WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A South Florida man threatened to kill U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell and his children in a series of voicemails left at the California Democrat’s Washington office last month, federal prosecutors said. Michael Shapiro, 72, of Greenacres, Florida, was arrested Wednesday morning on a charge of transmitting a threatening communication,
Continue ReadingWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A South Florida man threatened to kill U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell and his children in a series of voicemails left at the California Democrat’s Washington office last month, federal prosecutors said. Michael Shapiro, 72, of Greenacres, Florida, was arrested Wednesday morning on a charge of transmitting a threatening communication,
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Long-held Republican opposition to broader health care coverage may be softening in Georgia and Mississippi. Legislative leaders in both states say they want to examine plans to expand Medicaid. North Carolina began offering Medicaid to uninsured adults on Dec. 1. But an expert who studies Medicaid says
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Glynis Johns, a Tony Award-winning stage and screen star who played the mother opposite Julie Andrews in the classic movie “Mary Poppins” and introduced the world to the bittersweet standard-to-be “Send in the Clowns” by Stephen Sondheim, has died. She was 100. Mitch Clem, her
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Glynis Johns, a Tony Award-winning stage and screen star who played the mother opposite Julie Andrews in the classic movie “Mary Poppins” and introduced the world to the bittersweet standard-to-be “Send in the Clowns” by Stephen Sondheim, has died. She was 100. Mitch Clem, her
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Glynis Johns, ‘Mary Poppins’ star who introduced the world to Sondheim’s ‘Send in the Clowns,’ dies at 100.
Continue ReadingSPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A petition filed by five voters seeks to bar former President Donald Trump from the Illinois Republican primary election ballot in March. The objection claims he is ineligible to hold office because he encouraged and did little to stop the violent Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol in 2021. The
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is drifting Thursday following signals that the job market remains solid, though it may be a touch too strong. The S&P 500 was virtually flat in late trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 114 points, or 0.3%, with less than an
Continue ReadingLANETT, Ala. (AP) — A Georgia sheriff’s deputy was fatally injured when he was stuck by another law enforcement vehicle during a police chase. The Coweta County Sheriff’s Office said Deputy Sheriff Eric Minix died early Thursday morning. Georgia law enforcement were chasing a stolen vehicle, and the pursuit continued into Alabama where the fatal
Continue ReadingBy MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Pregnant people in New York would have 40 hours of paid leave to attend prenatal medical appointments under a new proposal by Gov. Kathy Hochul. The Democrat’s plan to expand the state’s paid family leave policy was announced Thursday. It would need to be
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. labor agency has accused SpaceX of unlawfully firing employees who penned an open letter critical of CEO Elon Musk and creating an impression that worker activities were under surveillance by the rocket ship company. A Los Angeles-based regional director for the National Labor Relations Board on Wednesday filed a
Continue ReadingBy KEN RITTER and RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Moments after a defendant in a felony battery case tried to convince a Nevada judge he was turning his life around and didn’t need to be locked up, his sentencing went sideways: He leaped over a defense table and the judge’s bench, landing
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN LONG and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says U.S. intelligence officials have determined that Russia has acquired ballistic missiles from North Korea and is seeking close-range ballistic missiles from Iran as Moscow struggles to replenish arms for its war with Ukraine. White House National Security Council spokesman John
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press JACKSON, Miss (AP) — Government buildings in several states were evacuated following bomb threats, causing brief disruptions for the second day in a row in some places. The Mississippi Capitol and courthouses in Arkansas, Hawaii, Maine, Montana and New Hampshire were evacuated or searched Thursday. No explosives were immediately found,
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Michael Skakel, the nephew of Ethel Kennedy. Skakel was convicted in 2002 of the 1975 murder of his neighbor, Martha Moxley. Skakel’s conviction was vacated by the Connecticut Supreme Court in 2018. In October 2020, the Connecticut State’s Attorney announced they will not
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos. Personal Birth date: January 12, 1964 Birth place: Albuquerque, New Mexico Birth name: Jeffrey Preston Jorgensen Father: Ted Jorgensen Mother: Jackie (Gise) Bezos Marriage: MacKenzie (Tuttle) Bezos (1993-2019, divorced) Children: A daughter adopted from China, and three sons Education:
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Personal Birth date: October 21, 1949 Birth place: Tel Aviv, Israel Birth name: Binyamin Netanyahu Father: Benzion Netanyahu, a historian Mother: Cela (Segal) Netanyahu Marriages: Sara Ben-Artzi (1991-present); Fleur Cates (1981-1988, divorced); Miriam Haran (divorced) Children: with Sara
Continue ReadingBy MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — China and India scored moon landings, while Russia, Japan and Israel ended up in the lunar trash heap. Now two private companies are hustling to get the U.S. back in the game, more than five decades after the Apollo program ended. It’s part of
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer The NBA fined the Brooklyn Nets $100,000 on Thursday, marking the first time a team was sanctioned for violating the league’s player participation policy that went into effect this season. The Nets held out four rotation players — starters Spencer Dinwiddie, Nic Claxton and Cam Johnson, along with key
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The longest planned strike in the history of Britain’s state-funded National Health Service has entered its second day of six with doctors in England at loggerheads with hospitals over requests for some to return to work to cover urgent needs. The British Medical Association said Thursday that
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