Month: May 2023

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho jury has convicted Lori Vallow Daybell of murder in the deaths of her two youngest children and a romantic rival. The verdict marks the end of a three-year investigation that included bizarre claims of zombie children, apocalyptic prophesies and illicit affairs. Prosecutors charged Vallow

By PETER SMITH Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — The head of security for Pittsburgh’s Jewish community says there has been an “uptick in hate speech” on the internet, but no specific threats, in the early stages of the trial of the man accused of killing 11 worshippers at a synagogue here in 2018. And Jewish

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Just ahead of what could be a record-breaking summer travel season, pilots from one of the nation’s biggest airlines marched in picket lines at major airports on Friday as they push for higher pay. The United Airlines pilots have been working without a raise for more

By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Carletta Tilousi hit the trail as the sun rose, the light revealing a grouping of cottonwood and ash trees deep in the Grand Canyon. Birds soared above and reptiles scampered across the rocks as the canyon walls grew taller and taller behind her.

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday the state’s budget deficit has grown to nearly $32 billion. That’s about $10 billion more than predicted in January, when the governor offered his first budget proposal. He’s detailing his latest proposal Friday for state spending in the fiscal year

By The Associated Press This week’s new entertainment releases include albums from Kesha and Dave Matthews Band, while rapper Jack Harlow stars in a remake of “White Men Can’t Jump” and wilderness expert Bear Grylls tests contestants on their survival skills, physicality and gross-out tolerance with “I Survived Bear Grylls.” Anna Nicole Smith gets the

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — This weekend’s Eurovision Song Contest is taking place in a city brimming with Ukrainian flags, Ukrainian food, Ukrainian musicians and Ukrainian fans: Liverpool. The English port city that gave the world The Beatles is using the contest to offer displaced Ukrainians a taste of home. Many

By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A boycott by Republican state senators in Oregon threatens to derail hundreds of bills, including on gun control, gender-affirming care and abortion rights, as a deadline looms that could also upend the protesters’ political futures. Democrats control the Statehouse in Oregon. But the GOP is leveraging

By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY and DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Election officials in Virginia have announced plans to withdraw the state from a bipartisan effort designed to ensure accurate voter lists and combat fraud — but that also has been caught up in conspiracy theories spread since the 2020 presidential election. When

By DYLAN LOVAN and CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s secretary of state has won bipartisan praise during his first term in office for expanding voter access during the COVID-19 pandemic and overseeing elections that have been free of widespread problems. That record still hasn’t paved a clear path to reelection

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — What’s an ocean without a beach? One Atlantic City casino that takes its name from the sea doesn’t want to find out, and so it’s spending up to $700,000 of its own money to rebuild a badly eroded beach in front of it. The Ocean

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS and BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writers Elon Musk has confirmed that the new CEO for Twitter, will be NBCUniversal’s Linda Yaccarino, an executive with deep ties to the advertising industry. Musk said that Yaccarino “will focus primarily on business operations” while he plans to center on product design and new technology at

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration’s number two diplomat is retiring after decades of U.S. government service. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman will step down from the post this summer having been involved in some of the most consequential, and controversial, foreign policy decisions during Democratic administrations since

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Independent media and a villager say soldiers from Myanmar’s miliary government have killed 19 residents of a village near where soldiers were attacked by resistance forces opposed to army rule. They say the bodies of the victims, including four children, were then burned. Reports of the killings,

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ, BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. Marine veteran who placed an agitated New York City subway passenger in a chokehold, killing him and sparking outrage as bystander video went viral, surrendered Friday on a manslaughter charge filed nearly two weeks after the deadly