Month: September 2024

SANTA MARIA, Calif. (AP) — A 20-year-old man tossed an explosive device into the California courthouse where he was about to be arraigned on a gun charge and the explosion left five people with minor injuries and shut down the court complex and other nearby city buildings, police said. The explosion occurred Wednesday morning in

Associated Press LUXEMBOURG (AP) — Pope Francis called for Europe to be a beacon of peace in war and a welcome home for migrants and refugees as he arrived in the heart of the continent on Thursday to encourage the dwindling Catholic flock in a onetime bastion of Christianity. Francis received a warm welcome as

Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has likely enriched enough uranium to build a “double-digit” number of bombs and is making progress in its efforts to develop more powerful and accurate missiles targeting rival South Korea. That’s according to what Seoul’s spy agency told lawmakers on Thursday. The closed-door parliamentary briefing by

Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese court found an 88-year-old former boxer not guilty on Thursday after a retrial for a 1966 quadruple murder, reversing a decision that made him the world’s longest-serving death row inmate. Iwao Hakamada’s acquittal by the Shizuoka District Court makes him the fifth death row inmate to be found

Associated Press OceanGate co-founder Stockton Rush said the carbon fiber hull used in an experimental submersible that imploded en route to the wreckage of the Titanic was developed with help of NASA and aerospace manufacturers. But a NASA official testified Thursday that the space agency actually had little involvement. A NASA official testified that NASA

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong welcomed a new pair of giant pandas gifted by Beijing on Thursday with a lavish ceremony, raising hopes for a boost to the city’s tourism. An An and Ke Ke are the third pair of giant pandas to be sent to the city from mainland China since the former

Associated Press McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma executed a man Thursday for his role in the 1992 fatal shooting of a convenience store owner after the governor again rejected a recommendation from the state’s parole board to spare a death row inmate’s life. Emmanuel Littlejohn, 52, received a lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary

Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A judge heard court arguments in the possible dismissal of a criminal conviction against a movie armorer in the shooting death of a cinematographer by actor Alec Baldwin, and says she’ll release a ruling next week. At a court hearing Thursday, defense counsel for Hannah Gutierrez-Reed alleged that

Associated Press CRAWFORDVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Helene made landfall Thursday night in northwestern Florida as a Category 4 storm as forecasters warned that the enormous system could create a “nightmare” storm surge and bring dangerous winds and rain across much of the southeastern U.S. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Helene roared ashore

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York appeals court panel appeared receptive Thursday to potentially overturning or reducing a civil fraud judgment that stands to cost Donald Trump nearly $500 million. One judge called the former president’s penalty “troubling” and wondered if the state’s policing of private business transactions amounted to “deterrence” or

Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — Austria’s far-right Freedom Party could win a national election for the first time when Austria votes on Sunday. It is tapping into voters’ anxieties about immigration, inflation, Ukraine and other concerns following recent gains for the hard right elsewhere in Europe. Herbert Kickl, a former interior minister and longtime campaign