Month: March 2024

By The Associated Press EA Sports has announced that more than 10,000 athletes have accepted its offer to have their likeness featured in its upcoming college football video game. EA Sports began reaching out to college football players in February to pay them to be featured in the game that’s scheduled to launch this summer.

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has sanctioned Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa, the First Lady and other government officials for their alleged involvement in corruption and human rights abuses.  Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control imposed sanctions on three entities and eleven people, including the Mnangagwas, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga,

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — International Criminal Court prosecutors will present evidence against notorious fugitive Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony at the global court’s first ever in absentia hearing later this year. The court said Monday it will hold a confirmation of charges hearing against Kony, nearly two decades after first seeking his arrest. The

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Republican state senator says he will run for an open congressional seat representing northeastern Wisconsin. Andre Jacque of De Pere announced Monday that he will run for the 8th Congressional District seat being vacated by Mike Gallagher. Gallagher abruptly announced last month he won’t seek re-election after he angered his

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Authorities in South Carolina have released more information about the fatal police shooting of a double-murder suspect. The Greenville County Sheriff’s Office says deputies tried to get Gary Whitten to surrender in January after he beat his mother and girlfriend to death. This came months after

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hawaii Democrats will hold a presidential preference vote on Wednesday as President Joe Biden moves closer to securing the delegates needed to clinch nomination for a second term in the White House. Biden will appear on the ballot with U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips of Minnesota, self-help author

BRUSSELS (AP) — The federal prosecutor’s office in Belgium says police have arrested four people suspected of plotting an attack against a concert hall in Brussels. The office says the adult arrested has been charged with “participation in the activities of a terrorist group” with the aim of committing an attack. Three underage individuals also

By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press Two attorneys for then-President Donald Trump orchestrated a plan for fake electors to file paperwork falsely saying the Republican won Wisconsin in a strategy to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 victory there and in other swing states, according to a lawsuit settlement reached Monday that makes public months of texts and

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The first over-the-counter birth control pill will be available in U.S. stores later this month, allowing American women and teens to purchase contraceptive medication as easily as they buy aspirin. Manufacturer Perrigo said Monday it has begun shipping the medication, Opill, to major retailers and pharmacies.

By REBECCA BOONE and GENE JOHNSON Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Last week’s botched execution of a death-row inmate in Idaho showed the secrecy around capital punishment. Idaho lawmakers strengthened the state’s execution-secrecy law in 2022. It now ensures that the identities of people or entitities involved in making or supplying fatal drugs remain

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Rajah Caruth was like any other 4-year-old boy the first time he watched the movies “Cars” and vowed to become his own version of Lightning McQueen. He was, his family insists, obsessed with becoming a racecar driver. Born in Atlanta and raised in Washington,