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By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press MASSAPEQUA PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Investigators have returned to the home of a New York architect charged in a string of slayings known as the Gilgo Beach killings. State and county police vehicles were seen outside Rex Heuermann’s single-family home in Massapequa Park on Long Island on Monday morning. Officials
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Target is cutting prices on thousands of consumer basics this summer, goods ranging from diapers to milk, with more Americans paying closer attention to their spending as inflation cuts into household budgets. The price cuts on as many as 5,000 food, beverage and household essential items is a bid
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s hush money trial is entering its final stretch as the prosecution’s star witness Michael Cohen returns to the stand. Cohen took the stand last week and placed Trump directly at the center of the alleged scheme to stifle negative stories to fend off damage to his 2016 White House
Continue ReadingBy CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer White noise is frequently used to mask background sounds and it now has competition in a rainbow of colors. There’s a growing buzz around pink noise, brown noise, green noise and their theoretical effects on sleep, concentration and the relaxation response. The science is new with only a
Continue ReadingGOODHOPE, Mo. (AP) — Four people in rural Missouri died when an explosion that could be heard 10 miles away occurred at a house. The explosion happened Saturday night near the unincorporated town of Goodhope. Douglas County Sheriff Chris Degase says the home was undergoing renovations and a propane leak was found. The federal Bureau
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pro-Palestinian protesters ignored a request by Drexel University’s president to disband their encampment on Monday as arrests linked to campus demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war approached the 3,000 mark nationwide. Drexel’s campus remained on lockdown, with classes being held virtually as police kept watch over the demonstration on the school’s Korman Quad.
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by a Canadian-born former Guantanamo detainee who was seeking to wipe away his war crimes convictions, including for killing a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan. Omar Khadr had waived his right to appeal when he pleaded guilty in 2010 to charges that included murder. But his
Continue ReadingBy LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — The recovery from the deadly Baltimore bridge collapse reached a significant milestone Monday as tugboats escorted the ill-fated container ship Dali back to port, its damaged bow still covered with smashed shipping containers, fallen steel trusses and mangled concrete. Nearly two months have passed since the Dali
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has declined, for now, to hear a challenge to a Maryland law banning certain semi-automatic firearms commonly referred to as assault weapons. The court did not elaborate on the denial, as is typical. It would have been unusual for the justices to take up
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — Before a journalist has even lobbed a question, Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos spit out a string of overlapping answers. “We have a great relationship,” begins Lanthimos. ‘“We just love working together,” adds Stone. “It was cool to do a modern-day piece.” “Going back to
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Most U.S. stock indexes are ticking higher on Monday and adding to their latest winning week. The S&P 500 was up 0.2% in afternoon trading and on track to surpass its record set last week. The Nasdaq composite was 0.6% higher and likewise on pace
Continue ReadingBy JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said Monday he is seeking arrest warrants for leaders of Israel and Hamas, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, over actions taken during their seven-month war. While Netanyahu and his defense minister, Yoav Gallant, do not face imminent arrest,
Continue ReadingST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Uber and Lyft say they’ll keep operating in Minnesota after the state Legislature passed a compromise driver pay package. The bill approved before a midnight Sunday deadline now moves to Gov. Tim Walz to be signed into law. The plan was crafted by Democrats to replace a minimum pay measure
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is quiet following its latest winning week, and U.S. stock indexes are drifting near their record heights Monday. The S&P 500 was 0.1% higher in early trading, coming off its fourth straight week of gains. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 48
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and the country’s foreign minister were found dead Monday hours after their helicopter crashed in fog, leaving the Islamic Republic without two key leaders as extraordinary tensions grip the wider Middle East. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — An inquiry has found that British authorities and the public health service knowingly exposed tens of thousands of patients to deadly infections through contaminated blood and blood products and hid the truth about the disaster for decades. An estimated 3,000 people are believed to have died and
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Target plans on cutting prices on thousands of consumer basics this summer, goods ranging from diapers to milk, with more Americans paying closer attention to their spending as inflation cuts into household budgets. The price cuts on as many as 5,000 food, beverage and household essential items is a
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Former South African President Jacob Zuma was disqualified Monday from running for a seat in Parliament in a national election next week because of a previous criminal conviction. The decision by the country’s highest court is bound to raise political tensions ahead of what
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTINA MALKIA Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The spokesman for Congo’s army says six people were killed and dozens arrested following attacks on the residence of a close ally of President Felix Tshisekedi and the presidential palace, in what the country’s military described as a foiled coup attempt. In December, Tshisekedi was reelected
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court could soon issue arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, more than seven months into the war between the two sides, based on a request by the court’s chief prosecutor. Karim Khan said that he
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