By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Melinda French Gates will step down as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the nonprofit she and her ex-husband Bill Gates founded and built into one of the world’s largest philanthropic organizations over the past 20 years. “This is not a decision I came
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK, JILL COLVIN, ERIC TUCKER and JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s fixer-turned-foe, Michael Cohen, directly implicated the former president in a hush money scheme Monday, telling jurors that his celebrity client approved hefty payouts to stifle stories about sex that he feared could be harmful to his
Continue ReadingBy CODY JACKSON and FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press JUNO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A crowd cheered and took photos as two loggerhead sea turtles slowly made their way through the sand and into the Atlantic Ocean. Monday’s turtle release marked the end of their rehabilitation at the Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach, Florida. One
Continue ReadingBy ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Democratic state Rep. Rita Fleming says she is retiring. The lawmaker representing Indiana’s 71st district has served in the statehouse since she was first elected in 2018. According to a Monday statement, Fleming says she wants to spend more time with family and will leave office immediately.
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Childish Gambino has returned with a reimagined album and a new tour announcement. Early Monday, Donald Glover posted on X that “ATAVISTA” had hit streaming platforms. He said the record is actually “the finished version” of an album he released in 2020, “3.15.20.” The release
Continue ReadingMUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Protests against price hikes have continued for the fourth day in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir with demonstrators clashing with the police. Meanwhile, government talks have begun with the International Monetary Fund in pursuit of billions of dollars in new support. The violence in Kashmir has left at least two people dead. The prime
Continue ReadingBy John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — A group of mostly White voters that is challenging Louisiana’s proposed congressional districts called the map “morally repugnant” in a filing with the Supreme Court on Monday. The high court is considering an emergency appeal over a map drawn by state lawmakers that includes a second majority-Black district in
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — After being sentenced to eight years in prison, the award-winning Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof says he’s fled to Europe shortly ahead of the Cannes Film Festival premiere of his latest film. Last week, the 51-year-old Rasoulof’s lawyer told The Associated Press that the director had
Continue ReadingSTOCKTON, Ala. (AP) — Authorities in south Alabama are urging witnesses to come forward with videos that might show who was responsible for a shooting at an outdoor party in south Alabama that left three dead and 18 wounded over the weekend. Officials have released few details about Saturday night’s incident at a May Day
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The corruption trial of Sen. Bob Menendez has begun in Manhattan federal court as dozens of prospective jurors who claimed jury service would be a hardship were questioned one by one over a six-hour stretch. The questioning by a judge was to continue Tuesday. The 70-year-old
Continue ReadingBy MOUTA ALI Associated Press N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — Chad’s opposition leader says he has filed an appeal with the country’s constitutional council to challenge the preliminary results of the May 6 presidential election. Succès Masra in social media posts has shared a copy of a receipt showing that documents have been filed with the
Continue ReadingMUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Protests against price hikes have continued for the fourth day in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir with demonstrators clashing with the police, officials said. The violence, which gripped the region since Friday, has left at least two people dead, including a police officer, and left a hundred others injured. The prime minister in Pakistan-held
Continue ReadingBy Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli military has renewed its fighting in northern Gaza where it previously claimed to have dismantled Hamas’ command structure. But it now says the Palestinian militant group is trying to “reassemble” in the area, raising doubts about whether Israel’s goal to eradicate the group in the enclave is
Continue ReadingBy VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Refugee rights activists are criticizing Poland’s pro-European Union government for plans to tighten security at the border with Belarus. They are also unhappy that it’s continuing a policy initiated by the previous populist government of pushing migrants back across the border there. The activists organized an
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — More than 15 million people from Texas to Florida are under threat of severe storms and the potential for more tornadoes. Many of those areas being threatened Monday were previously hit during one of the most active periods for twisters on record. Forecasters say the highest risk for severe storms and tornadoes
Continue ReadingPUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) — Punxsutawney Phil’s offspring have names that just might help the famed weather-forecasting groundhog to predict when spring will begin. Phil’s human handlers chose Mother’s Day to announce that the two kits born this spring to Phil and his partner, Phyllis, are named Sunny and Shadow. Sunny is a female, Shadow a
Continue ReadingSTOCKTON, Ala. (AP) — Three people were killed and 18 were wounded over the weekend during a shooting at a party in south Alabama. The Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office said about 1,000 people were attending a May Day party near Stockton on Saturday night when an altercation started and gunfire erupted. Investigators believe there may
Continue ReadingABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Labor unions in Nigeria staged nationwide have protested a recent increase in electricity prices introduced after the removal of subsidies by the West African nation’s government. The workers who protested across the country on Monday said they are also frustrated that Nigeria’s electricity supply has not improved even for the consumers
Continue ReadingBy TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Smoke from Canadian wildfires has prompted health warnings across the Upper Midwest for a second straight year. Smoke from fires burning in British Columbia and Alberta have settled over parts of Montana, the Dakotas, Minnesota and Wisconsin. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency issued its first statewide
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal fraud trial has begun for the owner and chief financial officer of a hedge fund that collapsed. The downfall of Archegos Capital Management cost leading global investment banks and brokerages billions of dollars. Fund founder Bill Hwang and his former financial officer, Patrick Halligan,
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