By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For the third time in five years, senators will be sworn in as jurors for an impeachment trial. But the chamber is expected to spend far less time on the charges against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas than the ones brought against former President Donald Trump
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are drifting near record levels Monday as they head for the final stretch of what looks to be their latest winning month. The S&P 500 was 0.2% lower in late trading after closing last week at an all-time high. The Dow Jones Industrial
Continue ReadingBy John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — When she honked her car horn during a protest in 2017, Susan Porter said the familiar sound was a form of speech that should be protected by the First Amendment. Without comment, the Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear it. The high court brushed aside an appeal from
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — New York City has marked the anniversary of the 1993 bombing at the old World Trade Center. Six people were killed and more than 1,000 injured when the bomb detonated in an underground garage. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey held a memorial Mass on Monday at St.
Continue ReadingCAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities say a ferry carrying day laborers sank in the Nile just outside the Egyptian capital, killing at least 10 of the 15 people on board. The five who survived were transported to a hospital and later discharged, the Ministry of Manpower said in a statement. The cause of the sinking
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Babies born this coming Saturday could get a birthday present featuring a guy who knows how to have fun — The Cat in the Hat. Dr. Seuss Enterprises is celebrating the iconic children’s author’s 120th birthday with a free giveaway of “The Cat in the
Continue ReadingBy GIADA ZAMPANO and VALERIA FERRARO Associated Press CROTONE, Italy (AP) — Survivors and family members of victims of a shipwreck a year ago that killed 94 migrants, including 35 minors, just off Italy’s southern coast, have returned for three days of commemorations and called for justice to be done. A torchlight vigil, a photo
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer On the same night Caitlin Clark was adding to her NCAA women’s basketball scoring record before a packed house in Indiana, and a national audience on television, the Iowa sensation was losing ground to the most prolific active scorer in her sport. In a gymnasium smaller than those of
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Suspected illegal loggers have shot and killed three forest rangers and wounded a fourth on patrol in central Mexico, near the slopes of the Iztaccihuatl volcano. Police in the central state of Puebla, east of Mexico City, said late on Sunday that the killings took place earlier in the day. Police
Continue ReadingCNN By Casey Gannon, Jennifer Hansler and Rashard Rose, CNN (CNN) — An active-duty member of the US Air Force who set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC, on Sunday, has died, authorities said. Aaron Bushnell, 25, of San Antonio, Texas, said in a video of the incident obtained by CNN
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says a Conservative lawmaker was wrong to say the mayor of London is controlled by Islamists. He also denied the governing party tolerates anti-Muslim prejudice. Sunak was pressured to condemn Islamophobia after the comments by Lee Anderson about Mayor Sadiq Khan, amid
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — The prime ministers of Canada and Poland have discussed boosting exports of Ukrainian grain to the world’s poorest countries to ease protests by farmers in Europe who see the Ukrainian goods as a market threat. Farmers in Poland and elsewhere say food imports from Ukraine are undercutting their livelihoods, even as
Continue ReadingBy KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet Money can create stress within a relationship, but talking through expectations and money beliefs can help couples get on the same page. In fact, conflict over money can be healthy, partly because we often partner with people who are our financial opposites. The key to a healthy form of conflict
Continue ReadingBy MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is taking up challenges to state laws Monday that could affect how Facebook, TikTok, X and other social media platforms regulate content posted by their users. The cases are among several this term in which the justices could set standards for free speech in
Continue ReadingBy DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece has formally agreed to participate in and lead a European Union maritime security operation in the Red Sea to protect commercial shipping from attacks by Houthi militants in Yemen. A governmental security committee ordered the deployment of a Greek frigate in the Aspides operation –
Continue ReadingBUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Two officers in New York have shot and killed a man, prompting authorities to launch an investigation and his family to demand answers. Edward Holmes, 58, was fatally shot Saturday in Buffalo after police say he discharged his shotgun and officers returned fire. Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia said Saturday that
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — French actor Gérard Depardieu faces another complaint of sexual assault, this time from a movie decorator who alleges he groped her during filming in 2021. In the complaint to the Paris prosecutor’s office, she accuses the 75-year-old Depardieu of sexual assault, sexual harassment and sexist insults, her Paris lawyer, Carine Durrieu Diebolt,
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An active-duty member of the U.S. Air Force has died after he set himself ablaze outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C., while declaring that he “will no longer be complicit in genocide.” The 25-year-old airman, Aaron Bushnell, of San Antonio, Texas, died from his injuries, the
Continue ReadingCAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Authorities say a college wrestler in Kentucky was killed by a fellow student at a private Christian university. Police say 18-year-old Josiah Kilman was pronounced dead at a hospital after officers were called early Saturday to Campbellsville University in central Kentucky. He was found unresponsive in his dorm room. The state
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Wall Street pointed slightly lower early Monday ahead of a week that will be dominated by earnings reports from some of the nation’s biggest retailers. Futures for the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average each ticked down about 0.1% before the bell. Earnings remain
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