AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Bill Cobbs, the veteran character actor who became a ubiquitous and sage screen presence as an older man, has died. He was 90. Cobbs died Tuesday at his home in the Inland Empire, California, surrounded by family and friends, his publicist Chuck I. Jones said. Natural causes is
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — NASA has awarded SpaceX an $843 million contract to build the vehicle that will bring the International Space Station out of its longtime orbit of Earth when its operating lifespan ends in a few more years. SpaceX, a privately held company controlled by technology mogul Elon Musk, will build the vehicle that
Continue ReadingIRVING, Texas (AP) — Two people were killed in a fast food restaurant in suburban Dallas in a shooting that police say was targeted. Irving police said Wednesday that they had identified a suspect, who has not yet been arrested. Police said there wasn’t a threat to the public. Television footage showed that screens had
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DALLAS (AP) — Nearly 80 criminal trespass arrests stemming from a pro-Palestinian protest in April at the University of Texas have been dismissed. The attorney for Travis County said at a news conference Wednesday that the 79 cases that were dismissed all stemmed from the April 29 protest. Delia Garza said cases involving
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Former Republican U.S. Rep. Ken Buck resigned from Congress frustrated by a flank of the GOP’s unwavering devotion to former President Donald Trump. Now he will likely be replaced by one of their most boisterous leaders, Rep. Lauren Boebert. Boebert’s political gambit of switching districts mid-election season paid
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Most U.S. adults plan to watch some element of Thursday’s presidential debate and many think the event will be important for the campaigns of both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Both men remain
Continue ReadingAssociated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb says the state plans to resume executions for the first time in over a decade after acquiring a drug used for lethal injection. Holcomb’s Wednesday announcement says the state is seeking an execution date for Joseph Corcoran, a man convicted in the killings of four
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — George Latimer’s decisive victory over Rep. Jamaal Bowman in suburban New York dealt the left-flank its first electoral defeat this cycle. It is now raising concerns about how other incumbents might fare in the coming months and whether the progressives party’s recent ascension in Washington is coming to an end.
Continue ReadingLA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — The president of Bolivia is a 60-year-old leftist whom many see as an opponent of Washington-backed free-market and neoliberal policies. Luis Arce was the target of a failed coup Wednesday when the general commander of the army led rebels to Bolivia’s government palace. Arce named a new army commander, and
Continue ReadingThis week’s new streaming entertainment releases include albums from Camila Cabello and Megan Thee Stallion, Amazon Prime has a documentary about Celine Dion dealing with a rare neurological disorder and Eva Longoria plays a woman whose life changes completely in “Land of Women.” Marvel star Anthony Mackie swam with sharks in the Gulf of Mexico
Continue ReadingAssociated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas appeals court denied a request to consider whether to reverse Gov. Greg Abbott’s pardon of a man who was convicted of killing a Black Lives Matter demonstrator. The decision from the Court of Criminal Appeals on Wednesday at least temporarily blocked a prosecutor’s request to consider whether
Continue ReadingST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland (AP) — The Canadian government has ended the Newfoundland and Labrador cod moratorium, which gutted the Atlantic coast province’s economy and transformed its small communities more than 30 years ago. The Fisheries Department announced Wednesday it would reestablish a commercial cod fishery in the province, with a total allowable catch of 18,000
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen says he’ll call lawmakers back for a special session next month to address property tax relief. But Pillen also signaled his hope that lawmakers could change Nebraska back to a winner-take-all system of awarding electoral votes. That comes ahead of this year’s tight presidential election battle. Pillen would need
Continue ReadingBOSTON (AP) — Prosecutors say a former Boston attorney has been found guilty of rape after a jury deliberated for five hours. Gary Zerola was acquitted of the greater charge of aggravated rape and burglary on Wednesday. The former prosecutor and defense attorney was once named one of People magazine’s most eligible bachelors. The Suffolk
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — New York’s public transit system will stop work on a planned subway line expansion and retreat from other projects. That’s because of a $16.5 billion shortfall caused by Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul’s decision to halt a plan to fund the projects through “congestion” tolls imposed on drivers entering the busiest part
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The visuals were stunning: Water from the Blue Earth River surged around a southern Minnesota dam, carrying a shipping container with it as it toppled utility poles, wrecked a substation and washed away part of a riverbank. A home on the edge of the eroded slope collapsed into the river.
Continue ReadingLA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — An apparent failed coup attempt erupted Wednesday in Bolivia, where armored vehicles rammed into the doors of the government palace and President Luis Arce said the country stood firm against attacks on democracy. Arce confronted the general commander of the army — Juan José Zúñiga, who appeared to be leading
Continue ReadingAP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Federal health officials are strengthening their endorsement of RSV vaccinations for people 75 and older. But they also made a narrower recommendation for people 60 to 74. The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday accepted the recommendations from a committee of outside advisers
Continue ReadingAP National Writer EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee announced it is giving a five-year contract extension to CEO Sarah Hirshland. It’s a move that will keep the executive in her role through the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. In a letter addressed to the USOPC community, chairman Gene Sykes said Hirshland’s
Continue ReadingREDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) — A California radiologist accused of trying to kill his wife and two children when he drove his Tesla off a cliff along the Northern California coast will receive mental health treatment instead of standing trial. A San Mateo County judge has ruled Dharmesh Patel will have to complete a two-year
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