ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — An official says a rubber dinghy carrying migrants has sunk off Turkey’s northern Aegean coast, leaving at least 22 people dead. Gov. Ilhami Aktas says coast guard personnel on Friday rescued two migrants from the sea while two others reached the shore by themselves. It was not clear how many people
Continue ReadingBy MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Top Brazilian military leaders declared to police that former President Jair Bolsonaro presented them a plan to reverse the results of the 2022 election he lost, but they refused and warned him they would arrest him if he tried it, according to judicial documents released Friday.
Continue ReadingBy YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Catholic activist in Belarus has been handed a three-year prison sentence on charges that Western diplomats have denounced as politically driven, the latest move in the authorities’ sweeping crackdown on the country’s civil society. Thirty-three-year-old Uladzislau Beladzed taught the catechism at the city’s Cathedral of
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer Apple has agreed to pay $490 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging CEO Tim Cook misled investors about a steep downturn in iPhone’s sales in China that culminated in a jarring revision to the company’s revenue forecast. The preliminary settlement filed Friday in Oakland, California, federal court stems
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer Apple has agreed to pay $490 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging CEO Tim Cook misled investors about a steep downturn in iPhone’s sales in China that culminated in a jarring revision to the company’s revenue forecast. The preliminary settlement filed Friday in Oakland, California, federal court stems
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Safety Kamren Curl agreed to terms on a two-year contract with the Los Angeles Rams on Friday. Curl’s deal is worth $8.75 million and could be worth up to $12.75 million. Curl spent his first four NFL seasons with the Washington Commanders, who drafted him
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The federal government on Friday designated an area of ocean off New England for the development of offshore wind in a move that generated cheers from environmental groups but questions from fishermen. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management says the wind energy area is about two
Continue ReadingWALTHAM, Mass. (AP) — Saint Rose’s basketball era has ended. The Golden Knights lost to Daemen 52-47 on Friday in the opening round of the NCAA Division II women’s tournament, in what becomes the final basketball game for the school. The Albany, New York-based college is closing at the end of the academic year. This
Continue ReadingBy TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed two of three claims against a former Wisconsin police officer who killed three people of color in five years. Former Wauwatosa Police Officer Joseph Mensah killed Antonio Gonzales in 2015, Jay Anderson in 2016 and Alvin Cole in 2020. Prosecutors decided
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju and Ted Barrett, CNN Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell ramped up his scathing criticism of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer in the aftermath of the New York Democrat’s stunning call for a new leadership in Israel amid the brutal war in Gaza, underscoring the growing partisan divide over Israel – a rare
Continue ReadingBy THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — France’s lower house of Parliament has unanimously approved a pioneering bill to curb the environmental impact of fast fashion, marking a significant step towards sustainability in the global fashion industry. The first-of-its-kind legislation, now headed for the Senate, targets low-cost, mass-produced garments, particularly from China. It
Continue ReadingBy John Fritze and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Friday denied a request by a Texas college student group to host a drag show on campus, siding with the school’s decision to prohibit the performance. Spectrum WT and two student leaders of the LGBTQ group filed an emergency petition with the high court
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California regulators this week proposed delaying new rules aimed at reducing how much water people use on their lawns, drawing praise from agencies that said they needed more time to comply but criticism from environmentalists who warn that the delay would damage the state’s already scarce
Continue ReadingBy RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer The nine Bowl Subdivision conferences and Notre Dame have reached an agreement on a six-year deal to continue the College Football Playoff through the 2031 season. The move establishes a revenue-sharing plan and allows the CFP to finalize a new media rights agreement. Executive Director Bill Hancock
Continue ReadingBy JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A cable car recently dedicated to the late Tony Bennett rolls past the landmark Fairmont hotel where the singer in 1961 first performed the song that would forever tie him to San Francisco. San Francisco officials on Valentine’s Day dedicated one of the city’s iconic cable
Continue ReadingBy JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A cable car recently dedicated to the late Tony Bennett rolls past the landmark Fairmont hotel where the singer in 1961 first performed the song that would forever tie him to San Francisco. San Francisco officials on Valentine’s Day dedicated one of the city’s iconic cable
Continue ReadingBy RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive arm has proposed weakening even more climate and environmental measures in the bloc’s latest set of concessions to farmers apparently bent on continuing disruptive tractor protests until the June EU elections. The move Friday has angered environmentalists across the 27 nations. The Commission
Continue ReadingBy WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Eclipse-themed beer. Jewelry and ornaments. And doughnuts that capture the sun’s disappearing act with the help of buttercream frosting. With April 8’s total solar eclipse right around the corner, businesses are ready for the celestial event that will dim skies along a generous path across
Continue ReadingASHLAND, Ky. (AP) — Seven inmates at an eastern Kentucky prison have filed a federal lawsuit saying they were forced to either drink their own urine or be tased after failing a drug test. WDRB-TV reports the lawsuit filed Tuesday says four officers at Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex told the inmates who failed drug tests
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Erik Romney is a local thespian who has started his own business. “Sometimes work is slim to none, and a lot of my creative juices are flowing,” said Romney. “I just need an outlet, and I just thought, well, why not create a business and make a singing telegram business out of it?” He’s reviving
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