By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press SAGINAW, Mich. (AP) — President Joe Biden headed to Michigan last week to boost his support with Black voters and possibly hedge against growing opposition that the White House’s staunch support for Israel has sparked with Muslim-Americans in the critical swing state. But some Black leaders now
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Jake Cronenworth’s glove gave the All-Star first baseman a hole lot of trouble. Cronenworth was about to glove Gavin Lux’s one-out chopper to start what appeared to be an easy-inning double play. Instead of the eighth inning ending with the score 2-2, the ball
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By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers started their Shohei Ohtani era with a memorable win on a night of firsts. Ohtani’s RBI single capped a four-run eighth-inning rally in his Dodgers debut, and Los Angeles beat the San Diego Padres 5-2 in Wednesday night’s opener, Major
Continue ReadingBy Jason Morris and Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — A Georgia judge on Wednesday greenlit an effort by former President Donald Trump and his co-defendants to appeal the decision to allow Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to continue to prosecute the 2020 election subversion case there. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee, who
Continue ReadingBy ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The judge overseeing the Georgia 2020 election interference case cleared the way Wednesday for Donald Trump and other defendants to appeal a ruling allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to remain on the prosecution. Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee’s ruling means defense
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The Apollo theater and Opera Philadelphia announced a five-year partnership to support new operas by Black artists. The two organizations collaborated on the New York premieres of Daniel Schnyder’s “Charlie Parker’s Yardbird” in 2016 and Daniel Bernard Roumain’s “We Shall Not Be Moved” the following year, both after world premieres in
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The House impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden is at a crossroad, lacking the political appetite from within the Republican ranks to go forward with an actual impeachment, but facing political pressure to deliver after months of work. The chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability
Continue ReadingBy MARTHA MENDOZA, MAHESH KUMAR and PIYUSH NAGPAL Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Noriko Kuwabara was excited to try a new recipe she’d seen on social media for crispy shrimp spring rolls, so she and her husband headed to Costco’s frozen foods aisle. But when she grabbed a bag of farm-raised shrimp from the
Continue ReadingBy MARTHA MENDOZA, MAHESH KUMAR and PIYUSH NAGPAL Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Noriko Kuwabara was excited to try a new recipe she’d seen on social media for crispy shrimp spring rolls, so she and her husband headed to Costco’s frozen foods aisle. But when she grabbed a bag of farm-raised shrimp from the
Continue ReadingBy Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — A former head swimming and diving coach at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, sexually harassed male athletes and discriminated against female athletes, and the university failed to protect them, a US Justice Department Title IX investigation found. “Numerous male student-athletes were subjected to sexual abuse and assault by
Continue ReadingBy DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks drifted in afternoon trading on Wall Street Wednesday as markets wait for the Federal Reserve’s latest announcement on interest rate policy and guidance on the timing and size of potential rate cuts later this year. The S&P 500 was mostly unchanged and is
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A British privacy watchdog said Wednesday it was investigating a report that staff at a private London hospital tried to snoop on the Princess of Wales ’ medical records while she was a patient for abdominal surgery. The Information Commissioner’s Office said: “We can confirm that we
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Jake Cronenworth’s glove gave the All-Star first baseman a hole lot of trouble. Cronenworth was about to glove Gavin Lux’s one-out chopper to start what appeared to be an easy-inning double play. Instead of the eighth inning ending with the score 2-2, the ball
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Prosecutors in the violent western Mexico state of Jalisco say five dead bodies have been found piled in a bulletproof SUV. The state prosecutors’ office said someone called an emergency number to report the vehicle. Inside they found the bodies of five men “with visible signs of violence.” The office did
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, Tierney Sneed and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals court heard arguments Wednesday over whether to allow Texas to temporarily enforce its controversial law that allows state officials to arrest and detain people they suspect of entering the country illegally. After an hour of oral arguments, it seemed clear that
Continue ReadingBy NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s electoral commission has announced that Prabowo Subianto, a former general linked to past human rights abuses, has been elected president. Subianto is the defense minister in the outgoing government. His victory raises questions about the commitment to democratic values in the sprawling island nation that
Continue ReadingBy NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Former special forces general Prabowo Subianto has been confirmed the victor of Indonesia’s presidential election. The two other candidates plan to challenge the result in court. The election commission confirmed the final result of the Feb. 14 vote on Wednesday. It says Subianto won 58.6% of
Continue ReadingBy Emma Tucker, Ryan Young, Jade Gordon and Ray Sanchez, CNN Jackson, Mississippi (CNN) — A fourth former Mississippi law enforcement officer who pleaded guilty to torturing two Black men was sentenced to 40 years in prison Wednesday, as accounts of the horrifying brutality of a self-styled “Goon Squad” of deputies gripped a federal courtroom. A
Continue ReadingSPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Southern Illinois congressman Mike Bost has won the Republican nomination for the state’s 12th Congressional District despite a challenge from the right in former state Sen. Darren Bailey. Bailey, the 2022 GOP nominee for Illinois governor, challenged the five-term incumbent, claiming he was not conservative enough for the district that encompasses
Continue ReadingCNN, AFPTV, VIRGIN MEDIA NEWS, GETTY IMAGES., POOL By Niamh Kennedy and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Ireland’s Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has announced his resignation, citing “personal and political, but mainly political reasons” in a surprise move. Flanked by colleagues outside government buildings in Dublin on Wednesday, Varadkar said he felt he was no
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