By 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 JENNIFER PELTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyers are asking a New York appeals court to lift the former president’s gag order just days before the start of his hush-money criminal trial. Trump’s lawyers argue that banning Trump from making public statements about jurors, witnesses and others
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes are slipping Tuesday, as traders make their final moves before several potentially market-moving reports later in the week. The S&P 500 was 0.3% lower in afternoon trading after erasing an early, modest gain. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 143 points,
Continue ReadingTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran has released four conservationists who had worked to save the endangered Asiatic cheetah before they were convicted on espionage charges and spent five years in prison. The Tehran newspaper Etemad said authorities released Niloufar Bayani and Houman Jowkar on Monday night. They were part of a group of five activists
Continue ReadingBy MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials say Pakistani authorities have deployed more than 100,000 police and paramilitary forces at mosques and markets across the country ahead of Eid al-Fitr. The festival marks the end of Islam’s fasting month Ramadan. Eid al-Fitr will be celebrated in Pakistan on Wednesday, subject to sighting of
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK Associated Press Norfolk Southern has agreed to pay $600 million in a class-action lawsuit settlement related to a fiery train derailment in February 2023 in eastern Ohio. The company said Tuesday that the agreement, if approved by the court, will resolve all class action claims within a 20-mile radius from the derailment
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald and Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — Why did the toad cross the road? Because it had the help of kind volunteers to ensure its safety from oncoming vehicles, of course. And this is why a Russian nature reserve is looking for people to help its local toads traverse a busy road later
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Koreans vote Wednesday for a new parliament in a hotly contested election that’s seen as a referendum on conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol. The vote has raised worries about a deepening domestic divide. Regardless of the results, Yoon will stay in power. But experts
Continue ReadingBELVIDERE The top prosecutor in a northwestern New Jersey county has resigned amid a state probe into allegations that the office lied about caseloads to pad its budget with state money meant for fraud investigations. James Pfeiffer had been the Warren County prosecutor since 2019. But state Attorney General Matthew Platkin says Pfeiffer resigned Friday,
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A 1938 copy of the comic that first “introduced Superman to the world” has sold for a record-setting $6 million, the auctioneer that handled the purchase said last week. According to Heritage Auctions, the rare copy of Action Comics No. 1 was sold to an anonymous buyer on Thursday. The $6
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW LEE and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — British Foreign Secretary David Cameron is in Washington to press senior Republicans to unlock money for Ukraine. His visit Tuesday comes after he met a skeptical Donald Trump in Florida. Cameron says victory for Ukraine is “vital for American and European security.” But the
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — This is a list of prominent American politicians killed in plane crashes. May 1, 1928 – New York Rep. Thaddeus C. Sweet (R). Sweet is killed in an airplane accident in Broome County, New York. October 28, 1947 – Oregon Governor Earl Snell (R). Snell dies in a plane crash
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Ina Garten’s long-awaited memoir, first announced in 2019, will be published Oct. 1. The title, Garten and Crown revealed Tuesday, is “Be Ready When the Luck Happens.” Garten, known to millions as host of “The Barefoot Contessa” and author of numerous “Barefoot Contessa” cookbooks, had worked in various other jobs, including
Continue ReadingBy KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s caretaker interior minister says this week’s slaying of a local politician by what authorities say was a gang of Syrian nationals signals the need to restrict the number of refugees entering the country from neighboring Syria. Bassam Mawlawi also is urging Lebanese to show restraint amid
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes are swinging from gains to losses on Tuesday, as traders make their final moves before several potentially market-moving reports later in the week. The S&P 500 was 0.3% lower in morning trading after erasing an early, modest gain. The Dow Jones Industrial
Continue ReadingBy TARA COPP and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. CQ Brown Jr. testified on Capitol Hill on Tuesday about the Pentagon’s $850 billion budget for 2025 as questions remained as to whether lawmakers will support current spending needs for Israel or Ukraine. The
Continue ReadingBy MOLLY QUELL and RAF CASERT Associated Press STRASBOURG, France (AP) — Europe’s highest human rights court has ruled that its member nations must better protect their citizens from the consequences of climate change. Tuesday’s decision was a landmark ruling that sided with a group of Swiss women against their government in a case that
Continue ReadingCOPENHAGEN (AP) — A Norwegian court has ruled that police acted unreasonably when they fined 18 activists for blocking entrances to government buildings last year, and acquitted the activists of charges of failing to pay the fines. The group had taken part in actions in February and March 2023 over a wind farm that they
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Novels that depict human struggles in settings that range from rural Argentina to Communist East Germany are among six finalists for the International Booker Prize for translated fiction. The shortlist for the 50,000 pound ($63,000) award includes books by Argentine writer Selva Almada, German author Jenny Erpenbeck and Brazilian writer Itamar Vieira
Continue ReadingBy MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Small Business Administration is offering assistance to those affected by the bridge collapse in Maryland. The bridge was a key transportation route in the region. Small businesses in the Mid-Atlantic region will be eligible for low-interest, long-term Economic Injury Disaster Loans of up to
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