LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sean Burroughs, a two-time Little League World Series champion who won an Olympic gold medal and went on to a major league career that was interrupted by substance abuse, died of fentanyl intoxication, according to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s office. His death on May 9 near his car at
Continue ReadingBy Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — A West Virginia police chief has resigned after hiring the former Cleveland, Ohio, police officer who fatally shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice in 2014. D.S. Teubert resigned as chief of the White Sulphur Springs Police Department after hiring Timothy Loehmann, Mayor Kathy Glover said. The death of Rice, a 12-year-old
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Virginia congressman Bob Good has filed a petition for a recount after state election officials say he narrowly lost a Republican primary to a challenger backed by former President Donald Trump. The Good campaign said Thursday it filed the recount petition in Goochland County outside of Richmond. Earlier this month, the state board
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Thursday rejected a GOP effort to fine Attorney General Merrick Garland $10,000 a day until he turns over audio of President Joe Biden’s interview in his classified documents case as a handful of Republicans resisted taking an aggressive step against a sitting Cabinet official. Even if the
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The average rate on a 30-year mortgage fell slightly this week, providing modest relief for home shoppers facing record-high home prices. The rate fell to 6.89% from 6.95% last week. That’s according to a report Thursday from mortgage buyer Freddie Mac. A year ago, it averaged 6.96%. The
Continue ReadingBy MJ Lee, Jeff Zeleny, Kayla Tausche and Jamie Gangel, CNN (CNN) — At a star-studded fundraiser for President Joe Biden in Los Angeles last month, George Clooney wasn’t the only one who came away concerned about the president. Even before Biden made remarks that night, whispers of concern rippled through the audience at the Peacock Theater about the president who had
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Jens Stoltenberg has said farewell to U.S. President Joe Biden and his counterparts after chairing his last NATO summit. Stoltenberg steps down as NATO’s 13th secretary-general in the fall, after one of the most tumultuous decades in alliance history. Former Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte takes over on Oct. 1.
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Bill Belichick has added a second media job for the upcoming season. The CW Network announced Thursday that Belichick will be one of the analysts on “Inside the NFL.” Belichick, who coached the New England Patriots to six Super Bowl titles during his 24 years at the helm, will also appear
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A utility company executive warns that about half a million Houston-area homes and businesses still won’t have electricity into next week as wide outages from Hurricane Beryl drag on. The acknowledgement Thursday led Texas’ lieutenant governor to describe the pace of power restoration as “not acceptable.” The Category 1 storm
Continue ReadingAssociated Press GENEVA (AP) — U.N. officials say that Sudan’s warring parties have arrived in Geneva at the invitation of the United Nations to discuss the protection of civilians through possible local cease-fires. A spokesman at U.N. headquarters in New York told reporters Thursday that senior representatives from the Sudanese army and rival paramilitary Rapid
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese high court has approved a legal gender change for a transgender woman without requiring compulsory gender-affirming surgery. LGBGQ+ groups on Thursday called the ruling a mixed victory. Under the law, transgender people who want to have their gender assigned at birth changed on official documents must be diagnosed
Continue ReadingBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentine authorities have transferred two French rugby players under police guard from Buenos Aires to the western city of Mendoza, where they are expected to appear in court on suspicion of aggravated sexual assault. The rugby players, Oscar Jegou and Hugo Auradou, arrived in Mendoza after a 1,000-kilometer trip via
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — If you’ve noticed that you’re paying more than before for the same amount of groceries, you’re not the only one. Inflation is easing slightly, but grocery prices are still high. Unlike some other items, you can’t just stop buying groceries when they get pricy. There’s nothing you can do
Continue ReadingAP Film Writer Shelley Duvall, the intrepid, Texas-born movie star whose wide-eyed, winsome presence was a mainstay in the films of Robert Altman and who co-starred in Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining,” has died. She was 75. Duvall died Thursday in her sleep at home in Blanco, Texas, her longtime partner, Dan Gilroy, announced. The cause
Continue ReadingAP Technology Writer GRAFTON, Mass. (AP) — When two octogenarian buddies named Nick discovered that ChatGPT might be stealing and repurposing a lifetime of their work, they tapped a son-in-law to sue the companies behind the artificial intelligence chatbot. Veteran journalists Nicholas Gage, 84, and Nicholas Basbanes, 81, who live near each other in the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military on Thursday acknowledged a string of errors in its response to the deadly Hamas attacks last Oct. 7, including slow response times and disorganization, as it released the results of its first investigation into failures during the assault that triggered the war in Gaza. The report focused
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on an Israeli violent extremist organization, three Israeli individuals and four “outposts” connected to violence in the West Bank. Thursday’s sanctions are the latest tranche under an executive order issued by President Joe Biden in early February amid increased violence in the
Continue ReadingAP Tennis Writer LONDON (AP) — Jasmine Paolini kept coming back, kept coming back, kept coming back, against Donna Vekic in what would become the longest Wimbledon women’s semifinal on record — after dropping the opening set, after being two games from defeat in each of the last two sets, after twice trailing by a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden used his closely watched news conference Thursday to deliver a forceful defense of his foreign and domestic policies and batted away questions about his ability to serve another four years, declaring: “I’m not in this for my legacy. I’m in this to complete the job.” Early on,
Continue ReadingCNN By John Fritze and Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Michael Cohen, the one-time fixer for Donald Trump, is asking the Supreme Court to revive his lawsuit against the former president for allegedly retaliating against him for promoting his tell-all book critical of Trump, according to Cohen’s attorney. Cohen sued Trump, former Attorney General Bill
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