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By JESSICA DONATI Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A new report has found that billions of dollars in gold is smuggled out of Africa each year and most of it ends up in the United Arab Emirates, where it is refined and sold to customers around the world. The report published Thursday found that
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A Los Angeles federal judge has ruled in favor of Cher, 78, in her lawsuit against Mary Bono, Sonny Bono’s widow, claiming that her share of Sonny & Cher royalties are owed, according to reports from the City News Service. U.S. District Judge John Kronstadt believed Cher’s decades-old divorce settlement with her ex-husbandconstitutes a “contractual
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS will make permanent the free electronic tax return filing system that it experimented with this year. The agency is asking all 50 states and the District of Columbia to help taxpayers file their returns through the program in 2025. The IRS tried the Direct File
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Boeing officials explained their plan to improve manufacturing quality and safety during a three-hour meeting Thursday with federal officials, who will continue restrictions they placed on the company after one of its jetliners suffered a blowout of a fuselage panel in January. Federal Aviation Administration chief Mike Whitaker said
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN and KELVIN CHAN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was a star speaker at the annual AI for Good conference Thursday, addressing the U.N. telecommunications agency’s annual gathering about how to tap the societal promise of artificial intelligence technology. But Altman spent part of his virtual appearance fending off
Continue ReadingBy WILL GRAVES AP National Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Jordan Chiles doesn’t have to put herself through this. She knows it. The proof is tattooed on her arm. It’s sitting in her trophy room. It’s sprinkled on her social media feeds, which happen to be dotted with the kind of partnerships and experiences
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK ORSAGOS Associated Press AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Hundreds gathered in an Ohio city on Wednesday to unveil a plaza and statue dedicated to abolitionist Sojourner Truth at the very spot where the women’s rights pioneer gave an iconic 1851 speech now known as “Ain’t I a Woman?” Truth, a formerly enslaved person, delivered
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — New York City police have arrested a man on hate crime charges after they say he shouted antisemitic threats while trying to mow down people with his car outside of a Jewish school. Police say 58-year-old Asghar Ali is charged with attempted murder as a hate crime, menacing as a hate
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — A producer for “The Apprentice” is claiming that former President Donald Trump used the N-word during the show’s filming — and it was recorded on camera. Bill Pruitt, a former show producer, wrote in a piece published Thursday by Slate that Trump used the word to describe Kwame Jackson,
Continue ReadingNORTHFIELD, Vt. NORTHFIELD, Vt. (AP) — More than 40 years after some Vermont children waiting for a school bus discovered a dead baby off the side of the road, state police have announced that they found the infant’s parents and no charges will be filed. Police say the dead infant was found in Northfield on
Continue ReadingBy WILL GRAVES AP National Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Jordan Chiles doesn’t have to put herself through this. She knows it. The proof is tattooed on her arm. It’s sitting in her trophy room. It’s sprinkled on her social media feeds, which happen to be dotted with the kind of partnerships and experiences
Continue ReadingBy MIKE STOBBE and JONEL ALECCIA Associated Press Health officials say another Michigan dairy worker has been diagnosed with bird flu. It’s the third human case associated with an outbreak in U.S. dairy cows. The case was announced Thursday. This person developed respiratory symptoms, unlike the two workers, who had only mild eye symptoms. But
Continue ReadingBy SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana could soon become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom. The legislation, which heads to the desk of conservative Gov. Jeff Landry, mandates that a poster-sized display of the Ten Commandments be required in all
Continue ReadingBy MARCO DI MARCO Associated Press GRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Lava continues to spurt from a volcano in southwestern Iceland but the activity has calmed significantly from when it erupted. Scientists say the eruption on Wednesday was the fifth and most powerful since the volcanic system near Grindavik reawakened in December after 800 years, gushing
Continue ReadingBy MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Reports of a rare nervous system disorder are “more common than expected” in older U.S. adults who got the new RSV vaccines. That’s according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report released Thursday that is similar to what the organization said in February.
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN McGRATH and NICOLAE DUMITRACHE Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Andrew Tate, the divisive social media influencer awaiting trial in Romania on charges of human trafficking and rape, lost an appeal Thursday to have the court relax geographical restrictions preventing him from traveling outside the eastern European country. The Bucharest Court of Appeal
Continue ReadingBy Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Internal Revenue Service said Thursday that it will continue and expand its free tax filing program in 2025. A pilot version of the online program, known as Direct File, launched earlier this year. It provides step-by-step guidance to taxpayers filing their federal tax returns. Direct File was
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A unanimous Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the way for a National Rifle Association lawsuit against a former New York state official over claims she pressured companies to blacklist it following the deadly 2018 school shooting in Parkland, Florida. Giving the NRA a new chance to prove
Continue ReadingBy RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The United States has imposed sanctions on Uganda’s parliament speaker, her husband and other officials over alleged corruption and serious abuses of human rights. The U.S. State Department says Uganda’s Parliament Speaker Anita Among is among those sanctioned on Thursday “due to involvement in significant corruption
Continue ReadingBy HOWARD FENDRICH and TOM NOUVIAN Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The French Open has banned fans from having alcohol in the stands at the Grand Slam tournament in Paris. Tournament director Amélie Mauresmo announced the new rule Thursday after some player complaints about rowdy crowds. One said a spectator spat chewed gum at him.
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