CNN By Dakin Andone, Sahar Akbarzai and Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals court has ruled that Mexico can sue a group of US gun manufacturers and a distributor, finding the claims made by the country in a lawsuit are “statutorily exempt” from a law that typically protects the companies from liability. Mexico
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press New Oscar nominees are reacting to the news with glee, pride and humility. Lily Gladstone, who became the first Native American nominated for best actress for “Killers of the Flower Moon,” said in an interview with The Associated Press that such honors for Indigenous women are long overdue. Christopher Nolan says
Continue ReadingBy YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A local human rights center says Belarusian authorities have arrested several dozen people in raids marking the latest in a relentless crackdown on dissent. The Viasna center says at least 64 people were detained on charges of “involvement in extremist groups” and “financing extremist activities.” Such
Continue ReadingATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Former Georgia mascot Uga X, whose eight-year run included back-to-back national championships, has died. Uga X was part of the line of English bulldog mascots that began in 1955. He was 2 when he began his run on the Sanford Stadium sideline in 2015. The bulldog known as “Que” retired in
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Washington’s federal appeals court has rejected Donald Trump’s request to reconsider a gag order restricting the former president’s speech in the case charging him with plotting to overturn the 2020 election. Lawyers for the Republican presidential primary front-runner had asked the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to examine
Continue ReadingBy LEANNE ITALIE AP Entertainment Writer The winner in the Oscar race this year is “Oppenheimer” with 13 nominations, followed by the otherworldly “Poor Things” with 11 and the period epic “Killers of the Flower Moon” with 10. This year’s Oscars race come after a bruising 2023 that was marred by strikes and work stoppages
Continue ReadingBy KEN MORITSUGU and HAN NG GUAN Associated Press UCHTURPAN, China (AP) — Officials say a magnitude 7.1 earthquake in a remote part of China’s western Xinjiang region has killed at least three people and caused extensive damage in freezing weather. The officials suggest that the area’s sparse population contributed to the “very strong” quake’s
Continue ReadingST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Police say an elderly man fatally shot his wife and then himself at an assisted living facility in Florida. Staff at the Addington Place at College Harbor facility found the couple dead in the woman’s room around 10 a.m. Tuesday, the St. Petersburg Police Department said in an email. The
Continue ReadingTINLEY PARK, Ill. (AP) — Murder charges have been filed against a suburban Chicago man accused of killing his wife and three adult daughters in what police describe as a domestic-related shooting. Police allege 63-year-old Maher Kassem shot his family members after an argument at their home Sunday morning in Tinley Park. The suburb is
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A 32-year-old man who fatally stabbed two college students and a 65-year-old man in Nottingham has been allowed to plead guilty to manslaughter. Prosecutors said Tuesday that they would accept Valdo Calocane’s plea to a lesser charge than murder on the basis of diminished responsibility after psychiatrists
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz, Katelyn Polantz and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The federal appeals court in Washington, DC, declined to rehear arguments over whether former President Donald Trump can be prohibited from talking about witnesses and court staff while he awaits trial in the special counsel’s January 6 criminal case. Trump has unsuccessfully tried to
Continue ReadingTHE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch authorities say they have arrested three people as part of an investigation into an international network that allegedly worked to circumvent European Union sanctions put on Russia because of its invasion of Ukraine. Raids were carried out at 14 locations this month and involved authorities in the Netherlands, Estonia,
Continue ReadingBy HOLLY RAMER, JILL COLVIN and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Nikki Haley, the last major GOP opponent of Donald Trump, insisted she would not drop out if she loses Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary to the former president, who aimed for a commanding victory to make a November rematch with President Joe
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s president says he has once again pardoned two politicians who were arrested earlier this month amid a bitter standoff between the new centrist government and the previous conservative administration. President Andrzej Duda made the announcement Tuesday shortly after the new justice minister refused Duda’s motion for a pardon procedure to
Continue ReadingBy DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Unions commanded big headlines last year, but that didn’t translate into higher membership numbers, according to government data released Tuesday. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said 10% of hourly and salaried workers were members of unions in 2023, or around 14.4 million people. That’s an all-time low, and
Continue ReadingBy ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s government is preparing for the possibility that Donald Trump could reach the White House again. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has told a Cabinet retreat that Trump “represents uncertainty.” But he said his government was able to manage Trump previously by showing that Canada and the U.S.
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — More than a dozen federal appellate judges have heard arguments on whether Mississippi can continue to permanently strip voting rights from people convicted of certain felonies. The outcome of the case at the center of Tuesday’s hearing in New Orleans will likely determine whether tens of
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A New York City police sergeant who hurled a plastic cooler at a man fleeing officers on a motorcycle — causing a crash that killed the rider — has been charged with manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide and assault. A judge in the Bronx set Erik Duran’s bail at $150,000 at an
Continue ReadingBy Michael Williams and Donald Judd, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris rallied voters in Virginia during their first joint campaign appearance on Tuesday, seeking to emphasize the stakes for reproductive rights in the 2024 election. “The Supreme Court did what it had never done before,” Biden said at
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — After a tumultuous movie year marked by strikes and work stoppages, the Academy Awards showered nominations Tuesday on Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster biopic, “Oppenheimer,” which came away with a leading 13 nominations. Nolan’s three-hour opus, viewed as the best picture frontrunner, received nods for best picture
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