By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Fans of Prince, who was known nearly as much for his extravagant wardrobe as for his chart-topping hits, will have a chance to bid on some of the late musician’s sartorial splendor in an online auction this week. The collection, including more than 200 lots up for
Continue ReadingBy JOHN ANTCZAK, JULIE WATSON and JEFF McMURRAY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles will be without a section of a vital freeway for an uncertain amount of time following a massive weekend fire that caused damage reminiscent of the 1994 Northridge earthquake that flattened thoroughfares, officials warned Monday. After the quake, it
Continue ReadingBy JOHN ANTCZAK, JULIE WATSON and JEFF McMURRAY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles will be without a section of a vital freeway for an uncertain amount of time following a massive weekend fire that caused damage reminiscent of the 1994 Northridge earthquake that flattened thoroughfares, officials warned Monday. After the quake, it
Continue ReadingBy MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday adopted its first code of ethics, in the face of sustained criticism over undisclosed trips and gifts from wealthy benefactors to some justices, but the code lacks a means of enforcement. The policy, agreed to by all nine justices, does not appear
Continue ReadingBy CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday unveiled a code of conduct in an attempt to bolster the public’s confidence in the court after months of news stories alleging that some of the justices have been skirting ethics regulations. It is unclear however, how the code will be enforced and by whom. Read the
Continue ReadingROCHESTER HILLS, Mich. (AP) — Each time Dr. Emad Shehada’s phone rings, the suburban Detroit pulmonologist worries that it could be more bad news about loved ones in Gaza. He said that so far, 20 cousins and other relatives have been killed since the start of Israel’s campaign against Hamas following the militant group’s deadly
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden joked about ignoring his sagging poll numbers in Nevada and thanked the NHL’s Vegas Golden Knights for their role in helping the city recover from the 2017 mass shooting when he honored them Monday at a White House ceremony for winning the Stanley
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America CHICAGO (AP) — Hundreds of Jewish peace activists and their allies converged at a major train station in downtown Chicago during rush hour Monday morning, blocking the entrance to the Israeli consulate and demanding U.S. support for an Israel cease-fire as battles rage in northern Gaza. Midwestern Jews
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday announced a code of conduct in an attempt to bolster the public’s confidence in the court after months of news stories alleging that some of the justices have been skirting ethics regulations. In a brief statement the justices said that the
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Seis adolescentes fueron arrestados el pasado sábado a la 5 de la tarde después que entraron a robar a varios comercios ubicados cerca del Hwy 111 en Palm Desert. Cuando los agentes del sheriff llegaron los jóvenes intentaron huir, pero fueron capturados de inmediato. El nombre y la edad de los sospechosos se darán a
Continue ReadingBy MARYCLAIRE DALE and KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Maryanne Trump Barry, a retired federal judge and former President Donald Trump ‘s oldest sister, has died at age 86 at her home in New York. Until her retirement in 2019, Barry was a senior judge on the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of
Continue ReadingBy MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The new Supreme Court code of conduct agreed to by all nine justices does not appear to impose any significant new requirements on them. The code leaves compliance to the justices themselves and does not create any other means of enforcement. The Supreme Court disclosed the code
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — A British convert to Islam who was convicted in Turkey of being part of the Islamic State group was sentenced to eight years in prison in Britain on Monday after he pleaded guilty to terrorism charges. Aine Leslie Davis was deported from Turkey in August 2022 and detained on arrival at London’s
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Western countries are calling on Russia to end domestic repression of dissident voices and to end its war in Ukraine, as Russia came under a regular review at the U.N.’s top human rights body. A delegation from Moscow defended Russia’s right to ensure law and order by
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump Jr. returned to court Monday as something of a character witness for his father’s real estate empire, waxing exuberantly about the former president’s “incredible vision” as a developer and his company’s portfolio of “great, iconic projects” at the New York
Continue ReadingBy EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A former mayor says that a powerful and feared gang leader in Haiti who was once a math and physics teacher was killed in a neighborhood within a sprawling seaside slum that he controlled for years. Former mayor Esaïe Beauchard told Radio Galaxie FM Monday that
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s ruling party appears to have dodged the possible large-scale desertions of disappointed hopeful candidates in the run-up to the country’s 2024 elections. Former Foreign Affairs Secretary Marcelo Ebrard announced on Monday that he would not leave President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s Morena party. Ebrard had wanted the party’s nomination for
Continue ReadingBy THALIA BEATY Associated Press In September, the award-winning author and academic Ibram X. Kendi and Boston University acknowledged that they were laying off most of the staff at the research center he runs. The news prompted former colleagues to publicly question the BU Center for Antiracist Research’s ability to deliver on the promises it
Continue ReadingRUSTON, La. (AP) — A knife attack at Louisiana Tech University in the north Louisiana city of Ruston left four women injured. Three of them were seriously hurt and were hospitalized in Shreveport. Two were in critical condition. The university said a 23-year-old student was captured within minutes of the attack. Ruston Police Chief Steve
Continue ReadingBy Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — A hiker who was unprepared for conditions at over 13,000 feet up in the Colorado Rockies was rescued when searchers followed footprints in freshly fallen snow to find them “alive but very hypothermic,” rescuers said. “When inclement weather moved in the hiker found themself unprepared; out of water, with
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