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By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Tara VanDerveer managed to compartmentalize her emotions as she chased down and eclipsed Mike Krzyzewski’s all-time wins record earlier this season, determined to focus only on the moment ahead. And that’s how the Hall of Fame Stanford coach is approaching the final Pac-12 Conference women’s
Continue ReadingBy Nick Valencia, Jason Morris and Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Defense attorney Ashleigh Merchant has been subpoenaed to appear before a Georgia state Senate committee hearing on Wednesday as it investigates the actions of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. Merchant confirmed to CNN that she had been subpoenaed for the hearing, which will
Continue ReadingBy RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A federal agency is asserting legal rights to waters that feed the Okefenokee Swamp and its vast wildlife refuge, setting up a new battle with a mining company seeking permits to withdraw more than 1.4 million gallons per day. Twin Pines Minerals is in the final
Continue ReadingBy PETER SMITH Associated Press A far-right, unofficial Catholic media website has agreed to pay $500,000 to a New Hampshire priest who sued for defamation over a 2019 article that it now disavows. The website also is planning to shut down soon, the priest’s attorney says. The apology by Church Militant came after the organization
Continue ReadingBy DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jason Kelce needed only seconds to burst into tears. Kelce’s eyes flooded each time he relayed a story about backyard football games with his brother, the love he felt from his parents and the devotion of his coaches — even a band teacher — that shaped
Continue ReadingBy MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The arrest of two of Philadelphia’s LGBTQ leaders by a state trooper during a fraught highway traffic stop is “very concerning,” the city’s mayor said after a video showing some of what happened circulated on social media. Celena Morrison leads the city’s Office of LGBT Affairs and
Continue ReadingBy VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) — An influx of hundreds of firefighters and more favorable weather conditions are helping authorities in the Texas Panhandle keep the largest wildfire in state history from threatening more homes and communities. A cluster of fires has burned across more than 1,900 square miles in rural areas
Continue ReadingKING CITY, Calif. (AP) — A group of men in masks got out of a car and opened fire at an outdoor party in central California, killing four people and wounding seven others before driving off, police said Monday. Police responded to a reported shooting around 6 p.m. Sunday in King City and found three
Continue ReadingKING CITY, Calif. (AP) — A group of men in masks got out of a car and opened fire at an outdoor party in central California, killing four people and wounding seven others before driving off, police said Monday. Police responded to a reported shooting around 6 p.m. Sunday in King City and found three
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Jill Biden is hosting a White House ceremony honoring “women of courage” from around the world. Monday’s event includes, among others, a lawyer from Myanmar, a former political prisoner from Belarus, a disability rights advocate from Afghanistan and a teacher from Ecuador. Biden is recognizing their work in
Continue ReadingFARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. (AP) — A man has been charged with attempted murder in a locker room attack at a suburban Detroit YMCA. It could have been worse if former NFL player Braylon Edwards didn’t intervene. Edwards says he was just minding his business Friday when he heard a dispute about loud music at the
Continue ReadingBy JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Vibrant colors and striking landmarks illuminate posters for the Paris Olympic Games in an art deco style inspired by the city’s flamboyant past. The posters were unveiled on Monday at the Musée d’Orsay — a former railway station transformed into an imposing museum stretching along the
Continue ReadingBy BARBARA SURK and NICOLAS GARRIGA Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French lawmakers on Monday overwhelmingly approved a bill that will enshrine a woman’s right to an abortion in France’s constitution, a historic move designed to prevent the kind of rollback of abortion rights seen in the United States in recent years. In an exceptional
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK WHITTLE and DAVID SHARP Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Emotional survivors of a mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, called on politicians to protect the community from future tragedies. The testimony came during a hearing by a commission investigating the rampage last year. The commission is reviewing the facts and evidence surrounding the
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has rejected U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez’s claims that search warrants leading to corruption charges and the discovery of gold bars and cash at his New Jersey home were unconstitutional. Judge Sidney H. Stein ruled Monday that multiple warrants used to conduct 2022 searches
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, CNN Washington (CNN) — The ruling by Alabama’s state Supreme Court on IVF has set off alarm bells across the country that the issue may be swept up in the war over abortion rights unleashed by the US Supreme Court 2022 Roe v. Wade reversal. Almost every state has a version of
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — In a story published March 2, 2024, about the April 8 total solar eclipse, The Associated Press misspelled the name of a stadium in Waco, Texas. It is McLane, not McClane.
Continue ReadingBy Joshua Berlinger and Xiaofei Xu, CNN Paris (CNN) — France became the world’s first country to enshrine abortion rights in its constitution on Monday, the culmination of an effort that began in direct response to the US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Lawmakers from both houses of the French Parliament voted
Continue ReadingBy BARBARA SURK and NICOLAS GARRIGA Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French lawmakers approved a bill that will enshrine a woman’s right to an abortion in the French Constitution during a historic joint session of parliament in at the Palace of Versailles on Monday. The bill was approved in an overwhelming 780-72 vote, and nearly
Continue ReadingBy NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Former President Donald Trump gained a clear win at the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, which unanimously ruled that states don’t have the ability to bar him — or any other federal candidates — from the ballot under a rarely-used constitutional provision that prohibits those who “engaged
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