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By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Fifty years ago, cheap beer helped turn a routine major league game into a bloody riot. 10-cent Beer Night in Cleveland has a special spot in American sports. On June 4, 1974, boozed-up fans stormed the field at Municipal Stadium in the ninth inning as the
Continue ReadingBy COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (AP) — Pro-Palestinian graffiti spray-painted on the exterior of a Michigan law firm is being investigated as a hate crime, police in suburban Detroit said Monday. University of Michigan regent and attorney Jordan Acker called the vandalism “antisemitic” and said staff at the Goodman Acker law firm’s Southfield
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Waverly Woodson Jr., a medic who was part of the only Black combat unit to take part in the D-Day invasion of France during World War II, is being posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in recognition of the heroism and determination he showed treating troops under
Continue ReadingJERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military has confirmed the deaths of four more hostages held by Hamas — including three older adults seen in a Hamas video begging for their release. The three men, Amiram Cooper, Yoram Metzger and Haim Peri, were all age 80 or older. They appeared in a video in December released
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press A company that bred beagles for medical research agreed Monday to pay a record $35 million as part of a criminal plea admitting it neglected thousands of dogs at its breeding facility in rural Virginia. Prosecutors said the penalties amount to the largest ever levied in an animal-welfare case. The
Continue ReadingBy PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to reject former U.S. Rep. George Santos’ bid to have some of the fraud charges against him dropped as his trial approaches. The New York Republican in court filings last month requested that a judge dismiss three of the 23
Continue ReadingJULIA FRANKEL and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — At the start of its devastating offensive on the Gaza Strip, Israel set an ambitious goal: destroy Hamas. At the time, the Biden administration committed to the objective, giving Israel considerable stocks of weaponry and voicing its support. Nearly eight months into the war, however,
Continue ReadingBALTIMORE (AP) — A memorial for the six victims of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore was vandalized over the weekend. An artist who helped create the memorial arrived Saturday morning to find gaping holes in the painted canvas backdrop he had recently installed. Roberto Marquez told The Baltimore Sun he reported the
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A technical issue caused the temporary halt for dozens of stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange Monday, including at least one whose price briefly fell nearly 100%. A New York Stock Exchange spokesperson said a technical issue related to some pricing data triggered
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — GameStop and other meme stocks are roaring once again, surging to dizzying heights suddenly and sharply. Some things are different this time around versus the initial supernova for meme stocks that shocked Wall Street in 2021. The biggest change is it that it all feels
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has had plenty to say since his hush money trial conviction last week. He’s claimed the case was rigged, incorrectly linked President Joe Biden to the state prosecution, called the star witness against him a “sleazebag” and said the judge was a “devil” and “highly
Continue ReadingNEW ORLEANS (AP) — Elijah Hogan came through a senior year of high school in a homeless shelter to make it to the top of his class. The 19-year-old recently graduated as one of two valedictorians at Walter L. Cohen charter high school in New Orleans. Hogan’s mother died when he was 8 and he
Continue ReadingBy ALI ZERDIN Associated Press LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — The main opposition party in Slovenia on Monday filed a motion demanding a referendum on the decision to recognize a Palestinian state, which could delay the formal recognition vote in parliament. Slovenia’s government last week endorsed a motion to recognize the Palestinian state and sent the
Continue ReadingBy JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military on Monday confirmed the deaths of four more hostages held by Hamas — including three elderly men seen in a Hamas video begging for their release. The three men, Amiram Cooper, Yoram Metzger and Haim Peri, were all 80 or older. They appeared in
Continue ReadingBy STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Panthers and the City of Charlotte have proposed a partnership deal that would include an $800 million renovation to Bank of America Stadium and keep the NFL team here for 20 years. The renovation would include a fixed $650 million investment from the
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — More than 8 million people of color served with the Allies but little is known of their sacrifices. That fuels National Geographic docuseries “Erased: WW2’s Heroes of Color,” which focuses on how some fared at D-Day, Dunkirk, Pearl Harbor and the Battle of the Bulge.
Continue ReadingBEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s state media and Iranian media outlets are saying that Israeli airstrikes around the Syrian city of Aleppo killed several people, including an Iranian adviser. The Iranian outlets, including the semiofficial Tasnim news agency that’s considered close to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, said an Iranian military adviser died in Monday’s attack. Israel did
Continue ReadingJERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military has confirmed the deaths of four more hostages held by Hamas — including three older adults seen in a Hamas video begging for their release. The three men, Amiram Cooper, Yoram Metzger and Haim Peri, were all age 80 or older. They appeared in a video in December released
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A man and woman who sold pro-Donald Trump merchandise out of a bus covered with pro-Trump flags and posters are homeless after the vehicle crashed into several street signs and utility poles in New York City. The crash happened around noon Sunday on Staten Island. Donna Eiden had been living in
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — The head of Greece’s extreme far-right Golden Dawn party will return to prison after a council of judges rescinded his early conditional release. Nikos Michaloliakos was arrested in his Athens home following Monday’s decision, and will be taken back to prison just over a month after his release. The council of
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