By ABDUL SATTAR Associated Press QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — The leader of the main insurgent group in southwestern Pakistan has appeared before cameras to say that he has surrendered to authorities with some 70 of his followers and is giving up his yearslong fight for independence. Sarfraz Bungulzai, who was previously known by his nom
Continue ReadingBy KEN MILLER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma judge has exonerated a man who spent nearly 50 years in prison for murder, the longest serving inmate to be declared innocent of the crime. The Oklahoma County judge on Tuesday announced that she found Glynn Simmons is innocent of killing a suburban Oklahoma
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The three men who died in a small plane crash in Oregon over the weekend were Afghan Air Force pilots who had resettled in the U.S. as refugees after Afghanistan fell to the Taliban in 2021. Local nonprofit Salem for Refugees said it had helped resettle
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — She’s Barbie. He’s just Ken. And now, it’s Christmas. On Wednesday, Ryan Gosling — the Ken to Margot Robbie’s “Barbie” in the film — released the “I’m Just Ken” EP alongside collaborators Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt. It features the original Grammy-nominated, ’80s-style power ballad
Continue ReadingBy Brammhi Balarajan and Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — In California, toilet or shower wastewater will no longer just be dumped into the Pacific Ocean or used for farmland. Now, it’ll be recycled into drinking water. California’s Water Resources Control Board will introduce Direct Potable Reuse, a program designed to pump recycled water into the public
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A high-ranking member of Hezbollah’s Islamic Jihad Organization has been charged in a New York federal court with terrorism offenses, though he remains at large. Charges contained in an indictment unsealed Wednesday in Manhattan accuse Samuel Salman El Reda of playing a major role in Hezbollah’s
Continue ReadingBy Paula Reid and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court has become the ultimate force in the 2024 presidential election as the justices face several disputes over the fate of GOP frontrunner Donald Trump. The court has been at the center of several election controversies this century, from deciding the winner itself in
Continue ReadingDELTONA, Fla. (AP) — A deputy in Florida was grazed by a bullet during a gunfight with a suspect who fled after being suspected of shoplifting cigarettes and then took part in an hours-long standoff before he was taken into custody. The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office says the deputy who was shot at had non-life-threatening
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A slow-moving Pacific storm could bring excessive rain and flooding to California on Wednesday, forecasters warned. The center of the low-pressure system was about 300 miles (483 kilometers) west of San Francisco during the early-morning hours and was expected to gradually move south along the coast, the National Weather Service said.
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A slow-moving Pacific storm could bring excessive rain and flooding to California on Wednesday, forecasters warned. The center of the low-pressure system was about 300 miles (483 kilometers) west of San Francisco during the early-morning hours and was expected to gradually move south along the coast, the National Weather Service said.
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A seventh person in Tennessee has died from injuries she suffered during a string of powerful storms earlier this month that whipped up destructive tornadoes. Police say 78-year-old Penny Scroggins from Clarksville died Saturday after she was injured on Dec. 9 by the tornado that ripped
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Closing arguments are scheduled Wednesday in the final trial of first responders charged in the death of Elijah McClain. The 23-year-old Black man died in 2019 after being stopped and forcibly restrained by police officers in the Denver suburb of Aurora and then injected with an overdose
Continue ReadingBy MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s new pro-European Union government has begun wrestling control of the country’s state media and some other state agencies from the conservative party that consolidated its grip on them during eight years in power. The Cabinet of Prime Minister Donald Tusk, which took office last week,
Continue ReadingGENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s upper house of parliament has taken steps toward banning the use of racist symbols that excuse violent or extremist behavior, including speech, gestures and the display of flags that stir hatred, as well as the public wearing of symbols reminiscent of Nazi tyranny in Europe. The Council of States voted 23-16
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak and Michael Williams, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden said Wednesday his predecessor Donald Trump “certainly supported an insurrection” but that it was up to the courts whether that disqualifies him from running for president. The White House and Biden campaign had previously declined to weigh in on the Colorado Supreme
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach are officially married, their representative told The Associated Press Wednesday. The two filmmakers have been together for 12 years, have two children and collaborated on many films, including “Barbie,” which they co-wrote and Gerwig directed. They met on Baumbach’s “Greenberg” and went on to work together
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A river that runs through Maine’s capital city has risen to levels not seen in decades in the aftermath of a heavy storm, and the state’s governor urged people in heavily impacted areas to avoid travel Wednesday. People across the northeastern U.S. were still mopping up
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Republican district attorney has appealed a court ruling that determined an 1849 Wisconsin law does not ban abortions, a decision that cleared the way for abortions to resume in the state. Sheboygan County District Attorney Joel Urmanski on Tuesday appealed the ruling from a Dane
Continue ReadingBy MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A federal judge is ordering Republican Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania to turn over more than 1,600 texts and emails to FBI agents investigating efforts to keep President Donald Trump in office after his 2020 election loss. The ruling, late Monday, came more than a year
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist government faces an uproar after parliament approved a divisive immigration bill backed by the far right. The bill is meant to strengthen France’s ability to deport foreigners considered undesirable. Advocacy organizations have criticized the bill as a threat to the rights of migrants.
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