LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paul Kovacich, a K-9 commander serving life for his wife’s 1982 murder, has a mixed message for the California parole board ahead of his first chance of freedom: He doesn’t want an early release — and he didn’t kill his beloved German shepherd. Far from admitting guilt, the 76-year-old argues that […]
The assignment involves no laptop, no chatbot and no technology of any kind. In fact, there’s no pen or paper, either. Instead, students in Chris Schaffer’s biomedical engineering class at Cornell University are required to speak directly to an instructor in what he calls an “oral defense.” It’s a testing method as old as Socrates […]
Wall Street pointed toward solid gains and oil prices fell 6% Wednesday over the possibility of a de-escalation in Iran and negotiations with the United States. S&P futures rose 1% before the opening bell, as did futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Nasdaq futures gained 1.1%. Oil prices retreated on growing hopes for a […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rodolfo “Rudy” Acuña, a pioneering political activist, academic and historian who founded one of the first Chicano Studies programs offered by a major U.S. university, has died at 93. Acuña’s landmark 1972 textbook “Occupied America: A History of Chicanos” continues to be taught in schools. He died Monday, said Carmen Ramos […]
NEW YORK (AP) — It took less than a minute for a routine landing to spiral into a deadly crash Sunday at New York’s LaGuardia Airport. But the collision between an Air Canada flight and a fire truck crossing the runway was the culmination of a series of events that began much earlier. The Associated […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The first jury verdict in a series of social media child safety trials this year is in — and it’s not looking good for Meta. A jury in New Mexico found on Tuesday that the social media giant’s platforms are harmful to children’s mental health and imposed a $375 million penalty. […]
Law enforcement officials on Tuesday said they are taking steps to monitor and counter threats to Jewish and Muslim communities nationwide since the onset of war in the Middle East, multiple hate crimes and an attempted terror attack prompted increased security measures at places of worship and investigations into extremist activity. As the FBI conducts […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military is preparing to deploy at least 1,000 troops from the 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East in the coming days, according to three people with knowledge of the plans. The unit is considered the Army’s emergency response force and can typically be deployed on short notice. The force […]
The pilots killed in Sunday’s collision between a plane and a fire truck on a runway in New York were two young, ambitious Canadian men that had long dreamed of becoming pilots. Mackenzie Gunther and Antoine Forrest were operating the Air Canada jet that was landing at New York’s LaGuardia Airport on Sunday when it […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department’s investigation of a $2.5 billion renovation project at the Federal Reserve didn’t find any evidence of a crime, a federal prosecutor privately conceded under questioning by a skeptical judge earlier this month, according to a transcript of the sealed hearing. That admission by Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew Massucco came […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon has acquired Fauna Robotics, just under two months after the startup introduced a humanoid robot called Sprout designed to be a friendly addition to social spaces like homes and schools. The e-commerce giant is already a robotics powerhouse, having boasted of deploying more than 1 million robots across its warehouse […]
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico jury found Tuesday that social media conglomerate Meta violated state consumer protection law in failing to disclose the risks of its platforms to children. The landmark decision comes after a nearly seven-week trial. Jurors sided with state prosecutors who argued that Meta — which owns Instagram, Facebook […]
ATLANTA (AP) — Belgian pharmaceutical company UCB announced Tuesday that it would invest $2 billion to build a drug-making plant in suburban Atlanta. The rapidly growing drugmaker said the plant, which would employ about 330 people upon completion, would anchor its effort to sell more drugs in the United States. “This decision reflects our confidence […]
HONOLULU (AP) — Crews on Tuesday began evaluating damage from a surprise downpour that sent floodwaters raging through a neighborhood near downtown Honolulu — the latest bout in a series of storms and flooding that have pummeled the state over the past two weeks. Residents along Oahu’s North Shore, famous for its big wave surfing, […]
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A U.N. Security Council resolution calling for countries to use “all necessary means” to keep the Strait of Hormuz open is facing some opposition for raising the possibility of U.N.-backed military action against Iran, according to three council diplomats. Bahrain put forward the proposal, which was obtained by The Associated Press […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Investigators are working to determine what caused a deadly collision between a jet and a fire truck on the runway at New York City’s LaGuardia Airport. Here’s what to know about the crash and the investigation: What happened on the runway? An Air Canada regional flight arrived from Montreal around 11:37 […]
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina government’s most influential politician, Republican state Senate leader Phil Berger, conceded the primary race for his legislative seat on Tuesday, shaking the power structure in the ninth-largest state and likely soon ending his preeminence as the state’s top conservative architect. Berger had trailed Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page in […]
The Trump administration’s $1 billion payout to a French energy company to walk away from U.S. offshore wind development is a novel approach against the industry that supporters see as creative — but opponents see as foolish and extreme. The Interior Department announced Monday that TotalEnergies agreed to what is essentially a refund of its […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has listed five objectives that the U.S. wants to achieve before ending its war with Iran. Now, as he suggests the U.S. may soon be “winding down” the operation after three and a half weeks, some of his key aims remain undefined or unfulfilled. Trump most recently outlined five […]
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Travelers passing through Philadelphia International Airport on Monday may have expected long security lines. But the longest line was made of cheesesteaks. Organizers say they achieved a new Guinness World Record for the longest line of cheesesteak sandwiches, with 1,291 lined up inside a departure hall to mark National Cheesesteak Day. The […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Tuesday confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick to lead a new Justice Department division focused on prosecuting fraud, despite critics’ concerns over potential political pressure to target White House opponents. Colin McDonald, a top aide to the Justice Department’s second-in-command, was confirmed in a vote of 52 to 47 to […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court grappled Tuesday with whether the Trump administration should be able to revive an immigration policy that has been used to turn back migrants seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border. Some conservative justices seemed receptive to the Justice Department’s push to overturn a lower-court ruling against the practice known as […]
A shooting in Boston. A carjacking in Washington, D.C. A robbery in New York. All were carried out with guns that were among hundreds bought in the South and trafficked north to cities with some of the nation’s strictest firearms laws, according to court documents gathered by the group Everytown for Gun Safety. The group’s […]
