By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press An escaped mountain goat that somehow got stuck under a Kansas City bridge has survived a rocky rescue effort and now may be reunited with the owners who suspect he was stolen from their farm two months ago. “It’s the story that captured the hearts of Kansas City,” said Tori
Continue ReadingBy PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Some windows were broken and street signs taken down, but celebrations following UConn’s second consecutive men’s basketball championship were mostly peaceful, the school said Tuesday. Thousands of students spilled onto campus following the 75-60 win over Purdue in the NCAA title game in Arizona and
Continue ReadingBy TARA COPP and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told Congress Tuesday that pressure on Israel to improve humanitarian aid to Gaza appears to be working, but he said more must be done, and it remains to be seen if the improvement will continue. “It clearly had an
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Conservative activists Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman have agreed to pay $1 million to the New York attorney general’s office and others for running a voter suppression campaign targeting Black voters during the 2020 election. The deal announced Tuesday by state Attorney General Letitia James represents the latest punishment
Continue ReadingBy Kareem Khadder and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — Health workers in northern Gaza exhumed the first corpses from mass graves in and around Al-Shifa Hospital on Tuesday, after they said Israeli forces killed hundreds of Palestinians and left their bodies to decompose during their two-week siege of the complex. At least 381 bodies
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Nobel prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs, who proposed the existence of the so-called “God particle” that helped explain how matter formed after the Big Bang, has died at age 94, the University of Edinburgh said Tuesday. The university, where Higgs was emeritus professor, said he died Monday “peacefully at home following a short
Continue Reading: SALEM, Mass. (AP) — Someone threw an explosive device onto the porch of The Satanic Temple in Massachusetts at a time when no one was inside, and the device and damage it caused were not found until nearly 12 hours later, police said. No injuries were reported. State police bomb technicians ensured that the
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A judge sentenced the parents of a Michigan school shooter to at least 10 years in prison Tuesday for failing to take steps that could have prevented a “runaway train” — the killing of four students in 2021. Jennifer and James Crumbley are the first parents
Continue ReadingBy TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force is betting a large part of its future air warfare on a fleet of more than 1,000 autonomously operated combat aircraft. The Air Force’s top civilian leader says he plans to climb into an artificial intelligence-operated warplane and let it take him airborne. Air
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York appeals court judge Tuesday rejected Donald Trump’s latest attempt to delay his hush money criminal trial, taking just 12 minutes to swat aside an argument that it should be postponed while the former president fights a gag order. Justice
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW LEE and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken and British Foreign Secretary David Cameron are urging Congress to approve new military aid for Ukraine, saying the stalled funding is critical for U.S., European and world security. Speaking after meeting at the State Department on Tuesday, Blinken repeated
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell, Lauren del Valle and Jeremy Herb, CNN New York (CNN) — An appeals court judge has denied former President Donald Trump’s request to delay the start of his New York hush money trial so he can challenge the gag order imposed by Judge Juan Merchan. New York Associate Justice Cynthia Kern denied
Continue ReadingBISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — In a story published April 5, 2024, about an excessive force lawsuit filed by a woman whose hand was nearly severed during a protest near the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota, The Associated Press reported that Sophia Wilansky alleged her injury resulted from an “explosive munition” fired at her by
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — Parents of students killed in a Michigan school shooting asked a judge to sentence the attacker’s parents to 10 years in prison Tuesday, condemning them as failures whose selfishness led to four deaths and a community tragedy. “The blood of our children is on your hands,
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The total solar eclipse has come and gone after creating a celestial spectacle Monday in the skies over Mexico, the US and Canada. But some people may be experiencing eye discomfort, rather than awe, in the aftermath. You might be wondering if maybe your eclipse glasses were fake. Perhaps
Continue ReadingBy YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The wife of Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Belarusian activist Ales Bialiatski says she’s increasingly worried about his worsening condition as he marks his 1,000th day in prison. Natalia Pinchuk told The Associated Press that Bialiatski has remained in solitary confinement for the past half year
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyers asked a New York appeals court Tuesday to delay his hush-money criminal trial while they fight to lift the former president’s gag order, just days before the trial is scheduled to start. It’s his latest attempt to get the
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily blocked plans to remove a nationally known outdoor artwork that borders a pond in a Des Moines city park. The judge found in his Monday ruling that New York artist Mary Miss is likely to succeed in her argument that
Continue ReadingBy Arlette Saenz and Kayla Tausche, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden will host the first-ever leaders’ summit between the US, Japan and the Philippines this week, the latest attempt to draw Pacific allies and partners closer as the region grapples with China’s aggression and nuclear provocations from North Korea. It comes as the
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 200 chemical plants nationwide will be required to reduce toxic emissions that are likely to cause cancer under a new rule issued Tuesday by the Environmental Protection Agency. The rule advances President Joe Biden’s commitment to environmental justice by delivering critical health protections for communities
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