DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Police say one person has been injured during a shooting inside an Iowa mall. Davenport Police in a Facebook post said the shooting happened Monday in Davenport, Iowa, and one person had non-life-threatening injuries. Police say no other injuries were reported after witnesses reported shots were fired inside the NorthPark Mall.
Continue ReadingBRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia has received the first two of the 14 new F-16 military jets from the United States whose delivery was pushed back two years due to the coronavirus pandemic. President Peter Pellegrini has hailed the arrival of the F-16s at the Kuchyna air base in western Slovakia late Monday by saying
Continue ReadingAssociated Press REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — White House physician Dr. Kevin O’Connor says President Joe Biden’s “symptoms have almost resolved completely” from COVID-19. The president on Monday remained out of public view for the fifth straight day, but called into his former campaign headquarters as Vice President Kamala Harris visited with staff. The president
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Several Republican lawmakers seized on gender and diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at the Secret Service as among the reasons for security lapses during the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. It is part of a wider conservative backlash against DEI that has been on the rise since last June, when the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new Pentagon strategy says the U.S. must invest more to upgrade sensors, communications and space-based technologies in the Arctic to keep pace with China and Russia who are increasingly operating there, including in joint military exercises. Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks tells reporters that now is a critical time
Continue ReadingAP Film Writer The Angelina Jolie-directed war film “Without Blood,” a documentary about Bruce Springsteen and Mike Leigh’s contemporary tragicomedy “Hard Truths” will have their world premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival this fall. The festival announced its gala and special presentation lineup Monday. Also announced were the world premieres of Gia Coppola’s “The
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Darren Walker, the president of the Ford Foundation, will step down from his role by the end of 2025. Walker has led the foundation, which is one of the largest in the U.S., since 2013. A gay Black man who grew up in poverty in Texas, Walker focused the
Continue ReadingA Massachusetts woman has been sentenced to three years of probation for calling in a fake bomb threat at Boston Children’s Hospital as it faced a barrage of harassment over its surgical program for transgender youths. Catherine Leavy pleaded guilty last year in federal court to charges including making a false bomb threat. She was
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri judge on Monday overturned the conviction of Christopher Dunn, who has spent more than 30 years in prison for a killing he has long contended he didn’t commit. The ruling is likely to free Dunn from prison, but it wasn’t immediately clear when that would happen. He
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Ethics Committee has voted unanimously to review allegations that Sen. Bob Menendez violated Senate rules. The panel is building towards potential disciplinary actions against the New Jersey Democrat after he was convicted of bribery charges this month. The ethics panel could recommend that Menendez be censured or expelled, which would
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian legislators have begun an investigation into the alleged importation of contaminated fuel into the country, part of efforts to resolve issues causing a rift between an oil refinery owned by Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote and the industry regulator. A legislative committee tasked with carrying out the probe
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana businessman who sent more than 800 elderly residents from his seven nursing homes to ride out Hurricane Ida in a crowded, ill-equipped warehouse has pleaded no contest to 15 criminal counts. Bob Dean Jr. entered the plea Monday. He was sentenced to three years of probation and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press If you’re trying to get up to speed on Vice President Kamala Harris’ swift emergence as Democrats’ possible nominee this fall, you really need to know your memes. From “brat summer” to “coconut tree,” it’s been a timeline full of Harris-related memes for many people since President Joe Biden exited the 2024 presidential
Continue ReadingANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Connor Stalions is set to share his side of the story from an alleged sign-stealing scheme within Michigan’s football team before the Wolverines went on to win the national championship. Netflix announced Monday that the fourth season of “Untold” will include “Sign Stealer” on Aug. 27, when Stalions breaks his
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The EU’s top diplomat says Hungary won’t be allowed to host a strategic EU meeting next month. That’s because of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s surprise, self-proclaimed “peace mission” trips to Moscow and Beijing aimed at brokering an end to the war in Ukraine. EU partners overwhelmingly saw that as undermining
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Several thousand mourners have attended the funeral for a Ukrainian former lawmaker best known for her campaign to promote the Ukrainian language. Iryna Farion died after being shot in the street by an unknown assailant last week. She was laid to rest Monday in the western city of Lviv
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Bernice Johnson Reagon, a musician and scholar who used her rich, powerful contralto voice in the service of the American Civil Rights Movement and human rights struggles around the world, died on July 16, according to her daughter’s social media post. She was 81. Reagon was probably best known
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — A fired Philadelphia police officer has been sentenced to at least eight years in prison in the shooting of a fleeing 12-year-old boy. Edsaul Mendoza said in court Monday that he felt sorrow and regret just before he was sentenced to 8 to 20 years. Mendoza pleaded guilty to third-degree murder in
Continue ReadingAP Music Writer Eminem’s latest album, “The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce),” has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, unseating Taylor Swift’s “The Tortured Poets Department” after 12 weeks. In its first week, “The Tortured Poets Department” hit 891.34 million album streams stateside, according to Luminate, the biggest streaming week for
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer Turner Sports intends to continue its longtime relationship with the NBA. Warner Bros. Discovery informed the league Monday that it will match the $1.8 billion per year offer by Amazon Prime Video. Turner has had an NBA package since 1984 and games have been on TNT since the network launched in 1988.
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