NEW YORK (AP) — Mateo Askaripour is set to publish a follow-up to his acclaimed debut novel “Black Buck.” The new book is a look into the distant future. Dutton, a Penguin Random House imprint, announced Tuesday that Askaripour’s “This Great Hemisphere” is scheduled for next summer. The novel is set 500 years from now
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump signed a document 30 years ago that gave the true size of his New York penthouse that was later listed as far larger on his financial statements, according to evidence shown Tuesday at the former president’s civil business fraud trial.
Continue ReadingBy RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Sports Writer NCAA President Charlie Baker is expected to testify in front of a Senate committee next week during the 10th hearing on Capitol Hill over the last three years on college sports. The Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled a hearing on Name, Image and Likeness, and the Future
Continue ReadingTORONTO (AP) — General Motors and the union representing Canadian auto workers have reached a tentative contract agreement, ending a strike that began just after midnight. About 4,300 striking workers at two GM factories and a parts warehouse will return to work Tuesday afternoon and will vote on the three-year deal later. Lana Payne, president
Continue ReadingROCKLAND, Maine (AP) — A woman killed when a mast snapped and toppled onto the deck of a historic sailing vessel that carries tourists off the Maine coast was a physician at the hospital where three other victims were taken for treatment, officials said Tuesday. Dr. Emily Mecklenburg, 40, of Rockland, was declared dead Monday
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Palm Springs Section 14 Survivors, descendants and advocates are promoting their new campaign “Know Before You Go Palm Springs.” The campaign aims to educate tourists about Section 14 and the present-day impacts of the historical event that led to the displacement of survivors. According to Visit Greater Palm Springs, over 14 million tourists visited the
Continue ReadingBy KEN SWEET and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The trial of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried took a star turn Tuesday as his former fellow top executive, Caroline Ellison, began testifying against him, immediately blaming her former boyfriend for directing her to commit crimes before his cryptocurrency empire collapsed last November. Ellison’s
Continue ReadingBy KEN SWEET and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The trial of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried took a star turn Tuesday as his former fellow top executive, Caroline Ellison, began testifying against him, immediately blaming her former boyfriend for directing her to commit crimes before his cryptocurrency empire collapsed last November. Ellison’s
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer The NHL sent a memo to teams last week clarifying what players can and cannot do as part of theme celebrations this season, including a ban on the use of rainbow-colored stick tape for Pride nights. The updated guidance reaffirms on-ice player uniforms and gear for games, warmups and
Continue ReadingTORONTO (AP) — General Motors and the union representing Canadian auto workers have reached a tentative contract agreement that could end a strike that began less than 24 hours ago. Lana Payne, president of the Unifor union, said Tuesday that when faced with the strike, GM had no choice but to follow a pattern agreement
Continue ReadingCASTAIC, Calif. (AP) — Four Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies were taken to the hospital Tuesday morning after a fire during a “training incident” north of Los Angeles, authorities said. Few details were immediately available, including the extent of the deputies’ injuries, according to Deputy David Yoo, a spokesperson for the sheriff’s department. The department
Continue ReadingCASTAIC, Calif. (AP) — Four Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies were taken to the hospital Tuesday morning after a fire during a “training incident” north of Los Angeles, authorities said. Few details were immediately available, including the extent of the deputies’ injuries, according to Deputy David Yoo, a spokesperson for the sheriff’s department. The department
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Mateo Askaripour is set to publish a follow-up to his acclaimed debut novel “Black Buck.” The new book is a look into the distant future. Dutton, a Penguin Random House imprint, announced Tuesday that Askaripour’s “This Great Hemisphere” is scheduled for next summer. The novel is set 500 years from now
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president says he rejected a U.S. request to set up migrant transit centers in Mexico. Guatemala has set up one such center where migrants can apply for U.S. work and refugee visas. But President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Tuesday that he had so far rejected a U.S. request to
Continue ReadingBy JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Texas is moving ahead with preparations to execute a condemned inmate in hopes that the U.S. Supreme Court will lift a lower court’s stay and allow the lethal injection to proceed. Jedidiah Murphy had been scheduled to die Tuesday for the 2000 killing of 80-year-old Bertie
Continue ReadingCASTAIC, Calif. (AP) — Officials say four Los Angeles sheriff’s deputies taken to hospital following fire during law enforcement training.
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Republican majority is stuck, one week after the ouster of Speaker Kevin McCarthy, with lawmakers unable to coalesce around a new leader in a stalemate that threatens to keep Congress partly shuttered indefinitely. On Tuesday evening, two leading contenders for the gavel,
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Republican majority is stuck, one week after the ouster of Speaker Kevin McCarthy, with lawmakers unable to coalesce around a new leader in a stalemate that threatens to keep Congress partly shuttered indefinitely. On Tuesday evening, two leading contenders for the gavel,
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI, TARA COPP and DARLENE SUPERVILLE WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden planned to use a Tuesday speech about the four-day-old war between Israel and Hamas to condemn the militant group for a shocking multipronged attack on Israel launched from the Gaza Strip that has killed hundreds of civilians, including at least 11
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Greg Marcus has been in the movie business for years but he never expected to be urging moviegoers to take out their phones during a film — let alone to be crafting friendship bracelets in preparation for an opening weekend. But there the chief executive
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