By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — A California man was arrested and charged Monday with allegedly smuggling potent, planet-heating greenhouse gases from Mexico, marking the first such prosecution in the US, according to a statement from the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California. Michael Hart, a 58-year-old man from San Diego, pleaded
Continue ReadingBy JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer Japanese architect Riken Yamamoto is the 2024 winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, the highest honor in the field. Yamamoto, 78, has spent a five-decade career designing both private and public buildings — from residences to museums to schools, from a bustling airport center to a glass-walled fire station
Continue ReadingBy BARRY HATTON Associated Press Uncrewed, remote-controlled boats have been around since the end of World War II. Late last century, technological innovations broadened their potential uses. Lethal, advanced sea drones developed and deployed by Ukraine in its war with Russia have opened a new chapter in that story. Ukraine claims it is the first
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for two high-ranking Russian military officers on charges linked to attacks on civilian infrastructure in Ukraine. The court announced warrants Tuesday for Russian Lt. Gen. Sergei Ivanovich Kobylash. He was commander of the Long-Range Aviation of the
Continue ReadingPRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — A Kosovo court has sentenced a man to three-and-a-half years in prison for planning attacks. A Pristina court statement said the man contacted a person in Saudi Arabia to learn how to create bombs he planned to use against an LGBTQ+ march in the capital and at the Merdare border crossing.
Continue ReadingBy Shawn Nottingham, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals court upheld a lower court’s ruling that part of Florida’s anti-“woke” law infringes on the free speech rights of employers. “The government cannot favor some viewpoints over others without inviting First Amendment scrutiny,” the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals said in its ruling Monday. The Individual
Continue ReadingSARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Germany’s foreign minister says Western Balkans countries joining the European Union is a “geopolitical necessity” that would make Europe stronger in the face of Russia’s full-scale aggression against Ukraine. The six nations — Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Kosovo, Montenegro and North Macedonia — are at different stages of the EU accession process.
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY, TIA GOLDENBERG and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Three days of negotiations with Hamas over a cease-fire in Gaza and the release of Israeli hostages ended Tuesday without a breakthrough, Egyptian officials said, less than a week before the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the informal deadline
Continue ReadingBy KEN SWEET and JOSH BOAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Biden administration is moving to cap credit card late fees at $8. It’s the latest effort in the White House push to end what it has called junk fees and is a move that regulators say will save Americans up to $10
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Wall Street pointed modestly lower Tuesday as more retailers post results from the holiday season and ahead of appearance by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell before Congress later this week. Futures for the S&P 500 slipped 0.3% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A man who purchased a gun with his son four days before the teen used that weapon in a mass school shooting in Michigan is headed to trial on involuntary manslaughter charges. Jury selection starts Tuesday. James Crumbley is accused of failing to take steps that
Continue ReadingBy JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas attorney general acquitted of corruption charges at a historic impeachment trial last year made Tuesday’s primary a bitter Republican-on-Republican brawl. Attorney General Ken Paxton campaigned hard against House Speaker Dade Phelan and dozens of other GOP lawmakers who had sought his impeachment. Just six
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British government officials have announced the first major official duty for Kate, the Princess of Wales, since she underwent abdominal surgery. They say she will attend a Trooping the Color ceremony in June. Prince William’s wife has been out of the public eye since January, when palace
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — What’s arguably the most famous wet shirt in television history is up for sale. Water not included. The white linen garment worn by Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy in the BBC’s 1995 TV adaptation of “Pride and Prejudice” is going under the hammer on Tuesday at an auction of film and television
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China’s blueprint for its economy in 2024 is replete with goals and promises, but it’s also notable for not spelling out specific moves to attain long-promised reforms that foreign businesses and investors have been hoping for. The work report presented Tuesday by Premier Li Qiang to
Continue ReadingMANILA, Philippines (AP) — Former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos, the mother of the country’s current president and the widow of an ousted dictator, has been hospitalized with pneumonia. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Tuesday that his 94-year-old mother is suffering from slight pneumonia and was put on antibiotics by her doctors. Marcos said
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish media say three unidentified objects looking like weather balloons have been found in northeastern Poland, and some of them had Cyrillic inscriptions. The objects were found in Poland’s Mazury lake district, near the border with Russia’s exclave of Kaliningrad. Private radio RMF FM said none of the balloons had any
Continue ReadingBy ELIZABETH AYOOLA of NerdWallet Becoming self-employed can be an exciting journey, but it’s also possible to make expensive mistakes. These mistakes can create financial setbacks that stunt your growth or impact your financial security in the present and future if caution isn’t taken. Mistakes you can avoid as a self-employed person include spending money
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Production at Tesla’s electric vehicle plant near Berlin came to a standstill and workers were evacuated on Tuesday after a power outage that officials suspect was caused by arson. Elon Musk, who is Tesla’s CEO, condemned the incident. The interior ministry in the state of Brandenburg, where the plant is located, said
Continue ReadingBy RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Top European Union officials have outlined ambitious plans to boost its defense industry at an unprecedented pace as the bloc seeks to respond to the threat posed by Russia’s war on Ukraine and a trans-Atlantic partner that could be wavering on its commitments to Europe. The plans
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