Month: July 2023

By JONATHAN LANDRUM JR. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The unsolved killing of rapper Tupac Shakur has taken a new twist. Authorities in Nevada confirmed Tuesday that they served a search warrant this week in connection with the rap star’s shooting death. The warrant comes nearly 30 years after Shakur was gunned down

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An ongoing eruption of a remote volcano in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands produced an ash cloud so large Tuesday that warnings were sent to pilots about potentially dangerous conditions. An ash cloud with an initial height of around 5.5 miles (8.9 kilometers) was reported following the morning eruption of Shishaldin Volcano. But

By SETH BORENSTEIN and ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A dangerous 19th straight day of scorching heat in Phoenix set a record for U.S. cities Tuesday, confined many residents to air-conditioned safety and turned the usually vibrant metropolis into a ghost town. The city’s record streak of 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43 Celsius) or

By HYUNG-JIN KIM, KIM TONG-HYUNG, TARA COPP and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea was silent about the highly unusual entry of an American soldier across the Koreas’ heavily fortified border although it test-fired short-range missiles Wednesday in its latest weapons display. Nearly a day after the soldier bolted

SEATTLE (AP) — Police say a Seattle officer shot a person suspected of stabbing a person downtown. Police Sgt. John O’Neil says officers responded around 7:45 a.m. Tuesday to reports of a person assaulting people. Police say officers found a person with a stab wound who was then taken to Harborview Medical Center. Police say

By THOMAS BEAUMONT and JILL COLVIN Associated Press CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Former President Donald Trump joked about his legal challenges while campaigning in eastern Iowa on Tuesday night, just hours after announcing he’d received a target letter in the Justice Department’s investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Headlining a Republican county

By RIO YAMAT, JONATHAN LANDRUM JR. and MARIA SHERMAN Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas police confirmed Tuesday that they served a search warrant this week in connection with the long-unsolved killing of Tupac Shakur, propelling the case back into the spotlight nearly 30 years after his death. Shakur, one of the most

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump said Tuesday he has received a letter informing him that he is a target of the Justice Department’s investigation into efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, an indication he could soon be charged by U.S. prosecutors. New federal charges,

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican prosecutor has given his closing arguments in the Vatican’s big financial trial. Prosecutor Alessandro Diddi says his indictments of 10 people, including a cardinal, for alleged financial crimes held up under two years of testimony, scrutiny, criticism and defense motions. Diddi’s closing continues this

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press Natural gas leaked from a defective fitting at a Pennsylvania chocolate factory where a powerful explosion leveled one building, heavily damaged another and killed seven people, federal safety investigators said Tuesday as they continued to investigate the cause of the blast. One of two leaks at the R.M. Palmer Co.

By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Authorities say an Alaska man inadvertently filmed his own drowning on a glacial lake with a GoPro camera mounted on his helmet. But officials who recovered the camera have not yet found his body. Alaska State Troopers say teams would continue to search a lake near

SAN SALVADOR A powerful 6.5 magnitude earthquake in the Pacific Ocean off the Gulf of Fonseca has shaken much of Central America from Nicaragua to Guatemala. Honduras, El Salvador and Honduras all share coastline around the gulf on the Pacific coast. The United States Geological Survey reported the epicenter was 27 miles (43 kilometers) south