By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. George Santos says he doesn’t plan to vote in next month’s special election to fill his now vacant seat in Congress. The disgraced New York Republican, who became only the sixth lawmaker in history to be expelled from the U.S. House of
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former Houston Rockets guard Kevin Porter Jr. has reached a plea deal in a New York City domestic assault case that will keep him out of jail if he completes a court-ordered treatment program and stays out of trouble. Porter, 23, pleaded guilty Tuesday to
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former Houston Rockets guard Kevin Porter Jr. has reached a plea deal in a New York City domestic assault case that will keep him out of jail if he completes a court-ordered treatment program and stays out of trouble. Porter, 23, pleaded guilty Tuesday to
Continue ReadingBy DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico legislators are holding a public hearing on a bill that seeks to prohibit discrimination against certain hairstyles in the racially diverse U.S. territory, sparking a heated debate. While local government officials argue that federal and local laws already ban such discrimination, Puerto
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — LeBron James will miss the Los Angeles Lakers’ game against the Clippers on Tuesday night because of left ankle pain. It will be the fifth game he has missed this season. The Lakers are 2-2 in his absence. “Just trying to be proactive with his ankle,” said Lakers coach Darvin Ham,
Continue ReadingBy SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish legislators have started debating a long-delayed bill to approve Sweden’s bid to join NATO, in a step that could remove a major hurdle for the previously nonaligned Nordic country’s entry into the military alliance. Turkey, a NATO member, has been dragging its feet on ratifying
Continue ReadingVANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Canadian authorities say that three people have died in a heli-ski helicopter crash. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police in west-central British Columbia said Tuesday that seven people were aboard. Three people were killed and four others were badly injured. Terrace Royal Canadian Mounted Police said the aircraft was one of
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — Rapper YFN Lucci has pleaded guilty to a gang-related charge after reaching a deal with prosecutors nearly three years after he was indicted on murder, gang and racketeering charges in Atlanta. The rapper, whose given name is Rayshawn Bennett, was one of a dozen people charged in a wide-ranging indictment targeting alleged
Continue ReadingPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Police say a former Haitian vice-consul who had been stationed in the Dominican Republic has been gunned down near an airport. Police spokesman Inspector Arold Jean told The Associated Press on Tuesday that Claude Joazard was killed near the sole international airport in the northern coastal city of Cap-Haitien. Joazard was
Continue ReadingCNN 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
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