Month: November 2023

By AARON MORRISON Associated Press STUDIO CITY, California (AP) — Some of the mystery and controversy shrouding a sprawling Los Angeles-area property owned by a national Black Lives Matter nonprofit have dissipated for dozens of families grieving a loved one killed by police. The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation Inc., which was widely criticized

By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Biden administration plan could increase salaries for hundreds of low-paid early childhood teachers caring for the country’s poorest children. But it might force some centers to cut enrollment. The Health and Human Services agency’s proposed federal rule would require Head Start programs to offer teachers salaries

By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Just minutes after President John F. Kennedy was fatally shot as his motorcade rolled through downtown Dallas, Associated Press reporter Peggy Simpson rushed to the scene and immediately attached herself to the police officers who had converged on the building from which a sniper’s bullets had been

By DÉBORA REY Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — When right-wing populist Javier Milei became Argentina’s president-elect, he dedicated his victory to “The boss,” the nickname he uses for his enigmatic sister, Karina Milei. She is the most important of a trio of influential women surrounding the fiery outsider who shot to the presidency

DENVER (AP) — Authorities in Colorado say four men have been found dead at a home just north of Denver. The Adams County Sheriff’s Office says deputies responded to a call about a gunshot victim at a home Tuesday afternoon and found the four dead men inside. The agency said it appeared to be an

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A strong, deep undersea earthquake shook the eastern side of Indonesia on Wednesday. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damages. The 6.0 magnitude quake hit an area 94 kilometers (58 miles) west of Tobelo in Indonesia’s North Maluku province at a depth of 116 kilometers (72 miles). Indonesia’s Meteorology,

By TARA COPP and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A major Iranian-backed militant group in Iraq has warned it may strike additional U.S. targets after U.S. warplanes killed multiple militants in response to the first use of a short-range ballistic missile against U.S. forces at Al-Asad Air Base in Iraq. Tensions in the

By MEAD GRUVER and JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press Republican Celeste Maloy won a Utah special election Tuesday to replace her former boss, U.S. Rep. Chris Stewart, in a race that will put a woman back among Utah’s five-member congressional delegation for the first time since 2019. Maloy beat state Sen. Kathleen Riebe, who as minority

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — A U.S. appeals court has sided with Cristiano Ronaldo, rejecting an appeal by a woman trying to force the international soccer star to pay millions more than the $375,000 in hush money he paid her after she accused him of raping her in 2009. The woman’s