By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Desperate families made missing posters Friday and joined online groups to look for loved ones out of touch since Hurricane Otis devastated the Mexican Pacific coast city of Acapulco. Officials said they were moving in supplies and evacuating people from the devastated metropolis of 1 million
Continue ReadingBy PETER SMITH Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — In one sense, there was a feeling of closure as survivors of the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history joined with hundreds of others for prayers, poetry and music at an outdoor commemoration of the 11 people who were killed in a Pittsburgh synagogue five years ago
Continue ReadingVANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — A Canadian fishing boat rescued an American man one day after the U.S. Coast Guard ended its search for a missing commercial fishing boat from Washington state with two people board, authorities said. U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Steve Strohmaier said the Canada-based Ocean Sunset spotted a covered life raft
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer The NBA will have its own version of March Madness this season. It won’t take place on the court or feature a matchup between LeBron James and Joel Embiid. Instead, it will set the framework for how fans will be able to watch their favorite teams and players in
Continue ReadingBy MARK STEVENSON Associated Press ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Groups of angry, desperate residents began blocking the only entrances to the hurricane ravaged resort of Acapulco to demand food and water after three days of going without. As Mexico’s military leaders listed the aid that was beginning to pour into the city – thousands of
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A 40-year-old man accused of pretending to be a federal lawman and then turning confrontational with Banning police officers, trying to take one’s firearm, was charged today with obstructing a law enforcement officer and other offenses. Hector Francisco Ponce of Banning was arrested Tuesday night following a Banning Police Department investigation. Along with
Continue ReadingBy JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Jurors at the criminal trial of a founder of the classified site Backpage.com heard opposite views in closing arguments of whether the founder knew there were ads for prostitution on the site. Prosecutor Kevin Rapp told jurors on Thursday and Friday that Michael Lacey, who along with
Continue ReadingBy JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Jurors at the criminal trial of a founder of the classified site Backpage.com heard opposite views in closing arguments of whether the founder knew there were ads for prostitution on the site. Prosecutor Kevin Rapp told jurors on Thursday and Friday that Michael Lacey, who along with
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Richard Moll, a character actor who found lasting fame as an eccentric but gentle giant bailiff on the original “Night Court” sitcom, has died. He was 80. Moll died Thursday at his home in Big Bear Lake, California, according to Jeff Sanderson, a publicist at
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Richard Moll, a character actor who found lasting fame as an eccentric but gentle giant bailiff on the original “Night Court” sitcom, has died. He was 80. Moll died Thursday at his home in Big Bear Lake, California, according to Jeff Sanderson, a publicist at
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — In a story published Oct. 25-26, 2023, about an analysis of 72 companies on the sustainability of their water use, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the nonprofit sustainability advocate Ceres evaluated the companies based on the companies’ progress toward their own goals. The analysis was done using metrics developed by Ceres.
Continue ReadingBy ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press Shawn Levy made the decision to direct the new Netflix limited series “All the Light We Cannot See” when he read a scene between the show’s protagonist, a young woman named Marie, and her father played by Mark Ruffalo. It touched him so much, the father to four girls says
Continue ReadingBy JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The latest Israel-Hamas war has quickly become the deadliest and most destructive in the long history of the bitter enemies. More Israelis and Palestinians have been killed than in any of the four previous wars dating to late 2008. More Palestinians and Israelis are displaced than ever
Continue ReadingBy ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A judge has removed himself from the Young Dolph murder case Friday. The judge was ordered to recuse by a Tennessee appeals court, which questioned whether he could be impartial to a man charged with killing the rapper two years ago. Shelby County Criminal Court Judge
Continue ReadingBy HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge says the state Senate’s vote to fire a top elections official last month had no effect. Dane County Judge Ann Peacock ruled Friday that Meagan Wolfe, the nonpartisan administrator of the Wisconsin Elections Commission, will remain in office while a lawsuit plays out.
Continue ReadingBy BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) — A San Diego County Superior Court judge on Friday rejected a request to raise star Memphis basketball recruit Mikey Williams’ bail for what the prosecution said was a threatening social media post, and granted a speedy trial for the 19-year-old on nine felony charges
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SHARP, PATRICK WHITTLE, HOLLY RAMER and MICHELLE R. SMITH Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Authorities scoured the woods and hundreds of acres of family-owned property, sent dive teams with sonar to the bottom of a river and scrutinized a possible suicide note Friday in the second day of their intensive search for
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA, JOSEF FEDERMAN and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel knocked out internet and communications in the Gaza Strip in stepped-up bombardment Friday night, largely cutting off its 2.3 million people from contact with each other and the outside world and creating a near-blackout of information, as the
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SHARP, PATRICK WHITTLE, HOLLY RAMER and MICHELLE R. SMITH Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Maine officials have lifted a shelter in place order as they search for the suspect in the Lewiston massacre. State Public Safety Commissioner Mike Sauschuck made the announcement Friday after naming all 18 victims of the mass shooting
Continue ReadingCLINTON, N.C. (AP) — A sheriff’s office in southeast North Carolina has released the names of five people found fatally shot in a home earlier this week. Sampson County sheriff’s deputies were called to a home off Garland Highway outside Clinton shortly before 1 a.m. Thursday for a report of a homicide. They found five
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