By MARK LONG AP Sports Writer GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Former Florida recruit and current Georgia quarterback Jaden Rashada is suing Gators coach Billy Napier and the program’s top booster over a failed name, image and likeness deal worth nearly $14 million. The lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Pensacola accuses Napier and
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Happy Father’s Day to all the father figures and dads in and around the Coachella Valley! This weekend’s cooler temperatures inspired some dads and their families to spend time together outside. Over at the Civic Center Park in Palm Desert, fathers could be seen playing basketball with their family, hitting the pool at the aquatic
Continue ReadingCAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities say at least 10 women and children have died after a small bus carrying about two dozen people slid off a ferry and plunged into the Nile River just outside Cairo. The Health Ministry says the accident injured nine other passengers. The cause of the accident was not immediately clear.
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK, JAKE OFFENHARTZ, JILL COLVIN and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyers rested their defense Tuesday without the former president taking the witness stand in his New York hush money criminal trial, moving the case closer to the moment when the jury will begin deciding his fate.
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — As vast parts of Florida sweltered in oppressive heat over the weekend, South Florida TV meteorologist Steve MacLaughlin criticized the state’s new legislation that deleted most references to climate change from state law, and urged his viewers to vote. “The entire world is looking to Florida to lead in
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — U.S. District Judge Gene E. K. Pratter has died. Pratter handled many high-profile cases including the current lawsuits involving the diabetes and weight loss drugs Ozempic and Mounjaro. Her death was announced Friday by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. She was 75, and a cause of
Continue ReadingDHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong says her country will continue to work to expand trade relations with Bangladesh. Wong is in Bangladesh on a two-day visit. On Tuesday, she met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud in the nation’s capital, Dhaka. In a joint press briefing, Wong said
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM and KELVIN CHAN Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Leading artificial intelligence companies made a fresh pledge at a mini-summit Tuesday to develop AI safely, while world leaders agreed to build a network of publicly backed safety institutes to advance research and testing of the technology. Google, Meta and OpenAI were
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press OCEAN GROVE, N.J. (AP) — People will soon be allowed onto the beach on Sunday mornings in one Jersey Shore community where the sand has been closed for generations to honor God. The Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association owns the beaches and all the land in Ocean Grove. The Christian
Continue ReadingTALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russian news reports say a general who was relieved of duty last year after complaining about problems faced by his troops in Ukraine has been arrested on charges of widescale bribery. The arrest of Maj. Gen. Ivan Popov, who had commanded the 58th Guards Combined Arms Army, follows the arrest last
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK, JAKE OFFENHARTZ, JENNIFER PELTZ and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyers rested their defense Tuesday without the former president taking the witness stand in his New York hush money trial. “Your honor, the defense rests,” Trump lawyer Todd Blanche told the judge following testimony from a
Continue ReadingBy SAMYA KULLAB and ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Germany’s foreign minister says sending air defense systems to Ukraine to help protect it from Russian cruise missiles, rockets and drones is an “absolute priority.” Annalena Baerbock was in Kyiv on Tuesday and visited a local power plant that was largely reduced to
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — Donald Trump’s reelection campaign called “The Apprentice,” a film about the former U.S. president in the 1980s, “pure fiction” and vowed legal action following its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. But director Ali Abbasi is offering to privately screen the film for Trump. Following
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The defense rested its case in Donald Trump’s hush money trial on Tuesday morning without the former president taking the witness stand to testify, bringing proceedings one step closer to closing arguments. After more than four weeks of testimony, jurors were sent home with Judge Juan M. Merchan telling them they
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghanistan’s Taliban have confirmed the resumption of Turkish Airlines flights to Kabul’s international airport. It comes nearly three years after the carrier’s services were suspended following the collapse of the Western-backed government. Afghanistan’s Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation said the first Turkish Airlines flight landed Tuesday and was greeted by government officials.
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK, JAKE OFFENHARTZ, JENNIFER PELTZ and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyers rested their defense Monday in the former president’s New York hush money trial, bringing the case one step closer to final arguments. The prosecution will get a chance to call rebuttal witnesses now that the
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s government says thousands of victims of the U.K.’s infected blood scandal will start receiving their final compensation payments this year. The scandal is seen as the deadliest disaster in the history of Britain’s state-run National Health Service. Officials announced the plans a day after the publication
Continue ReadingBy ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Elvis Presley’s estate is fighting what it says is a fraudulent scheme to auction off Graceland to the highest bidder. An auction had been scheduled for Thursday this week, but a Memphis judge blocked it after Presley’s granddaughter Riley Keough sought a temporary restraining order and
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are drifting around their record levels on Tuesday as Wall Street looks to be headed for another quiet day of trading. The S&P 500 was down 0.1% in early trading, just below its record set last week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer ROME (AP) — She’s the U.S. Open champion. The highest paid female athlete in the world. And a frustrated Floridian. American tennis player Coco Gauff has never been afraid to use her voice. Not when she delivered an impromptu speech at a Black Lives Matter rally at the age
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