By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — William Strickland, a longtime civil right activist who worked closely with Malcolm X and Jesse Jackson, has died. He was 87. Along with his activism, Strickland was known for his scholarship. He spent 40 years at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, teaching political science and serving as
Continue ReadingBy KAREN MATTHEWS and NICK PERRY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Israel-Hamas war protests creating friction at universities across the United States escalated Tuesday as some colleges encouraged students to attend classes remotely and dozens faced charges after setting up tents on campuses and ignoring official requests to leave. The protests had been
Continue ReadingBOSTON (AP) — In an April 22 story about the death of William Strickland, The Associated Press misspelled the first name of Malcolm X in two instances, erroneously referring to him as “Malcom.”
Continue ReadingBy COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press A Michigan woman was arraigned Tuesday on second-degree murder and other charges after prosecutors say she drunkenly cashed her SUV into a boat club that was hosting a child’s birthday party, killing the 4-year-old birthday boy and his 8-year-old sister and injuring several other people. Marshella Chidester, 66, did not
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department has reached a $138.7 million settlement with more than 100 victims of disgraced former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar over the FBI’s initial failures in investigating the sexual assault case. More than 150 women and girls, including Olympic athletes, have alleged that Nassar sexually abused them
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK, JENNIFER PELTZ, ERIC TUCKER and JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A veteran tabloid publisher testified Tuesday that he pledged to be Donald Trump ‘s “eyes and ears” during his 2016 presidential campaign, recounting how he promised the then-candidate that he would help suppress harmful stories and even arranged
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department announced a $138.7 million settlement Tuesday with more than 100 people who accused the FBI of grossly mishandling allegations of sexual assault against Larry Nassar in 2015 and 2016, a critical time gap that allowed the sports doctor to continue to prey on
Continue ReadingCNN By Tierney Sneed and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s valet Walt Nauta was told that if he was charged with lying to the FBI, the former president would pardon him when he won a second term in 2024, according to notes from an interview with a witness in the federal classified documents
Continue ReadingOKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Police say a 10-year-old boy awoke to find his parents and three brothers shot to death in their southwest Oklahoma City home. Police said Tuesday that the father fatally shot three of his sons, including two children, and his wife, then himself. Police Sgt. Gary Knight says officers found the five
Continue ReadingBy JAMES POLLARD Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — GoFundMe is expanding into Mexico, the company announced Tuesday. That marks 20 countries now serviced by the crowdfunding giant. CEO Tim Cadogan says the for-profit platform is eyeing new international targets now that COVID-19’s unprecedented campaign levels have eased to pre-pandemic figures. Mexico remains a country
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose and Jillian Sykes, CNN (CNN) — A former school resource officer in Washington state accused of killing his ex-wife and his girlfriend and kidnapping his 1-year-old son died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after a vehicle chase by police in Oregon on Tuesday – and the child is safe in police care
Continue ReadingBy BILL BARROW and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — President Joe Biden will be the commencement speaker for Georgia’s Morehouse College and at West Point next month. The Morehouse appearance in Atlanta gives Biden a key election-year platform on one of the nation’s preeminent historically Black campuses. But some Morehouse alumni want
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Britain’s Kensington Palace has released a photograph of Prince Louis to celebrate his 6th birthday, the first image by the Princess of Wales it has distributed since news organizations, including The Associated Press, withdrew a photo edited by Kate over concerns about digital manipulation. The photo published on Tuesday was taken by
Continue ReadingBy COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press A Michigan woman was arraigned Tuesday on second-degree murder and other charges after prosecutors say she drunkenly smashed her SUV into a boat club that was hosting a child’s birthday party, killing the 4-year-old birthday boy and his 8-year-old sister and injuring several other people. Marshella Chidester, 66, did not
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo said she is confident water quality will be up to the Olympics standards this summer. She said she’ll be be swimming there, possibly alongside President Emmanuel Macron. The Seine River is the venue for marathon swimming at the Games and the swimming leg
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A legal challenge over the British government’s role in allowing weapons to be sent to Israel can be heard at the High Court later this year, a judge said Tuesday. Palestinian human rights organization Al-Haq and the U.K.-based Global Legal Action Network filed the challenge in December,
Continue ReadingBECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) — Authorities say the remains believed to be that of a woman and her daughter who haven’t been seen in decades were found at a southern West Virginia home on the same day that a suspect died. State police say the remains are believed to be that of Susan Carter and her
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota state senator and former broadcast meteorologist told police that she broke into her stepmother’s home because her stepmother refused to give her items of sentimental value from her late father, including his ashes, according to burglary charges filed Tuesday. Democratic state Sen. Nicole Mitchell, 49,
Continue ReadingBy TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer UnitedHealth says files with personal information that could cover a “substantial portion of people in America” may have been taken in the cyberattack earlier this year on its Change Healthcare business. The company said Monday after markets closed that it sees no signs that doctor charts or full medical
Continue ReadingBy VANESSA GERA and SYLVIA HUI Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced his country is putting its defense industry on a “war footing” by increasing defense spending to 2.5% of GDP by the end of the decade, amid NATO concerns of possible repercussions of Russia’s war in Ukraine.
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