By The Associated Press OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Authorities in Burkina Faso say five people were killed and two injured when a private plane crashed into a tree following its failure to take off from an airport in the country’s eastern region. The government news agency says the plane was was taking off from
Continue ReadingBABYLON, N.Y. (AP) — Four people have been charged with concealing a human corpse and tampering with evidence in connection with the discovery of body parts in parks on Long Island. The four are Amanda Wallace, 40, Jeffrey Mackey, 38, Steven Brown, 44, all of Amityville, and Alexis Nieves, 33, who police said is homeless.
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By AMY TAXIN and BRITTANY PETERSON Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — The seven U.S. states that draw water from the Colorado River basin are suggesting new ways to determine how the increasingly scarce resource is divvied up when the river can’t provide what it historically promised. The Upper Basin and the Lower Basin
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks gained ground Wednesday to recover some of their losses from the day before, which was Wall Street’s worst in three weeks. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said again that cuts to interest rates may be coming this year, but that the Fed needs more
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A former software engineer at Google has been charged with stealing artificial intelligence technology from the company while secretly working with two companies based in China, the Justice Department said Wednesday. Linwei Ding, a Chinese national, was arrested in Newark, California, on four counts of federal trade
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — With just a few days to go until the 96th Academy Awards on Sunday, the show’s producers are feeling good about what they’ve put together. The nominees are some of the best the Oscars have seen, including some true blockbusters like “Oppenheimer” and “Barbie.” Ryan
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — With just a few days to go until the 96th Academy Awards on Sunday, the show’s producers are feeling good about what they’ve put together. The nominees are some of the best the Oscars have seen, including some true blockbusters like “Oppenheimer” and “Barbie.” Ryan
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A former software engineer at Google has been charged with stealing artificial intelligence technology from the company while secretly working with two companies based in China, the Justice Department said Wednesday. Linwei Ding, a Chinese national, was arrested in Newark, California, on four counts of federal trade
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Ex-Google engineer charged with stealing artificial intelligence technology while working with China-based companies.
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — The U.N.’s atomic watchdog agency chief is visiting Russia amid concern about a Ukrainian nuclear power plant caught in the crossfire since Moscow sent troops into Ukraine in 2022 and seized the facility shortly after. IAEA Director-General Rafael Mariano Grossi arrived at the Black Sea resort of Sochi on Tuesday evening, according
Continue ReadingBy SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Amid a crawfish shortage in Louisiana, Gov. Jeff Landry has issued a disaster declaration for the impacted industry. Last year’s drought, extreme heat, saltwater intrusion on the Mississippi River and a hard winter freeze in the Bayou State have devastated this year’s crawfish harvest. Louisiana
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Citing “widespread starvation” in Gaza, South Africa is urging the United Nations’ top court to order Israel to allow humanitarian aid into the war-torn region. The request is part of an ongoing case alleging that Israel’s military campaign in Gaza breaches the Genocide Convention. Israel
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer Stanley Cup contenders aren’t waiting until the NHL trade deadline day to shore up depth for what they hope is a long playoff run. The league-leading Florida Panthers got deeper on the wing on Wednesday by acquiring Vladimir Tarasenko from Ottawa, Connor McDavid’s Edmonton Oilers added a pair of
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Twenty-four Republican-led states have filed a lawsuit challenging a new Biden administration rule that sets tougher standards for deadly soot pollution. Republicans say the Environmental Protection Agency rule would raise costs for manufacturers, utilities and families across the country and could block new manufacturing facilities and infrastructure
Continue ReadingCNN By Melanie Zanona, Kristin Wilson and Jeremy Herb, CNN Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake says she will court voters who backed GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley – and those who would have voted for independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema – even as she criticized Haley’s campaign as a “vanity project” in an interview with CNN Wednesday.
Continue ReadingBy Cheri Mossburg, Christina Maxouris and Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) — Hannah Gutierrez Reed, the “Rust” film armorer, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter Wednesday in a New Mexico trial stemming from the 2021 on-set fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was killed by a live round of ammunition fired from a prop gun
Continue ReadingBy AMY TAXIN and BRITTANY PETERSON Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — The seven U.S. states that draw water from the Colorado River basin are suggesting new ways to determine how the increasingly scarce resource is divvied up when the river can’t provide what it historically promised. The Upper Basin and the Lower Basin
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — After only a year in the Senate, Katie Britt of Alabama is wielding her influence and experience as a former congressional staffer and mother to carve out a unique role in the Republican party. As the youngest female Senator, she is the voice of one of
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A jury has been seated in the trial of a man whose son killed four students at a Michigan school with a gun acquired shortly before the shooting. The selection process in the high-profile case lasted less than two days. James Crumbley is charged with four
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Herb and Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s attorneys accused Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg of a pursuing a “fantasy” case against the former president by tying hush-money payments made to his former attorney Michael Cohen with the 2016 election. “The People must attempt to try the case they charged, not the
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