Month: June 2023

By AMY BETH HANSON and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A group of Montana youth who say their lives are already being affected by climate change and that state government is failing to protect them, are the first of dozens of such efforts to get their lawsuit to trial Monday. They will

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The intimate, funny-sad musical “Kimberly Akimbo” nudged aside splashier rivals on Sunday to win the musical crown at the Tony Awards on a night when Broadway flexed its creative muscle amid the Hollywood writers’ strike and made history with laurels for nonbinary actors J. Harrison

By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Three people were killed and three wounded in a shooting Sunday night at a house in the Maryland’s capital city, the police chief said. Annapolis Police Chief Edward Jackson told reporters at a media briefing that the shooting stemmed from what he described as an “interpersonal

NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities say a New York City firefighter lost his life while trying to save his daughter, who became distressed while swimming at a New Jersey beach. FDNY firefighter Mark Batista of Teaneck, New Jersey, died Friday morning. WNBC-TV reports the 39-year-old went into the water at Sylvania Avenue beach in Avon-by-the-Sea

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Songwriter Cynthia Weil was honored during a music-filled memorial service in Beverly Hills. Weil, the Grammy-winning lyricist who enjoyed a decades-long partnership with husband Barry Mann, died last week at age 82. She helped compose “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling,” “On Broadway,” “Walking in the

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press GULU, Uganda (AP) — The charcoal makers in the forests of northern Uganda fled into the bush, temporarily abandoning their precious handiwork: multiple heaps of timber yet to be processed. The workers were desperate to avoid capture by local officials after a new law banned the commercial production of charcoal.

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Tony Awards history was made Sunday when Alex Newell and J. Harrison Ghee became the first nonbinary people to win Tonys for acting as the Broadway community seized the moment amid a Hollywood writers’ strike that left theater’s biggest night without a script. “Thank you

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — After a rocket attack in eastern Ukraine, half of Rambo’s face was mangled and bloody. Shrapnel had ravaged the right side of his head, and it was uncertain if he would survive. The 3-year-old German shepherd, who had accompanied Ukrainian soldiers on the front lines of

SHIYAN, China (AP) — China’s manufacturing and consumer spending are weakening after a strong start to 2023 after anti-virus controls ended. Automakers and other companies are struggling to rebuild sales and sending salespeople abroad to revive their export businesses following a three-year gap. Economic growth accelerated to 4.5% over a year earlier in the three

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Tony Award history was made Sunday when Alex Newell became the first nonbinary person to win a Tony for acting as the Broadway community seized the moment amid a Hollywood writers’ strike that left theater’s biggest night without a script. “Thank you for seeing me,

By JIM GOMEZ AND AARON FAVILA Associated Press LEGAZPI, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines’ most active volcano was gently spewing lava down its slopes Monday, alerting tens of thousands of people they may have to quickly flee a violent and life-threatening explosion. More than 12,600 people have left the mostly poor farming communities within a

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s governing Morena party has decided that a series of five polls over the summer will decide the party’s nomination for the June 2024 presidential election. All of the four contenders will have to resign their government posts by Friday, including Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum,

By ROD McGUIRK and NICK PERRY Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A bus carrying wedding guests rolled over on a foggy night in Australia’s wine country, killing 10 people and injuring 25, police said Monday. The 58-year-old driver was arrested and being held at a Cessnock police station and will be charged, Police Assistant