Idris Elba helps uncover the WWII soldiers of color who never got their due
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — More than 8 million people of color served with the Allies but little is known of their…
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A Black medic wounded on D-Day saved dozens of lives. He’s finally being posthumously honored
By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Waverly Woodson Jr., a medic who was part of the only Black combat unit to take part in the…
Continue ReadingGilgo Beach serial killing suspect returning to court after a renewed search of his home
JAKE OFFENHARTZ and PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York architect charged in the Gilgo Beach killings will return to court…
Continue ReadingBiden prepares an order that would shut down asylum if a daily average of 2,500 migrants arrive
By SEUNG MIN KIM, STEPHEN GROVES and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is telling lawmakers that President Joe Biden…
Continue ReadingTaraji P. Henson will host the 2024 BET Awards. Here’s what to know about the show
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The 2024 BET Awards are fast approaching. Last year’s show celebrated 50 years of hip-hop…
Continue ReadingChicago Sports Network set to air Blackhawks, Bulls and White Sox games
CHICAGO (AP) — A new network is launching to carry games from three Chicago pro teams, the Blackhawks, Bulls and White Sox. The Chicago Sports…
Continue ReadingCEO pay is rising, widening the gap between top executives and workers. What to know, by the numbers
NEW YORK (AP) — The typical compensation for CEOs of S&P 500 companies keeps climber higher — and outpacing the wages of average workers…
Continue ReadingUniversity of the Arts abruptly announces June 7 closure, vows to help students transfer
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia’s University of the Arts has abruptly announced that it will close in a week. Officials called the June 7…
Continue ReadingTechnical issues briefly halt trading for some NYSE stocks in the latest glitch to hit Wall Street
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A technical issue caused the temporary halt for dozens of stocks listed on the New York Stock…
Continue ReadingFrench children hail D-Day veterans as heroes as they arrive in Normandy for anniversary events
By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press DEAUVILLE AIRPORT, France (AP) — ‘’To our forever heroes: Thank you” — those words inscribed by…
Continue ReadingProposed Gaza cease-fire puts Netanyahu at a crossroads that could shape his legacy
By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The cease-fire proposal announced by President Joe Biden has placed Prime Minister…
Continue ReadingInternational monitor notes some irregularities during Serbia’s rerun of municipal election
By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — An international observer says Serbia’s rerun of a troubled municipal election in…
Continue ReadingDozens more former youth inmates sue over alleged sexual abuse at Illinois detention centers
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press Dozens more former youth inmates are suing over alleged sexual abuse they endured at Illinois detention centers.…
Continue ReadingTrial in the fatal daytime ambush of rapper Young Dolph reset to September
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A judge on Monday reset the trial date for a man charged with killing rapper Young Dolph in…
Continue ReadingPakistan’s Imran Khan is acquitted of leaking state secrets but remains in prison on other charges
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A lawyer for Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan says an appeals court has acquitted him of leaking state…
Continue ReadingCalifornia firefighters make significant progress against wildfire east of San Francisco Bay
By MELINA WALLING and JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press California’s largest wildfire so far this year was significantly surrounded Monday after…
Continue ReadingHawaii’s Kilauea erupts again in a remote area. It’s one of the most active volcanoes in the world
HONOLULU (AP) — One of the most active volcanoes in the world has erupted again in a remote area that last erupted a half-century ago. The U.S.…
Continue ReadingOhio’s Republican governor signs measure ensuring Biden appears on the fall ballot
By BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI Associated Press Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has signed a measure to ensure President Joe Biden will appear on the state ballot in…
Continue ReadingHow to find the right balance between telemedicine and in-person care
By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Patients can now see a growing array of doctors without leaving their living room recliner thanks to telemedicine. But…
Continue ReadingRussia’s foreign minister again visits Africa, this time in Guinea, as some ties cool with the West
By BOUBACAR DIALLO Associated Press CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has arrived in Guinea on his latest visit to West…
Continue ReadingKamala Harris is to represent the US at a Swiss ‘peace summit’ for Ukraine
By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris will represent the U.S. at this month’s…
Continue ReadingBrigitte Bierlein, Austria’s first woman chancellor, dies at 74
BERLIN (AP) — Brigitte Bierlein, the former head of Austria’s Constitutional Court who became the country’s first female chancellor in an…
Continue ReadingA Paris judge questions 3 men suspected of ‘psychological violence’ at Eiffel Tower
By ANGELA CHARLTON and BARBARA SURK Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French prosecutors say three people have been released from custody pending…
Continue Reading‘SNL’ lampooned men in artistic swimming. Bill May could be the sport’s first male Olympian
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Bill May chuckles at the mere mention of the words “Saturday Night Live,” knowing that…
Continue ReadingMan gets 43-year prison sentence in death of Detroit-area teen whose body is lost in landfill
DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit man has been sentenced to more than 40 years in prison for killing a teenager whose body is believed to be lost forever in…
Continue ReadingHong Kong detains an artist on the eve of the 35th anniversary of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police have briefly detained a performance artist on the eve of the 35th anniversary of…
Continue ReadingTurkey’s defense minister says planned elections by Syrian Kurdish groups are ‘unacceptable’
By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s defense minister says plans by U.S.-backed Kurdish groups to hold local…
Continue ReadingFauci pushes back partisan attacks in fiery House hearing over COVID origins and controversies
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease expert until leaving the government in…
Continue ReadingPoland has arrested 18 people on allegations of planning hostile acts on behalf of Russia, Belarus
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s interior minister says 18 people have been arrested over the past six months on various allegations of…
Continue ReadingUN monitor says Russia recognizes it would be unsafe now to restart Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
By STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog says Russia may eventually restart the Zaporizhzhia…
Continue ReadingPolice probing deadly street party in Ohio believe drive-by shooter opened fire
AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Police investigating a deadly shooting at a street party in Akron over the weekend think at least one person opened fire on the…
Continue ReadingPopulist campaigner Nigel Farage makes an about-face and says he will run in the UK election
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Pro-Brexit, anti-immigration campaigner Nigel Farage stepped back into front-line British politics…
Continue ReadingClimate solution: Massachusetts town experiments with community heating and cooling
By ISABELLA O’MALLEY Associated Press A community in Massachusetts is about to become one of the first in the U.S. to be heated with…
Continue ReadingMarket jitters follow election of first woman as Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum
By MARÍA VERZA and MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hours after declaring victory, Mexico’s newly elected president, the first…
Continue ReadingNeed a pharmacy? These states and neighborhoods have less access
By TOM MURPHY and KASTURI PANANJADY Associated Press Opening stores used to mean everything to pharmacy chains. CVS Health once boasted of opening or…
Continue ReadingU.S. says Congo hasn’t given it access to Americans detained over alleged roles in coup attempt
By JESSICA DONATI Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The U.S. Embassy in Congo says Congolese authorities have not shared details or provided…
Continue ReadingGameStop leaps as investor known as ‘Roaring Kitty’ indicates he holds a large position in the stock
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Shares of GameStop have soared following speculation that the man at the center of the pandemic meme stock…
Continue ReadingIran’s hard-line parliament speaker emerges as the theocracy’s top figure in the presidential vote
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s hard-line parliament speaker emerged on Monday as the…
Continue ReadingRep. Sheila Jackson Lee, a Texas Democrat, says she has pancreatic cancer
HOUSTON (AP) — Longtime U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee says she has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and is undergoing treatment. The…
Continue ReadingVatican cardinal urges Europeans to remember own migratory roots ahead of European elections
ROME (AP) — A top Vatican cardinal has urged European voters to remember their own migratory roots in showing sympathy to people forced to flee…
Continue ReadingEgypt’s prime minister is reappointed to form a new government
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi has reappointed Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouly to form a new government. Madbouly earlier…
Continue ReadingNigeria loses electricity and major airports close as unions seek higher wages amid record inflation
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press GOMBE, Nigeria (AP) — Africa’s most populous country has ground to a halt as Nigeria’s largest labor unions…
Continue ReadingHow AP covered the D-Day landings and lost photographer Bede Irvin in the battle for Normandy
By VALERIE KOMOR Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — When Associated Press correspondent Don Whitehead arrived with other journalists in southern…
Continue ReadingMan detained in Romania’s capital after allegedly attacking Israeli embassy with Molotov cocktail
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A foreign citizen has been detained in Romania’s capital after allegedly attacking the entrance of the Israeli Embassy…
Continue ReadingCEOs got hefty pay raises in 2023, widening the gap with the workers they oversee
By MAE ANDERSON, PAUL HARLOFF and BARBARA ORTUTAY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The typical compensation package for chief executives who run…
Continue ReadingJapan police search for suspects in spray-painting of graffiti at controversial war shrine
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese police are searching for the suspects who spray-painted the word “toilet” on a Tokyo…
Continue Reading2 NYC officers and a gunman are shot and wounded during a pursuit, officials say
NEW YORK (AP) — Police in New York City say two police officers and a 19-year-old man were shot and wounded in a confrontation and were…
Continue ReadingGerman tour operator FTI is filing for insolvency and canceling future trips
BERLIN (AP) — German tour operator FTI says it is filing for insolvency protection from creditors, and trips that haven’t yet started will be…
Continue ReadingHow AP and Equilar calculated CEO pay
The Associated Press For its annual analysis of CEO pay, The Associated Press used data provided by Equilar, an executive data firm. Equilar examined…
Continue ReadingMore women made the list of top paid CEOs in 2023, but their numbers are still small compared to men
By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer More women are reaching the top ranks of the corporate suite of S&P 500 companies, but their numbers are still…
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