By PETR DAVID JOSEK Associated Press BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Officials in Slovakia say Prime Minister Robert Fico has undergone another operation two days after as assassination attempt and remains in serious condition. The 59-year-old Fico was shot multiple times as he was greeting supporters on Wednesday. A suspected assailant has been arrested. The director
Continue ReadingBy PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s first-in-the-nation plan to levy a hefty toll on drivers entering Manhattan was the focus of a legal battle that played out in federal court. A Manhattan judge heard arguments Friday in lawsuits brought by groups of New Yorkers seeking to halt the $15 “congestion
Continue ReadingCHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Police say a former Boeing manager who raised safety questions about the aircraft maker took his own life. Police in Charleston, South Carolina, released details Friday on their investigation into the death of 62-year-old John Barnett, of Pineville, Louisiana. Barnett was a longtime Boeing employee and worked as a quality-control manager
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Seven Russian servicemen were injured when a World War II-era shell exploded in the basement of a military academy in St. Petersburg on Friday, Russian military officials said. The condition of the injured in the blast at the Budyonny Military Academy of Communications was not immediately reported. The academy trains soldiers serving
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A witness at Sen. Bob Menendez’s bribery trial says the cost of certifying that meat sent to Egypt follows Islamic dietary requirements skyrocketed after a single U.S. company was given a monopoly in a cozy deal prosecutors say Menendez arranged. James Bret Tate is a U.S.
Continue ReadingBy ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canadian police announced Friday they have linked the deaths of four young women nearly 50 years ago to a now deceased U.S. fugitive who hid in Canada from the mid 1970s to the late 1990s. Alberta Royal Canadian Mounted Police Supt. Dave Hall said Friday Gary Allen
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Stevie Wonder, singer, songwriter, producer and activist. Personal Birth date: May 13, 1950 Birth place: Saginaw, Michigan Birth name: Stevland Hardaway Judkins Father: Calvin Judkins Mother: Lula Mae Hardaway Marriages: Tomeeka Robyn Bracy (2017-present); Karen “Kai” Millard Morris (2001-October 5, 2015, divorced);
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Louis Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of Islam. Personal Birth date: May 11, 1933 Birth place: The Bronx, New York Birth name: Louis Eugene Walcott Father: Percival Clark Mother: Sarah Mae (Manning) Clark Marriage: Khadijah Farrakhan, formerly Betsy (Ross) Walcott, (September 12, 1953-present)
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A Colorado man pleaded guilty to murder charges on Friday for starting a 2020 house fire that killed five members of a Senegalese family out of misplaced revenge for a stolen iPhone that he mistakenly tracked to the house. Kevin Bui, now 20, was a teenager at
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, the second oldest continuous sporting event in the United States, after the Kentucky Derby. February 8, 10-11, 2025 – The 149th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show takes place at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center & Madison Square Garden
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A former OpenAI leader who resigned from the company earlier this week said Friday that safety has “taken a backseat to shiny products” at the influential artificial intelligence company. Jan Leike, who ran OpenAI’s “Superalignment” team alongside a company co-founder who also resigned this week, wrote in a series of posts on the
Continue ReadingBy Haley Talbot, Morgan Rimmer, Manu Raju and Melanie Zanona, CNN (CNN) — Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett criticized Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, calling her “racist,” following a tense House Oversight markup Thursday evening that quickly devolved into personal attacks. As the panel met to advance contempt proceedings against Attorney General Merrick Garland over his refusal
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — After a string of hospitalizations for long COVID, Paul Schrader had a realization. “If I’m going to make a film about death,” Schrader told himself, “I’d better hurry up.” The health of the 77-year-old filmmaker, whose films and scripts have covered half a century of
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — After a string of hospitalizations for long COVID, Paul Schrader had a realization. “If I’m going to make a film about death,” Schrader told himself, “I’d better hurry up.” The health of the 77-year-old filmmaker, whose films and scripts have covered half a century of
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Update May 17, 2024: The Palm Springs police department located the suspect vehicle and potential victim on Thursday just before 11:30 p.m. Police are saying it was not an abduction but a domestic violence incident. Detectives are now conducting follow-up investigations to identify any criminal violations. The Palm Springs police department says they encourage anyone
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s some background information about the census, a count of US residents that takes place every 10 years. The Census Bureau is part of the Department of Commerce. Most recent population information. 2020 Census – US population – 331,449,281, a 7.35% increase from 2010. 2010 Census – US population –
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER and KIM CHANDLER Associated Press TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Workers at two Mercedes-Benz plants near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, were voting against joining the United Auto Workers union Friday, in a test of the UAW’s ambitious plan to unionize auto plants in the historically nonunion South. Unofficial totals posted on a union website Friday
Continue ReadingBy KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Would Lisa Simpson set up a tent at New York University to protest the war in Gaza? How would Principal Skinner respond if she did? Hard to say, but some NYU students facing discipline for their actions during this spring’s pro-Palestinian protests have been assigned a
Continue ReadingBy Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — Americans in more than half of the states will face voting restrictions this year that weren’t in place four years ago during the last presidential election, a new analysis finds. Twenty-eight states – ranging from political battlegrounds such as North Carolina to Republican strongholds such as Alabama and Idaho – have
Continue ReadingBy KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Since its creation roughly 14 years ago, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has faced lawsuits, political and legal challenges to the idea of whether the Federal Government’s aggressive consumer financial watchdog agency should be allowed exist at all. Now cleared of any legal ambiguity, CFPB
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