By 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
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — Bob Baffert does not need to bring the Kentucky Derby winner to the Preakness to become the center of attention at Pimlico Race Course. The two-time Triple Crown-winning Hall of Fame trainer is a magnet for attention as the sport’s most-known figure, and he has more
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 ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Security video aired by CNN appears to show Sean “Diddy” Combs attacking singer Cassie in a Los Angeles hotel hallway in 2016, the latest in a monthslong series of public allegations and revelations of physical and sexual violence from the hip-hop mogul. The video aired
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Security video aired by CNN appears to show Sean “Diddy” Combs attacking singer Cassie in a Los Angeles hotel hallway in 2016, the latest in a monthslong series of public allegations and revelations of physical and sexual violence from the hip-hop mogul. The video aired
Continue ReadingBy Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — Albert Einstein was right: There is an area at the edge of black holes where matter can no longer stay in orbit and instead falls in, as predicted by his theory of gravity. Using telescopes capable of detecting X-rays, a team of astronomers has for the first time observed
Continue ReadingBy Veronica Miracle and Jeffrey Kopp, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Friday sentenced David DePape to 30 years in prison, after he was convicted in the violent October 2022 attack on Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul. DePape was sentenced to 30 years for assault and 20 years for attempted kidnapping, which will run concurrently. Judge
Continue ReadingBy JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — When a gunman shot Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico this week, shock rippled across the Central European country — even though the pro-Russia leader himself warned that the country was so divided that an assassination attempt was possible. Slovaks have long been divided over the path
Continue ReadingBy JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Democratic groups are asking Michigan officials to investigate the nominating petitions of the GOP candidates in the U.S. Senate race. The groups allege that signatures on the nominating petitions show signs of fraud. Just two years ago, five Republicans running for governor were kept off the
Continue ReadingBy EDGAR H. CLEMENTE Associated Press TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Guatemala President Bernardo Arévalo were meeting Friday in this Mexican border city to tackle issues of shared interest, foremost among them immigration. Arévalo, who took office earlier this year, noted that they were meeting in the same city
Continue ReadingBy OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The man convicted of attempting to kidnap then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and attacking her husband with a hammer was sentenced Friday to 30 years in prison. Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley handed down the sentence for David DePape, 44, whom jurors found guilty last November of
Continue ReadingBy WILL GRAVES AP National Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The world’s top-ranked golfer played in the second round of the PGA Championship just hours after being arrested following a traffic incident. Scheffler was detained by police in the predawn hours outside Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky. Police say Scheffler illegally tried to get
Continue ReadingBy OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The man convicted of attempting to kidnap then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and attacking her husband with a hammer was sentenced Friday to 30 years in prison. Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley handed down the sentence for David DePape, 44, whom jurors found guilty last November of
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