Month: March 2024

MIAMI (AP) — Officials say a baby giraffe has died of a broken neck at Zoo Miami. The giraffe, born in December, was found by the zoo’s staff Saturday morning. Spokesperson Ron Magill says since the giraffe’s injury happened overnight and wasn’t observed by staff. He says they can only speculate that something startled the

LONDON (AP) — The British government says it will hold the next meeting of the European Political Community on July 18. The government announced Tuesday that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will host leaders from about 50 countries at Blenheim Palace. The 18th-century country mansion was the birthplace of wartime leader Winston Churchill. Sunak said the

By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer For the second straight year, Purdue’s Zach Edey is the unanimous headliner for The Associated Press men’s college basketball All-America team. The 7-foot-4, 300-pound senior topped all 62 ballots from AP Top 25 poll voters in results released Tuesday. The reigning AP national player of the year claimed all

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press Author Rebecca Serle often adds elements of magic to her writing. In her last book “One Italian Summer,” she writes about a woman who goes on vacation and meets a younger, more carefree version of her mother. In her new novel “Expiration Dates,” protagonist Daphne enters each romantic relationship knowing

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algerian officials are chiding television stations over the content choices they’ve made since the start of Ramadan. The North African nation’s communications minister this week summoned television station directors to question them about their advertising and certain subject matter broadcasted. His criticisms were the latest to face Algerian television stations, which

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s top Republican is deriding supporters of former President Donald Trump who are trying to recall him from office. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos on Tuesday predicted that their effort would fail and some would be subject to election fraud charges. Vos called those trying to oust

STANTON, Ky. (AP) — A man died and a woman was injured when they lost control of their vehicle at an off-road adventure park in eastern Kentucky and it fell off an 80-foot cliff, officials said. Crews responded to a report that a utility task vehicle crashed Saturday evening at Hollerwood Off-Road Adventure Park, Powell

By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A pregnant Arizona lawmaker who revealed in a speech in the state Senate that she’s planning to get an abortion says she wanted to share with the public the practical effects of abortion restrictions passed over the years. Democrat Eva Burch of Mesa told fellow senators in

By DAVID HAMILTON AP Business Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Reddit, that vast, lively and sometimes chaotic repository of internet discussion, said that its pending initial public offering may be worth almost three quarters of a billion dollars. It’s a pretty significant valuation for a company whose largely text-based service straddles the line between social

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press The billionaire philanthropist and author MacKenzie Scott announced Tuesday she would give $640 million to more than 360 organizations in response to an application process she launched last year. The award is more than double the amount that she initially promised in an open call for applications. The selected organizations