Associated Press A paid passenger on an expedition to the Titanic with the company that owned the Titan submersible testified before a U.S. Coast Guard investigatory panel Friday that the mission he took part in was aborted due to an apparent mechanical failure. The Titan submersible imploded last year while on another trip to the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers are scrambling to ensure that the U.S. Secret Service has enough money and resources to keep the nation’s presidential candidates safe amid repeated threats of violence. It’s unclear, though, how much they can do with only weeks before the election, or if additional dollars would make an immediate difference.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TIXTLA, México (AP) — Clemente Rodríguez has been documenting the long search for his missing son with tattoos. First, it was an ink drawing of a turtle — a symbol of 19-year-old Christian Rodríguez’s school — with a smaller turtle on its shell. Then, an image of Mexico’s patron saint, the Virgin of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina has put inmate Freddie Owens to death in the state’s first execution in more than a decade. Friday’s execution came after an unintended 13-year pause on capital punishment in South Carolina that came about because prison officials couldn’t get the drugs needed for lethal injections. Owens was
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A closely watched First Amendment rights case in Wisconsin involves a former campus chancellor who was fired after making pornographic videos with his wife. Joe Gow argued Friday for keeping his tenured teaching position even as he faces removal for unethical behavior. He hopes to convince a personnel committee
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Jurors have begun deliberating whether a mentally ill man who said he heard “killing voices” should be convicted of murder for fatally shooting 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 or be found not guilty by reason of insanity. The jurors got the case of Ahmad Alissa Friday
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The adult son of U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer has pleaded guilty to all charges after a crash that killed a North Dakota sheriff’s deputy. Ian Cramer changed his plea Friday in the Dec. 6, 2023, death of Mercer County Sheriff’s Deputy Paul Martin. The charges included homicide while fleeing
Continue ReadingAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A high-powered U.N. advisory body says global governance of artificial intelligence is “imperative” and is urging the United Nations to lay the foundations for the first inclusive global institutions to regulate the fast-growing technology. In a 100-page report launched Thursday, the group said AI “is transforming our world,” offering
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BIG BEAR, Calif. (AP) — With a major wildfire burning near his mountain town east of Los Angeles, Cowboy the barn owl was unaware of the danger and instead having the adventure of a lifetime. Perched in the front seat of a truck, Cowboy — along with nearly 50 other animals — was
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The African health agency says that Rwanda has started a vaccination campaign against mpox with 1,000 doses it obtained from Nigeria. Dr. Nicaise Ndembi from the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said vaccination started Tuesday targeting seven districts with high-risk populations who neighbor Congo. Congo has been
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The New York Philharmonic and its musicians’ union have settled on a collective bargaining agreement that includes a 30% raise over three years. The deal with Local 802 of the American Federation of Musicians was agreed on Thursday. It calls for raises of about 15% in 2024-25 and 7.5% each in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris looked for a boost with persuadable and less-motivated voters as she participated in a livestream Thursday evening with former talk show host Oprah Winfrey to focus on her plans to cut costs for the middle class, restore a national right to abortion and address
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The University of California board of regents approved Thursday additional non-lethal weapons requested by UCLA police, which handled some of the nation’s largest student protests against the Israel-Hamas war. Clashes between protesters and counterprotesters earlier this year on the campus led to more than a dozen injuries, and more
Continue ReadingAssociated Press An anti-abortion group’s lawsuit to invalidate an abortion rights measure appearing on South Dakota’s statewide ballot won’t be resolved until after the November election. In an unusual move on Thursday, the court issued a media advisory addressing apparent confusion over the timing of the trial. It was initially scheduled to begin next week.
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer MIAMI (AP) — Shohei Ohtani looked up at a visiting crowd that turned out to cheer him and the Los Angeles Dodgers — and ended up getting to witness one of the greatest individual performances, and seasons, in major league history. Fans lifted their phones to capture the moment and chanted “M-V-P!”
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America ATLANTA (AP) — Students as young as five demanded stricter gun laws Thursday at the Georgia Capitol, weeks after a deadly school shooting northeast of Atlanta. They marched around the building and into the a senate committee meeting on safe gun storage legislation. Sen. Emanuel Jones, a Decatur Democrat the committee’s
Continue ReadingBEAVERTON, Ore. (AP) — Nike Inc. has named Elliott Hill as its president and CEO effective, replacing John Donahoe, who will retire next month. Hill is returning to the athletic wear giant from which he retired in 2020. He previously held leadership positions with the company across Europe and North America. Before his retirement he
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Prosecutors are declining to charge a Hawaii man who was arrested on suspicion of murder after shooting a neighbor who opened fire at a gathering where three women were killed. Police say prosecutors aren’t charging him because of issues of “self-defense and defense of others.” The shooting stemmed from a
Continue ReadingRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina trial judge has refused to block students and employees at the state’s flagship public university from being able to show a digital identification to comply with a largely new photo ID law. Wake County Superior Court Judge Keith Gregory denied on Thursday a temporary restraining order sought by
Continue ReadingAssociated Press QABATIYA, West Bank (AP) — Videos obtained by The Associated Press show Israeli soldiers pushing four apparently lifeless bodies from rooftops during a raid in the occupied West Bank. It was the latest in a series of suspected violations by Israeli forces since the start of the Israel-Hamas war. Rights groups say the
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