By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Stanford has hired Kyle Smith away from Washington State to take over its struggling men’s basketball program. Athletic director Bernard Muir announced Monday that Smith had agreed to take over the Cardinal after Jerod Haase was fired earlier this month. “The opportunity to serve as
Continue ReadingBy JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Usain Bolt’s sprint world records were never in danger. Then again, even the world’s fastest-ever human likely wouldn’t have been so quick while balancing a tray with a croissant, a coffee cup and a glass of water through the streets of Paris, and without spilling it everywhere.
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Boeing CEO David Calhoun will step down from the embattled plane maker at the end of the year as part of a broad management shakeup Monday after a series of mishaps at one of America’s iconic manufacturers. Stan Deal, president and CEO of Boeing’s commercial airplanes unit, will retire
Continue ReadingNEW ORLEANS (AP) — In a story published March 20, 2024, about an interactive exhibit at the National WWII Museum, The Associated Press erroneously identified the Medal of Honor winner and Battle of Iwo Jima veteran who participated in the exhibit before his death in 2022. His name is Woodrow “Woody” Williams.
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York appeals court on Monday agreed to hold off collection of former President Donald Trump’s $454 million civil fraud judgment — if he puts up $175 million within 10 days. If he does, it will stop the clock on collection
Continue ReadingBy RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — A major European Union plan to fight climate change and better protect nature in the 27-nation bloc has been indefinitely postponed. The member states were supposed to give final approval to the bill on Monday following months of proceedings. Alain Maron, a Belgian regional climate minister who
Continue ReadingBy Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — The clerk of court accused of jury tampering in Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial resigned Monday, almost two months after a judge questioned the Colleton County, South Carolina, official’s credibility but ruled the allegations were not enough to grant Murdaugh a new trial. Rebecca “Becky” Hill will not run for
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge presiding over Donald Trump’s hush money case was weighing Monday when, or even whether, the former president will go on trial after a postponement due to a last-minute document dump. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee arrived in court
Continue ReadingBy DAVID McHUGH Associated Press SPRAKEBUELL, Germany (AP) — These are turbulent times for wind and solar energy. High interest rates needed to finance renewable projects are coming on top of long waits to buy equipment. And those headwinds are blowing at a time when investment needs to massively ramp up to meet ambitious climate
Continue ReadingBy BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida will have one of the country’s most restrictive social media bans for minors, if it withstands expected legal challenges. Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Monday that will ban social media accounts for children under 14 and require parental permission for 14- and
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The internal furor over NBC News’ decision to hire former Republican National Committee head Ronna McDaniel as a paid contributor spread Monday, with MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” hosts saying on the air that they strongly objected and wouldn’t have her on their show. “We hope NBC
Continue ReadingBy Richard Roth, Ivana Kottasová, Lauren Izso and Jeremy Diamond, CNN (CNN) — Tensions between the United States and Israel were exposed on Monday when Washington stood aside and allowed the UN Security Council to pass a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. The US decision to abstain on the vote prompted Israel’s
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations Security Council on Monday issued its first demand to halt the fighting in Gaza, calling for a cease-fire during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan after the U.S. abstained and drawing an immediate protest from the Israeli prime minister. Prime Minister Benjamin
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Boeing CEO David Calhoun will step down from the embattled plane maker at the end of the year as part of a broad management shakeup after a series of mishaps at one of America’s iconic manufacturers. Stan Deal, president and CEO of Boeing’s commercial airplanes unit, will retire immediately.
Continue ReadingBy JESSICA DONATI and SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A former Senegalese prime minister has conceded the presidential election to the opposition candidate based on preliminary results a day after the vote. Amadou Ba in a statement shared by his campaign says he congratulated opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye and wished
Continue ReadingBy GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Italy has followed France in stepping up security following the attack on a suburban Moscow concert hall and the claim of responsibility by an affiliate of the Islamic State group. The attack renewed attention in Europe on the risk from the extremists. France on Sunday increased its
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s defense minister says that two military engineers have died following the detonation of TNT during a training exercise at a military facility in southern Poland. The minister tweeted Monday that two sappers with a chemical regiment died in Solarnia in the southern region of Silesia. The deaths follow another training
Continue Reading
The American Documentary and Animation Film Festival is concluding on Monday. It’s the festival’s 13th year in Palm Springs, and it has showcased more films than ever before. The five-day festival has featured hundreds of films produced in Palm Springs and around the world. There will be 11 films screened on the closing day. Screenings
Continue ReadingBy DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press Calls mounted on Monday to harshly punish those behind the Russia concert hall attack that killed more than 130 people as authorities combed the burned-out ruins of the shopping and entertainment complex for more bodies. Four men, charged with carrying out a terrorist attack, appeared in court Sunday night and
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas and Evan Perez, CNN The Biden administration on Monday announced a criminal indictment and sanctions against multiple Chinese hackers for allegedly conducting sweeping hacks against US companies and government officials on behalf of China’s civilian intelligence service. Seven Chinese men were indicted in US federal court in the Eastern District of New
Continue Reading