By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Federal investigators say a local want ad for a yoga instructor in Costa Rica helped them capture the killer of rising pro cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson in 2022. Investigators had been searching for Kaitlin Armstrong for more than a month and believed she was moving around
Continue ReadingMADISON, Wis. (AP) — The National Science Foundation has given a consortium of Great Lakes-area universities and tech companies $15 million to develop ways to extract harmful substances from wastewater. The foundation announced Monday that it has named the Great Lakes ReNEW group as one of 10 regional innovation engines across the country. Each will
Continue ReadingBy Kareem Khadder, Tim Lister and Richard Greene, CNN (CNN) — Israeli tanks fired live ammunition and smoke grenades after entering a hospital complex in southern Gaza where more than 8,000 people are sheltering, the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said Tuesday. After surrounding the Al Amal hospital in Khan Younis for more than a
Continue ReadingISTANBUL (AP) — The Turkish Parliament has stripped an imprisoned opposition lawmaker of his parliamentary status, defying a ruling made by the country’s top court in September. After months of legal and political turmoil that saw two of the highest courts in Turkey clash, the decision by the Court of Appeals to unseat Can Atalay,
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIA TAREEN and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois’ election board on Tuesday kept former President Donald Trump on the state’s primary ballot, a week before the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on whether the Republican’s role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol disqualifies him from the presidency.
Continue ReadingBy RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The Georgia Ports Authority says it handled a record number of automobiles on its docks last year. The state agency reported Tuesday that more than 775,000 autos and heavy machinery units moved through the Port of Brunswick in the 2023 calendar year. That is an increase
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Residents have been evacuated from small coastal towns near Cape Town in South Africa as wildfires sweep down from surrounding mountains and burn out of control. Authorities ordered a full evacuation of Pringle Bay, a coastal village popular with holidaymakers. The fires began Monday
Continue ReadingWICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say police shot and wounded a Kansas woman who’s suspected of fatally shooting her 14-year-old son. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation announced Tuesday that the 43-year-old Wichita woman is expected to survive after she was shot early Monday following hours of negotiations. Police say it started Sunday night when the
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — Joe Hortiz is going from assembling talent for John Harbaugh to leading the football operations with Jim Harbaugh. Hortiz has agreed to terms to become the Los Angeles Chargers general manager, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press. The person spoke
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Justin Thomas expressed faith and trust in the six players serving on the PGA Tour policy board, content to spend the bulk of his time worrying about his golf game. One month later, he’s now part of the action. Thomas was among 16 players
Continue ReadingORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Universal Orlando Resort’s new theme park will feature lands devoted to Super Nintendo World characters, the “Fantastic Beasts” films and the “How to Train Your Dragon” film franchise. But officials at the Orlando theme park resort said Tuesday that at the center of it all will be Celestial Park. It will
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer, CNN GOP Rep. Russell Fry of South Carolina led a bipartisan group of lawmakers in introducing a bill on Tuesday to create a federal law that would help survivors of human trafficking expunge their criminal records for crimes committed as a direct result of being a victim, according to a copy of
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas and MJ Lee, CNN (CNN) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping told US President Joe Biden that China would not interfere in the 2024 US presidential election when the two men met in November — an assurance reiterated by the Chinese foreign minister to Biden’s national security adviser this past weekend, two people familiar with the
Continue ReadingBy STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Dave Canales is ready to begin his journey as head coach of the Carolina Panthers just 16 months after co-authoring a faith-based book about working through problems with his sexual infidelity and addiction to pornography and alcohol. The book “This Marriage? The Question That Changed
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press PGA TOUR AT&T PEBBLE BEACH PRO-AM Site: Pebble Beach, California. Courses: Pebble Beach GL (Yardage: 6,972. Par: 72) and Spyglass Hill GC (Yardage: 7,041. Par: 72). Prize money: $20 million. Winner’s share: $3.6 million. Television: Thursday-Friday, 3-7 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 1-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3-7 p.m. (CBS); Sunday, 1-3 p.m.
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Holmes, Fredreka Schouten and Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — With two primary season wins in his pocket, former President Donald Trump is ramping up efforts to bring potential megadonors into the campaign fold with personal calls, motorcade rides and meals at his Mar-a-Lago private club, a source familiar with the endeavor told CNN.
Continue ReadingBy ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Indiana have advanced a bill that would make first-time voters prove where they live and would increase the power of the state to verify all voters’ addresses. Voting advocates worry the legislation approved Monday could inadvertently remove lawfully registered voters. They say the changes
Continue ReadingBy LORNE COOK and JARI TANNER Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Parliament has opened an investigation into news reports that a Latvian member of the assembly, Tatjana Ždanoka, has been working as a Russian agent for several years. In a statement, the office of the president of the parliament, Roberta Metsola, says she
Continue ReadingBy KRYSTA FAURIA and MARIA SHERMAN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The second chapter in Olivia Rodrigo ‘s musical story began similar to the first: with a big-hearted, full-throated piano ballad about a relationship gone awry. But the bloodsucking “vampire” was no “drivers license,” the song that kickstarted her career. Instead of descending into
Continue ReadingBy KRYSTA FAURIA and MARIA SHERMAN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The second chapter in Olivia Rodrigo ‘s musical story began similar to the first: with a big-hearted, full-throated piano ballad about a relationship gone awry. But the bloodsucking “vampire” was no “drivers license,” the song that kickstarted her career. Instead of descending into
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