Month: May 2024

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The UN’s World Food Programme says extreme weather attributed to the El Nino phenomenon is causing a surge in hunger in several countries, including Zambia and Afghanistan, and called on donors for much-needed help. El Nino is a natural, temporary and occasional warming of

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A man who was exonerated after spending eight years in prison for a murder has been charged in a different fatal New York City shooting. Twenty-six-year-old Shamel Capers has been indicted Tuesday on charges including attempted murder in connection with a July 23, 2023, shootout between

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A wealthy Chinese businessman who left his homeland and became a U.S.-based outspoken critic of China’s Communist Party has gone on trial in New York on charges that he defrauded people worldwide of over $1 billion. Guo Wengui sat with his lawyers in Manhattan federal court

By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer At 17, Israel McKenzie was so burdened by obesity that he stopped going to high school in person and was embarrassed to speak to people at his restaurant job. “I was in a really dark place,” says McKenzie, whose weight had climbed to 335 pounds on his 6-foot-1 frame,

ASSOCIATED PRESS TEL AVIV, ISRAEL (AP) — Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, visited Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site on Wednesday in what he described as a protest against the recognition of a Palestinian state by three European countries. It was the latest act of defiance by an ultranationalist settler leader who has transformed

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A rare tornado in northern Haiti has injured more than 50 people and destroyed more than 200 homes. The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said Wednesday that the tornado hit the community of Bassin-Bleu on Tuesday. It left more than 300 families homeless. The office noted

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Bipartisan legislation introduced in the House on Wednesday would require presidents and vice presidents to publicly disclose tax returns before, during and after their time in the White House as Congress makes an election-year push to curb foreign influence in American politics. The proposal, led by the

By ELENA BECATOROS and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press NAFPLIO, Greece (AP) — A group of Egyptians jailed for nearly a year pending trial for a deadly shipwreck have been released from jail in southern Greece, a day after a Greek court threw out the case against them on grounds that it had no jurisdiction to

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Two private investment firms have created a platform to help athletic departments find funding with college sports on the verge of sweeping change that could have long-term financial implications. RedBird Capital and Weatherford Capital announced the creation of Collegiate Athletic Solutions, which is trying to cash in on a college sports