ALBION, Mich. (AP) — A man who was accused of breaking into a home and sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl in southwestern Michigan is out of prison after 35 years. Authorities agree that Louis Wright was wrongly convicted. They’re convinced after DNA testing excluded him as the perpetrator. Wright’s convictions from 1988 have been set
Continue ReadingROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Fans have pushed the Fisher-Price Corn Popper into the National Toy Hall of Fame, elevating it from perpetual finalist to 2023 inductee, alongside baseball cards, Cabbage Patch Kids and NERF foam toys, the hall announced Friday. But Barbie’s kind-of boyfriend, Ken? He was left out, despite having a huge year and
Continue ReadingTALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A noted Belarusian dissident author says his father has been sentenced to two weeks in jail for reposting an article from an opposition website. Sasha Filipenko said on Facebook that his father was seized by police Thursday in a raid on his apartment and later “given 13 days for reposting some
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitch McConnell often tells the story of a letter that his father, a foot soldier in World War II, wrote to his mother while he was stationed in Eastern Europe in 1945, as the United States was liberating the region from Nazi rule.
Continue ReadingDALLAS (AP) — The Dallas Mavericks are playing a home game in the NBA’s In-Season Tournament for the first time on Friday night. But they will do so on their regular court — not the special-edition tournament court. The NBA said “a manufacturing issue” kept the Mavericks from having a ready-for-tournament-play court delivered in time
Continue ReadingDALLAS (AP) — The Dallas Mavericks are playing a home game in the NBA’s In-Season Tournament for the first time on Friday night. But they will do so on their regular court — not the special-edition tournament court. The NBA said “a manufacturing issue” kept the Mavericks from having a ready-for-tournament-play court delivered in time
Continue ReadingBy JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — He was a giant of 20th-century art, but that doesn’t mean Pablo Picasso needed a big canvas. Matchbook covers, postcards, restaurant napkins — they all served as makeshift sketchpads for the artist at moments of inspiration. And so it should perhaps not be surprising that
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge in Florida on Friday declined to delay Donald Trump’s classified documents trial, calling a request by the former president’s defense lawyers to postpone the date “premature.” But she pushed back other deadlines in the case and signaled that she would revisit the trial date
Continue ReadingBy BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A community leader in central Mali says that suspected Islamic extremists are holding about 30 men hostage after an attack on several buses earlier this week. Bocar Guindo says that armed men initially kidnapped about 40 members of the ethnic Dogon community who had been traveling
Continue ReadingBy EMMANUEL IGUNZA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The Kenyan preacher of a doomsday cult who was arrested after more than 400 bodies were found in mass graves on his property has been convicted of operating a studio and distributing films without a license. Paul Mackenzie has been held in custody since he was
Continue ReadingMILAN (AP) — The new creative director of Moschino, Davide Renne, has died of a sudden illness at the age of 46. The owner of the Milan-based fashion house Aeffe announced the death on Friday, just days after he took over his new role on Nov. 1. Renne joined from Gucci, where he was head
Continue ReadingBy GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press A federal judge and the U.S. Justice Department said this week that states are going too far with threats to prosecute those who help others cross state lines for abortion. The issue was addressed in a court ruling pausing enforcement of an Idaho law and the Justice Department weighing in
Continue ReadingROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Fans have pushed the Fisher-Price Corn Popper into the National Toy Hall of Fame, elevating it from perpetual finalist to 2023 inductee, alongside baseball cards, Cabbage Patch Kids and NERF foam toys, the Hall of Fame announced Friday. The Fisher-Price push toy that encourages babies to walk was chosen by fans,
Continue ReadingCOUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — A man was arrested early Friday in the alleged assault of former U.S. Sen. Martha McSally of Arizona, who says she was molested as she jogged along the Missouri River in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Council Bluffs police said in a statement that the 25-year-old suspect from Papillion, Nebraska, was spotted
Continue ReadingBy MEG KINNARD and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has flown to South Carolina to file paperwork putting President Joe Biden on the 2024 presidential ballot of the state that will lead off the Democratic presidential primary. That primary position is thanks to a White House-led schedule overhaul
Continue ReadingBy ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — The top diplomats and defense chiefs from India and the United States have met in New Delhi to discuss security issues in the Indo-Pacific, China and the Israel-Hamas war. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the U.S. and India are continuing to deepen their partnership
Continue ReadingBy ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — The top diplomats and defense chiefs from India and the United States have met in New Delhi to discuss security issues in the Indo-Pacific, China and the Israel-Hamas war. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the U.S. and India are continuing to deepen their partnership
Continue ReadingBy LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press The Jordan River is a winding, 200-plus-mile run on the eastern flank of Israel and the occupied West Bank. The sea is the glittering Mediterranean to its west. But a phrase about the space in between, “from the river to the sea,” has become a battle cry with new power
Continue ReadingBy JAMES ELLINGWORTH AP Sports Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — You can talk NFL tactics, or you can demonstrate. Even if you’re wearing a suit. Trying the Philadelphia Eagles’ “tush push” on the floor of the studio is all part of a day’s work for the TV crews whose entertaining and educational shows have played
Continue ReadingBy MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Niger fashion designer Alia Bare took center stage at the Joburg Fashion Week with a collection that she hopes will spread a positive image of her troubled country, suffering from instability and economic sanctions that followed a military coup earlier this year. Bare is one of several
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