By BEN FINLEY Associated Press A civil rights leader was escorted by police out of a North Carolina movie theater after he insisted on using his own chair for medical reasons, prompting an apology from the nation’s largest movie theater chain. The incident occurred Tuesday in Greenville during a showing of “The Color Purple.” The
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Police say two people have died, including an 11-year-old girl, after a truck struck several people in southern Germany. Police say the 63-year-old driver hit a group of five people close to the railway station in downtown Passau on Friday morning. A 37-year-old woman died at the site. Her 11-year-old daughter passed
Continue ReadingBy WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer Boeing is asking airlines to inspect its 737 Max jets for a potential loose bolt in the rudder control system, the airplane maker and Federal Aviation Administration confirmed this week. The FAA said it would be “closely monitoring” the targeted inspections. The agency said Thursday that Boeing issued its
Continue ReadingBy Jay Croft and Jeff Winter, CNN (CNN) — Ohio’s Republican governor has vetoed legislation that would have barred transgender youth from receiving gender-affirming care, he said Friday. Signing the bill would “be saying that the state, the government” knows what’s better for youth than their parents, Gov. Mike DeWine said. State lawmakers passed House
Continue ReadingBy KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — An activist who advocated for Hong Kong independence and was imprisoned under its sweeping national security law has fled to Britain to seek political asylum. Tony Chung was among the first people convicted under the Beijing-imposed law introduced after the 2019 pro-democracy protests. He was found
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The deadliest mass shooting in Maine history propelled homicides to a new high in the state in 2023, topping 50 to shatter the previous record as the end of the year approaches, officials said. Eighteen people were killed and 13 injured in the Oct. 25 shootings
Continue ReadingBy DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks slipped on the final day of trading for 2023 in what has been a surprisingly strong year of gains on Wall Street. Yet the so-called Magnificent 7 companies — Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Nvidia, Meta Platforms and Tesla — accounted for about two-thirds
Continue ReadingMADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican lawmakers have asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to stay and reconsider its finding that the state’s legislative district boundaries are unconstitutional. Attorneys representing a host of Republican state Senators filed a motion with the court Thursday saying they can’t meet the court’s Jan. 12 deadline for new maps. They also
Continue ReadingCNN By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Maine’s top election official has removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 primary ballot, in a shock decision based on the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban.” Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows paused her decision pending a potential appeal in state court, which Trump’s team said they
Continue ReadingBy SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report For America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Gov. Mike DeWine vetoed a measure Friday that would have banned gender-affirming care for minors and transgender athletes’ participation in girls and women’s sports, in a break from members of his party who championed the legislation. GOP lawmakers hold enough seats to override
Continue ReadingKYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Since the start of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Russian military has repeatedly used missiles to blast civilian targets across the country, with devastating consequences. One of the biggest attacks occurred on Friday when Russia launched more than 100 missiles and dozens of drones. The attack killed
Continue ReadingBy JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A group of university students have launched a 24-hour blockade of a key traffic alley in Serbia’s capital during a New Year holiday rush, as part of days of protests against reported widespread irregularities that marred a recent election. The students on Friday set up small
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, Rosa Flores and Holly Yan, CNN Eagle Pass, Texas (CNN) — A new surge of migrants at the US-Mexico border is overwhelming already-stretched resources and prompting urgent talks with Mexican officials as December border crossings reached a record monthly high. Border authorities encountered more than 225,000 migrants along the US-Mexico border this
Continue ReadingJENKINSVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Federal regulators have lessened the severity of their warning about cracks discovered in a backup emergency fuel line at a South Carolina nuclear plant northwest of the state capital. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Thursday downgraded its preliminary “yellow” warning issued this October to a final “white” one. The commission
Continue ReadingSAN ANTONIO (AP) — A Texas police chief says investigators hope surveillance video will lead to answers in the killings of an 18-year-old pregnant woman who disappeared before Christmas and her boyfriend, both of whom were found shot in the head in a car and may have been dead for days. Police on Friday had
Continue ReadingBy JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — At least 20 people have died following landslides caused by torrential rains that hit the South Kivu region in eastern Congo. Officials said Friday. that the landslides swallowed up houses and dwellings in the locality of Burhiny in the Mwenga territory, bringing to more than 60
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — Britain’s Foreign Office says an avalanche in an off-piste area of a French ski resort swept two British skiers to their deaths. The statement on Friday said the pair are reportedly a 54-year-old mother and her 22-year-old son. Another skier, reportedly an instructor, has been left injured and a hiker was killed
Continue ReadingBy MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s defense forces said an unknown object entered the country’s airspace Friday morning from the direction of Ukraine and then vanished off radars, and that all indications pointed to it being a Russian missile. “Everything indicates that a Russian missile intruded in Poland’s airspace. It was
Continue ReadingBy TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A large pool of dark liquid festering on the floor. No fresh air. Computer displays that would overheat and ooze out a fishy-smelling gel that nauseated the crew. Asbestos readings 50 times higher than the Environmental Protection Agency’s safety standards. These are just some of the past
Continue ReadingBy DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are drifting on the final day of trading for 2023 in what has been a surprisingly strong year of gains on Wall Street. Yet the so-called Magnificent 7 companies — Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Nvidia, Meta Platforms and Tesla — accounted for about
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