Correction: Film-Ava DuVernay story
NEW YORK (AP) — In a story published January 18, 2024, about the new film “Origin,” The Associated Press erroneously reported the first name of actor Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor.
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Teen pleads guilty in Denver house fire that killed 5 from Senegal
DENVER (AP) — One of three teens charged with starting a house fire in suburban Denver that killed five people — apparently out of revenge for a stolen cellphone that was mistakenly traced to the residence — pleaded guilty Friday to one count of second-degree murder. Gavin Seymour, 19, pleaded guilty for his role in
Continue ReadingTim Scott will endorse Donald Trump ahead of New Hampshire Republican primary, AP source says
By MEG KINNARD and JILL COLVIN Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina is expected to endorse former President Trump ahead of Tuesday’s New Hampshire GOP primary, a blow to his fellow South Carolinian Nikki Haley. A person familiar with Scott’s plans confirmed Friday to The Associated Press that Scott
Continue ReadingAlabama five-star QB signee Julian Sayin has entered the transfer portal
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama five-star freshman quarterback Julian Sayin has entered the transfer portal, the program’s latest player to look elsewhere after Kalen DeBoer replaced the retired Nick Saban as coach. Sayin had signed with the Crimson Tide this past December. He’s the 26th player and second signee to leave Alabama since Saban announced
Continue ReadingMatt Carpenter returns to St. Louis Cardinals, signing after release by Atlanta Braves
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Matt Carpenter is returning to the St. Louis Cardinals, agreeing Friday to a one-year contract with his team from 2011-21. Carpenter agreed to a deal for the $740,000 major league minimum, which will be offset against his guaranteed $5.5 million salary as part of a $12 million, two-year contract he signed
Continue ReadingBiden signs short-term funding extension, averting government shutdown
By Clare Foran, CNN President Joe Biden signed into law a short-term funding extension on Friday, the White House announced, averting a partial government shutdown after lawmakers raced the clock to pass the bill ahead of a key Friday deadline. In a rare event, lawmakers had been confronting not one but two government shutdown deadlines on
Continue ReadingJapan joins an elite club by landing on the moon: A closer look
By FOSTER KLUG Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan hopes that it made the world’s first “pinpoint landing” on the moon when its spacecraft touched down on the lunar surface. But Japanese space officials say that more time is needed to make a final determination. Whatever the result on how accurate the landing was Japan’s
Continue ReadingMan sentenced to life plus 30 years in 2018 California spa bombing that killed his ex-girlfriend
By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California man was sentenced Friday to two concurrent life sentences, plus 30 years, for blowing up his ex-girlfriend’s spa business with a package bomb in 2018, killing her and seriously injuring two others. Friday’s hearing concluded a case against Stephen Beal, 64, that was
Continue ReadingHow to stay warm in layered clothing and avoid frostbite this winter
By TRISHA AHMED and MARK VANCLEAVE Associated Press/Report for America MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — As a bout of bitter and deadly cold sweeps the U.S., millions of Americans are being told to dress in layers if they must go outside. In places that rarely experience bone-chilling temperatures, that advice can be confounding. What does it mean
Continue ReadingPolice charge man with killing suburban Philly neighbor after feuding over defendant’s loud snoring
HATBORO, Pa. (AP) — A suburban Philadelphia man is accused of stabbing to death a neighbor with whom he had feuded after an argument about the accused man’s loud snoring that could be heard through a wall connecting their homes. Authorities said Friday that 55-year-old Christopher Casey killed neighbor Robert Wallace after Wallace removed a
Continue Reading‘Frost quakes’ were felt around Chicago this week. Here’s what scientists do and don’t know about the seismic phenomenon
By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — A cold weather phenomenon known as frost quakes, which make loud booming or popping sounds and unleash small earthquake-like tremors, was felt around Chicago during this week’s bout of below-zero temperatures. Illinois state climatologist Trent Ford said there was no formal reporting system for frost quakes, which occur after
Continue ReadingUS Navy fighter jets strike Houthi missile launchers in Yemen, officials say
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say American fighter jets struck Iranian-backed Houthi rebel sites for the sixth time Friday, taking out anti-ship missile launchers that were prepared to fire. The officials says the strikes were carried out by F/A-18 aircraft off the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier. And
Continue ReadingSen. Tim Scott endorses Trump in New Hampshire amid full-court press against Haley
By Kristen Holmes, Kylie Atwood, Melanie Zanona and Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Former GOP presidential candidate and South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott endorsed Donald Trump on Friday in New Hampshire. The endorsement is a blow of sorts to his fellow South Carolinian Nikki Haley, who appointed him to his Senate seat in 2012, and
Continue ReadingTrump mocks Nikki Haley’s first name. It’s his latest example of attacking rivals based on race
By BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Donald Trump is using his social media platform to mock Nikki Haley. In a post on his Truth Social account Friday, Trump repeatedly referred to Haley, the daughter of immigrants from India, as “Nimbra.” Haley, the former South Carolina governor, was born in Bamberg, South Carolina, as
Continue ReadingSouth African government says it wants to prevent an auction of historic Mandela artifacts
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The South African government says it will challenge an auction of artifacts belonging to the country’s anti-apartheid stalwart Nelson Mandela. Friday’s announcement comes ahead of the auction of 75 artifacts belonging to Mandela, the country’s first democratically elected president who spent 27 years in jail for fighting
Continue ReadingMan sentenced to life plus 30 years in 2018 California spa bombing that killed his ex-girlfriend
By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California man was sentenced Friday to two concurrent life sentences, plus 30 years, for blowing up his ex-girlfriend’s spa business with a package bomb in 2018, killing her and seriously injuring two others. Friday’s hearing concluded a case against Stephen Beal, 64, that was
Continue ReadingJudge dismisses juror who compared Connecticut missing mom case to the ‘Gone Girl’ plot
By PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press A judge on Friday dismissed a juror in the trial of a Connecticut woman accused of helping her boyfriend cover up the murder of his estranged wife, after the panelist likened the case to the novel and movie “Gone Girl.” Judge Kevin Randolph received an unsigned note from a juror
Continue ReadingHow to stay healthy during cold, flu and COVID-19 season
By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer Winter is here, inflicting its usual array of symptoms — coughs, nasal congestion, fatigue and fever — and, this year, a new COVID-19 variant is dominating the scoreboard. COVID-19 is leading hospital admissions among the respiratory viruses, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Last
Continue ReadingJapan became the fifth country to reach the moon after its spacecraft landed on the lunar surface
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan became the fifth country in history to reach the moon when its spacecraft landed on the lunar surface early Saturday, officials said. But officials still were trying to determine whether they could classify the feat as a total success, because they needed more time to analyze
Continue ReadingPakistan seeks to de-escalate crisis with Iran after deadly airstrikes that spiked tensions
By MUNIR AHMED and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s political and military leaders have moved to de-escalate tensions with Iran after deadly airstrikes by Tehran and Islamabad this week that killed at least 11 people and imperiled fraught relations between the neighbors. Friday’s decision was apparently reached at a meeting of Pakistan’s
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