By Michael Rios and Mariya Knight, CNN (CNN) — A transitional council responsible for choosing Haiti’s next leadership has been established after weeks of uncertainty, according to a decree published in Haiti’s official state journal. The move comes a month after Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry announced he would step down once the council is
Continue ReadingDALLAS (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a Dallas anesthesiologist has been convicted for injecting a nerve-blocking agent and other drugs into bags of intravenous fluid at a surgical center where he worked, which led to the death of a co-worker and caused cardiac emergencies for several patients. A jury convicted 60-year-old Raynaldo Riviera Ortiz Jr.
Continue ReadingNAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Heavy rains pounding different parts of Kenya have led to the deaths of at least 13 people and displaced some 15,000, the United Nations said, as forecasters warned more rains can be expected until June. The U.N Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, citing the Kenya Red Cross Society, said
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE and LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writers Eleanor Coppola, who documented the making of some of her husband Francis Ford Coppola’s iconic films, including the infamously tortured production of “Apocalypse Now,” and who raised a family of filmmakers, has died. She was 87. Coppola died Friday surrounded by family at home in Rutherford,
Continue ReadingBy Kareem Khadder, Zeena Saifi and Benjamin Brown, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of armed Israeli settlers stormed a village in the occupied West Bank on Friday, setting fire to several homes and cars in one of the largest attacks by settlers this year, according to Palestinian officials. At least one Palestinian man was killed by gunfire in the
Continue ReadingBy MARK DIDTLER Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Blake Snell returned to Tropicana Field for the first time as a visiting player and took notice of the familiar surroundings, especially the place that stood out most. “The barber shop,” the San Francisco Giants pitcher said with a smile Friday. “A lot of new
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM and TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Google on Friday began removing California news websites from some people’s search results, a test that acted as a threat should the state Legislature pass a law requiring the search giant to pay media companies for linking to their content. Google announced the
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE and LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writers Eleanor Coppola, who documented the making of some of her husband Francis Ford Coppola’s iconic films, including the infamously tortured production of “Apocalypse Now,” and who raised a family of filmmakers, has died. She was 87. Coppola died Friday surrounded by family at home in Rutherford,
Continue ReadingBy PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has tossed out a lawsuit brought by a county outside New York City that has banned transgender players from women’s and girls’ teams. State Attorney General Letitia James said Friday that U.S. District Court Judge Nusrat Choudhury dismissed Nassau County’s lawsuit, which sought
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An evacuation notice was lifted Friday for the southern Utah town just downstream from a fissured dam after public safety officials said they were able to release enough water to prevent a total breach. Nearly 1,800 residents of Panguitch, a gateway town to the crimson-colored
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump urged Arizona lawmakers on Friday to swiftly “remedy” the state Supreme Court ruling allowing prosecutors to enforce a near—total abortion ban that he declared anew “went too far.” Trump has repeatedly expressed pride in his role in overturning the national constitutional
Continue ReadingBy PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — A howling gust — the kind that created havoc at Augusta National all day long — struck the 18th green just as Tiger Woods was lining up yet another testy putt. Fine particles of sand stirred from the pearl-white bunkers, whipping across the slick green
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The total solar eclipse that delighted spectators across Mexico, the United States and Canada on Monday was a celestial experience not to be missed. Millions were in the path of totality to watch as the moon moved between Earth and the sun. Readers shared their images of the eerie
Continue ReadingSANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A California man was sentenced Friday to 40 years to life for the fatal shooting of a 6-year-old boy who was riding in the back of his mother’s car on the freeway, prosecutors said. Marcus Eriz, now 27, was sentenced in Orange County Superior Court in Santa Ana for killing
Continue ReadingBy CNN Staff (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson raised concerns Friday about the integrity of US elections in a joint appearance at Mar-a-Lago that featured false claims about voting, immigration and other topics. Trump’s team billed the event as being about “election integrity”– a phrase he often uses to
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The judge in Donald Trump’s hush money criminal case on Friday turned down the former president’s request to postpone his trial because of publicity about the case. It’s the latest in a string of delay denials that Trump has gotten from various
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors say a New York City man has been charged with stabbing to death and dismembering a man after a drug dispute and keeping the remains in his Brooklyn apartment refrigerator for two years. The district attorney’s office says Nicholas McGee was arraigned Friday on charges including murder, robbery, concealment of
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO and JILL COLVIN Associated Press PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Donald Trump has given his support to embattled House Speaker Mike Johnson during a visit to the Mar-a-Lago club in Florida. Trump said Johnson was doing a “very good job” and the Republican presumptive presidential nominee called the efforts to oust the
Continue ReadingBy JAMIE STENGLE and CARLA K. JOHNSON Associated Press A Houston hospital has halted its liver and kidney transplant programs after it says a doctor manipulated a database for liver transplant patients, making them ineligible to receive a new organ. Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center said in a statement Friday that their ongoing investigation found that
Continue ReadingTORONTO (AP) — Authorities say a Toronto police officer has been stabbed and a suspect has been shot in the city’s west end. Toronto police say in a post on social media outlet X that both the officer and the suspect are in stable condition in a hospital. They said it happened around 1:30 p.m.
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