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By KASPARMAN PILIANG and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press TANAH DATAR, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities have seeded clouds in a bid to prevent further rainfall after flash floods that hit the country’s Sumatra Island over the weekend left at least 67 people dead. Another 20 are missing. A landslide of mud and cold lava from
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The San Francisco Giants signed veteran catcher Curt Casali to a one-year contract on Wednesday amid a growing number of injuries on their roster. Starting catcher Patrick Bailey went back on the seven-day concussion injured list Tuesday after being activated three days earlier, and backup Tom Murphy was transferred to the
Continue ReadingBy MAURICIO SAVARESE and GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — The vast flooding that has devastated Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state has yet to subside. But another scourge has spread across the region: Disinformation on social media that has hampered desperate efforts to get aid to hundreds of thousands in need.
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Rory McIlroy has all the momentum he could want heading into the PGA Championship as he tries to end a drought in the majors that has lasted a decade. He also has a major distraction. McIlroy is hopeful of ending a decade without a major in his return to
Continue ReadingBy PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer It’s not a rock. It’s the Athens Rock Lobsters. Ah-ah-ah-ah! The minor-league hockey team that will begin play next season in the home of the University of Georgia paid homage to the city’s rich musical heritage by choosing a nickname associated with one of its most famous bands. The
Continue ReadingBOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho inmate who slipped custody after the correctional officers guarding him were attacked at a hospital has pleaded guilty to escape. Skylar Meade entered the plea in 4th District Court on Wednesday. The escape happened March 20, after Meade was taken to a Boise hospital for treatment. Prosecutors say an
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — Francis Ford Coppola on Thursday will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival a film on which he has risked everything, one that’s arriving clouded by rumors of production turmoil. Sound familiar? On Thursday, Coppola’s self-financed opus “Megalopolis” will make its much-awaited premiere. Other films are
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — Francis Ford Coppola on Thursday will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival a film on which he has risked everything, one that’s arriving clouded by rumors of production turmoil. Sound familiar? On Thursday, Coppola’s self-financed opus “Megalopolis” will make its much-awaited premiere. Other films are
Continue ReadingFRANKLIN, Tennessee (AP) — Local Tennessee officials say three people are dead after a small plane crashed on Wednesday in Williamson County. Williamson County Chief Deputy Mark Elrod told reporters that the plane had left Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and was headed to Louisville, Kentucky, but crashed in Tennessee near Leiper’s Fork around noon local time.
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An investigation continues after a 98-year-old man was killed in his home last month in Banning. Earnest Collins was found dead in his home on the 500 block of N. Allen Street on April 19. Police were called to the scene at around 2:40 PM. “He was found to have been assaulted inside his residence
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — The mystery is over: Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway disclosed a major stake in the insurance company Chubb, finally revealing the investment he has kept under wraps since last year. Berkshire revealed it acquired nearly 26 million shares of Chubb in a Wednesday Securities and Exchange Commission filing of the
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK and JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is seeking to have New York’s highest court intervene in his fight over a gag order that has seen him fined $10,000 and threatened with jail for violating a ban on commenting about witnesses, jurors and others connected to his hush
Continue ReadingBy Kylie Atwood, Patrick Oppmann and Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — The US State Department took Cuba off the list of countries that are not fully cooperating with the US on counterterrorism efforts, a State Department official said Wednesday. Multiple factors contributed to Cuba’s change of status. The US and Cuba resumed law enforcement cooperation in 2023, including
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann, Kylie Atwood and Michael Conte, CNN (CNN) — The floating pier that will allow for humanitarian aid to flow into Gaza from the sea has been anchored to a beach in Gaza, according to US Central Command (CENTCOM). Personnel anchored the pier at about 7:40 a.m. local time, “supporting the humanitarian mission
Continue ReadingBy SUMAN NAISHADHAM and ROB GILLIES Associated Press The threat of a wildfire near Canada’s oil sands hub of Fort McMurray, Alberta, appeared to be easing Wednesday, a day after thousands of residents were forced to evacuate their homes in the city of 68,000. Favorable winds were expected to push the fire away. Many residents
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer The NFL’s Mike North wasn’t considering Christmas Day as part of the 2024 regular-season schedule when preliminary planning began. Ratings and interest from current and prospective broadcast partners changed that. Not only is the NFL playing on a Wednesday for only the third time since 1950, it brought on
Continue ReadingBy LEKAN OYEKANMI and JUAN LOZANO Associated Press GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — Officials say a barge has hit a bridge in Galveston, Texas, spilling oil into surrounding waters and closing the only road connecting the city to Pelican Island. No injuries have been reported. Officials say one person on the barge was knocked into the
Continue ReadingBy JAY PARIS Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Austin Gomber allowed two hits in six innings, Brenton Doyle and Jordan Beck homered and the Colorado Rockies beat the San Diego Padres 8-0 on Wednesday to complete a three-game sweep with their seventh straight victory. It is Colorado’s longest winning streak since an eight-game run
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Investments in weapons manufacturers and a wide array of other companies by the University of California targeted by students protesting the Israel-Hamas war represent $32 billion – or nearly one-fifth – of the system’s overall assets, the system’s chief investment officer says. UC Chief
Continue ReadingBy ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s biggest pop star, Anitta, has released a music video depicting rituals of the Afro-Brazilian faith Candomble, sparking controversy in a country where religious intolerance is all too common. Her track — pointedly named “Accept” — has been viewed over a million times on YouTube
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