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NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City man has been charged with hate crimes following the Christmas Day stabbing of two teenage tourists from Paraguay at a restaurant inside Grand Central Terminal. Authorities say 36-year-old Esteban Esono-Asue made derogatory comments about white people shortly before the unprovoked attack on the girls as they dined

Associated Press If you are an Amazon Prime Video user, get ready to see ads on movies and TV shows starting next month. The company said in an email to U.S. members this week that Prime will include ads for subscribers beginning on Jan. 29. Prime members who want to keep their movies and TV

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Five Boardwalk casinos and a hospital want a judge to prevent Atlantic City from narrowing the main road running through the city’s downtown. They say such a move could hurt business and endanger lives during traffic-choked periods. The AtlanticCare hospital system, along with Caesars, Tropicana,

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer Thank you, next! Ariana Grande will release a new album in 2024. On Wednesday, the two-time Grammy award winner teased the future full-length album on her Instagram page. It will be her seventh studio album and first since 2020’s “Positions.” “See you next year,” she wrote in the caption

By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Thousands of union members and activists took to the streets of Argentina’s capital Wednesday to protest a decree from President Javier Milei that imposes sweeping deregulation and austerity measures meant to revive the country’s struggling economy. Unions had asked a court for a prior injunction

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The reputed last member of the famed American jungle fighting unit in World War II nicknamed the Merrill’s Marauders has died. Russell Hamler, 99, died on Tuesday, his son Jeffrey said. He did not give a cause of death. Hamler was the last living Marauder, according to a biography published by

By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street drifted to a slightly higher close as trading remained light on this holiday-shortened week. The subdued activity in the market with two trading days left in the year is capping off a broader rally to a strong finish. The S&P 500 is

By The Associated Press Two higher-end models of the Apple Watch can go on sale again after a federal court temporarily lifted a sales halt ordered by the International Trade Commission over a patent dispute. The ITC, a federal agency, ordered the halt in October to block Apple from using specific technologies underpinning a blood-oxygen

By HALELUYA HADERO and DAVID BAUDER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Times is striking back against the threat that artificial intelligence poses to the news industry, filing a federal lawsuit Wednesday against OpenAI and Microsoft seeking to end the practice of using its stories to train chatbots. The Times says the

By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota Republican does not immediately plan to resign following a DUI traffic stop in which he used homophobic and anti-migrant language against a police officer. Republican state Rep. Nico Rios said in a statement on Wednesday that he is “seriously mulling all aspects” of

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Pro-Palestinian protesters briefly blocked entrance roads to airports in New York and Los Angeles on Wednesday, snarling traffic as U.S. airlines contended with a rush of holiday travel. The demonstrations stopped cars on the outskirts of New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, where some travelers