Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Coast Guard has suspended its search for five crew members of a fishing boat that reportedly capsized in southeast Alaska over the weekend. The Coast Guard searched for nearly 24 hours in efforts to find the fishing vessel Wind Walker in the Gulf of Alaska. The boat’s crew
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A woman who admitted to drinking and who was driving well over twice the speed limit when she smashed into a golf cart, killing a bride who had just got married at a South Carolina beach, was sentenced Monday to 25 years in prison. Jamie Lee Komoroski pleaded guilty at the Charleston County
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s long civil war has reclaimed global attention after insurgents seized most of its largest city and dozens of nearby towns and villages. The stunning advance on Aleppo by rebel forces came as several key players in the conflict have been distracted or weakened, triggering the heaviest clashes since a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A Florida woman was sentenced Monday to life in prison for zipping her boyfriend into a suitcase and leaving him to die of suffocation amid a history of domestic and alcohol abuse. Circuit Judge Michael Kraynick imposed the sentence in Orlando on Sarah Boone, 47, for the 2020 killing of 42-year-old Jorge Torres.
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — General Motors has reached an agreement to sell its stake in a nearly completed electric vehicle battery plant in Lansing, Michigan. The company said Monday that it has a nonbinding agreement for the sale to joint venture partner LG Energy Solution of South Korea. The companies expect to close the sale by
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland has announced that he will be running to become the top Democrat on the powerful House Judiciary Committee next year. His bid is a direct challenge to fellow Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler as the party prepares to fight a second Trump presidency and an emboldened
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin public worker and teachers unions have scored a major legal victory with a ruling that restores collective bargaining rights they lost under a 2011 state law. That law effectively ended the ability of most public employees to bargain for wage increases and other issues and forced them to
Continue ReadingAP Technology Writer Antitrust enforcers with the Federal Trade Commission have opened a wide-ranging investigation into Microsoft’s business practices, starting off a big legal project that an incoming Trump administration must take up or abandon. The FTC is investigating Microsoft’s cloud computing business and related product lines such as artificial intelligence and cybersecurity, according to
Continue ReadingAP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A top Federal Reserve official said Monday that he is leaning toward supporting an interest rate cut when the Fed meets in two weeks but that evidence of persistent inflation before then could cause him to change that view. Speaking at George Washington University, Christopher Waller, a key member
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The FBI says it is offering a reward of up to $15,000 for information leading to the return of a northern Maine teenager whose disappearance earlier in the fall has attracted international attention. Fourteen-year-old Stefanie Damron of New Sweden, Maine, was reported missing by her family on Sept. 24,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Matías Tarnopolsky will become president and CEO of the New York Philharmonic on Jan. 1, after six years heading the Philadelphia Orchestra. Tarnopolsky has a long friendship with incoming music director Gustavo Dudamel The 54-year-old, who has American, British and Argentine citizenship, fills a void created when Gary Ginstling
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Republicans are suing to try to force a rerun of a state House race where the incumbent Democrat won by 14 votes but investigators concluded that election workers probably destroyed 20 valid absentee ballots after failing to count them. It’s a race that could determine the balance of power
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump is demanding the immediate release of Israeli hostages still being held in Gaza, saying that if they are not freed before he is sworn into office for a second term there will be “HELL TO PAY.” “Please let this TRUTH serve to represent that if the
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Threats by President-elect Donald Trump to impose U.S. tariffs on its immediate neighbors appear to have created a split between Canada and Mexico, after Canadian officials said problems with the two countries’ borders were not comparable. Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum rejected those comments made following a meeting between Trump and Prime
Continue ReadingAP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Artificial intelligence is changing the way industries do business. But executives in the pharmaceutical industry are still waiting to see whether AI can tackle their biggest challenge: finding faster, cheaper ways to develop new drugs. Despite billions poured into research and development, new medicines still typically take a decade
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DETROIT (AP) — A program that provides federal funds to groups in Detroit working to cut down the numbers of homicides and shootings is showing reductions of 83%, 73% and 61% in some of the city’s most violent areas. The city says the numbers come as Detroit is on pace to continue setting
Continue ReadingAP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Golden Globes are raising a glass to former “Cheers” star Ted Danson by naming him the Carol Burnett Award honoree for 2025. Danson, a three-time Globes winner, has been a fixture on TV since he broke out as Boston bartender Sam Malone on NBC’s comedy “Cheers.” His
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger has retired, the struggling chipmaker said Monday in a surprise announcement. Two company executives, David Zinsner and Michelle Johnston Holthaus, will act as interim co-CEOs while the company searches for a replacement for Gelsinger, who also stepped down from the company’s board. The departure of Gelsinger, whose career
Continue ReadingHONOLULU (AP) — Authorities say a Hawaii crime boss who was convicted of racketeering charges last summer has died in prison. The Bureau of Prisons said in a news release Monday that 50-year-old Michael Miske was found unresponsive Sunday morning at the Federal Detention Center Honolulu and that life-saving efforts failed to save him. His
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A top Romanian court has validated the first round of a presidential race in which a far-right outsider emerged as the frontrunner, plunging the country into a week of turmoil amid allegations of electoral violations and Russian meddling. The Constitutional Court’s decision Monday came after it asked the Central
Continue Reading