By LARRY NEUMEISTER and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has suggested Michael Cohen has committed perjury under oath, giving fresh support to former President Donald Trump’s claims that his onetime personal lawyer and star witness at his upcoming criminal trial in New York is an untrustworthy liar. Judge
Continue ReadingCARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s top prosecutor says arrest warrants have been issued for the manager and eight other staffers of the presidential campaign of opposition powerhouse Maria Corina Machado. Attorney General Tarek William Saab says that Machado’s campaign manager, Magalli Meda, and the eight other staff members are accused of being involved in violent
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine environmental regulators decided Wednesday the state will not join a growing number of states adopting new standards designed to grow the use of electric vehicles. The rules, which originated in California, would have required an increasing percentage of new light-duty vehicles to be zero emission
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 CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials signaled Wednesday that they still expect to cut their key interest rate three times in 2024 despite signs that inflation was surprisingly high at the start of the year. Yet they foresee fewer rate cuts in 2025, and they slightly raised their inflation
Continue ReadingBy W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — JuJu Watkins is heading into her first NCAA Tournament with an appreciation for what brought her to this point. Southern California’s star freshman was the nation’s second-leading scorer during a first season where she was a key player on a Trojans team that earned a No.
Continue ReadingBy YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarusian authorities say they have launched dozens of raids to target those suspected of “extremist” activities in new efforts by the political opposition to create “people’s embassies” abroad. The raids are the latest move in a crackdown on dissent by the government of authoritarian President Alexander
Continue ReadingBy STEVE PEOPLES and JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Donald Trump got what he wanted when former car dealer Bernie Moreno won the Republican Senate primary in Ohio. So did Democrats. They believe that Moreno’s positions on abortion, immigration and Trump’s election lies make the Republican less electable this fall in
Continue ReadingKEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — A wrecked seagoing vessel discovered decades ago off the Florida Keys has recently been identified as a British warship that sank in the 18th century. The National Park Service says archaeologists used new research to determine that the wreckage first spotted in 1993 near Dry Tortugas National Park is the
Continue ReadingTAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Detroit Lions defensive back Cameron Sutton is wanted on a Florida domestic violence warrant. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday asked for tips to help find him. Authorities said on the X social media platform that the warrant is for domestic battery by strangulation, a third-degree felony punishable by up
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican lawmakers across the country were already jockeying to push their states deeper into immigration enforcement when the Supreme Court, if only briefly, let Texas enforce a new law giving police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of crossing the border illegally. Within hours Tuesday, another
Continue ReadingBy CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press HAMBURG, N.Y. (AP) — The owner of an alligator recently seized by conservation officers in New York is fighting for its return, saying the reptile he named Albert and has shared a home with for more than three decades is a gentle giant that’s no danger to anyone. Officers a
Continue ReadingBy DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are moving higher Wednesday after the Federal Reserve indicated it’s still likely to deliver the cuts to interest rates this year that Wall Street craves, even though concerns are growing about stubbornly high inflation. The S&P 500 rose 0.5% in afternoon trading
Continue ReadingBy MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press A Nebraska lawmaker is now the subject of a sexual harassment investigation. The announcement from the body’s Executive Board comes two days after Republican state Sen. Steve Halloran name-checked a fellow senator while reading a graphic account of rape on the floor of the Nebraska Legislature. Halloran read out
Continue ReadingBy VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A Texas law that would allow the state to arrest and deport people who enter the U.S. illegally is on hold for now while a federal appeals court considers it. A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments Wednesday in a
Continue ReadingBy VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A Texas law that would allow the state to arrest and deport people who enter the U.S. illegally is on hold for now while a federal appeals court considers it. A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments Wednesday in a
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Aly Khalifa will set his alarm for 4:30 a.m. Thursday, a witching hour for a college kid if ever there was one, and roll out of bed for the same breakfast as always: scrambled eggs, yogurt, some fruit, all washed down with a whole lot
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at Easter and Holy Week. On Easter Sunday, Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day after his crucifixion. It also marks the end of the 40-day period of penance called Lent. Easter is considered to be the most important season of the Christian
Continue ReadingBy GENE JOHNSON and MARK THIESSEN Associated Press A white supremacist Idaho prison gang member and an accomplice remained on the loose Wednesday after the accomplice staged a brazen overnight attack to free the inmate as he was being transported from a Boise hospital, police said. Police identified the man suspected of shooting two corrections
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