Month: September 2022

By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) — R. Kelly’s former business manager has testified at the singer’s federal trial in Chicago that he believed the singer’s denials of sexual misconduct when allegations emerged against his boss in the late 1990s. Taking the stand Wednesday, Derrell McDavid said he came to understand that

ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Police in Memphis, Tennessee, said a man who drove around the city shooting at people during an hours-long rampage that forced frightened people to shelter in place Wednesday has been arrested. Memphis police spokeswoman Karen Rudolph said 19-year-old Ezekiel Kelly was taken into custody after 9 p.m.

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia will be represented by its government leader plus three former leaders at Shinzo Abe’s state funeral this month in an extraordinary mark of respect for Japan’s longest-serving prime minister. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Thursday that former Prime Ministers John Howard, Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull would join Australia’s

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The death toll from a fire at a karaoke parlor in southern Vietnam has risen to 32 and some parts of the building remain inaccessible more than a day later, state media reported. The fire that began late Tuesday trapped workers and customers inside the multi-story venue in Thuan An city

By BRIAN INGANGA and JULIE WATSON Associated Press KAMPI ya SAMAKI, Kenya (AP) — Winnie Keben had felt blessed to be raising her children in her husband’s childhood home in the community of Kampi ya Samaki – just over a quarter mile (500 meters) from the shoreline of Lake Baringo. The vast freshwater lake buzzing

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas-area elected public official has been arrested in the fatal stabbing of a veteran newspaper reporter whose investigations of the official’s work preceded his primary loss in June. Clark County Public Administrator Robert “Rob” Telles, a Democrat, was taken into custody at his home

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine officials say President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has approved a recommendation to end the mandatory wearing of masks outdoors across the country more than two years after it was imposed at the height of the coronavirus pandemic. The interior secretary says Philippines and Myanmar are the last countries in Southeast Asia

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rican superstar Ricky Martin has filed a lawsuit against his nephew accusing him of extortion, malicious persecution, abuse of law and damages stemming from false allegations that attorneys say cost the singer and actor millions of dollars in lost income. The lawsuit filed

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — The U.S. military says it now expects to remove fuel from a leaky Hawaii fuel tank farm by July 2024, five months earlier than its initial plan. Critics have lambasted the military’s original timeline to remove fuel from the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility by December

By ROB GILLIES and ROBERT BUMSTED Associated Press ROSTHERN, Saskatchewan (AP) — The final suspect in a stabbing rampage that killed 10 people in and around a Canadian Indigenous reserve died after being arrested by police Wednesday following a three-day manhunt, authorities said. One official said he died of self-inflicted injuries. Myles Sanderson, 32, was

By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Resplendent in a black trouser suit, Janet Jackson sat front Wednesday at Christian Siriano’s New York Fashion Week show. The designer staged his show in the former Midtown townhouse of Elizabeth Taylor. His models walked down a winding staircase as guests were seated on two floors.