MOAB, Utah (AP) — A plane crash outside the eastern Utah tourist town of Moab has killed all four people on board. The Grand County Sheriff’s Office says in a statement the plane crashed Sunday evening shortly after taking off from Canyonlands Airfield about 15 miles (24 kilometers) north of Moab. The National Transportation Safety
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Patrick Stewart, who famously played a “Star Trek” captain, has boldly gone where no one has gone before — into his past. The actor spent much of the pandemic at his computer writing his memoir, and the result is out this fall, “Making It So,”
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) — A New York company plans to build an offshore wind energy project 42 miles off New Jersey. It would be one of the farthest from shore of any U.S. East Coast wind project to date. Attentive Energy’s project would be built off Seaside Heights. It
Continue ReadingBy LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer The Nobel Prize in Medicine has been awarded to two scientists whose work led to mRNA vaccines against COVID-19. As countries prepared to roll out those shots in late 2020, The Associated Press took a look at how the vaccines were developed so quickly. A head start helped. Over
Continue ReadingBy DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has approved a resolution to authorize a multinational force to Haiti led by Kenya to help combat violent gangs that have grown incredibly powerful and overwhelmed police. Haiti first requested such an intervention in October 2022, but neither the U.S.
Continue ReadingBy LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is warning Congress that it is running low on money to replace weapons the U.S. has sent to Ukraine and has already been forced to slow down resupplying some troops, according to a letter sent to congressional leaders. The letter, obtained
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks mostly slipped in mixed trading Monday as the constrictor of higher interest rates tightened its coils around Wall Street. The S&P 500 edged up by 0.34, or less than 0.1%, to 4,288.39, coming off its worst month of the year. The Dow Jones Industrial
Continue ReadingBy COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press A 40-year-old Detroit-area man who posed as a 15-year-old girl on social media to identify alleged sexual predators has been fatally shot during an argument in a restaurant. The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office says two males were arrested after Friday night’s slaying of Robert Wayne Lee in Pontiac. Lee had
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Crews had a big mess to clean up after a tractor trailer hauling 15,000 pounds of mangoes crashed on I-10 Sunday morning. The crash was reported before 5:00 a.m. on I-10 just east of Frontage Road. An official with the California Highway Patrol said the driver fell asleep and went into the center median. The
Continue ReadingBy Alta Spells and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — A corrections officer at a south Georgia prison was killed Sunday after an inmate allegedly attacked him “from behind with a homemade weapon,” the state department of corrections announced in a news release. Robert Clark, 42, was escorting two offenders, Layton Lester and Marko Willingham, from
Continue ReadingBy SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The European Union’s foreign policy chief on Monday led a delegation of top diplomats on an unannounced visit to Kyiv and dismissed concerns about political tension in the bloc over its long-term support for Ukraine’s fight against Russia. Though largely symbolic, the informal meeting between EU
Continue ReadingBy BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Manager Bob Melvin’s job appears to be safe with the underwhelming San Diego Padres after owner Peter Seidler said in a statement Monday morning that the current leadership team “continues to have my full support.” The announcement came less than 24 hours after the Padres
Continue ReadingBy ADIL JAWAD and MARIA CHENG Associated Press KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Authorities in one province of Pakistan are turning to a controversial new tactic in the decades-long initiative to wipe out polio: prison. Last month, the government in Sindh introduced a bill that threatens to imprison parents for up to one month if they
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The Comprehensive Cancer Center at Desert Regional Medical Center, or DRMC, is offering extended hours for breast cancer screenings every Monday this month. Mammogram screenings will be available by appointment from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. during the annual “Mammo Mondays” event. It is recommended that men and women begin screening for breast cancer by
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — In 2023, a Coldplay concert opens like a triumphant finale — LED wristbands flashing, confetti canons on overdrive, a singalong of 68,000 voices repeating “You’ve got a higher power,” to match frontman Chris Martin’s energy. Flags representing attendees from Argentina, Puerto Rico, Guatemala, Colombia, Venezuela,
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — In 2023, a Coldplay concert opens like a triumphant finale — LED wristbands flashing, confetti canons on overdrive, a singalong of 68,000 voices repeating “You’ve got a higher power,” to match frontman Chris Martin’s energy. Flags representing attendees from Argentina, Puerto Rico, Guatemala, Colombia, Venezuela,
Continue ReadingCALGARY, Alberta (AP) — National park officials in Canada say that a grizzly bear attack at a national park in western Canada has left two people dead, and that the bear later was killed by park rangers. The attack took place Friday in Banff National Park in Alberta Province. The Parks Canada agency says it
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police in Philadelphia say officers shot and killed a man suspected in a quadruple shooting that left three people dead hours earlier. Authorities say the first shooting took place shortly before 5 a.m. Monday in northeast Philadelphia. The police department’s interim commissioner, John Stanford, said three people were found dead in a
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A documentary chronicling Beyoncé‘s just-concluded 39-city Renaissance World Tour will premiere in North American theaters Dec. 1, AMC Theaters announced Monday. The film adds a second pop star blockbuster to a fall slate of movies that’s been slightly thinned out by the ongoing screen actors’
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — All models of Onewheel self-balancing electric skateboards are under recall after at least four deaths and multiple injuries were reported in recent years, federal regulators say. The 300,000 now-recalled skateboards, manufactured by Future Motion, can stop balancing a rider if the boards’ limits are exceeded — which risks serious crashes, according
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