Month: November 2022

By DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A witness who saw a University of Virginia student open fire on a bus returning from a field trip described to police how the gunman targeted specific victims — many of them football players — shooting one of them as he slept, a prosecutor said in

GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization says he expects the first doses of Ebola vaccine targeting the strain causing the current outbreak in Uganda to arrive in the country next week. At a press briefing on Wednesday, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said a committee convened by the agency evaluated three

By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell in afternoon trading on Wall Street Wednesday as investors reviewed a dismal financial report from Target and a broader update on the retail sector from the government. The S&P 500 fell 0.5% as of 12:01 p.m. Eastern. The Dow Jones Industrial Average

BOSTON (AP) — The former leader of a Massachusetts Native American tribe convicted of accepting bribes from an architectural firm working with the tribe to build a casino has been sentenced to three years in prison. Cedric Cromwell, former chair of the Mashpee Wampanoags, was also sentenced in federal court on Tuesday to a year

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service says actor Kevin Spacey will be charged with seven further sex offenses, all relating to the same alleged victim. It brings the number of charges the Hollywood star faces in the U.K. to 12 The service said Wednesday that the charges against the former “House of Cards” star

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In the summer of 1997, audiences in Minneapolis at the Orpheum Theatre saw something no one had ever seen before: leaping antelopes, fluttering birds and elephants lumbering through the orchestra seats. It was “The Lion King,” and it would soon transfer to Broadway and start

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans stepped up their spending at retailers, restaurants, and auto dealers last month, a sign of consumer resilience as the holiday shopping season begins amid painfully high inflation and rising interest rates. The government said Wednesday that retail sales rose 1.3% in October from September, up

WHITTIER, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say multiple Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department recruits were struck by a vehicle early Wednesday. TV news broadcasts show a large response of firefighters and ambulances in Whittier, as well as numerous individuals in uniform workout clothes. County fire senior dispatcher Martin Rangel confirms that the incident involves sheriff’s recruits