Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro’s main beaches bustle with commotion on sunny weekends. But activity ground to a near standstill on one stretch of sand. People held up their phones to record athletic feats they’d never before witnessed, or even imagined. The game? Footvolley, a combination of soccer and beach
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The former head of food services for New York City public schools has been sentenced to two years in prison for a bribery scandal that resulted in children being served chicken tenders contaminated with metal and bone. Eric Goldstein was sentenced in Brooklyn federal court on Monday along with
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Police arrested a 28-year-old man on suspicion that he pointed a gun at another driver Sunday in Jefferson City.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Edward B. Johnson, who as a CIA officer traveled into Iran with a colleague to rescue six American diplomats who fled the 1979 U.S. Embassy takeover in Tehran, has died, the agency confirmed Monday. He was 81. Johnson’s identity for decades had been hidden from the public,
Continue ReadingBy Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — An airstrike targeting civilian areas in southeastern Sudan has left more than 20 people dead and dozens of others wounded, authorities in the embattled Sennar state said, as civil war rages between the country’s army and a paramilitary militia. At least 21 civilians were killed and 63 injured in
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — A police officer dragged Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill out of his sports car by his arm and head and then forced him face-first onto the ground after Hill put up the window of his car during a traffic stop before Sunday’s game, body camera video
Continue ReadingMONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Authorities in Liberia say that dozens of inmates have escaped from a maximum security prison outside the country’s capital over the weekend. The Justice Ministry said in a statement on Monday that the initial investigations found that the inmates were able to escape the prison in Kakata because of a breach
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI says Americans were duped out of more than $5.6 billion last year through fraud schemes involving cryptocurrency. The report released Monday shows a 45 percent jump in losses from 2022. The FBI received nearly 70,000 complaints in 2023 by victims of fraud involving bitcoin, ether and other cryptocurrencies, according to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit trying to overturn the South Carolina prison system’s baning on-camera, in-person interviews with inmates or recording their phone calls for broadcast. The American Civil Liberties Union wanted to air a podcast with a death row inmate and also represents a transgender
Continue ReadingAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. chief says the United Nations has offered to monitor any cease-fire in Gaza and is demanding an end to the worst death and destruction he has seen in his more than seven-year tenure. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told The Associated Press in an interview Monday that it’s “unrealistic”
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. government has temporarily halted a plan to remove iconic stray cats that live in a historic district in Puerto Rico’s capital until a lawsuit opposing the project is resolved. The ruling was cheered Monday by those fighting a decision by the U.S. National Park Service
Continue ReadingAssociated Press On Oneida Nation in Wisconsin, white corn harvests are an important cultural practice. Corn is taken to elders, the husks are dried and braided and seeds are saved for the following season. But this year, on one Oneida farm, climate change-fueled spring rains destroyed nearly the whole white corn harvest, and they won’t
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer Norfolk Southern’s board has confirmed that the railroad’s CEO Alan Shaw is under investigation for potential ethical lapses. A spokeswoman for the Atlanta-based railroad declined to offer any additional details Monday about the nature of the allegations against Shaw, who has been CEO since May 2022. Shaw has been under tremendous pressure.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Dozens of women who say they suffered excruciating pain at a Yale University fertility clinic because a nurse stole fentanyl and replaced it with saline have settled their lawsuits against the Ivy League school. Patients and their lawyers announced the settlement Monday in New Haven, Connecticut. Details of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A judge has agreed to move the trial of a man charged in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students out of the city where the crimes occurred. In an order dated Friday, Idaho Second District Judge John C. Judge said he was concerned about defendant Bryan
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Calling it “unserious and unacceptable,” House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries rejected on Monday a proposal from Speaker Mike Johnson that links continued government funding for six months with a measure to require proof of citizenship when registering to vote. The response frames the spending battle to come over the next
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegalese authorities say a boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of Senegal over the weekend, leaving at least four people dead and several others missing. The artisanal fishing boat left the town of Mbour heading to Europe on Sunday afternoon before capsizing a few miles off the coast,
Continue ReadingNICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus and the United States have signed a defense cooperation framework agreement that outlines ways the countries can enhance their response to regional humanitarian crises and security concerns. The two sides hailed the agreement on Monday as another milestone in burgeoning Cypriot-U.S. ties in recent years. The U.S. praised Cypriot authorities
Continue ReadingHORSEHEADS, N.Y. (AP) — A site in New York state has been chosen to build trains for a new high-speed rail line being constructed between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Monday that Siemens Mobility will build a 300,000-square-foot facility in Horseheads, New York. The manufacturing site is
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A judge has ordered a mental evaluation and delayed the trial for an 85-year-old white man who shot Ralph Yarl after the teenage Black honor student came to his Kansas City, Missouri, home by mistake. Andrew Lester’s lawyer requested the evaluation last month, saying the retired aircraft mechanic’s health has deteriorated so much
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