Month: June 2023

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — An nervy Tony Awards kicked off Sunday with a pre-show heavy on unpredictability after the Hollywood writers’ strike left Broadway’s biggest night without a script. Entropy has been inserted into what is usually an upbeat, safe and chummy night. The strike by the Writers Guild

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Officials have dedicated a California skate park in honor of Tyre Nichols, a Black man prosecutors say was beaten to death last Janaury by police officers in Memphis, Tennessee. An avid skateboarder, Nichols spent a lot of time as a youth at a skate park on the outskirts of Sacramento. City

By MARKO ÁLVAREZ Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The four Indigenous children who survived 40 days in the Amazon jungle after their plane crashed have shared limited but harrowing details of their ordeal with their family, including that their mother survived the crash for days before she died. The siblings, aged 13, 9, 4

By JIM GOMEZ and AARON FAVILA Associated Press DARAGA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines’ most active volcano has begun spewing lava in a gentle eruption, putting thousands of people on heightened alert for the possibility of a violent explosion that would force them to suddenly evacuate from their homes, authorities said Monday. More than 12,000

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Police say at least 13 people have been injured after an apparent street party that drew hundreds of people turned violent in Syracuse, New York. Police Lt. Matthew Malinowski told reporters at least four people suffered gunshot wounds in the violence early Sunday. He said others were stabbed or struck by

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi civil rights lawyer was arrested Saturday after filming a traffic stop conducted by officers from a police department she is suing in federal court, her attorney says. Jill Collen Jefferson is the president of JULIAN, the civil rights organization that filed a

By PREDRAG MILIC Associated Press PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — A recently formed centrist group that advocates Montenegro joining the European Union was projected to win the small Balkan country’s early parliamentary election Sunday, but without enough support to form a government on its own, according to independent vote monitors. The Center for Democratic Transition pollsters

By JIM GOMEZ and AARON FAVILA Associated Press DARAGA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines’ most active volcano has begun spewing lava in a gentle eruption, putting thousands of people on heightened alert for the possibility of a violent explosion that would force them to evacuate from their homes, authorities said Monday. More than 12,000 villagers

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland’s plans to visit Chaco Culture National Historical Park on Sunday were derailed when protesters blocked the entrance to the northwestern New Mexico site. Haaland and tribal officials were supposed to celebrate her recent decision to enshrine for the next 20

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia police said Monday that initial inquiries indicated 10 people had been killed in an overnight bus crash in New South Wales state. Police said 11 more people were injured in the accident and were taken to area hospitals by helicopter and by road. A further 18 passengers were uninjured. Police