By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Saleemul Huq, a pioneering climate scientist from Bangladesh who pushed to get the world to understand, pay for and adapt to worsening warming impacts on poorer nations, has died. He was 71. Huq, who died Saturday in Dhaka, directed and helped found the International Centre for Climate Change and
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The head of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees told a U.N. emergency meeting Monday “an immediate humanitarian cease-fire has become a matter of life and death for millions,” accusing Israel of “collective punishment” of Palestinians and the forced displacement of civilians. Philippe Lazzarini warned
Continue ReadingSANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — A woman accused of hosting parties for her teenage son and his friends in Northern California where she encouraged them to drink and sexually assault intoxicated girls was charged Monday with more than five dozen felony and misdemeanor counts. Shannon Marie O’Connor, 49, was indicted by a grand jury in
Continue ReadingSANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — A woman accused of hosting parties for her teenage son and his friends in Northern California where she encouraged them to drink and sexually assault intoxicated girls was charged Monday with more than five dozen felony and misdemeanor counts. Shannon Marie O’Connor, 49, was indicted by a grand jury in
Continue ReadingBy JUAN ZAMORANO Associated Press PANAMA CITY (AP) — Protests in Panama have extended into a second week over a long-term copper mining concession for a Canadian company. Panama’s government sought to calm anger by promising Monday to let Panamanians decide in a referendum whether to scrap the deal. A broad cross-section of society has
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Becker, CNN (CNN) — A Las Vegas man who allegedly left antisemitic voicemail threats to kill one of Nevada’s US senators now faces a federal charge. Police arrested 43-year-old John Anthony Miller of Las Vegas on Thursday, and he made his first court appearance Friday. Miller is charged with one count of threatening a
Continue ReadingBy Rosa Flores and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN (CNN) — A 52-year-old Houston-area Muslim physician was stabbed to death this weekend but police say so far, there is no evidence the crime was motivated by hate. “At this time we have not found any evidence to link this to a hate crime,” Conroe police Sgt. David
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SHARP, ROBERT F. BUKATY, JAKE BLEIBERG and BERNARD CONDON Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Five months before the deadliest mass shooting in Maine’s history, the gunman’s family alerted the local sheriff that they were becoming concerned about his deteriorating mental health while he had access to firearms, authorities said Monday. After the
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Robert De Niro testified Monday in New York City at a trial resulting from a former personal assistant’s lawsuit accusing the actor of being an abusive boss. De Niro, who at times appeared grouchy, restrained himself from erupting at the dissection of his interactions with her
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The head of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees is telling a U.N. emergency meeting “an immediate humanitarian ceasefire has become a matter of life and death for millions.” Philippe Lazzarini accused Israel of “collective punishment” of Palestinians and the forced displacement of civilians. He
Continue ReadingBy MJ Lee, CNN (CNN) — US officials are intently focused on trying to secure the release of hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza – among them American citizens – a task that sources said is now further complicated by Israel’s expansion of its ground operations into Gaza. The US remains a part of the ongoing talks that
Continue ReadingNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Attorneys say they are settling a lawsuit brought by a man who accused Tennessee authorities of arresting him for posting a social media meme about a fallen sheriff’s officer. Joshua Andrew Garton’s lawyers say the case is being settled for $125,000. Garton was arrested in 2021 after posting an edited photograph
Continue ReadingBy FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer U.S. regulators have sued SolarWinds and its top security executive for fraud for allegedly concealing poor cybersecurity practices ahead of the Texas-based technology company’s stunning hack by Russian spies. The Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking penalties and the executive’s removal. Detected in December 2020, the SolarWinds hack penetrated
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Texas’ extra-inning comeback victory over Arizona on Friday night was the least-watched Game 1 recorded in World Series TV history. The Rangers’ 6-5 win over the Diamondbacks in 11 innings averaged 9.35 million viewers on Fox, Fox Deportes and Fox’s streaming service. The previous low was 9.48 for the opening game
Continue ReadingBy JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Families have filed a lawsuit against the Colorado funeral home that was allegedly sending families fake ashes and leaving at least 189 loved ones’ bodies to decay in Colorado facility. The gruesome discovery at Return to Nature Funeral Home earlier this month after reports of
Continue ReadingLIMA, Peru (AP) — A Dutch citizen who recently admitted to killing U.S. student Natalee Holloway in Aruba in 2005 is being sent back this week from the United States to Peru where he will serve out a sentence for the killing of a Peruvian woman. Interpol’s Peru director Col. Aldo Avila says that Joran
Continue ReadingDEATH VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — A tarantula crossing the road in Death Valley National Park caused a traffic crash that sent a Canadian motorcyclist to the hospital, the National Park Service said. Swiss travelers, driving a rented camper van, braked suddenly to avoid hitting the tarantula as it crossed State Route 190 on Saturday, the
Continue ReadingDEATH VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — A tarantula crossing the road in Death Valley National Park caused a traffic crash that sent a Canadian motorcyclist to the hospital, the National Park Service said. Swiss travelers, driving a rented camper van, braked suddenly to avoid hitting the tarantula as it crossed State Route 190 on Saturday, the
Continue ReadingBy MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Police in Colombia have deployed air and land patrols to search for soccer player Luis Diaz’s father, who was kidnapped over the weekend along with Diaz’s mother. The couple were at a gas station in the small town of Barrancas on Saturday when they were abducted
Continue ReadingBy DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Books were about as abundant as candy at a trick-or-treating event that President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden hosted at the White House on the eve of Halloween. Gray skies and drizzle added a spooky element. The White House says it expected 8,000 people to
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