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By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The sun produced its biggest flare in nearly two decades Tuesday, just days after severe solar storms pummeled Earth and created dazzling northern lights in unaccustomed places. “Not done yet!” the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced in an update. It’s the biggest flare
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN WITTE, LEAH WILLINGHAM and STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Republican voters advanced strong Senate contenders in Maryland and West Virginia on Tuesday, giving the GOP a big boost in its push to claim control of Congress’ upper chamber. At the same time, Democratic President Joe Biden and Republican rival Donald
Continue ReadingBRISBANE, Australia (AP) — More than 20 years after winning an unlikely gold medal in short track speedskating at the Salt Lake City Olympics, Steven Bradbury is back in the news for another good reason. Bradbury has been presented with a bravery award by the Queensland state governor for rescuing four teenagers from rough seas
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Topping the list of contests in this week’s primaries in four states is a U.S. Senate race in Maryland that has further complicated Democratic efforts to keep control of the narrowly divided chamber this fall. The Associated Press will declare winners in both Tuesday’s Democratic and Republican
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN WITTE, LEAH WILLINGHAM and STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Republican Gov. Jim Justice won West Virginia’s GOP Senate nomination on Tuesday as voters across two states with antithetical politics decided primary contests with big implications for the Senate majority fight this fall. In all, three states hosted statewide primary elections
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — The Caitlin Clark era in the WNBA has officially begun, although it got off to a slow start. Clark went scoreless in the first quarter of the Indiana Fever’s game against the Connecticut Sun on Tuesday night. She missed her first four shots before finally
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK, ERIC TUCKER, MICHELLE L. PRICE and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — It wasn’t until after a decade in the fold, after his family pleaded with him, after the FBI raided his office, apartment and hotel room, Michael Cohen testified Tuesday, that he finally decided to turn on Donald
Continue ReadingBy GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Brad Knott has overwhelmingly won the Republican primary runoff for the 13th Congressional District in North Carolina. Knott won the nomination over Kelly Daughtry on Tuesday. Daughtry had received the most votes among 14 candidates in the initial March 5 primary, but she didn’t reach
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers are questioning a sheriff’s decision to allow a Netflix documentary series to be filmed at a county jail. Pulaski County Sheriff Eric Higgins on Tuesday appeared before a legislative panel and defended the decision to allow the series, “Unlocked: A Jail Experiment” to
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Westminster Kennel Club dog show is gearing up to award its coveted best in show prize. By the end of Tuesday night, the prize will go to one of the more than 2,500 hounds, terriers, spaniels, setters and others that entered this year’s show. Finalists
Continue ReadingBy GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer FIFA’s gravest crisis erupted with police raids at its annual meeting in 2015. Nine years later soccer’s 211 member federations gather this week with some of the resulting anti-corruption reforms now in retreat. Three days of meetings start Wednesday in Bangkok. International soccer’s governance standards are set to distract
Continue ReadingBy HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Eight TikTok content creators sued the U.S. government on Tuesday, issuing another challenge to the new federal law that would ban the popular social media platform nationwide if its China-based parent company doesn’t sell its stakes within a year. Attorneys for the creators argue in the lawsuit that the
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL HILL Associated Press A New York bankruptcy judge has denied Rudy Giuliani a chance to pursue an appeal of a $148 million defamation judgment for spreading lies about the the 2020 election. The judge says Tuesday that he was “disturbed” by the lack of progress in the case. Giuliani declared bankruptcy in December
Continue ReadingBy KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A man who posted a Snapchat video last year threatening to shoot up a New Hampshire high school has been sentenced to a little over three years in prison. Twenty-six-year-old Kyle Hendrickson had pleaded guilty to charges of interstate threatening communications and possessing a firearm in
Continue ReadingABBEVILLE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana diocese says parishioners subdued a teenager with a gun during a church service for dozens of young children. Officials with the Catholic Diocese of Lafayette said Tuesday that they’re weighing new safety protocols after Saturday’s confrontation at St. Mary Magdalen Church in Abbeville, a small city in the southern
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has determined that Boeing violated a settlement that allowed the company to avoid criminal prosecution after two deadly crashes involving its 737 Max aircraft. It is now up to the Justice Department to weigh whether to file charges against the
Continue ReadingMICHAEL R. SISAK, ERIC TUCKER, MICHELLE L. PRICE and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s attorneys started grilling prosecutors’ star witness in his hush money trial Tuesday, portraying former attorney Michael Cohen as a media-obsessed liar who’s determined to see the former president behind bars. Cohen endured intense questioning by
Continue ReadingBy TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Hammered by mounting pressure to address the growing homelessness crisis in California, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday his administration will make $3.3 billion available ahead of schedule for counties and private developers to start building more behavioral health treatment centers as part of his efforts to
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — The verdict is in. The latest wildlife mystery in Nevada has been solved. Scientists who set out on a trail through the snow near the Idaho line to gather evidence like detectives in search of a suspect relied on the scat and fur samples they collected
Continue ReadingBy MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The sun produced its biggest flare in nearly a decade Tuesday, just days after severe solar storms pummeled Earth and created dazzling northern lights in unaccustomed places. “Not done yet!” the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced in an update. It’s the biggest flare
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