By Caitlin Danaher and Sugam Pokharel, CNN London (CNN) — A former opposition lawmaker in Britain’s House of Commons has alleged that the UK’s domestic spy agency MI5 may have issued a rare alert notice in 2022 about an alleged Chinese agent as a distraction from the so-called Partygate scandal, according to testimony before a
Continue ReadingBy ALEXANDRA OLSON AND CLAIRE SAVAGE AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge on Monday granted the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, as well as employers in two Southern states, temporary relief from complying with a federal rule that would have required them to provide workers with time off and other accommodations
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Police on Monday cleared an entrenched pro-Palestinian encampment at California State University, Los Angeles, just days after demonstrators occupied and trashed a building while the school’s president and other employees were still inside. Officers issued a dispersal order, and about seven remaining protesters left voluntarily, campus spokesperson Erik Frost Hollins said.
Continue ReadingBy JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Ryan Warsofsky had a front-row seat to some of the worst hockey played by the San Jose Sharks since their expansion days as an assistant under David Quinn the past two seasons. Now the 36-year-old who was hired last week as the youngest coach
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Struggling left-hander José Suarez was designated for assignment by the Los Angeles Angels after his latest poor outing. The Angels also designated infielder Cole Tucker for assignment, activated infielder Brandon Drury from the 10-day injured list and selected the contract of right-hander Zach Plesac from
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Actor Ian McKellen was hospitalized Monday after toppling off a London stage during a fight scene in a play. The 85-year-old known for playing Gandalf in the “Lord of the Rings” films and many stage roles over a six decade career cried out in pain after the fall, according to a BBC
Continue ReadingBy JAIMIE DING Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles has agreed to pay $300,000 to cover the legal fees of a local journalist and a technology watchdog group that had been sued by the city last year for publishing photos of names and photographs of hundreds of undercover officers obtained through a public
Continue ReadingBy JAIMIE DING Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles has agreed to pay $300,000 to cover the legal fees of a local journalist and a technology watchdog group that had been sued by the city last year for publishing photos of names and photographs of hundreds of undercover officers obtained through a public
Continue ReadingBy ELLA JOYNER, LORNE COOK and SAMUEL PETRQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders have broken off talks without reaching final agreement on the nominees for the bloc’s top jobs. Several praised the record of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at a dinner summit in Brussels, and she appears on track
Continue ReadingBy WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has met with an Israeli lawyer who has publicly described being sexually assaulted while held hostage in Gaza. Harris said Monday that the story left her fearing more such accounts “will only increase as more hostages are released.” The vice presient hosted an
Continue ReadingBy ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Over 75 million people in the United States were under extreme heat alerts Monday as a heat wave moved eastward, and the mid-Atlantic and New England were likely to see highs in the 90s as the week progresses. Excessive humidity will make it feel even more oppressive.
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily blocked an Iowa law that allows law enforcement in the state to file criminal charges against people with outstanding deportation orders or who previously had been denied entry to the United States. U.S. District Court Judge Stephen Locher issued a
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — School districts in California would be barred from requiring teachers to notify parents if their child asks to go by a new pronoun at school under a bill the state Legislature is weighing amid legal battles over the rights of parents and gender-nonconforming students.
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — School districts in California would be barred from requiring teachers to notify parents if their child asks to go by a new pronoun at school under a bill the state Legislature is weighing amid legal battles over the rights of parents and gender-nonconforming students.
Continue ReadingBy Nic F. Anderson, CNN (CNN) — Lamor Whitehead, a flashy Brooklyn pastor nicknamed the “Bling Bishop,” was sentenced Monday to nine years in prison after being convicted of using a parishioner’s retirement savings and trying to extort a businessman, the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced. Whitehead was found guilty
Continue ReadingMEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — A former nurse at an Oregon hospital is facing criminal charges that she harmed nearly four dozen patients by stealing fentanyl and replacing it with non-sterile tap water in intravenous drips. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Dani Marie Schofield pleaded not guilty on Friday to 44 counts of second-degree assault and was being
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Jay-Z’s electrifying reunion with Alicia Keys on what appeared to be a live duet of “Empire State of Mind” at the Tony Awards was actually pre-taped, a show official who wasn’t authorized to speak publicly told The Associated Press. The appearance of the rapper in
Continue ReadingBy JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “People, stop texting me!” pleaded Kecia Lewis, with comic exasperation. The veteran Broadway performer had just won her first Tony award in a 40-year career, for the Alicia Keys musical “Hell’s Kitchen,” and was trying to read her acceptance speech off her phone. But she
Continue ReadingLAWRENCE, Massachusetts (AP) — Authorities say the pilot of small plane is dead after the crash of his aircraft into a Massachusetts river. The pilot was the only person onboard when the plane plunged into the Merrimack River near Lawrence on Monday afternoon. A fire official says a dive team was in the water and
Continue ReadingBy NASSER KARIMI Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s six presidential candidates have discussed the country’s economic problems in a four-hour live debate on state TV. The elections were called after a helicopter crash killed President Ebrahim Raisi and seven others last month. Monday’s debate was the first of five planned ahead of the
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