By ZEKE MILLER, DIDI TANG and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed Taiwan, artificial intelligence and security issues Tuesday in a call meant to demonstrate a return to regular leader-to-leader dialogue between the two powers. The call, described by the White House as “candid and
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli airstrike killed seven aid workers from World Central Kitchen, leading the charity to suspend delivery Tuesday of vital food aid to Gaza, where Israel’s offensive has pushed hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to the brink of starvation. Ships still
Continue ReadingBy Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — Lou Conter, the final survivor of the USS Arizona, the Navy battleship that was sunk – with a loss of 1,177 lives – during the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, has died at age 102. Conter was surrounded by family at his home in Grass Valley, California, and
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Maryse Condé, an acclaimed French-language novelist from Guadeloupe who in novels, stories, plays and memoirs imagined and redefined the personal and historical past from 17th century New England to contemporary Europe, has died at age 90. Condé, winner in 2018 of an “alternate” Nobel Prize,
Continue ReadingBy MJ Lee and Donald Judd, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden spoke on the phone with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday, marking the first conversation between the leaders since their historic in-person summit in November and the latest in ongoing efforts by US and Chinese officials to defuse tensions between the two superpowers. The
Continue ReadingBy RONALD BLUM Associated Press Klaus Mäkelä has been hired to succeed Riccardo Muti as music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and will become the youngest head since its start in 1891. A Finn who turned 28 in January, Mäkelä has had an astonishing rise in the music world. He became principal guest conductor
Continue ReadingBy RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — From its lavish opening in 1957 on a Las Vegas Boulevard surrounded by wide-open desert, to its sleepier years amid a boom in megaresorts, the Tropicana Las Vegas has been a familiar landmark home to colorful events in a city known for constant reinvention. Now the
Continue ReadingHOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AP) — An archaeological site that might shed more light on New Mexico’s ancient history has been discovered recently within the boundaries of Holloman Air Force Base. Base officials say geomorphologists and members of the 49th Civil Engineer Squadron environmental flight uncovered a campsite that’s about 8,200 years old and
Continue ReadingBy MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president says he is mourning a mayoral candidate killed the day before, just hours after she requested protection and started campaigning. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Tuesday the killing of one of his own party’s candidates “hurts a lot,” but he did not announce
Continue ReadingBy JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A deputy chief of Thailand’s national police force involved in many high-profile cases has turned himself in to fellow officers after a court issued a warrant for his arrest on money laundering charges. Thai media reported that the Bangkok Criminal Court approved an arrest warrant for Police
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers vetoed a bill passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature that would have banned high school transgender athletes from competing on teams that align with their gender identity. Evers had promised to veto the bill ever since it was introduced. Democrats did not have
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — Police in Georgia have released the name of the man who they say rammed an SUV into the front gate at the FBI’s Atlanta office. A DeKalb County police spokesperson says officers have secured warrants against Ervin Lee Bolling for interference with government property. The FBI has said the crash happened just
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD and FRANKLIN BRICEÑO Associated Press ROME (AP) — A Peruvian archbishop who sued two journalists over their reports about sexual abuse and financial corruption in his religious movement has resigned amid a Vatican investigation. Pope Francis on Tuesday accepted the resignation of Piura Archbishop José Eguren. At 67, he is several years
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged delegates to a conference in the Netherlands to continue efforts to tackle impunity for war crimes “so that justice provides real strength to our common security — security from aggressions and terror.” Ministers and officials from dozens of countries
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations said Tuesday it received 8,061 complaints of anti-Muslim bias incidents last year – the highest number in the 28 years CAIR has tracked hate. The nation’s largest Muslim advocacy group released its annual civil rights report, which documents incidents reported to CAIR and an
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Tesla sales fell sharply last quarter as competition increased worldwide, electric vehicle sales growth slowed, and price cuts failed to draw more buyers. The Austin, Texas, company said it delivered 386,810 vehicles from January through March, almost 9% below the 423,000 it sold in the same
Continue ReadingBy BABACAR DIONE and JESSICA DONATI Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal has inaugurated Africa’s youngest elected leader as president, as the 44-year-old and previously little-known Bassirou Diomaye Faye completed a dramatic ascent from prison to palace within weeks. Hours after Faye’s inauguration, Senegal’s popular opposition figure Ousmane Sonko was named as the country’s
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is hosting a small group of Muslim American community leaders at the White House for a meeting and a scaled-down iftar dinner. Biden is seeking to relieve tensions over his Democratic administration’s support for Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza. Tuesday’s meeting
Continue ReadingISTANBUL (AP) — A fire at an Istanbul nightclub during renovations on Tuesday killed at least 29 people, officials and reports said. Several people, including managers of the club, were detained for questioning. At least one person was being treated at a hospital, the Istanbul governor’s office said in a statement. The Masquerade nightclub, which
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Jon Jon Briones had the best vantage point to watch his daughter, Isa, make her Broadway debut. He wasn’t sitting in the front row or hovering backstage. He was beside her. Both Briones stepped into the musical “Hadestown” last week, he playing Hermes and she
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