By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Rory McIlroy has filed for divorce after seven years of marriage, according to court records in Palm Beach County, Florida, a stunning development going into the PGA Championship. McIlroy and his wife, Erica Stoll, had a storybook meeting during the Ryder Cup in 2012, began
Continue ReadingVANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — More people are being told to leave an area of western Canada at threat from a nearby wildfire that has grown significantly in the past day. Forecasts call for wind that could blow the fire closer to Fort Nelson. Emergency workers have been calling as many of the estimated 50
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Times publisher and CEO Frank Blethen has announced he will step down at the end of next year, after four decades leading the newspaper his family has owned since 1896. Blethen, 79, confirmed his plans Monday in a Seattle Times interview. He said he expects to retain his position as board
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK, ERIC TUCKER, MICHELLE L. PRICE and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — It wasn’t until after a decade in the fold, after his family pleaded with him, after the FBI raided his office, apartment and hotel room, Michael Cohen testified Tuesday, that he finally decided to turn on Donald
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press More than half a million Palestinians have been displaced in recent days by escalating Israeli military operations in Rafah and northern Gaza, the United Nations says. Israelis celebrated their Independence Day on Tuesday with barbecues in parks across the country, although the normally raucous parties were smaller and quieter this year
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Google on Tuesday rolled out a retooled search engine that will frequently favor responses crafted by artificial intelligence over website links, a shift promising to quicken the quest for information while also potentially disrupting the flow of money-making internet traffic. The makeover announced at
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyers will get a chance to question his former lawyer Michael Cohen on cross-examination following a lunch break in the former president’s hush money trial. Cohen shared from the witness stand Tuesday how he makes money now that he has served prison time and been disbarred. Cohen said Tuesday
Continue ReadingAuthorities say at least three people are dead after storms slammed several southern states, including many areas previously hit during one of the most active periods for twisters on record. The Louisiana Department of Health says a woman and her unborn baby were killed after Monday night’s storm knocked a tree into their mobile home
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Caitlin Clark admitted she was eager for her WNBA debut to begin as her Indiana Fever faced the Connecticut Sun. It was one of four games on the league’s opening night to tip-off the WNBA’s 28th season. New York, which was runner-up in the WNBA
Continue ReadingLAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — North Carolina State, Baylor and Texas will be among the eight teams in the field for the 2025 Maui Invitational. The tournament field announced on Tuesday also will include Oregon, Seton Hall, Southern California, UNLV and host Chaminade. The tournament returns to the Lahaina Civic Center this November after being played
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Google on Tuesday rolled out a retooled search engine that will frequently favor responses crafted by artificial intelligence over website links, a shift promising to quicken the quest for information while also potentially disrupting the flow of money-making internet traffic. The makeover announced at
Continue ReadingBy TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force says an instructor pilot was killed when the ejection seat activated while the turboprop aircraft was still on the ground at a Texas military base. The instructor pilot was in a T-6A Texan II at Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, Texas, when
Continue ReadingBy MARYCLAIRE DALE and NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY Associated Press LYON, France (AP) — An American accused of sexually assaulting a Pennsylvania college student in 2013 and later sending her a Facebook message that said, “So I raped you,” has been detained in France after a three-year search. A prosecutor in Metz, France, confirmed Tuesday that Ian
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The world’s largest hummingbird has been hiding in plain sight for centuries — and scientists only discovered the species is distinct from another giant species after attaching tiny backpacks to hummingbirds to understand migration patterns. Along the way, researchers also identified the longest hummingbird migration journey, which spans a
Continue ReadingBy CLAUDIA LAUER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Hunter Biden’s federal gun case will go to trial next month, a judge said Tuesday, denying a bid by lawyers for the president’s son to delay the prosecution. U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika rejected Hunter Biden’s request to push the trial in
Continue ReadingBy KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A man who posted a Snapchat video last year threatening to shoot up a New Hampshire high school has been sentenced to a little over three years in prison. Twenty-six-year-old Kyle Hendrickson had pleaded guilty to charges of interstate threatening communications and possessing a firearm in
Continue ReadingBy PIETRO DE CRISTOFARO and GEIR MOULSON Associated Press HALLE, Germany (AP) — A court in Germany has convicted one of the best-known figures in the far-right Alternative for Germany party of using a Nazi slogan in a speech and ordered him to pay a fine. The verdict in Björn Höcke’s trial comes months before
Continue ReadingBy CLAUDIA LAUER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — A federal judge in Delaware has denied a request by Hunter Biden’s lawyers to delay his federal gun trial set for next month. U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika on Tuesday rejected Hunter Biden’s request to delay the trial until September, which his lawyer
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — Federal auto safety regulators are warning people not to stick decals on their steering wheels because they can be hurled at drivers if the air bags inflate in a crash. The warning from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration comes after another driver was severely hurt by a flying emblem during a
Continue ReadingBy SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer A new study finds that the broiling summer of 2023 was the hottest in the Northern Hemisphere in more than 2,000 years. When the temperatures spiked last year, numerous weather agencies said it was the hottest summer on record. But those records only go back to 1850 because they
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