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By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has signed a law allowing a state commission with powers to discipline and remove prosecutors to begin operating. Democrats warn it’s a partisan weapon aimed at disrupting Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ prosecution of former President Donald Trump. The Republican governor signed
Continue ReadingBy OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Ohlone people and others rejoiced Wednesday over the return of sacred Native land dating back thousands of years, saying the move rights a historic wrong and restores the people who were first on land now called Berkeley, California, to their rightful place
Continue ReadingMADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Universities of Wisconsin regents have selected a New Hampshire provost to replace UW-La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow. Gow was fired in December after regents learned he had produced and appeared in pornographic videos. The regents announced Wednesday that Keene State College Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs James Beeby
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Isaiah Pope scored 22 points, Leo Colimerio made a go-ahead shot with 20.6 seconds remaining and Fresno State knocked off Wyoming 77-73 on Wednesday in the Mountain West Conference Tournament to snap a seven-game losing streak. Fresno State will play top-seeded and 18th-ranked Utah State on Thursday.
Continue ReadingBy JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer The Las Vegas Raiders have released receiver Hunter Renfrow less than two years after signing him to a lucrative contract extension. Renfrow confirmed the long-expected decision on social media on Wednesday, thanking his teammates and coaches for inspiring him over his five years with the franchise. Renfrow went
Continue ReadingCNN By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — A lot has changed in the time since Gerald Ford was president and Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak founded Apple. But here’s something that hasn’t changed much: the pace at which car insurance rates are rising. Car insurance rates are up almost 21% for the 12
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Tom Hollander is just the latest actor to portray the late writer Truman Capote, and that legacy all but added to the pressure. Hollander told CNN in a recent interview that he was more than familiar with Phillip Seymour Hoffman’s Oscar-winning portrayal of the writer in the 2005
Continue ReadingIn a story published March 11, 2024, about the closure of Fontbonne University in Clayton, Missouri, The Associated Press erroneously used an outdated estimate for a financial shortfall at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. The shortfall in the University of Arizona’s current operating budget is $177 million, not $240 million.
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The retired Concorde jet that belongs to New York’s Intrepid Museum will return to its home on a west side pier after a seven-month restoration. Museum officials say the supersonic jet will travel by barge up the Hudson River on Thursday and will be lifted by a crane onto Pier 86.
Continue ReadingBy RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — AL Rookie of the Year Gunnar Henderson and catcher Adley Rutschman had their contracts renewed by the Baltimore Orioles without an agreement for the second straight season. They’re among 12 players across the major leagues whose salaries were set by teams. Henderson will make $756,200
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch soccer star Quincy Promes has reportedly been arrested by authorities in Dubai at the request of Dutch prosecutors who will seek his extradition. Promes was convicted in absentia last month by an Amsterdam court of involvement in cocaine smuggling and sentenced to six years
Continue ReadingLANCASTER, Calif. (AP) — A jury has convicted a 32-year-old man in the 2021 slayings of his four children and their grandmother in Southern California. Germarcus Lamar David was found guilty Tuesday of five counts of first-degree murder and three counts of assault on a child causing death, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office
Continue ReadingLANCASTER, Calif. (AP) — A jury has convicted a 32-year-old man in the 2021 slayings of his four children and their grandmother in Southern California. Germarcus Lamar David was found guilty Tuesday of five counts of first-degree murder and three counts of assault on a child causing death, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office
Continue ReadingBy STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — The Austrian government says that it has ordered two diplomats from Russia’s Embassy in Vienna to leave the country. The Foreign Ministry on Wednesday said that the two Russian diplomats had “engaged in acts incompatible with their diplomatic status” and have been declared “personae non gratae.” It
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks drifted to a mixed finish Wednesday, as a lull carried through financial markets worldwide. The S&P 500 slipped 9.96 points, or 0.2%, from its all-time high set a day before to 5,165.31. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 37.83, or 0.1%, to 39,043.32
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Moscú está lista para usar armas nucleares si existiera una amenaza para la existencia del Estado ruso, pero “nunca ha habido tal necesidad”, dijo el presidente Vladimir Putin en una entrevista con los medios estatales publicada este miércoles. El líder ruso hizo estos comentarios a los medios estatales Rossiya 1
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Wallace, CNN (CNN) — Investigators probing the Boeing 737 Max blowout say their investigation is being held back by Boeing’s lack of a paper trail for key work. Despite interviewing employees who work at Boeing’s Renton, Washington facility that assembles the 737 Max, as well as collecting other paperwork, the National Transportation Safety
Continue ReadingBy Julie Sharp Click here for updates on this story ORANGE COUNTY, California (KCAL) — The Orange County District Attorney’s Office is advertising to criminals, hoping they see the billboards that “Crime doesn’t Pay in Orange County” in efforts to curb burglaries and smash-and-grabs. In a recent news release, the DA’s office said that outsiders
Continue ReadingBy Aaron Pellish and Eva McKend, CNN (CNN) — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will announce his running mate on March 26 in Oakland, California, his campaign announced Wednesday. “This event will be a pivotal moment in our country’s history! You will not want to miss it,” the campaign said. In an interview
Continue ReadingDALLAS (AP) — The first Black pilot hired at a major U.S. airline has died at age 89. David E. Harris broke barriers in 1964 when he went to work for American Airlines. Before then, Harris had struggled to find work in the airline industry despite having spent six years flying bombers for the Air
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