By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Since 2008’s “Iron Man,” the Marvel machine has been one of the most unstoppable forces in box-office history. Now, though, that aura of invincibility is showing signs of wear and tear. The superhero factory hit a new low with the weekend launch of “The Marvels,”
Continue ReadingBy AMY TEIBEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Attacks by Lebanon’s Hezbollah group Sunday wounded seven Israeli troops and 10 other people, Israel’s military and rescue services said. The clashes came as skirmishes between the Iran-backed group and Israeli military continue to intensify along the Lebanon-Israel border, threatening to escalate into another front in the
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Five U.S. servicepeople were killed when a military helicopter crashed over the eastern Mediterranean Sea during a training mission, U.S. officials said Sunday. The military’s European Command said all five crew members on board were killed when the aircraft went down “during a routine air refueling mission as part of military training.”
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) — Climate activist Greta Thunberg was briefly interrupted Sunday by a man who approached her on stage after she invited a Palestinian and an Afghan woman to speak at a climate protest in the Dutch capital. Thunberg was speaking to a crowd of tens of thousands when she
Continue ReadingBy Celina Tebor, CNN (CNN) — Three people died and more than a dozen others were injured in a fire that ripped through a Brooklyn brownstone home early Sunday, fire officials In New York City said. Firefighters received a call around 4:30 a.m. to a home in Crown Heights, a spokesperson for the New York
Continue ReadingBy JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Activists protesting corporate profits, environmental abuses, poor working conditions and the Israel-Hamas war are among those planning to march in downtown San Francisco on Sunday, united in their opposition to a global trade summit that will draw President Joe Biden and leaders from nearly two dozen
Continue ReadingBy JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Activists protesting corporate profits, environmental abuses, poor working conditions and the Israel-Hamas war are among those planning to march in downtown San Francisco on Sunday, united in their opposition to a global trade summit that will draw President Joe Biden and leaders from nearly two dozen
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) — Climate activist Greta Thunberg was briefly interrupted Sunday by a man who approached her on stage after she invited a Palestinian and an Afghan woman to speak at a climate protest in the Dutch capital. Thunberg was speaking to a crowd of tens of thousands when she
Continue ReadingBy Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel on Sunday acknowledged frustration within the GOP after a string of recent election losses but insisted the RNC is engaging voters. “I understand being frustrated. Of course, we want to win,” McDaniel told CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union” after Democrats notched a series
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju and Sam Fossum, CNN (CNN) — Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is weighing whether to stay in office following his unprecedented ouster as speaker – even as he believes he didn’t deserve to lose his job and is still resentful of the Republicans who effectively ended his nine-month tenure atop the House. In
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — English-language editions of a Vietnamese novel set everywhere from Saigon to Paris and of poetry by Egypt’s Iman Mersal are this year’s winners of National Translation Awards. The awards were announced Sunday by the American Literary Translators Association, which is marking the awards’ 25th anniversary. Thuân’s novel “Chinatown,” translated from the
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Health officials and people trapped inside Gaza’s largest hospital rejected Israel’s claims that it was helping babies and others evacuate Sunday, saying fighting continued just outside the facility where incubators lay idle with no electricity and critical supplies were running out.
Continue ReadingMACON, Ga. (AP) — Authorities say they’ve captured the third of four men who escaped from a Georgia jail last month. The FBI and the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office say 37-year-old Johnifer Dernard Barnwell was captured Sunday morning at a home in Augusta. The sheriff’s office says large quantities of drugs also were found at
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo Nueva York (CNN) — Cuando la defensa de Donald Trump empiece este lunes a rebatir las acusaciones de que él, sus hijos adultos y sus negocios defraudaron a prestamistas y aseguradoras para enriquecerse, el primer testigo al que llamarán sus abogados será a su hijo mayor, Donald Trump Jr., con el objetivo de
Continue ReadingBUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A spokeswoman for U.S. Rep. Brian Higgins says Higgins will announce his departure from Congress after 19 years. The Buffalo-area Democrat has scheduled a news conference for mid-morning Sunday. In an interview with The Buffalo News published Sunday, Higgins says he has grown frustrated with the House of Representatives. He did
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — King Charles III has led a national memorial service honoring those who died serving the United Kingdom. The event passed without incident despite fears that 0tensions surrounding the Israel-Hamas war might disrupt the ceremony. London’s Metropolitan Police Service deployed more than double the usual number of officers
Continue ReadingBy BISWAJEET BANERJEE Associated Press LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Officials say a part of an under-construction road tunnel in a mountainous north Indian state popular with tourists has collapsed after a landslide, trapping more than 30 workers. Manohar Tamta, an Uttarakhand state relief official, said rescue work is in progress and oxygen is being pumped
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Progressive U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar has drawn a prominent Democratic primary challenger. Former Minneapolis City Council member Don Samuels announced Sunday that he’ll try once again to unseat her after coming close in 2022. Omar has won reelection twice despite accusations of antisemitism. She has come under
Continue ReadingBy Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — The recent rampage by a gunman that left 18 people dead in Lewiston, Maine, is opening a window into the vulnerabilities deaf people face during mass shootings and other crises. Last month’s attack on a bowling alley and a restaurant hit the local deaf community particularly hard. Four of the
Continue ReadingOAKLAND, Maine (AP) — The boys’ high school soccer team in the Maine city that was the site of a mass shooting more than two weeks ago has won the state title. The Lewiston Blue Devils beat Deering 3-2 on Saturday in the Class A boys’ soccer state championship game. The shootings at a bowling
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