By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press Galena, a 6-year-old house cat from Utah, likes hiding and playing with cardboard. Earlier this month, the combination of the two made for a stressful trip in an Amazon package, feverish searching, a California rescue and a tearful reunion. Her family is still waiting to “reintroduce cardboard to her
Continue ReadingBy AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press Galena, a 6-year-old house cat from Utah, likes hiding and playing with cardboard. Earlier this month, the combination of the two made for a stressful trip in an Amazon package, feverish searching, a California rescue and a tearful reunion. Her family is still waiting to “reintroduce cardboard to her
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Mike Tyson’s fight against Jake Paul in Texas this summer has been sanctioned as a competitive boxing match rather than an exhibition. The rounds will be shorter and the gloves will be heavier. The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation this week approved terms for the July 20 fight at AT&T
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — More worries about inflation and interest rates staying high knocked U.S. stocks lower on Tuesday, as the market closed out its worst month since September. The S&P 500 tumbled 1.6% to cement its first losing month in the last six. Its momentum slammed into reverse
Continue ReadingBy ANITA SNOW Associated Press Best-selling novelist Amy Tan of “The Joy Luck Club” fame combines entries from her nature journal with astonishing illustrations thanks to lessons in bird illustration in “The Backyard Bird Chronicles,” to share a birdwatching obsession that dates back to before the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s among recent books grabbing onto the
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer A breakout moment in Hollywood can happen at any age and stage. This summer at the movies, there are plenty of talents to discover, from the formerly incarcerated man whose story inspired the film he stars in to the “It” bully whose childhood dream of playing an ape in
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Armed men burst into a hospital in central Mexico and killed a patient who was being treated for a previous gunshot wound. Prosecutors in the state of Morelos, just south of Mexico City, said the attack occurred early Tuesday. The killers made their way into an intensive care ward and shot
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — After posting strong numbers for the first round, viewership for the NFL draft was down 3% from last year on TV and digital platforms. The draft averaged 5.74 million viewers for the three days this year across ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and NFL Network after averaging 5.93 million in 2023 according to
Continue ReadingBy GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — There was a brief moment three weeks ago when trainer Chad Brown’s Kentucky Derby outlook was jolted as one of his hopefuls resisted multiple attempts to enter the gate in a major qualifying race and then started slowly. Things turned out way better than
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kawhi Leonard will miss Game 5 of the Los Angeles Clippers’ tight first-round series against the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday night due to right knee inflammation. Leonard was ruled out by Clippers coach Tyronn Lue on Tuesday. The six-time All-Star will sit out for the
Continue ReadingBy Radina Gigova and Olga Voitovych, CNN (CNN) — At least five people were killed and more than 30 injured in a Russian missile attack on the Black Sea port city of Odesa on Monday, Ukrainian authorities say. Dramatic video footage of the attack, released by the office of Ukraine’s Prosecutor General, showed dozens of
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy’s League, a junior party in the government, is putting forward a provocative candidate for European Party elections. League Leader Matteo Salvini is trying to breathe new life into the party after it has fared poorly in recent polling. On Tuesday, Salvini appeared in their first joint
Continue ReadingBy GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Changpeng Zhao, founder of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, was sentenced Tuesday to four months in prison for looking the other way as criminals used the platform to move money connected to child sex abuse, drug trafficking and terrorism. U.S. District Judge Richard A. Jones credited the
Continue ReadingBy DEVI SHASTRI AP Health Writer The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it will test ground beef for bird flu. Officials say they’re confident that the nation’s meat supply is safe, but are launching the studies after inactive viral particles were found in pasteurized milk. They will test beef for sale in states where dairy
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A leader in the MS-13 street gang whose orders set off a wave of killings five years ago in northern Virginia has been sentenced to life in prison. Prosecutors said at a federal sentencing hearing Tuesday that the deaths in 2019 in Prince William County stood
Continue ReadingTORONTO, Ontario (AP) — Police in Canada say that two grandparents and their infant grandchild were killed on highway east of Toronto when a van being chased by police crashed while going the wrong way, causing a six-vehicle collision. Police say the chase late Monday was triggered by an alleged liquor store robbery, and that
Continue ReadingBy Danny Freeman and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — A Pennsylvania district attorney intends to appeal a judge’s decision last month to overturn the murder convictions of the so-called “Chester Trio” – three men who have spent nearly 25 years in prison for a crime they say they did not commit. Derrick Chappell, 41; Morton
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences will honor eight individuals as Gold and Silver Circle inductees during the Sports Emmy Awards on May 21. Bob Steiner, a lead producer for Fox and CBS, and John Gilmartin, a coordinating producer and director for NBC, will be inducted into the Gold
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — The Miami Heat will be without yet another starter when they face an elimination game in Boston on Wednesday night. Rookie forward Jaime Jaquez Jr. did not travel with the team on Tuesday to Boston for a Game 5 against the Celtics, ruled out with a
Continue ReadingBy KAVISH HARJAI and PABLO MONSIVAIS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of families will face bigger internet bills starting in May because a federal broadband subsidy program is set to expire. The Affordable Connectivity Program provided families $30 a month toward their internet bills. The White House has pushed for an extension but it
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