By Nicole Grether and Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — The planned demolition to remove a portion of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Maryland has been rescheduled to Monday afternoon due to inclement weather conditions, according to the United States Coast Guard. Crews were expected Sunday evening to use small explosives to break apart a
Continue ReadingBy JEAN-FERNAND KOENA Associated Press BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Authorities say that anti-government rebels in the Central African Republic have carried out an attack in a village known for gold mining. At least four people were killed. A local government spokesperson told The Associated Press on Sunday that a rebel group aligned with
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press An apartment block partially collapsed in the Russian border city of Belgorod on Sunday, leaving at least two dead and 20 injured. Officials blamed Ukrainian shelling for the building’s destruction. Online footage showed rescuers searching for survivors among the remnants of the building’s stairwell, then fleeing the scene as part of
Continue ReadingSTOCKTON, Ala. (AP) — Three people are dead and at least 12 were wounded in a shooting at party in south Alabama. Andre Reid with the Baldwin County Investigation Division told WALA-TV that the shooting happened Saturday night. He said about 1,000 people were attending a May Day party near Stockton when an altercation started
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press EUCLID, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say an Ohio police officer was shot and killed after being “ambushed” while answering a disturbance call over the weekend. Police in the Cleveland suburb of Euclid said officers were dispatched just before 10 p.m. Saturday to a home. The officer, whose name wasn’t immediately released, died
Continue ReadingCNN Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey faces his second, distinct bribery and corruption trial in seven years starting Monday. This new case is a complicated affair involving multiple gold bars, envelopes of cash, a Mercedes and a lot more that, prosecutors say, the powerful former
Continue ReadingBy KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES Associated Press SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova has been sworn as the first female president of North Macedonia and has immediately reignited a diplomatic spat with neighboring Greece. Siljanovska-Davkova referred to her country as “Macedonia” at the ceremony in the country’s parliament on Sunday rather than the constitutional name “North
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA, JOSEPH KRAUSS and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli forces pushed deeper into Gaza’s southern city of Rafah on Sunday and battled Hamas in parts of the devastated north that the military said it had cleared months ago but where militants have regrouped. Rafah is considered Hamas’ last
Continue ReadingBy Morgan Rimmer and Michelle Shen, CNN (CNN) — Sen. Bob Menendez declined to say whether he’ll resign should his forthcoming federal corruption trial result in a conviction. The New Jersey Democrat told CNN’s Manu Raju on Capitol Hill last week, “I am looking forward to proving my innocence,” when asked repeatedly whether he would resign
Continue ReadingBy LEAH WILLINGHAM and JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Republican primary voters will have a hard time finding a major candidate on the ballot in any statewide race who openly acknowledges President Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 election. Embracing or skirting the line on election denialism has
Continue ReadingBy Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 40 years ago, human remains were found on a beach in St. Johns County, Florida. This week, authorities identified those remains as a woman who was last seen by her family in 1968. Mary Alice Pultz was 25 at the time. She had been raised in Rockville, Maryland,
Continue ReadingBy KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer For much of the past two years, Caitlin Clark has been the centerpiece of the college basketball world. Now Clark, like NBA Hall of Famer Larry Bird was 45 years ago, is involuntarily the focus of discussions about race and her transition to professional basketball. Though Clark hasn’t said
Continue ReadingBy KASPARMAN PILIANG Associated Press PADANG, Indonesia (AP) — Heavy rains and torrents of cold lava and mud flowing down a volcano’s slopes on Indonesia’s Sumatra island have triggered flash floods. Official said Sunday that at least 37 people were dead and more than a dozen others were missing. Monsoon rains and a major mudslide
Continue ReadingMONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Republican Gov. Phil Scott is running for reelection to a fifth two-year term in the largely blue state of Vermont. Scott announced his reelection bid on Saturday, saying there’s more work to do. He said during his four terms he and his team have worked to grow the economy, make Vermont
Continue ReadingBy EDGAR M. CLEMENTE Associated Press TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — A strong earthquake shook the border of Mexico and Guatemala early Sunday, driving frightened residents into the streets. The temblor struck just before 6 a.m. near the Mexican border town of Suchiate, where a river by the same name divides the two countries. The epicenter
Continue ReadingBy KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Swiss Eurovision fans were getting ready Sunday to give a hero’s welcome to singer Nemo, who won the 68th Eurovision Song Contest with “The Code,” an operatic pop-rap ode to the singer’s journey toward embracing a nongender identity. The singer, who is Swiss but currently lives in
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — Authorities in Atlanta say three police officers were hospitalized with gunshot wounds after an altercation that left a man dead. Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum says officers responded at 5:15 p.m. Saturday to a report of an armed person and encountered a man with a handgun and a knife on Desoto Avenue.
Continue ReadingBy SAMYA KULLAB and VASILISA STEPANENKO Associated Press VILCHA, Ukraine (AP) — Thousands more civilians have fled Russia’s renewed ground offensive in Ukraine’s northeast that has targeted towns and villages with a barrage of artillery and mortar fire, officials said Sunday. The intense battles have forced at least one Ukrainian unit to withdraw in the
Continue ReadingBy ALEXANDRA OLSON and CLAIRE SAVAGE AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — More working U.S. parents than ever are celebrating their first Mother’s Day with hard-fought access to paid time off to care for newborns. But the majority still must forego pay to care for new babies or other loved ones, even as efforts
Continue ReadingBy Greg Hughes, Dana Bash and Courtney Pence, CNN (CNN) — Standing in front of a ruined warehouse in tornado-ravaged Marietta, Oklahoma, FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell was full of questions. “Have you gotten any sleep yet?” she asked the mayor. To the sheriff: “Your home is okay? Your family?” “Do you have any questions for
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