Month: February 2023

By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Officials in Austin, Texas, have fired the city’s manager over the delayed response to a massive winter storm that left thousands of residents without power for a week or longer this month. Spencer Cronk was fired during a city council meeting Wednesday. Prolonged restoration efforts

By BEATRICE DUPUY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Naeem Khan celebrated 20 years in fashion Tuesday with a collection of almost 50 looks, with each look more intricate and refined than the last one. Khan tells The Associated Press that he plans on continuing to expand his luxury brand with more stores, hotels and

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A white supremacist who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket was sentenced to life in prison without parole Wednesday after relatives of his victims confronted him with the pain and rage caused by his racist attack. Anger briefly turned physical at Payton Gendron’s sentencing

VIENNA (AP) — American actor Jane Fonda said Wednesday she accepted an Austrian building tycoon’s invitation to attend the Vienna Opera Ball because he offered to “pay me quite a bit of money.” The 85-year-old Academy Award and Golden Globe winner said at a news conference with her date, 90-year-old Richard Lugner, that she needed