SYDNEY (AP) — A 16-year-old boy accused of committing a terrorist act by stabbing a bishop in a Sydney church in April faces two additional charges. The boy was arrested at the scene of the stabbing on April 15 in an Assyrian Orthodox church as a service was being streamed online. A prosecutor told the
Continue ReadingBy BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Lorenzen pitched a season-high seven innings, rookie Wyatt Langford had two RBI singles and the Texas Rangers defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-1 on Thursday night to win a series at Dodger Stadium for the first time since 1999. “Just a terrific job how
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press MINA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — In sweltering temperatures, Muslim pilgrims in Mecca converged on a vast tent camp in the desert on Friday, officially opening the annual Hajj pilgrimage. Ahead of their trip, they circled the cube-shaped Kaaba in the Grand Mosque, Islam’s holiest site. More than 1.5 million pilgrims
Continue ReadingBy R.J. RICO and JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — In a dreary part of downtown Atlanta, shipping containers have been transformed into an oasis for dozens of previously unsheltered people who now proudly call a former parking lot home. The gated micro community known as “The Melody” doesn’t look like a parking lot
Continue ReadingBy R.J. RICO and JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — In a dreary part of downtown Atlanta, shipping containers have been transformed into an oasis for dozens of previously unsheltered people who now proudly call a former parking lot home. The gated micro community known as “The Melody” doesn’t look like a parking lot
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Christian Walker hit two homers, Joc Pederson added a late grand slam and the Arizona Diamondbacks coasted past the Los Angeles Angels 11-1 on Thursday night. Arizona won two of three in the series and eight of its last 12 overall. Walker got the D-backs’ offense
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mixed Friday after Wall Street’s continued frenzy around artificial-intelligence technology nudged indexes on Wall Street to more records. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 gained 0.4% to 38,868.94 after the Bank of Japan kept its monetary policy intact, though it did say it intends to
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Big changes are underway in the Coachella Valley’s largest city, as it enters an exciting new phase of development. News Channel 3’s Peter Daut took an in-depth look at a transformation worth millions of dollars and years of investment. And as he discovered, it’s not just a revitalization; it’s a renaissance. When American Idol winner
Continue ReadingBy TERRY SPENCER Associated Press PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — A crew is scheduled Friday to begin tearing down the three-story classroom building where 17 people died in the 2018 mass shooting at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. The victims’ families have been invited to watch the first blows and hammer off a piece themselves
Continue ReadingBy FREIDA FRISARO, TERRY SPENCER and DANIEL KOZIN Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Forecasters warned Floridians to prepare for additional flash flooding after a tropical disturbance dumped as much as 20 inches (50 centimeters) of rainfall in the southern parts of the state, with worsening conditions expected Friday. The disorganized storm system was
Continue ReadingBy Fabiana Chaparro, CNN (CNN) — Four men were arrested and charged with murder Thursday in connection to a 2021 mass shooting outside a Miami-Dade County concert venue that killed three people and wounded at least 20 others – one of the largest mass shootings in the county’s history. The suspected gunmen – Willie Zavon Hill,
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press MINA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Muslim pilgrims have converged on a vast tent camp in the desert near Mecca, Saudi Arabia, officially beginning the annual Hajj. Saudi officials say more than 1.5 million foreign pilgrims have arrived in Mecca so far. They expect the number to exceed participation last year,
Continue ReadingBy ELLEN KNICKMEYER and EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S.-built pier to bring food to Gaza is facing one of its most serious challenges yet — its humanitarian partner is deciding if it’s safe to keep delivering supplies arriving by sea to starving Palestinians. The United Nations, the player with the
Continue ReadingBy STEPHANY MATAT and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is spending his birthday at the country’s largest Trump fan club, based in his hometown in Palm Beach County, Florida. Club 47 is expecting about 5,000 people in this private event to hear from Trump, two weeks
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — DeAnna Mireau reached into a container and fished out a scrap of paper. “The next one is — do we have a drumroll?” she called out to a room crowded with some two dozen older adults and a half-dozen journalists. “Justice! Justice for all.” Nobody stirred,
Continue ReadingBy JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Alex Jones has pushed many theories over the last three decades, including that the U.S. government was behind or failed to stop the Oklahoma City bombing and the 9/11 attacks. As the outlandish nature of his false claims grew, so did his media empire, with annual
Continue ReadingBy DAVE COLLINS and JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones appears on the brink of losing the Infowars media platform that he turned into a multimillion-dollar moneymaker over the past 25 years, as a bankruptcy judge is set to rule on whether to liquidate his assets to help
Continue ReadingBy ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press BARI, Italy (AP) — Leaders of the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations turned their attention to migration at the start of the second day of their summit Friday, seeking ways to combat trafficking and increase investment in countries from where migrants start out on often life-threatening journeys. The gathering
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland will host scores of world leaders this weekend to try to map out first steps toward peace in Ukraine even though Russia, which launched the ongoing war, won’t take part. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s government didn’t want Russia involved, and the Swiss — aware of Moscow’s
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden and fellow G7 leaders meeting on the coast of Italy this week are working to harden support for Ukraine and rush western resources to the country as they look uneasily toward November’s US election, which could portend a shift in American stance. The plans to hasten
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