highest level
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch counterterrorism agency has lifted the country’s threat alert to its…
Continue Reading Death of Adam Johnson sparks renewed interest in guard mandates for youth hockey
By PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer SOUTH WINDSOR, Conn. (AP) — A day after professional hockey player Adam Johnson suffered a fatal cut to his…
Continue Reading Swedish authorities say 5 people died when a construction elevator crashed to the ground
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — All five people inside a construction site elevator that crashed to the ground in Stockholm have died, a Swedish…
Continue Reading Kentucky woman seeking court approval for abortion learned her embryo no longer has cardiac activity
By BRUCE SCHREINER and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Attorneys for a pregnant woman in Kentucky who filed a lawsuit…
Continue Reading Georgia election worker suing Rudy Giuliani tells jurors that his lies made her fear for her life
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Scared for her life after Rudy Giuliani and other Donald Trump…
Continue Reading Spain seizes 11 tons of cocaine in shipping containers. Most of the drugs found among frozen tuna
MADRID (AP) — Spanish authorities say that they have confiscated 11 tons of cocaine and arrested 20 people in two different operations against the…
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