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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Doug Gottlieb believes he can effectively balance coaching Green Bay basketball and hosting a national sports radio show. Gottlieb discussed his new arrangement during his introductory news conference as the longtime broadcaster moves into the coaching ranks. Gottlieb acknowledged the possibility he might have to give up his radio show
Continue ReadingBy HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The judge has refused to discard a $38 million verdict in the landmark trial about physical and sexual abuse at New Hampshire’s youth detention center. The judge said the facility’s leadership “either knew and didn’t care, or didn’t care to learn the truth.” A jury earlier
Continue ReadingBy SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A Guatemalan court has ordered the release of journalist José Rubén Zamora, jailed for nearly two years on money laundering charges. Zamora, the 67-year-old founder of El Periodico newspaper, was sentenced to six years in prison last June for alleged money laundering. But that conviction
Continue ReadingBy FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A bus carrying people to work in a watermelon field in central Florida was sideswiped by a suspected drunk driver and overturned in a field, killing eight of them and injuring up to 40 others. The man accused of causing Tuesday morning’s crash appeared before
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI Associated Press Authorities say a police pursuit that went through two states and involved two separate shootouts with law enforcement officers and several crashes ended with the death of the woman being sought. The pursuit began shortly before noon Tuesday in Delaware, when Wilmington police went to a residence to arrest 23-year-old
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A former warehouse assistant for the Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia has pleaded guilty to transporting millions of dollars worth of stolen Masters tournament memorabilia and historic items, including one of Arnold Palmer’s green jackets. Richard Globensky, of Georgia, entered the plea Wednesday during his initial
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER and TERRY SPENCER Associated Press OCALA, Fla. (AP) — A man with a long record of dangerous driving pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to driving under the influence-manslaughter in the deaths of eight Mexican farmworkers whose bus was sideswiped by his pickup truck in central Florida. Dozens more were injured. Bryan Maclean
Continue ReadingGALVESTON, Texas (AP) — Officials say a barge has hit a bridge in Galveston, Texas, spilling oil into surrounding waters and closing the only road to a small island. Ronnie Varela with the Galveston’s Office of Emergency Management says a bridge that leads to Pelican Island, located just north of Galveston, was hit by a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The head of Brazil’s Petrobras is stepping down after a fight over dividends, sending share of the state-controlled oil and gas giant down 7%. Petrobras opted not to pay extraordinary dividends to its shareholders earlier this year, souring relations between Petrobras CEO Jean Paul Prates and Brazil’s President
Continue ReadingBy JOHN LEICESTER and BARBARA SURK Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France has imposed a state of emergency in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia. The measures imposed on Wednesday for at least 12 days boost security forces’ powers to quell deadly unrest that has left four people dead, erupting after protests over voting
Continue ReadingBy TIA GOLDENBERG, WAFAA SHURAFA and ABBY SEWELL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday fended off criticism that he is not planning for a postwar reality in the Gaza Strip, saying it was impossible to prepare for any scenario in the embattled Palestinian enclave until Hamas is defeated. Netanyahu
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A new exhibition of photographs owned by Elton John opens this week at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum. It includes more than 300 pieces by 140 photographers selected from the vast collection of John and his husband David Furnish. Entitles “Fragile Beauty,” the show spans the decades
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Slovakian Prime MInister Robert Fico is fighting for his life after he was shot by an assailant following a political event. The shooting sent shockwaves across Europe few weeks before EU parliament elections are scheduled to be held. Leaders from across the political divide are denouncing the apparent assassination attempt against the
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are rising toward records Wednesday with hopes that inflation is finally heading back in the right direction after its discouraging start to the year. The S&P 500 was 1% higher in afternoon trading and above its all-time high set at the end of
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court is considering the latest arguments on whether Texas must remove a barrier consisting of large floating buoys anchored in the Rio Grande as part of Gov. Greg Abbott’s efforts to deter immigration. The state installed the buoys in July 2023. The barrier
Continue ReadingBy JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The son-in-law of a prominent Venezuelan opposition leader has pleaded guilty to money laundering charges for his role in a vast bribery conspiracy to siphon over a billion dollars from the state-owned oil company. Fernando Vuteff admitted in federal court in Miami to earning more than $4
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — A Utah judge has postponed a hearing to determine if prosecutors have enough evidence to proceed to trial in the case of a woman charged with fatally poisoning her husband before she published a children’s book about coping with grief. Judge Richard Mrazik on Wednesday
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, an amateur musician, may have thought he had the perfect upbeat song to perform with a Kyiv bar band. Fresh from a day of delivering optimistic prognoses about the war with Russia despite gloomy news from the front lines,
Continue ReadingBy SEUNG MIN KIM and COLLEEN LONG The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is preparing more changes to the nation’s asylum system meant to speed up processing and potential removal of migrants who continue to arrive at the southern border. It’s an interim step as President Joe Biden continues to mull a
Continue ReadingBy EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Singapore’s new prime minister has vowed to make “tomorrow better than today” as he took his oath of office in a carefully planned political succession designed to ensure stability in the Asian financial hub. The U.S.-trained economist Lawrence Wong succeeds Lee Hsien Loong, who stepped down
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