Month: May 2024

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Police say a stick shift thwarted a Colorado woman who tried to steal a pickup truck — shortly after she was released from jail on a car-theft charge. Police in Boulder say the woman was released from jail on May 3 after allegedly stealing a car the day before. She walked

By ED WHITE Associated Press Police in Michigan say a startling discovery was made on the roof of a Michigan grocery store: A woman was living inside the store sign for roughly a year. Contractors who were on the roof of a Family Fare store in Midland found the 34-year-old in late April. The sign

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Attorney General Dave Yost has advised Ohio’s public universities that a law written to deter Ku Klux Klan demonstrations could be used to impose felony charges on students who wear face coverings during pro-Palestinian protests. In a letter Monday, Yost told presidents at Ohio’s

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has sided with a music producer in a copyright case, allowing him to seek more than a decade’s worth of damages over a sample used in a Flo Rida song. The 6-3 decision Thursday comes in a case filed by Sherman Nealy, who sued

STRATFORD, Conn. (AP) — Police say a wrong-way crash on Connecticut’s Merritt Parkway has killed all four people in two vehicles. State police said an SUV was traveling northbound in the southbound lanes when it crashed into a minivan and burst into flames. It happened at about 1:45 a.m. Thursday in Stratford. Concern is increasing

By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California could soon deploy generative artificial intelligence tools to help reduce traffic jams, make roads safer and provide tax guidance, among other things. The state has announced the new agreements Thursday with five companies. They are parts of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s efforts to harness the power

By SYLVIE CORBET and TOM NOUVIAN Associated Press MARSEILLE, France (AP) — A Ukrainian gymnast has led a group of European athletes carrying the torch for the Paris Olympics through Marseille, a gesture of European unity and solidarity with her country amid its war with Russia. Mariia Vysochanska was part of a collective that included

By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A New York appeals court has ruled that a state commission tasked with investigating ethical violations was created unconstitutionally, a ruling that could strip the watchdog agency of its enforcement powers. The Thursday ruling stems from a lawsuit filed by former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Cracks are showing in one of the main pillars keeping the economy out of a recession: resilient spending by U.S. households. Consumer goods giants from PepsiCo to Kraft Heinz have been describing recently how the combination of high inflation and higher interest rates is hurting