By PETER SMITH Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — United Methodist delegates are heading into the homestretch of their first legislative gathering in five years — one that appears on track to make historic changes in lifting their church’s longstanding bans on same-sex marriage and the ordination of LGBTQ clergy. After a day off on
Continue ReadingBy JAKE OFFENHARTZ and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Colleges around the U.S. implored pro-Palestinian student protesters to clear out tent encampments with rising levels of urgency Monday, including an ultimatum from Columbia University for students to sign a form and leave the encampment by the afternoon or face suspension. College classes
Continue ReadingBy CEDAR ATTANASIO, JAKE OFFENHARTZ and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Colleges around the U.S. implored pro-Palestinian student protesters to clear out tent encampments with rising levels of urgency Monday, including an ultimatum from Columbia University for students to sign a form and leave the encampment by the afternoon or face suspension.
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are drifting higher Monday as Wall Street readies for a week packed with potentially market-moving reports. The S&P 500 was down 0.1% in late trading, coming off its best week since November. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 24 points, or 0.1%,
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration has finalized a rule to regulate medical tests that have long escaped oversight. The rule was announced Monday. It is designed to improve the accuracy and reliability of tests developed at large laboratories, including hospitals and universities. The FDA has warned
Continue ReadingBy EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s interior ministry says five people have been killed in a bomb attack in the country’s remote north near Somalia. Five other people were wounded. There is no immediate claim of responsibility, but Mandera County has had other attacks carried out by Somalia-based al-Shabab militants affiliated
Continue ReadingRAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — The last two members of a trio who carjacked and kidnapped an FBI employee in South Dakota in 2022 have been sentenced to lengthy prison sentences. The Rapid City Journal reports that Deyvin Morales was sentenced Friday to 47 years in prison. At the same hearing, Karla Lopez-Gutierrez was sentenced
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — Dozens of students have gathered near the Sorbonne university in Paris to protest in support of the Palestinians, echoing similar demonstrations on campuses in the United States. About 100 demonstrators took part in the protest near the prestigious university, waving a giant Palestinian flag and chanting slogans in support of Palestinians in
Continue ReadingCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Finland’s national carrier Finnair is temporarily suspending flights to Estonia’s second largest city for a month after two of its planes were prevented from landing in Tartu last week because of GPS disruptions. The cause of the GPS interference that forced the two flights to return to Helsinki last Thursday was
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Palestinian health officials say Israeli airstrikes on the southern Gaza city of Rafah have killed at least 22 people, including six women and five children. One of the children killed in the strikes overnight into Monday was just 5 days old. Israel has regularly carried out airstrikes on Rafah since the
Continue ReadingBy JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former president Donald Trump met privately with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over the weekend, according to three people familiar with the discussion, marking a detente between the former rivals after a brutal primary contest marked by insults and bruised egos. The meeting, which lasted three hours,
Continue ReadingBy CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer Moderate drinking was once thought to have benefits for the heart but better research methods have thrown cold water on that idea. A growing number of public health experts say if you choose to drink alcohol, you should drink as little as possible. Guidelines vary from country to
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Medical device maker Philips will pay $1.1 billion to settle personal injury lawsuits in the U.S. over its defective sleep apnea machines. The announcement Monday is another step toward resolving one of the biggest medical device recalls in history, which has dragged on for nearly three
Continue ReadingNAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s Interior Ministry says at least 45 people have died and dozens are missing after a dam collapsed following heavy rains. The Old Kijabe Dam, located west of Nairobi in the Great Rift Valley region that is prone to flash floods, collapsed Monday and water spilled downstream, carrying with it mud,
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Elon Musk over a settlement with securities regulators that requires him to get approval in advance of some tweets that relate to Tesla, the electric vehicle company he leads. The justices did not comment Monday in leaving in place lower-court rulings against Musk, who
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A U.S. Navy ship involved in an American-led effort to bring more aid into the besieged Gaza Strip is offshore from the enclave and building out a floating platform for the operation, according to satellite photos analyzed Monday by The Associated Press. The USNS Roy P. Benavidez
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press VERSAILLES, France (AP) — The historic Versailles Palace Gardens will soon host the Paris Olympics equestrian sports. Meanwhile, the select riders in the National Equestrian Academy who handle the palace’s famed royal stables are continuing to care for their beloved horses. Almost every day at dawn, they enjoy the quietness
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer John Krasinski doesn’t usually worry about reviews. But for his new film “IF,” he is “genuinely terrified” of the response from two people: His daughters. “IF,” about a young girl (Cailey Fleming) and her neighbor (Ryan Reynolds) who can see everyone’s imaginary friends including those that have gotten left
Continue ReadingBy KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The public prosecutor general’s office in Munich has taken over the investigation into the stabbing deaths of two Ukrainian men in southern Germany because of a possible political motivation for the crime. German news agency dpa reported that the two Ukrainians were killed at a shopping center
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — A historic bridge was shut down Monday morning after a train car derailed and leaned against one of the bridge’s support columns. Around 6:15 a.m. local time, “approximately five Union Pacific train cars derailed near the east end of the Union Pacific Steel Bridge in Portland,
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