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By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Ice Spice’s long-awaited debut album, “Y2K,” is almost here. The Grammy-nominated Bronx rapper, celebrated for her sweet, lackadaisical flow, will drop her first full-length album on July 26. It is produced by her longtime creative collaborator RIOTUSA. In support of “Y2K,” Ice Spice will also
Continue ReadingWEST CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — A judge has dismissed felony animal cruelty charges brought against a Pennsylvania state trooper who hit a loose horse with a patrol vehicle multiple times and pinned it to the pavement. The ruling came Tuesday after Chester County District Attorney Chris de Barrena-Sarobe notified the judge that Cpl. Michael Perillo’s
Continue ReadingCOSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — Corey Linsley, a three-year team captain for the Los Angeles Chargers, was released on Wednesday. Linsley is expected to retire after playing in three games last season due to a non-football, heart-related condition. He was the second-highest paid center in the league with an average contract value of $12.5 million.
Continue ReadingBy CLAUDIA LAUER, RANDALL CHASE, COLLEEN LONG and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Hunter Biden’s ex-wife and a former girlfriend testified Wednesday in his gun trial about finding his crack pipes and other drug paraphernalia as prosecutors sought to show he still had a substance abuse problem when he filled out a
Continue ReadingBy CLAUDIA LAUER, RANDALL CHASE, COLLEEN LONG and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Hunter Biden’s ex-wife and a former girlfriend testified Wednesday in his gun trial about finding his crack pipes and other drug paraphernalia as prosecutors sought to show he still had a substance abuse problem when he filled out a
Continue ReadingBy Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Mari Gilbert did not live to witness the arrest of an architect from Long Island suspected of killing four young women whose remains were discovered in Gilgo Beach more than a decade ago. But the search for her daughter Shannan Gilbert, who went missing in May 2010, ultimately led
Continue ReadingBy GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A spokesperson for Myanmar’s military government has denied accusations that army troops and their local allies killed 76 people when they entered a village last week in the western state of Rakhine. Rakhine has become a focal point for Myanmar’s nationwide civil war, in which pro-democracy guerrillas
Continue ReadingBy JILL COLVIN, STEPHEN GROVES and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden tried to address a major liability for his reelection campaign by taking executive action to significantly restrict asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border. But it’s unclear whether the Democratic president’s efforts will be enough to change the minds of
Continue ReadingBRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico says he believes he was targeted for having a Ukraine position contrary to the European mainstream but bears no malice toward the gunman who seriously wounded him three weeks ago. The prerecorded speech posted online Wednesday by Fico, who opposes military aid to Ukraine, was
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer While interpreting the annual pre-Stanley Cup Final state of the NHL address into American Sign Language for the first time in 2022, Brice Christianson worried that it was a one-time thing, his only chance to open the door to hockey for the Deaf community. Two years later, it is
Continue ReadingBy DENISE LAVOIE and SARAH BRUMFIELD Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Wednesday that Virginia will abandon California’s stringent vehicle emissions rules aimed at reducing carbon pollution at the end of the year when that state’s current regulations expire, citing an attorney general opinion. In response to a request from Youngkin
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The Imperial Irrigation District said a power outage involving more than 800 customers Wednesday morning was caused by a digging contractor whose equipment made contact with transmission lines. There was no immediate word on an estimated restoration time for all customers but 135 customers had their service restored by 10:26 a.m. 679 customers were still without lights and air
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The arrest of an executive at The Epoch Times in a money-laundering scheme this week has drawn attention to a media outlet that has lived largely in the shadows since its founding in 2000 and a transformation during the Trump administration. Federal prosecutors in New
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If you think the Coachella Valley’s air quality has worsened following Tropical Storm Hilary, you’re not alone. The Coachella Valley Association of Governments has also taken notice and is pushing for some new solutions to all the wind-blown dust most Coachella Valley residents agree has gotten worse following the August 2023 storm. At a recent meeting with
Continue ReadingBy Sydney Bishop, CNN (CNN) — A Mega Millions jackpot prize of $552 million has been won by a ticket buyer in Illinois who did it the new-fashioned way, making the purchase online. The winner has yet to come forward to claim their prize, Meghan Powers, the director of communications for Illinois Lottery, told CNN
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — The nation’s first government program providing cash reparations to Black residents in response to past discriminatory housing practices is being challenged in court by Judicial Watch, a conservative activist group. The lawsuit, filed last month, against the city of Evanston, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, alleges the program’s requirement that applicants state whether they and
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová, Radina Gigova, Svitlana Vlasova and Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN (CNN) — Roman Gorilyk is now little more than a skeleton. His ribs and collarbones are sticking out, his belly is sunken, his shoulder and hip joints clearly visible under his pale skin. Gorilyk’s extreme emaciation appears to be the result of the two
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — The death toll from floods across a large part of southern Germany has risen to six as police recovered the body of a woman missing since the weekend from a canal in Bavaria. The 79-year-old failed to return home after being seen on a bicycle in Jettingen-Scheppach, near the city of Augsburg,
Continue ReadingBy Katie Bo Lillis and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The US and its closest intelligence partners are warning that China has intensified a campaign to recruit former Western military pilots and other service members to train its own aviators, according to a joint bulletin released by the nations on Wednesday. Beijing has for years
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan has condemned the public flogging of more than 60 people, including more than a dozen women, by the Taliban in northern Sari Pul province. Taliban’s supreme court in a statement confirmed the flogging of 63 people accused of crimes including sodomy, theft and immoral relations.
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