CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — The owner of a suburban Detroit business that caught fire and exploded, killing a man, was arrested at a New York airport as he was preparing to depart for Hong Kong on a one-way ticket. Authorities say Friday that 31-year-old Noor Noel Kestou was arrested Saturday. He was brought back
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Officials say Egypt is sending a high-level delegation to Israel in the hope of reaching a cease-fire agreement with Hamas in Gaza. Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group said its fighters fired anti-tank missiles and artillery shells at an Israeli military convoy in a disputed area along the border, killing an Israeli civilian.
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The insistence of Donald Trump’s defense in his hush money trial to refer to him as “President Trump” is rankling prosecutors. Trump’s lawyers said at the outset of the trial that they’d refer to their client as “president” out of respect for the office he held. But Assistant District Attorney Joshua
Continue ReadingBy THALIA BEATY Associated Press “Divest from death” read the bubble letters written in chalk on the sidewalk on Tuesday outside of The New School in New York City. The slogan articulates one of the demands of the antiwar protests on campuses which call on colleges or universities to divest their endowments from companies profiting
Continue ReadingBy THALIA BEATY Associated Press “Divest from death” read the bubble letters written in chalk on the sidewalk on Tuesday outside of The New School in New York City. The slogan articulates one of the demands of the antiwar protests on campuses which call on colleges or universities to divest their endowments from companies profiting
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Dine Out for Life is returning to Palm Springs today. Local restaurants, bars, and cafes take part in the fundraising event on behalf of DAP Health. DAP Health’s programs and services have included primary care, infectious diseases, gender-affirming care, LGBTQ+ care, mental health, dentistry, harm reduction, recovery services, affordable housing, social services, and HIV prevention, testing,
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A lawyer for Donald Trump is getting under the hood of the National Enquirer’s editorial process in an effort to show the tabloid had its own incentives unrelated to any deal with the former president. Emil Bove’s questioning of former Enquirer publisher David Pecker came Friday in the fourth day of
Continue ReadingThe Stagecoach Festival begins today, featuring country music’s premier stars, including headline performances by Eric Church, Miranda Lambert, and Morgan Wallen. Lola Kirke will inaugurate the festival today at 12:20 p.m. on the Palomino Stage. On Sunday, Miranda Lambert will conclude the festival. The three-day festival will create road closures. Avenue 50 between Monroe Street
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Scotland’s leader has insisted that he won’t be resigning amid the fallout of his decision to pull the plug on a three-year power-sharing agreement that has made his Scottish National Party a minority government. First Minister Humza Yousaf said Friday that he “absolutely” will fight a no-confidence
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — Paris has a new king of the crusty baguette. Baker Xavier Netry was chosen this week as the 31st winner of Paris’ annual “Grand Prix de la baguette” prize. His long loaf beat 172 others. The competing baguettes were evaluated for taste, look, texture, airiness and the quality of the baking. The
Continue ReadingBy JEFFREY SCHAFFER and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Students in Paris inspired by Gaza solidarity encampments at campuses in the United States blocked access to a campus building at a prestigious French university Friday, prompting administrators to move all classes online. The pro-Palestinian protest kicked off a day of drama at the
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Alphabet and Microsoft are leading the U.S. stock market on Friday toward the finish of its first winning week in the last four. The S&P 500 was 1.2% higher in afternoon trading and on track for its best week since November. The Dow Jones Industrial
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The jury’s day in Donald Trump’s hush money trial has begun with an instruction from the judge that it’s OK for prosecutors or defense lawyers to meet with witnesses ahead of a trial to help them prepare to testify. That instruction issued Friday morning pertains to testimony that came out toward
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN McGRATH and ANDREEA ALEXANDRU Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A court in Romania’s capital on Friday ruled that a trial can start in the case of influencer Andrew Tate, who is charged with human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women. The Bucharest Tribunal ruled that prosecutors’ case
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK, JENNIFER PELTZ, JAKE OFFENHARTZ and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — After prosecutors’ lead witness painted a tawdry portrait of “catch-and-kill” tabloid schemes, defense lawyers in Donald Trump’s criminal trial on Friday sought to dig into an account of the former publisher of the National Enquirer and his
Continue ReadingCNN By Simone McCarthy, CNN Beijing (CNN) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the US has seen evidence of Chinese attempts to “influence and arguably interfere” with the upcoming US elections, despite an earlier commitment from leader Xi Jinping not to do so. Blinken made the comments to CNN’s Kylie Atwood in an interview
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Jerry Seinfeld has been responsible for more movies than you think. Yes, he co-wrote and lent his voice to 2007’s “Bee Movie.” But before that, “Seinfeld” — where going to the movies, with or without the aid of Moviefone, was nearly as regular a destination
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s foreign minister has doubled down on the government’s move to bolster the pool of fighting forces by cutting off consular services to conscription-age men outside the country. Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Friday that the policy was a matter of “justice.” The decision means men
Continue ReadingBy MINDAUGAS KULBIS and LIUDAS DAPKUS Associated Press DIRMISKES, Lithuania (AP) — Polish President Andrzej Duda says “a potential aggressor must see our readiness” as he and his Lithuanian counterpart monitored a joint military drill along their shared border. Duda and Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda met on the last day of the week-long Brave Griffin
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A small nicotine pouch called Zyn is sparking big debates about the benefits and risks of new products from tobacco companies. Zyn is an oral pouch that contains nicotine powder and flavorings like mint, coffee and citrus. It’s sold to adult tobacco users as an alternative
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