By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Investigators who have been working more than half a century to solve the case of 16-year-old Pamela Lynn Conyers, who was strangled to death in central Maryland, say they’ve identified a second suspect in her killing – though their quest for answers still isn’t over. The second suspect, Donald Willard,
Continue ReadingBY JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken has underscored Washington’s “ironclad commitment” to help defend the Philippines in case of an armed attack against its forces. Clashes between Chinese and Filipino coast guards in the disputed South China Sea recently turned more hostile. Blinken held talks with his
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By Hannah Rabinowitz and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Federal Judge Aileen Cannon issued an order Monday for lawyers to submit instructions for a trial jury in former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case – signaling that the debate over whether Trump had the authority to keep documents from his White House could remain a central issue of the
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker sat on the front row of a packed courtroom Tuesday and watched as a federal judge handed down yearslong sentences to two of the white former Mississippi law enforcement officers who tortured the two Black men last
Continue ReadingBy JEFF McMURRAY Associated Press When Mike O’Neil opened his bicycle repair shop in Muncie, Indiana, the Cardinal Greenway trail just outside its window stretched only 2 miles south of the shop. Today, it extends 33 miles (53 kilometers) beyond that, but the ultimate vision is far grander. O’Neil hopes the trail born from eastern
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. BLOOD and CHRISTOPHER WEBER LOS ANGELES (AP) — California state Legislator Vince Fong has advanced to a May election to decide who will complete the remainder of the term of deposed former U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. The term runs through January. It’s not yet clear who will emerge from a crowded
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press Tuesday’s primaries for three contested seats on the Ohio Supreme Court kicked off a high-stakes battle for partisan control of the court this fall. The court, which currently has a 4-3 Republican majority, is expected to determine how to implement an amendment to the state constitution protecting abortion rights that voters overwhelmingly approved
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK and JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Donald Trump has launched his general election campaign not merely rewriting the history of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, but positioning the violent siege and its failed attempt to overturn the 2020 election as a cornerstone of his bid
Continue ReadingBy DAVID HAMILTON AP Technology Reporter SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Former CNN reporter Don Lemon mixed it up with Tesla CEO Elon Musk in an interview Lemon posted on Musk’s X social network Monday. The interview was supposed to kick off Lemon’s new talk show on X, formerly known as Twitter, at least until Musk
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — An open race to lead the nation’s second-largest prosecutor’s office remains too early to call after a heated primary campaign in the Chicago area. The Democratic matchup for the Cook County state’s attorney primary features Eileen O’Neill Burke and Clayton Harris III. O’Neill Burke had a narrow
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE L. PRICE, JONATHAN J. COOPER and PATRICK ORSAGOS Associated Press TEMPE, Arizona (AP) — As Joe Biden and Donald Trump moved closer to a November rematch, primary voters around the country on Tuesday urged their favored candidate to keep up the fight and worried about what might happen if their side loses this
Continue ReadingBy JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s picks have won two high-profile races in Ohio that could affect Republicans’ chances for potentially pivotal pickups this fall. In the bruising and expensive primary to face Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown this fall, voters Tuesday chose Cleveland businessman Bernie Moreno over
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The Illinois primary has meant big wins for incumbents with two Chicago-area Democrats emerging from competitive primaries. Meanwhile, a downstate Republican challenger conceded in a race that focused on an endorsement from President Donald Trump. Turnout was low in the primary, notably in Chicago. Roughly 20% of
Continue ReadingBy MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press KIRYAT SHMONA, Israel (AP) — For four years, Sivan Shoshani Partush recruited families for Kibbutz Malkiya, a community of around 400 that she calls her “little slice of heaven.” It wasn’t a hard sell: spacious homes, beautiful nature, paths winding through manicured lawns, and a slower pace of life than
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Ariana Grande and Dalton Gomez are now divorced. A Los Angeles Superior Court judgment dissolving their marriage of nearly three years became official Tuesday, six months after the 30-year-old pop star file a petition to divorce the 28-year-old real estate broker. The two separated more than a year ago, according to
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Spotify paid out $9 billion in streaming royalties last year, the streaming giant said Tuesday in its latest “Loud and Clear” report. Spotify’s fourth annual report, which originally launched in 2021 following criticism over its lack of transparency, noted record accomplishments, including the highest annual
Continue ReadingBy ALEX VEIGA and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press The cost of hiring a real estate agent to buy or sell a home may soon change, along with decades-old rules that have helped determine broker commissions. The policy changes could help spur price competition for agents’ services and lower the cost for sellers who typically now
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By Pallabi Munsi, Nima Elbagir, Barbara Arvanitidis and Mark Baron, CNN (CNN) — In mid-December, the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) swept into Sudan’s central Al Jazira state, known as the country’s breadbasket, with an ultimatum: “Enlist or die.” Since then, the militia group has sought to use food as a weapon, withholding supplies from
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By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Abortions are on the rise in the United States, despite bans that have taken effect in more than a dozen states since the US Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision that revoked the federal right to abortion in June 2022. There were more than 1 million abortions in the US in
Continue Reading CNN, POOL, GUTTMACHER INSTITUTE, DANCO LABS By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Abortions are on the rise in the United States, despite bans that have taken effect in more than a dozen states since the US Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision that revoked the federal right to abortion in June 2022. There were more than 1
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