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By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The longer the war in Gaza goes on and Yemen’s Houthi rebels keep attacking ships in the Red Sea the greater the risk that Yemen could be propelled back into war, the U.N. special envoy for the Arab world’s poorest country is warning. Hans Grundberg
Continue ReadingBy DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press Voters are heading to the polls in Russia for a three-day presidential election that is all but certain to extend President Vladimir Putin’s rule by six more years after he stifled dissent. The election takes place against the backdrop of a ruthless crackdown that has crippled independent media and prominent
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — The father of a Michigan school shooter was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter Thursday, a second conviction against the teen’s parents who were accused of failing to secure a gun at home and doing nothing to address acute signs of his mental turmoil. The jury verdict
Continue ReadingHENRIETTA, N.Y. (AP) — A tandem tractor-trailer was left partly hanging over the edge of a New York State Thruway bridge after an accident. No serious injuries were reported after the accident Thursday. State police say the eastbound FedEx tractor-trailer sideswiped a disabled vehicle on a stretch of Interstate 90 in the Rochester, New York,
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — Former Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines was among more than a dozen college athletes who filed a lawsuit against the NCAA, accusing it of violating their Title IX rights by allowing transgender woman Lia Thomas to compete at the national championships in 2022. The lawsuit details the shock Gaines and other swimmers felt
Continue ReadingBy KIRK KERN Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Justin Hutson stepped down as coach of Fresno State on Thursday after the Bulldogs were eliminated from the Mountain West Conference tournament. Hutson’s contract was set to expire on April 30, and the school did not extend it before the season. The 52-year-old didn’t win the
Continue ReadingBy VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The U.S. government has started requiring migrants without passports to submit to facial recognition technology to take domestic flights under a change that prompted confusion this week among immigrants and advocacy groups in Texas. It is not clear exactly when the change took effect, but many
Continue ReadingBy W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Defensive tackle Christian Wilkins opened his introductory news conference with the Las Vegas Raiders on Thursday by emulating his new coach, Antonio Pierce. “Raiderrrsss!” Wilkins exclaimed before allowing the first question to be asked, in the same exuberant manner Pierce displayed following each victory after he
Continue ReadingBy BABACAR DIONE and JESSICA DONATI DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s top opposition leader has been released from jail ahead of the presidential election scheduled for the end of the month. Sonko’s lawyer Bamba Cisse told AP that Sonko and his key ally, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, were both released. It wasn’t immediately clear how their release
Continue ReadingCNN By Tierney Sneed and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Fort Pierce, Florida (CNN) — US District Court Judge Aileen Cannon on Thursday declined to toss out the classified documents case against Donald Trump after hours-long arguments in part over whether the charges against the former president were too vague. Before the judge were two of the
Continue ReadingMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Lyft and Uber said they will cease operations in Minneapolis after the city’s council voted Thursday to override a mayoral veto and require that ride-hailing services increase driver wages to the equivalent of the local minimum wage of $15.57 an hour. Lyft called the ordinance “deeply flawed,” saying in a statement that
Continue ReadingMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Lyft and Uber said they will cease operations in Minneapolis after the city’s council voted Thursday to override a mayoral veto and require that ride-hailing services increase driver wages to the equivalent of the local minimum wage of $15.57 an hour. Lyft called the ordinance “deeply flawed,” saying in a statement that
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The Morongo Band of Mission Indians today donated $5 million to San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital in Banning to establish a program geared specifically to women’s health. “Morongo is delighted to be building on our partnership with the San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital Foundation to advance health care in the Pass,” Morongo Tribal Chairman Charles Martin said.
Continue ReadingRESERVE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana truck driver has been charged with negligent homicide for his role in a fiery highway pileup that left eight dead last year after a “super fog” of marsh fire smoke and dense fog snared more than 160 vehicles. Louisiana State Police said Tuesday that Ronald Britt was operating a
Continue ReadingBy Scott McLean, Kathleen Magramo and Florence Davey-Attlee, CNN (CNN) — Hope is fading for the imminent return of the international crew of the cargo ship hijacked by the Houthis in November, with a senior Filipino diplomat saying he does not expect a release until the war in Gaza is over, while the Houthis say the
Continue ReadingBy TOM ODULA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Doctors at Kenya’s public hospitals began a nationwide strike, accusing the government of failing to implement a raft of promises from a collective bargaining agreement signed in 2017 after a 100-day strike that saw people dying from lack of care. The Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists and
Continue ReadingBy Shania Shelton and Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — The National Park Service is gearing up to remove nearly 160 cherry trees in Washington, DC, in an effort to repair the city’s deteriorating seawalls, the agency announced Wednesday. The $113 million, three-year project is set to begin in late spring and early summer around the
Continue ReadingCNN By Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers responded on Thursday to CNN reporting that he shared in private conversations false conspiracy theories about the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting. While Rodgers did not deny the content of those conversations, he said in a social media post that he has “never been of
Continue ReadingBy RUSS BYNUM Associated Press A trailblazing Southern woman who worked as a speechwriter for President Jimmy Carter after covering the civil rights movement as a newspaper reporter has died. Achsah Nesmith wrote Martin Luther King Jr.’s front-page obituary for The Atlanta Constitution following his 1968 assassination and covered Carter’s first campaign for Georgia governor,
Continue ReadingBy MARK LONG AP Pro Football Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Arik Armstead’s unemployment lasted roughly a day. The Jacksonville Jaguars agreed to terms with the former San Francisco defensive tackle on a three-year, $51 million contract Thursday, a person with knowledge of the decision said. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition
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