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By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A strange monolith found jutting out of the rocks in a remote mountain range near Las Vegas has been taken down by authorities. How it got there is still unsolved. “It remains unknown how the item got to its location or who might be responsible,” Las
Continue ReadingBy KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Celtics have celebrated their 18th NBA championship with the customary duck boat parade through the city. The amphibious vehicles are normally ridden by sightseeing tourists but have been used by all four of Boston’s major professional sports franchises to celebrate championships in recent years.
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court has unsealed an arrest warrant for a Malian accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity in the desert city of Timbuktu in 2012-13, where he is suspected of leading an al-Qaida-linked Islamic extremist group. The warrant for Iyad Ag Ghaly,
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI Associated Press A relentless heat wave continued to bake most of the United States on Friday, with numerous areas expected to see record-breaking temperatures and forecasters warning there would likely be little relief through the weekend for most areas. The steamiest conditions on Friday were expected in parts of Ohio and Indiana,
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — For 27 years, federal courts have held special oversight over custody conditions for child migrants. The Biden administration wants a judge to partially lift those powers. U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee is considering the request at a hearing that started in Los Angeles on Friday, barely a week before new safeguards
Continue ReadingHUTCHINSON ISLAND, Fla. (AP) — A Pennsylvania couple vacationing in Florida with their six children drowned after they were caught in a rip current while swimming, authorities said. Brian Warter, 51, and 48-year-old Erica Wishard, and two of their mostly teenage children were caught in the current on Hutchinson Island, along Florida’s southeast coast, the
Continue ReadingBy WILL WEISSERT and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Over the course of two weeks, President Joe Biden has imposed significant restrictions on immigrants seeking asylum in the U.S. while also offering potential citizenship to hundreds of thousands of people without legal status already living in the country. The two actions
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Well before the celebrity superfan became a trend in the sports world, Donald Sutherland was in on the ground floor with a casual style all his own. The Canadian actor — who died Thursday at age 88 — was a big supporter of the Montreal Expos during their time in the
Continue ReadingBy SONJA SMITH Associated Press WINDHOEK, Namibia (AP) — A law in Namibia criminalizing gay sex between men has been overturned and declared unconstitutional and illegal by a court, in a victory for LGBTQ campaigners in the southern African nation. Three judges in the High Court in the capital, Windhoek, said in a joint ruling
Continue ReadingBy BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The 2028 Los Angeles Olympics on Friday announced changes to its venue plan that it says will create an estimated $156 million in combined savings and revenue increases. Swimming will be held in a temporary pool at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, with its 38,000 seats
Continue ReadingPESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say a roadside bomb has exploded near a security convoy in northwestern Pakistan, killing five soldiers and wounding two others. The latest attack in the region happened on Friday in Kurram, a former militant stronghold in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan. In a statement, the military said a search
Continue ReadingBy KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former Los Angeles-area gang leader accused of killing hip-hop music legend Tupac Shakur in 1996 in Las Vegas will ask a judge next week to let him out of jail to prepare for his trial on a murder charge. Duane “Keffe D” Davis’ attorney filed
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Disney workers are suing their employer, claiming they were fraudulently induced to move from California to Florida to work in a new office campus only to have those plans later scrapped amid a fight between the entertainment giant and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. In July 2021,
Continue ReadingBy RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A strange monolith found jutting out of the rocks in a remote mountain range near Las Vegas has been taken down by authorities. Its discovery over the weekend, and quick removal, revived a pandemic-era mystery that captured the public’s imagination when similar objects began to appear
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has rejected a settlement between Western states over the management of one of North America’s longest rivers. Friday’s 5-4 decision rebuffs an agreement recommended by a federal judge overseeing the case over how New Mexico, Texas and Colorado must share water from the Rio
Continue ReadingBy WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Car dealerships across North America have faced a major disruption this week. CDK Global, a company that provides software for thousands of auto dealers in the U.S. and Canada, was hit by back-to-back cyberattacks on Wednesday. That led to an outage that was continuing to
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — Lawyers for Donald Trump made a longshot argument Friday that the Justice Department prosecutor who charged the former president with hoarding classified documents at his Florida estate was illegally appointed and that the case should therefore be dismissed. The challenge to
Continue ReadingBy TOM NOUVIAN Associated Press PARIS (AP) — With the Paris Olympics a month away, city police chief Laurent Nunez addressed security concerns on Friday. Nunez said police forces remain on high alert. The Olympics start on July 24, and two days later is the opening ceremony. “We are concerned about the threat of terrorism,
Continue ReadingHONOLULU (AP) — Thirteen children and teens in Hawaii took the state government to court over the threat posed by climate change. Now they’re celebrating a settlement that emphasizes a plan to decarbonize Hawaii’s transportation system in the next 20 years. It’s the latest example of frustrated youth in the United States taking their climate
Continue ReadingBy MARCOS ALEMÁN Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The torrential rains hitting El Salvador caused the deaths of another six people on Friday when two girls and four adults were killed after being buried in their homes. Wall collapses and landslides on the outskirts of the capital brought a total of 19
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