MOSCOW (AP) — Russian news media is reporting that an American musician who has lived in Russia for more than a decade has been arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking. The reports said Michael Travis Leake is suspected of selling mephedrone. A Moscow court ordered him to be held for two months in pre-trial detention,
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TONIGHT: I’m tracking isolated showers and non-severe storms late afternoon into early evening, with more widespread rain arriving in the later evening/overnight hours. Temperatures will be cooling back off into the mid-60s. TOMORROW: I’m tracking a quick moving cold front that’s bringing more rain and non-severe storms through the late morning/very early afternoon. Because of
Continue Reading DALLAS (AP) — Brittney Griner and her Phoenix Mercury teammates were confronted by a “provocateur” at a Dallas airport on Saturday. The WNBA said in a statement it was looking into the team’s run-in with a “social media figure” whose “actions were inappropriate and unfortunate.” “The safety of Brittney Griner and all WNBA players is
Continue Reading By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Republicans delegates in North Carolina voted Saturday at their annual convention to censure Thom Tillis, the state’s senior U.S. senator, for supporting policies they said violate key tenets of the GOP platform. As Sen. Tillis has gained influence in Congress for his willingness to
Continue Reading By MICHAEL BALSAMO and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Theodore “Ted” Kaczynski, the Harvard-educated mathematician who retreated to a dingy shack in the Montana wilderness and ran a 17-year bombing campaign that killed three people and injured 23 others, died Saturday. He was 81. Branded the “Unabomber” by the FBI, Kaczynski died at
Continue Reading By BILL BARROW, JEFF AMY, JILL COLVIN and MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Saturday blasted his historic federal indictment as “ridiculous” and “baseless,” saying in his first public appearance since the charges were unsealed that the 37 felony counts were an attack on his supporters as he
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By Jay Croft, CNN (CNN) — A rare envelope from the 1860s, the only one ever sent to Vermont via the fabled Pony Express, is going up for auction this month. Bids will start at $2,500, but it’s anyone’s guess how high the price might go. Or who sent the letter, which is long gone.
Continue Reading By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The biggest Pride parade in New England returned to Boston on Saturday after a three-year hiatus, with a fresh focus on social justice and inclusion rather than corporate backing. Marchers cheered, danced and held signs representing various causes during the two-hour event, while people along the sidelines
Continue Reading PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Authorities say heavy rains swept through Pakistan’s northwest, causing several houses to collapse and leaving at least 25 people dead and 145 injured. Rains and hail hit the Bannu, Lakki Marwat and Karak districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, on Saturday. A senior rescue officer says the storm uprooted trees and knocked
Continue Reading TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israelis are protesting for the 23rd week against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government to overhaul the judiciary system. The mass demonstrations started in January shortly after the government, made up of ultranationalist and ultra-Orthodox religious parties, was sown in. Gaining quick momentum, protest organizers say they will
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By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A man is accused of breaking into a Florida theme park, jumping into an alligator enclosure and filming a video for social media – a dangerous stunt that authorities say led to his arrest. Police in Tampa Bay say Jacob Pursifull, 20, hopped a fence to enter Busch
Continue Reading DUQUESNE Officials say a Roman Catholic Mass to be held in western Pennsylvania this weekend in solidarity with LGBTQ Catholics has been canceled at the request of the diocese after protesting emails and calls, some of them threatening. The Mass scheduled Sunday at Duquesne University was organized by Pittsburgh-based Catholics for Change in Our Church
Continue Reading By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Movie director James Cameron says he feels he “walked into an ambush” this week during a visit to Argentina in which he believes there was an attempt to use his image as an environmentalist to give a positive spin to lithium mining operations despite Indigenous
Continue Reading By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden welcomed hundreds to the White House on Saturday for a delayed Pride Month celebration aimed at showing LGBTQ+ people that his administration has their back at a time when advocates are warning of a spike in discriminatory legislation, particularly aimed at the transgender community,
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By Ray Sanchez, Evan Perez, and Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — Theodore “Ted” Kaczynski, the Harvard-trained math professor who unleashed a deadly bombing campaign from a shack in rural Montana and became known as the “Unabomber,” has died, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. He was 81. Kaczynski was found unresponsive in his cell
Continue Reading By MICHAEL BALSAMO and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Theodore “Ted” Kaczynski, the Harvard-educated mathematician who retreated to a dingy shack in the Montana wilderness and ran a 17-year bombing campaign that killed three people and injured 23 others, died Saturday. He was 81. Branded the “Unabomber” by the FBI, Kaczynski died at
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By Caroll Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Robert Beaser, the former chair of The Juilliard School’s composition department, was fired after an independent investigation found Beaser had “engaged in conduct which interfered with individuals’ academic work and was inconsistent with Juilliard’s commitment to provide a safe and supportive learning environment for its students” and had an
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By Liam Reilly, CNN (CNN) — An extremely rare, bright orange American lobster caught earlier this month in Maine’s Casco Bay by a lobstering crew has found a home at the University of New England’s marine science center. The chances of catching an orange lobster are one-in-30 million, according to Charles Tilburg, a UNE professor
Continue Reading By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press New Haven, Connecticut, has agreed to a $45 million settlement with Randy Cox, who was paralyzed while being transported handcuffed and without a seat belt in the back of a police van following his arrest last year, the city’s mayor and attorneys said Saturday. The agreement was reached Friday evening
Continue Reading PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Authorities say heavy rains swept through Pakistan’s northwest, causing several houses to collapse and leaving at least 20 people dead and 80 injured. Rains and hail hit the Bannu, Lakki Marwat and Karak districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, on Saturday. A senior rescue officer says the storm uprooted trees and knocked
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