MIAMI (AP) — Records show the parents of a social media model charged with fatally stabbing her live-in boyfriend in South Florida have been arrested in Texas on charges related to the case. Jail records show that Kim and Deborah Clenney were taken into custody Tuesday in Austin, Texas. A Miami-Dade circuit judge had signed
Continue ReadingBy BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — The New Zealand All Blacks are moving a home test match abroad for the first time when they face South Pacific rival Fiji at San Diego State’s Snapdragon Stadium on July 19. It will be the first time the All Blacks and the Flying Fijians
Continue ReadingBy DIDI TANG, ERIC TUCKER and FRANK BAJAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director Chris Wray has told House lawmakers that Chinese government hackers are busily targeting critical infrastructure inside the United States, including water treatment plants, the electrical grid and transportation systems. Wray appeared Wednesday before a House select committee focused on China.
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE and TOM KRISHER AP Business Writers Even when compared with other CEOs, who routinely get paid roughly 200 times more than their typical employees, Elon Musk’s pay package was eye-opening. A judge in Delaware on Tuesday struck down the package that Tesla established for Musk in 2018, ruling that the process was
Continue ReadingBy MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Actor Alec Baldwin has pleaded not guilty to an involuntary manslaughter charge in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer during a rehearsal on a movie set in New Mexico. Court documents filed Wednesday show Baldwin entered the plea in state district court in Santa Fe,
Continue ReadingBy MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Actor Alec Baldwin has pleaded not guilty to an involuntary manslaughter charge in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer during a rehearsal on a movie set in New Mexico. Court documents filed Wednesday show Baldwin entered the plea in state district court in Santa Fe,
Continue ReadingBy Victoria Butenko, Daria Tarasova-Markina and Andrew Carey, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — Ukraine’s popular army chief Valery Zaluzhny was called to a meeting at the president’s office on Monday and told he was being fired, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN, following weeks of growing speculation over tensions between Volodymyr Zelensky and his top
Continue ReadingBy MELISSA GOLDIN Associated Press The budding love story featuring music superstar Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce took an unexpected turn into the world of political conspiracy theories this week after the team advanced to the Super Bowl. Myriad baseless rumors emerged on social media — everything from claims that
Continue ReadingTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge refused to take action against Florida in a lawsuit challenging an order to deactivate pro-Palestinian student groups at state universities. Wednesday’s ruling essentially found nothing has been done to follow through with the directive. State university Board of Governor’s Chancellor Ray Rodrigues wrote to university presidents in October
Continue ReadingBy DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has accepted an invitation from the mayor of East Palestine, Ohio, to visit the community after it was devastated by a fiery train derailment nearly one year ago. Mayor Trent Conaway told The Associated Press on Wednesday that he doesn’t support Biden or approve
Continue ReadingBy JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A task force convened by Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine after a deadly school bus crash is recommending enhanced training for drivers and installing a host of new safety features. The group recommended leaving the issue of school bus seat belts to individual districts. DeWine’s
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Big Tech stocks burned by the downside of high expectations triggered a sharp slide for Wall Street Wednesday. The market’s losses worsened after the Federal Reserve indicated it likely won’t cut interest rates in March, as many traders had hoped. The S&P 500 dropped 1.6%
Continue ReadingDOLTON, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say a traffic dispute in suburban Chicago has erupted into gunfire with four people taken to hospitals after being shot. The shooting occurred around 10 a.m. Wednesday in Dolton. Dolton Fire Department Battalion Chief Jeremy Cole says four patients, all adults suffering gunshot wounds, were taken to several hospitals. Saul
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN GROVES, LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With time slipping to bolster Ukraine’s defenses, Senate negotiators struggled Wednesday to finalize a bipartisan deal that would pair policy changes at the U.S. southern border with wartime aid for Kyiv as their carefully negotiated compromise ran into strong resistance from
Continue ReadingBy JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The first of two back-to-back atmospheric rivers slowly pushed into California on Wednesday, triggering statewide storm preparations and calls for people to get ready for potential flooding, heavy snow and damaging winds. Known as a “Pineapple Express” because its long plume of moisture stretched back across
Continue ReadingBy JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The first of two back-to-back atmospheric rivers slowly pushed into California on Wednesday, triggering statewide storm preparations and calls for people to get ready for potential flooding, heavy snow and damaging winds. Known as a “Pineapple Express” because its long plume of moisture stretched back across
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has signed a law defining antisemitism in state law. Kemp, in a Wednesday signing ceremony, proclaimed support for Jewish residents despite concerns that the measure would hamper people opposing the actions of Israel. The measure had stalled in 2023, but was pushed with
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California residents don’t have to pay for and pass a background check every time they buy bullets, a federal judge has ruled. The Tuesday ruling by U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez took effect immediately. California Attorney General Rob Bonta asked Benitez on Wednesday to delay the
Continue ReadingBy MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Fans have been wondering for days whether Taylor Swift will make it to the Super Bowl next week to cheer on boyfriend Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs and, if so, how many times she’ll show up on TV during the game. They can
Continue ReadingBy MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Fans have been wondering for days whether Taylor Swift will make it to the Super Bowl next week to cheer on boyfriend Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs and, if so, how many times she’ll show up on TV during the game. They can
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