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HOUSTON (AP) — Authorities say a Texas mother and her 1-year-old son died after a fire engulfed their Houston home, but not before she was able to rescue her two other children. The fire department says the blaze started before 5 a.m. on Saturday at a home in north Houston. Authorities say Giovanna Cabrera got
Continue ReadingBy JOHN WAWROW and STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writers LONDON, Ontario (AP) — The police chief in London, Ontario, has issued a public apology to a woman who says she was sexually assaulted by members of Canada’s 2018 world junior team. Five of them have been charged with sexual assault, including four who are currently
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Water is again flowing in an east Arkansas town that had been without service for more than two weeks, but the aging system needs more work to avoid future shortages. The state Department of Health on Friday lifted the boil order for Helena-West Helena, where
Continue ReadingWAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) — The Maui Police Department says it is releasing a preliminary report about its response to the wildfire that destroyed the historic town of Lahaina nearly six months ago. Police Chief John Pelletier and other officials scheduled a news conference at 2 p.m. Monday to discuss the department’s findings. The Aug. 8
Continue ReadingBy BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — An appeals court panel is deciding whether to let stand the Biden administration’s approval of the massive Willow oil project in a federal petroleum reserve on Alaska’s North Slope. Environmentalists and a grassroots group called Sovereign Iñupiat for a Living Arctic are seeking to have last
Continue ReadingBy BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — An appeals court panel is deciding whether to let stand the Biden administration’s approval of the massive Willow oil project in a federal petroleum reserve on Alaska’s North Slope. Environmentalists and a grassroots group called Sovereign Iñupiat for a Living Arctic are seeking to have last
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Max Foster, CNN London (CNN) — King Charles III has been diagnosed with cancer and has started treatment in London. The shock diagnosis comes a week after the 75-year-old British monarch left hospital following a separate procedure for an enlarged prostate. Here’s what we know. How was the cancer identified? Charles’
Continue ReadingBy Joseph Ataman, Frederik Pleitgen and Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN Near Odesa, Ukraine (CNN) — All it took was six sea drones, powered by jet skis, to fell a Russian guided missile ship last week, according to a rare interview with the secretive Ukrainian unit behind the attack. Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence said at the time that
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks slipped Monday following the latest signal that the economy remains strong, which could delay the cuts to interest rates that Wall Street wants. The S&P 500 fell 15.80 points, or 0.3%, to 4,942.81 from the all-time high set Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Fishermen who harvest one of the most valuable marine species in the country won’t get the chance to catch any more next year than they did last. That’s because regulators say they are keeping tight restrictions on fishing for baby eel. The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries
Continue ReadingBy JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Attorney General Dave Yost has told the Ohio Supreme Court that a lawsuit filed against him by a coalition of civil rights organizations behind a proposed voting rights amendment shouldn’t be expedited. Yost argued in a court filing Monday that the “Ohio Voters Bill
Continue ReadingBy CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Raheem Morris wants to make the most of his second opportunity as the Atlanta Falcons’ coach. That means helping the Falcons achieve something they couldn’t during what he called the most painful loss of his career. Morris was named Atlanta’s coach on Jan. 25. His first
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale and Kate Sullivan, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump falsely claimed on Monday that he didn’t endorse Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma, the primary Republican negotiator of a bipartisan immigration bill that Trump has sharply criticized. In an interview on Monday, right-wing radio host Dan Bongino noted to Trump that
Continue ReadingBy JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer A National Labor Relations Board regional official has decided that Dartmouth basketball players are employees of the school, clearing the way for an election that would create the first-ever labor union for NCAA athletes. The New Hampshire school can still appeal the regional director’s decision to the national board;
Continue ReadingAssociated Press RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Morocco is planning on passing new laws and strengthening penalties to combat art forgeries in order to protect a multimillion dollar art market that officials believe will continue to grow. The North African nation’s chief prosecutor on Monday kicked off a series of meetings with the country’s ministry of
Continue ReadingBy JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said league and independent inspectors have found the practice field set aside for the San Francisco 49ers is safe to use during Super Bowl week despite complaints from the team. The Niners had expressed concern to the league that the field on UNLV’s campus
Continue ReadingBy ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Gap Inc. has tapped American fashion designer Zac Posen as the chain’s creative director. The hire announced on Monday is among the first big personnel moves under the San Francisco-based chain’s new CEO Richard Dickson, who took the helm in August and is aiming to
Continue ReadingBy ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Gap Inc. has tapped American fashion designer Zac Posen as the chain’s creative director. The hire announced on Monday is among the first big personnel moves under the San Francisco-based chain’s new CEO Richard Dickson, who took the helm in August and is aiming to
Continue ReadingBy JAVIER ARCIGA AND ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press JACUMBA HOT SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — Nearly every day since September, hundreds of migrants from China, Colombia and other countries have wiggled through openings in the border wall with Mexico and walked dirt trails to surrender to U.S. agents and seek asylum. Some days, more than 1,000
Continue ReadingBy JAVIER ARCIGA AND ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press JACUMBA HOT SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — Nearly every day since September, hundreds of migrants from China, Colombia and other countries have wiggled through openings in the border wall with Mexico and walked dirt trails to surrender to U.S. agents and seek asylum. Some days, more than 1,000
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