By 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
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks sank Tuesday as Wall Street hit the brakes on what’s been a nearly unstoppable romp. The S&P 500 fell 37.96 points, or 0.7% to 5,205.81 for its worst day in four weeks. It was its second straight drop after setting an all-time high
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. job openings barely changed in February, staying at historically high levels in a sign that the American job market remains strong. The Labor Department reported Tuesday that employers posted 8.76 million job vacancies in February, up modestly from 8.75 million in January and about what
Continue ReadingBy MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The IRS says it’s making progress with initiatives to claw back money improperly distributed under the Employee Retention Credit. The ERC was designed to help businesses retain employees during pandemic-era shutdowns, but it quickly became a magnet for fraud. Its complex eligibility rules allowed scammers
Continue ReadingBy DEVNA BOSE AP Health Writer New federal guidance says hospitals must obtain written informed consent from patients before subjecting them to pelvic exams and exams of other sensitive areas — especially if an exam will be done while the patient is unconscious. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says consent is needed
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer There were plenty of people at a movie theater in central Iowa on Monday night, though very few of them were watching an actual movie. They were there to see Caitlin Clark. And they weren’t alone. Not even close. Millions of people — 12.3 million, the most to ever
Continue ReadingISTANBUL (AP) — A fire at an Istanbul nightclub during renovations on Tuesday killed at least 27 people, officials and reports said. Several people, including managers of the club, were detained for questioning. At least one person was being treated in a hospital, the Istanbul governor’s office said in a statement. The Masquerade nightclub, which
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business WRiter NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are sinking Tuesday, as worries about interest rates staying high continue to hit Wall Street. The S&P 500 was 1% lower in early trading and on track for a second dip after setting an all-time high to close last week. The Dow Jones
Continue ReadingBy Tanem Zaman and Hande Atay Alam, CNN (CNN) — At least 29 people have died in a blaze which started during daytime repair work at a nightclub in Istanbul, Turkey, state media reported Tuesday. A further eight people were injured, with seven of those in serious condition, the Istanbul governor’s office said. The governor’s
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 TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jeremiah Armstead moved around so much he wasn’t even eligible to play high school basketball until his senior year. He never lost faith through all the nights his family slept in their car when they couldn’t get a hotel room or into a shelter.
Continue ReadingBy LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — A tugboat pushing a fuel barge was the first vessel to use an alternate channel to bypass the wreckage of Baltimore’s collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge, which had blocked traffic along the vital port’s main shipping channel. The barge supplying jet fuel to the Department of Defense
Continue ReadingISTANBUL (AP) — A fire has broken out at an Istanbul nightclub during renovations and 15 people are dead. Eight other people are injured, with seven in serious condition. The nightclub was on the ground floor of a 16-story residential building on the European side of the city. The fire has been brought under control.
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Retired Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy has a two-volume memoir coming out this fall, tracking his life from growing up in California to his 30 years on the court, when he cast key votes on landmark cases ranging from abortion to gay marriage to
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