THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A shooting near a college in Los Angeles killed a man and wounded four other people Friday night, police said. Homicide detectives were involved in a shooting death investigation on the 800 block of Greenleaf Boulevard in Compton, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement. The shooting was reported
Continue ReadingBy JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Authorities say a man who reportedly assaulted the Danish Prime Minister in central Copenhagen will appear in a pre-trial custody hearing. Police confirmed “there has been an incident” with Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Friday and that a 39-year-old man was arrested. They didn’t provide
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The decision by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to leave D-Day commemorations in northern France early has caused a political storm that threatens to derail his Conservative Party’s general election campaign. Though Sunak apologized for not attending Thursday’s final commemoration on Omaha Beach in Normandy, his critics
Continue ReadingBy JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A man reportedly assaulted Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in central Copenhagen, local media said. Police confirmed “there has been an incident with the prime minister” on Friday and that a 39-year-old man was arrested. He is expected to face a custody hearing Saturday, police
Continue ReadingBy Raja Razek, Dalia Faheid, Amanda Musa and Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — Florida fire officials are still asking beachgoers to exercise caution Sunday after three people were injured Friday in two separate shark attacks within just 90 minutes of each other at neighboring Walton County beaches. The attacks happened about four miles apart and
Continue ReadingEUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Florida finished third in the 1,600-meter relay to pass Auburn — which failed to qualify for the final event — in the team standings Friday night for the Gators’ third straight NCAA men’s outdoor track and field championship and fifth in eight seasons. Florida finished with 41 points to edge the
Continue ReadingBy KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — Voters in Slovakia, Italy and other European Union nations were casting their ballots Saturday on the third day of elections for the European Parliament, with populist and far-right parties looking to make gains across the 27-member bloc while violence continued to hang over the campaign. In Slovakia,
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Las Vegas set a new record high again on Friday and Albuquerque tied its high mark, but forecasters said the weeklong heat wave that baked most of the U.S. Southwest earlier than usual in temperatures well into triple digits was on its last legs. Slightly cooler
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Las Vegas set a new record high again on Friday and Albuquerque tied its high mark, but forecasters said the weeklong heat wave that baked most of the U.S. Southwest earlier than usual in temperatures well into triple digits was on its last legs. Slightly cooler
Continue ReadingBy SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Around 400 million European Union citizens are electing members of the European Parliament in one of the biggest global democratic events. Far-right parties are seeking to gain more power amid a rise in the cost of living and farmers’ discontent, while the wars in Gaza and Ukraine
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — By the time Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi boarded his window seat on a helicopter ferrying him, the foreign minister and six others, thick clouds already had begun forming around the mountaintops along the Azerbaijan-Iran border. Despite the worsening weather, the helicopter lifted off for
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Dearica Hamby finished with 22 points and 12 rebounds to help the Los Angeles Sparks pull away for an 81-72 victory over the Dallas Wings on Friday night, snapping a three-game skid. Hamby has eight double-doubles in 10 games this season for the Sparks (3-7). She made 9 of 16 shots
Continue ReadingBy BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Fernando Tatis Jr. and Jurickson Profar hit consecutive home runs in the first inning and Ha-Seong Kim hit a two-run shot in the sixth for the San Diego Padres, who beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 10-3 Friday night to snap a five-game losing streak. Profar came
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Makenzy Doniak scored in the 62nd minute to pull the San Diego Wave into a 1-1 draw with Orlando on Friday night and snap the Pride’s record eight-game winning streak in the National Women’s Soccer League. Julie Doyle scored in the first half for the Pride, who remained unbeaten to start
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A soaring demand for food delivered fast has spawned small armies of couriers — and increasing alarm — in big cities where scooters, motorcycles and mopeds zip in and out of traffic and hop onto pedestrian-filled sidewalks as their drivers race to drop off salads and sandwiches.
Continue ReadingBy STEPHANY MATAT Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Sen. Rick Scott of Florida says he’ll vote in November against a ballot amendment to legalize recreational marijuana in his state. He says this is a deeply personal decision based on his brother’s long history of addiction. Roger Scott died in April at the
Continue ReadingBy Jean Casarez and Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — Just over a month after his conviction was overturned in New York, attorneys for disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein filed an appeal Friday to overturn his Los Angeles conviction from December 2022, when he was found guilty on three sexual assault charges and sentenced to 16 years in
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Yainer Diaz homered in his fourth consecutive game and drove in three runs, and Framber Valdez pitched a four-hitter in the Houston Astros’ 7-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night. Yordan Alvarez hit a tiebreaking three-run double in the five-run seventh inning
Continue ReadingBy WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — This year, the “calamari comeback” chef might not be coming back. John Bordieri became known as the “calamari ninja” for standing wordlessly, clad head-to-toe in black, and holding a platter of sautéed squid during a video roll call of states that nominated Joe Biden during the 2020
Continue ReadingBy ALBERT STUMM Associated Press Prince Bhojwani never thought of himself as a negative person, until three trips to the hospital in one month forced him to reconsider. Before May 2018, he was a healthy but chronically worried start-up founder who regularly did 20-mile (32-kilometer) bike rides. When he suddenly became barely able to walk,
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