By DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The deaths of two people, muggings and a dangerous heat wave left legions of Taylor Swift’s Brazilian fans angry and disappointed in the three-day Rio de Janeiro leg of the pop superstar’s Eras Tour, which concludes Monday night. Gabriel Mongenot Santana Milhomem Santos, 25, a
Continue ReadingBy HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer OpenAI is bringing in the former head of Twitch as interim CEO just days after the company pushed out its well-known leader Sam Altman, sparking upheaval in the world of artificial intelligence. Emmett Shear announced his new role Monday morning in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter,
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Queen Camilla has praised the role of journalists in society as she delivered the keynote address at the Foreign Press Association’s annual awards ceremony in London. King Charles III’s consort was mobbed as she arrived for the event. London-based foreign correspondents surrounded her as she mingled
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Utah man has been charged with threatening a Palestinian rights organization in Washington in a case that was unsealed Monday as tensions rise in the U.S. from the devastating war between Israel and Hamas. Kevin Brent Buchanan, 62, of Tooele, Utah, called the unidentified group at
Continue ReadingNicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — A woman who previously accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault has filed a lawsuit against him under a New York law that’s set to expire this week. In 2014, journalist and publicist Joan Tarshis told CNN the actor had sexually assaulted her decades prior, when she was a teenager. Those alleged incidents are repeated in the lawsuit
Continue ReadingBy JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Backers of a proposal to change Ohio’s troubled political mapmaking system can finally begin gathering signatures. After repeated delays, Citizens Not Politicians now has until July 3 to collect roughly 414,000 signatures required to make the November 2024 ballot. The amendment aims to replace the
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles judge found Monday that there is enough evidence for A$AP Rocky to stand trial for allegations that he fired a gun at a former friend and collaborator outside a Hollywood hotel in 2021. Superior Court Judge M.L. Villar made the ruling at
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The USC and San Diego State University basketball teams and additional NCAA Division 1 teams will participate in the 2024 Acrisure Classic here in the Coachella Valley, Acrisure Arena officials announced on Monday. Thanksgiving in the desert next year! 🦃🌵 https://t.co/tCe9LDWShs— USC Men’s Basketball (@USC_Hoops) November 20, 2023 The announcement comes on the heels of
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Three people were hurt by a light pole that likely fell down due to a strong gust of wind at Disneyland this morning. The light pole fell down just before 8:30 a.m. on Main Street in the Anaheim theme park, according to Santa Ana police Sgt. Jon McClintock. It appears the heavy winds Monday
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The final football season for the Pac-12 with its current membership is coming to a thrilling conclusion. The conference wrapped up regular-season play on Saturday. Washington and Oregon still have hopes of getting the Pac-12 its first College Football Playoff berth since 2016 when they meet Friday in Las Vegas for
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — An attorney for A$AP Rocky attempted to cast the evidence that the rapper shot a former friend as vague, inconclusive and poorly gathered as a judge decides whether he will stand trial. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge M.L. Villar could decide by the end of
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY and AYANNA ALEXANDER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided federal appeals court on Monday ruled that private individuals and groups such as the NAACP do not have the ability to sue under a key section of the federal Voting Rights Act, a decision voting rights advocates say could further erode
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A$AP Rocky appeared in a Los Angeles court Monday, where he could learn whether he will be ordered to trial on allegations that he fired a gun at a former friend and collaborator outside a Hollywood hotel. A Los Angeles judge is set to hear
Continue ReadingBy TERRY SPENCER Associated Press PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — A second group of U.S. House lawmakers toured the building where Parkland high school students were massacred in 2018. Five Democrats and one Republican toured Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Monday, walking through the blood-stained and bullet-pocked building. The building will be torn down next
Continue ReadingBy MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The Republican Party has urged New Mexico’s state Supreme Court to strike down a congressional map that divvied up a politically conservative oil-producing region and reshaped a swing district along the U.S. border with Mexico. The high court heard oral arguments without ruling Monday on
Continue ReadingBy DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The deaths of two people, heat-related illnesses and other misfortunes have left legions of Taylor Swift fans angry and disappointed in the three-day Rio de Janeiro leg of the pop superstar’s Eras Tour. Before the show Friday, fans lined up for hours outside the Nilton
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press ESTERO, Fla. (AP) — Dalton Banks had 15 points in Illinois State’s 61-52 victory over Long Beach State on Monday in an opening-round game of the Gulf Coast Showcase. Banks added five rebounds and six steals for the Redbirds (3-1). Johnny Kinziger was 3 of 7 shooting (2 for 5 from
Continue ReadingBy JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Nearly a month ago, the Israeli military unveiled a detailed 3D model of Gaza’s Shifa Hospital. It showed a series of underground installations that it said was part of an elaborate Hamas command and control center buried under the territory’s largest health-care center. Days after taking control
Continue ReadingBy COURTNEY BONNELL and MATT O’BRIEN AP Business Writers The company that created ChatGPT was thrown into turmoil Monday after Microsoft hired its ousted CEO and many employees threatened to follow him in a conflict that centered in part on how to build artificial intelligence that’s smarter than humans. The developments followed a weekend of
Continue ReadingBy COURTNEY BONNELL and MATT O’BRIEN AP Business Writers The company that created ChatGPT was thrown into turmoil Monday after Microsoft hired its ousted CEO and many employees threatened to follow him in a conflict that centered in part on how to build artificial intelligence that’s smarter than humans. The developments followed a weekend of
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