WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department renewed a global security warning Friday for Americans overseas, adding to it that LGBTQ people and events in particular face an “increased potential for foreign terrorist organization-inspired violence.” The alert is a standard renewal of travel advice telling Americans to exercise increased caution against possible attacks by violent extremist groups while
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The trial of a woman charged in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend is finishing its third week. The highly anticipated trial in Massachusetts involves a woman accused of striking her officer boyfriend with her SUV and leaving him for dead in a snowbank. Karen
Continue ReadingSANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chileans are bundling up for their coldest autumn in more than 70 years mere days after sunning in T-shirts — a dramatic change of wardrobe brought on this week by a sudden cold front gripping portions of South America unaccustomed to bitter wind chills this time of year. Temperatures broke records
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s largest teachers union on Friday turned up the pressure on Gov. Gavin Newsom, announcing a public campaign aimed at blocking part of his plan to balance the budget because they say it “would wreak havoc on funding for our schools.” Newsom says his plan —
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s largest teachers union on Friday turned up the pressure on Gov. Gavin Newsom, announcing a public campaign aimed at blocking part of his plan to balance the budget because they say it “would wreak havoc on funding for our schools.” Newsom says his plan —
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Dabney Coleman, the mustachioed character actor who specialized in smarmy villains like the chauvinist boss in “9 to 5” and the nasty TV director in “Tootsie,” has died. He was 92. Coleman died Thursday at his home in Santa Monica, his daughter, Quincy Coleman, said
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Dabney Coleman, the mustachioed character actor who specialized in smarmy villains like the chauvinist boss in “9 to 5” and the nasty TV director in “Tootsie,” has died. He was 92. Coleman died Thursday at his home in Santa Monica, his daughter, Quincy Coleman, said
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI and MARK VANCLEAVE Associated Press ST. PETER, Minn. (AP) — After 73 years and a long fight with the Army, a Korean War veteran from Minnesota who was wounded in combat finally got his Purple Heart. The U.S. Army notified 96-year-old Earl Meyer last month that it had granted him the medal,
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — After 48 years of investigation, Alberta Royal Canadian Mounted Police linked the deaths of four young women killed in the Calgary area in the 1970s to one man – a serial sexual offender who they believe may have committed more violent crimes until his death. Police say Gary Allen
Continue ReadingBy SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Republican lawmakers have failed to pass a proposal to make it harder to amend the state constitution. The GOP-led Legislature adjourned Friday without passing the legislation. Some Republicans had hoped to put the measure on the August ballot, so voters could enact the higher
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department has renewed a global security warning for Americans overseas and added to it that LGBTQ people and events in particular face an “increased potential for foreign terrorist organization-inspired violence.” The alert issued Friday is a standard renewal of travel advice telling Americans to exercise increased caution against possible attacks
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST and GARY FIELDS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When an upside-down U.S. flag flew over the home of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito in January 2021, it was largely seen in connection with the false claim by then-President Donald Trump’s supporters that the 2020 election had been marred by fraud. The revelation
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT SONNER Associated Press Federal wildlife officials have declared a rare lizard in southeastern New Mexico and West Texas an endangered species. The Fish and Wildlife Service said Friday that future energy development, sand mining and climate change could lead to extinction of the dunes sagebrush lizard in one of the world’s most lucrative
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump says he’s accepting an invitation from Fox News for his running mate to participate in a debate with Vice President Kamala Harris. But his announcement Friday came after Harris already had accepted a different invitation from CBS News instead. And President Joe Biden’s
Continue ReadingBy Masoud Popalzai and Al Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Four people were killed, including three Spanish citizens, in a shooting in central Afghanistan on Friday, according to Spanish and Afghan authorities. Earlier, Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry spokesperson Mufti Abdul Mateen Qani said the three Europeans and one Afghan citizen were killed in Bamyan city. The shooting
Continue ReadingBy ISABELLA O’MALLEY Associated Press Meteorologists say exceptional windstorms that may leave some Houston residents without power for weeks left damage in their wake comparable to that caused by a hurricane. Janice Maldonado, a National Weather Service meteorologist, says the storms that barreled through Houston Thursday are the most significant in the area since Hurricane
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin says Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito should recuse himself from cases related to the 2020 election and the 2021 Capitol insurrection after a report about an upside-down American flag outside his home. The upside-down flag is a symbol associated with ex-President Donald Trump’s
Continue ReadingBy MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico judge plans to rule next week on a grand jury indictment against Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting on the set of “Rust,” after hearing arguments Friday that the proceedings were unfair to the defendant. The indictment in January charged Baldwin with
Continue ReadingBy MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico judge plans to rule next week on a grand jury indictment against Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting on the set of “Rust,” after hearing arguments Friday that the proceedings were unfair to the defendant. The indictment in January charged Baldwin with
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Originally Published: 17 MAY 24 07:36 ETUpdated: 17 MAY 24 17:13 ETBy Jill Martin, Andy Rose and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The world’s top-ranked golfer, Scottie Scheffler, was arrested, charged with felony assault and released from jail before shooting a stellar 5-under par at the PGA Championship on Friday in a whirlwind few hours
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