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By Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — The US State Department issued a worldwide security alert on Friday due to the potential for terrorist attacks against LGBTQI+ people and events. “Due to the potential for terrorist attacks, demonstrations, or violent actions against U.S. citizens and interests, the Department of State advises U.S. citizens overseas to exercise
Continue ReadingBy Kayla Tausche and Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — After weeks of consultation with prominent Black public figures, President Joe Biden is preparing to deliver a commencement speech at Morehouse College that highlights triumph over adversity and the lasting impact of peaceful protest, according to people involved in the preparations. The content of the speech
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — It’s Shohei Ohtani Day in Los Angeles. The Japanese two-way superstar was honored at Los Angeles City Hall on Friday and presented with a city council resolution that declared May 17 as Shohei Ohtani Day for the duration of his Dodgers career. Ohtani signed a record $700 million, 10-year contract with
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A media personality who co-founded a conservative political action committee has been appointed to a seat on the Georgia State Election Board. Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns, a Republican, on Friday announced the appointment of Janelle King to the board, effective immediately. She replaces Ed Lindsey, a
Continue ReadingBy MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico judge plans to rule next week on a grand jury indictment against Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting on the set of “Rust,” after hearing arguments Friday that the proceedings were unfair to the defendant. The indictment in January charged Baldwin with
Continue ReadingBy MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico judge plans to rule next week on a grand jury indictment against Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting on the set of “Rust,” after hearing arguments Friday that the proceedings were unfair to the defendant. The indictment in January charged Baldwin with
Continue ReadingANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Security footage posted online raises questions about the Anchorage Police Department’s account of what happened when officers fatally shot a man armed with a long gun earlier this week. In a statement Monday, Anchorage police said four officers who responded to a domestic disturbance began shooting Kristopher Handy outside an apartment
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks drifted to a mostly higher close on Wall Street, marking their fourth winning week in a row. The S&P 500 rose 0.1% Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.3% to close above 40,000 points for the first time. It briefly traded above
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — A mayoral candidate and five other people have been killed in a shooting at a campaign rally in the violence-wracked southern Mexico state of Chiapas. State prosecutors said one of those killed was a young girl, and that two other people were wounded. The mass shooting took place late Thursday in
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER and KIM CHANDLER Associated Press TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Workers at two Mercedes-Benz factories near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, voted overwhelmingly against joining the United Auto Workers on Friday, a setback in the union’s drive to organize plants in the historically nonunion South. The workers voted 56% against the union, according to tallies released
Continue ReadingCHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A legislator in South Carolina has had his law license suspended after a former client accused him of forging his signature to reach a settlement in a lawsuit without his permission. Democratic Rep. Marvin Pendarvis cannot practice law until the state Supreme Court lifts the suspension. The order didn’t detail why
Continue ReadingBy MARK BANCHEREAU Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s new prime minister has criticized the French military presence in the West African country. Ousmane Sonko also criticized efforts by France and the West to promote values that he said didn’t fit with those held by Senegal and other African countries including LGBTQ rights and
Continue ReadingFARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — A Lakota student’s traditional feather plume was cut off her cap during her high school commencement this week in the northwestern New Mexico community of Farmington. The Tri-City Record reports that faculty members approached Genesis White Bull and confiscated her cap on Monday night during the national anthem. The cap was
Continue ReadingBy DARKO BANDIC Associated Press ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatian lawmakers have voted into office a new government that marks a tilt to the right in another European Union nation ahead of the 27-nation bloc’s parliamentary election next month. Although it is still dominated by conservative Croatian Democratic Union, or HDZ, the new Croatian government
Continue ReadingBy PETR DAVID JOSEK Associated Press BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Officials in Slovakia say Prime Minister Robert Fico has undergone another operation two days after as assassination attempt and remains in serious condition. The 59-year-old Fico was shot multiple times as he was greeting supporters on Wednesday. A suspected assailant has been arrested. The director
Continue ReadingBy PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s first-in-the-nation plan to levy a hefty toll on drivers entering Manhattan was the focus of a legal battle that played out in federal court. A Manhattan judge heard arguments Friday in lawsuits brought by groups of New Yorkers seeking to halt the $15 “congestion
Continue ReadingCHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Police say a former Boeing manager who raised safety questions about the aircraft maker took his own life. Police in Charleston, South Carolina, released details Friday on their investigation into the death of 62-year-old John Barnett, of Pineville, Louisiana. Barnett was a longtime Boeing employee and worked as a quality-control manager
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Seven Russian servicemen were injured when a World War II-era shell exploded in the basement of a military academy in St. Petersburg on Friday, Russian military officials said. The condition of the injured in the blast at the Budyonny Military Academy of Communications was not immediately reported. The academy trains soldiers serving
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A witness at Sen. Bob Menendez’s bribery trial says the cost of certifying that meat sent to Egypt follows Islamic dietary requirements skyrocketed after a single U.S. company was given a monopoly in a cozy deal prosecutors say Menendez arranged. James Bret Tate is a U.S.
Continue ReadingBy ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canadian police announced Friday they have linked the deaths of four young women nearly 50 years ago to a now deceased U.S. fugitive who hid in Canada from the mid 1970s to the late 1990s. Alberta Royal Canadian Mounted Police Supt. Dave Hall said Friday Gary Allen
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