Month: December 2021

By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — A Florida aquarium has created a legacy for its famed Winter the Dolphin following her recent death, including virtual reality encounters with the star of the Dolphin Tale movies. The Clearwater Marine Aquarium announced Friday that Winter’s legacy will include an ongoing memorial, a funding endowment,

By DANICA KIRKA and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A British appellate court has opened the door for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to be extradited to the United States. The High Court in London on Friday overturned a lower court that found Assange’s mental health was too fragile to withstand incarceration in America.

By AMY FORLITI and STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A patrol sergeant who was backing up other officers when Daunte Wright was killed has taken the stand in the manslaughter trial of former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter. Prosecutors called Mychal Johnson to testify Friday. Johnson, who was a Brooklyn Center sergeant, was

By WILL WEISSERT and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Bob Dole is being honored Friday at Washington National Cathedral as top leaders from both parties gathered to display the kind of bipartisanship now rare in modern government. Dole’s flag-draped casket was carried in by a military honor guard as the congregation stood and

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Chess master Magnus Carlsen of Norway has defended his title and won the FIDE World Championship in Dubai. He beat Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia on Friday, securing the one point he needed to cross the seven point threshold to win the global tournament held at Dubai’s Expo 2020 this

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is leaving in place Texas’ ban on most abortions. And the decision on Friday offers only a glimmer of daylight for clinics in the state to challenge the nation’s most restrictive abortion law. The justices ruled that Texas abortion providers can sue over the

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — It was just another job for child actor Karolyn Grimes. She was 6 and had already done four movies by the summer of 1946 when filming began on “It’s a Wonderful Life.” The only thing she recalls about the biggest movie of her career was

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO and KWASI GYAMFI ASIEDU Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The ritualistic smoking of marijuana brings Rastafari closer to the divine. But for decades many have been incarcerated because of their ritualistic use of cannabis. As public opinion and policy continues to shift in the U.S. and across the world towards

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Republican David Perdue is furthering his embrace of debunked claims that Georgia’s 2020 presidential election was wrongly decided as he runs for governor. The newly announced candidate on Friday joined a lawsuit claiming fraudulent ballots were counted in Fulton County in the 2020 general election. The