Month: June 2023

By AMY BETH HANSON and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Rikki Held joined other young plaintiffs in a lawsuit to force Montana officials to do something about climate change after watching wildfires blacken the sky over her family’s ranch, drought stress the cattle and violent floods erode the banks of a nearby

By RON TODT, MIKE CATALINI and MARC LEVY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The driver of a tractor-trailer hauling gasoline lost control on an off-ramp and flipped the tanker truck on its side in a wreck that set it afire and destroyed a section of the East Coast’s main north-south highway, Pennsylvania’s top transportation official

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say a Navy admiral with extensive experience in the Indo-Pacific has been recommended to be the service’s next top leader. Adm. Samuel Paparo is current commander of the Navy’s Pacific Fleet. The officials say he was recommended by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and is

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer The Federal Trade Commission has sued to block Microsoft from completing its deal to buy video game company Activision Blizzard, the latest antitrust challenge to the proposed merger but one that could hasten its conclusion. The FTC’s Monday filing in a federal court in San Francisco seeks an injunction

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Sen. Tim Scott is rolling out endorsements from more than 140 current and former elected officials from his home state of South Carolina. It’s an effort to make a show of force in the first-in-the-South presidential primary state. It comes as Scott and other presidential contenders

By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s top diplomat resigned his post Monday to enter the primary race for the country’s 2024 presidential election, and Mexico City’s mayor said she would resign Friday to do the same. Foreign Relations Secretary Marcelo Ebrard said he resigned at noon and pledged to start a

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Author Elizabeth Gilbert is delaying publication of a novel set in Russia after what she said was an outpouring of “anger, sorrow, disappointment and pain” from Ukrainian readers. She said they objected to releasing any work about Russia amid that country’s invasion of Ukraine. Gilbert’s

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Crews on Monday started demolishing the remains of a six-story apartment building in Davenport, Iowa, that partially collapsed more than two weeks ago, killing three people and leaving dozens homeless. Workers were using large excavators to dismantle the 116-year-old brick, steel and concrete structure in a process officials said would take

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is climbing Monday ahead of a big week for central banks around the world, carrying the S&P 500 toward its highest level in more than a year. The benchmark index was 0.8% higher in late trading and near heights it hasn’t seen since

By ERIC TUCKER and JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump arrived in Florida on Monday ahead of a history-making federal court appearance on dozens of felony charges accusing him of illegally hoarding classified documents and thwarting the Justice Department’s efforts to get them back. Trump’s Tuesday afternoon appearance in Miami will mark

CAIRO (AP) — Family members say Moustafa Bassiouni, an intrepid photo assistant and driver for The Associated Press’ Cairo bureau, has died at age 64. They said Monday he died in a Cairo hospital on Saturday after experiencing a heart attack. Bassiouni, who started as a driver for the bureau in 1991, became a pillar

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A 44-year-old mother of three has been sentenced to more than two years in an English prison for medically inducing an abortion about eight months into her pregnancy. A judge on Monday called it a tragic case that required balancing the woman’s reproductive rights with the rights

OCALA, Fla. (AP) — Civil rights leaders and ministers demanded justice for a Black mother who was fatally shot in front of her 9-year-old son by a white neighbor firing through the door of her central Florida home during a memorial service Monday in which Ajike Owens was remembered for her deep faith and devotion