By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press The June 12, 1994, killings of Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman brought what’s dubbed the “Trial of the Century” that culminated with O.J. Simpson’s acquittal of the murders. The announcement Thursday that Simpson is dead has brought renewed attention to the closely watched trial and the fascinating
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A Desert Hot Springs man was sentenced to 13 years in federal prison for trafficking large quantities of fentanyl and cocaine to Connecticut, the Department of Justice announced. Victor Rodriguez-Gomez, 49, also known as “Calami,” was officially sentenced on Thursday to 156 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release. On Dec. 4,
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — Federal investigators say the driver of a Ford electric SUV involved in a February fatal crash in Texas was using the company’s partially automated driving system before the wreck. The National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday that data from the 2022 Mustang Mach E SUV showed that Ford’s “Blue Cruise” driver-assist system
Continue ReadingBy Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — Prehistoric humans in Brazil carved drawings in the rock next to dinosaur footprints, suggesting that they may have found them meaningful or interesting, a new study has found. The rock carvings, which archaeologists call petroglyphs, are at a site called Serrote do Letreiro in Paraíba, an agricultural state on
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Jumps for Big Tech on Thursday helped U.S. stock indexes claw back much of their slide from the day before. The S&P 500 rose 38.42 points, or 0.7%, to 5,199.06 and recovered most of its prior loss, caused by worries that interest rates may stay
Continue ReadingBy TED ANTHONY AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A dog’s plaintive wail. A courtroom couplet-turned-cultural catchphrase about gloves. A judge and attorneys who became media darlings and villains. A slightly bewildered houseguest elevated, briefly, into a slightly bewildered celebrity. Troubling questions about race that echo still. The beginning of the Kardashian dynasty. An
Continue ReadingBy TED ANTHONY AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A dog’s plaintive wail. A courtroom couplet-turned-cultural catchphrase about gloves. A judge and attorneys who became media darlings and villains. A slightly bewildered houseguest elevated, briefly, into a slightly bewildered celebrity. Troubling questions about race that echo still. The beginning of the Kardashian dynasty. An
Continue ReadingBy BEN FINLEY and DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — Prosecutors in Virginia say that a criminal investigation into staff members at a school where a 6-year-old shot his teacher will continue. The announcement comes a day after a former assistant principal at Richneck Elementary was charged with felony child neglect. Newport
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Former basketball star Michael Kidd-Gilchrist has scored a victory as an advocate for a new Kentucky law. The measure will expand insurance coverage for people seeking treatment for stuttering. Kidd-Gilchrist played on a national championship team at the University of Kentucky and spent several years in
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Children age 4 and under in Florida were undercounted by almost 10% during the 2020 census. The estimated error was the largest undercount of young children by any U.S. state. That’s according to estimates released Thursday by the Census Bureau. More than 112,000 children age 4
Continue ReadingBy MJ Lee, CNN Washington (CNN) — Iris Weinstein Haggai received confirmation about her parents’ deaths in quick succession. On December 22, she learned that her father, Gadi, had been killed on October 7. Six days later, word came about her mother Judi: She too, was murdered by Hamas on the day of the attacks.
Continue ReadingBy Saira Mueller, CNN (CNN) — When Guido and Benjamin Teuber were young, their father would sit them down at a table in their small family home in Hessia, Germany on Sundays — the only day he wasn’t working 12 hours as a master dental technician — to play board games. It was more than
Continue ReadingBy JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Under heavy U.S. pressure, Israel has promised to ramp up aid to Gaza dramatically, saying last week it would open another cargo crossing and surge more trucks than ever before into the besieged enclave. But days later, there are few signs of those promises materializing and international
Continue ReadingBy DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A photographer slain in a drive-by shooting. An 80-year-old patient executed in a hospital surgery room. A couple decapitated as they closed their small store for the day. A new report released by a Haitian human rights group details the horrific violence unleashed this
Continue ReadingBy KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — O.J. Simpson, the football star and Hollywood actor acquitted of charges he killed his former wife and her friend in a trial that mesmerized the public and exposed divisions on race and policing in America, has died. He was 76. The family announced on Simpson’s official
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — Three months ago, Donald Trump took the stand before a jury of nine in a New York courtroom without his typical bombast or ranting. The former president’s complaints about the case and his sparring with the judge took place out of the jury’s sight in the E. Jean Carroll
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The New York Philharmonic will give five concerts in China this summer in what it says will be first visit to the mainland by a U.S. orchestra since 2019. Outgoing music director Jaap van Zweden will conduct the performances at Guangzhou, Nanjing and Shanghai from June 27 to July 3. Baritone
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — With reports and rumors swirling about possible mergers and bids to acquire Paramount, the film studio put its best foot forward for theater owners at CinemaCon on Thursday. The historic studio announced a new film with Oscar-winning “La La Land” director Damien Chazelle, a “G.I.
Continue ReadingBy GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Hours before the Japanese prime minister’s arrival in North Carolina, a subsidiary of Japan’s Fujifilm Corp. announced Thursday plans to expand further a massive biopharmaceutical manufacturing plant in the state, even as the initial phase is not yet complete, promising another 680 jobs. Gov. Roy
Continue ReadingBy GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Hours before the Japanese prime minister’s arrival in North Carolina, a subsidiary of Japan’s Fujifilm Corp. announced Thursday plans to expand further a massive biopharmaceutical manufacturing plant in the state, even as the initial phase is not yet complete, promising another 680 jobs. Gov. Roy
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