By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says it has successfully tested a solid-fuel engine for its new-type intermediate-range hypersonic missile. It’s seen as claiming a progress in developing a more powerful, agile missile designed to strike faraway U.S. targets in the region. North Korea’s state media said Wednesday that
Continue ReadingBy Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — The Indian Navy’s rescue of a commercial ship from pirates off Somalia’s coast last weekend shows how Delhi’s military has developed special forces capabilities on par with some of the world’s best, analysts say. The navy rescued 17 crew members of the vessel MV Ruen during an anti-piracy operation
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — For 13 straight bouts over seven consecutive years, Canelo Álvarez has refused to fight another Mexican. The biggest star in boxing said he respected his nation and its top talents too much to deliver any setbacks to their careers. Álvarez has changed his mind,
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK ORSAGOS, CODY JACKSON, MICHELLE L. PRICE and BILL BARROW Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump won their party’s presidential primaries in Ohio on Tuesday, banking more support after becoming their parties’ presumptive nominees last week. In addition to Ohio’s contest, Trump is expected to easily
Continue ReadingANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s defense ministry says its warplanes have carried out a new round of airstrikes targeting Kurdish militants in neighboring Iraq. The strikes on Tuesday came hours after an attack against Turkish troops in the region killed a soldier and wounded four others. Turkey often launches strikes against targets in Syria and
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press JetBlue Airways will end service at several cities and reduce flying out of Los Angeles in a move to retrench and focus on stronger markets after years of losing money. The changes will also help the airline cope with the grounding of some of its planes for inspections of their Pratt
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press JetBlue Airways will end service at several cities and reduce flying out of Los Angeles in a move to retrench and focus on stronger markets after years of losing money. The changes will also help the airline cope with the grounding of some of its planes for inspections of their Pratt
Continue ReadingBy Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — Hedge fund founder John Paulson is hosting a high-dollar fundraiser next month to benefit Donald Trump’s presidential campaign that is drawing some of the Republican Party’s wealthiest donors, according to an invitation obtained by CNN. The April 6 event, slated to be held in Palm Beach, Florida, is a
Continue ReadingROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — A human body has been found in a western New York reservoir that supplies drinking water to parts of Rochester, prompting a boil-water advisory for several neighborhoods. Workers with the city’s Water Bureau discovered the body Tuesday morning in the Highland Park Reservoir. Officials say the reservoir was immediately disconnected from
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Stellantis, one of the largest automakers in the world, agreed Tuesday to comply with California’s vehicle emissions standards that are the toughest in the nation and require zero-emission and plug-in hybrid vehicles to make up 68% of new light-duty vehicle sales by 2030. The
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Stellantis, one of the largest automakers in the world, agreed Tuesday to comply with California’s vehicle emissions standards that are the toughest in the nation and require zero-emission and plug-in hybrid vehicles to make up 68% of new light-duty vehicle sales by 2030. The
Continue ReadingBy JULIE WATSON Associated Press California’s Yurok Tribe, which had 90% of its territory taken from it during the Gold Rush of the mid-1800s, will be getting a slice of its land back to serve as a new gateway to Redwood National and State Parks visited by 1 million people a year. The Yurok will
Continue ReadingBy JULIE WATSON Associated Press California’s Yurok Tribe, which had 90% of its territory taken from it during the Gold Rush of the mid-1800s, will be getting a slice of its land back to serve as a new gateway to Redwood National and State Parks visited by 1 million people a year. The Yurok will
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker sat on the front row of a packed courtroom Tuesday and watched as a federal judge handed down yearslong sentences to two of the white former Mississippi law enforcement officers who tortured the two Black men last
Continue ReadingBy MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s former White House adviser and his son-in-law, praised the “very valuable” potential of Gaza’s “waterfront property.” Kushner in an interview with a Harvard University professor last month suggested that Israel should remove civilians while it “cleans up” the area. Kushner also suggested
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Chavez and Annette Choi, CNN (CNN) — The confirmation of Nicole Berner and Melissa DuBose to the federal judiciary in recent weeks marks a watershed moment for both LGBTQ representation and the Biden administration. Eleven federal judges who identify as LGBTQ, including Berner and DuBose, have been appointed and confirmed to lifetime positions since the
Continue ReadingBy Shirin Faqiri, CNN (CNN) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed a sweeping bill into law Wednesday that prohibits public schools and universities from maintaining or funding diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. The law, known as SB129, also requires public universities to “designate restrooms on the basis of biological sex” — which Alabama law defines as “the physical condition
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer Former NHL enforcer Chris Simon has died. He was 52. Simon died Monday night in his hometown of Wawa, Ontario, a spokesperson for the NHL Players’ Association, who has been in touch with the late forward’s agent, said Tuesday. Paul Theofanous, who represented Simon, did not respond to a
Continue ReadingRENTON, Wash. (AP) — Fire officials say four people were killed and four others were hurt in a multiple vehicle crash in suburban Seattle. Puget Sound fire spokesperson Pat Pawlak said that at about 12:45 p.m. firefighters were sent to a crash involving four vehicles in Renton. He said four people died at the scene
Continue ReadingBy JEFF MARTIN Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s parole board has rejected clemency for a man set to die Wednesday night in the state’s first execution in more than four years. Barring an 11th-hour court stay, William James Pye is to receive a lethal injection Wednesday night for the 1993 killing of his former
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