Month: May 2023

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. deaths fell last year, and COVID-19 dropped to the nation’s No. 4 cause, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday. COVID-19 deaths trailed those caused by heart disease, cancer and injuries such as drug overdoses, motor vehicle fatalities and shootings. In 2020

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Former NBA star Shawn Kemp pleaded not guilty Thursday to an assault charge after prosecutors accused him of shooting at a man while attempting to retrieve a stolen cell phone. Kemp was released without bail following the arraignment in Pierce County Superior Court in Washington state. He was arrested after the

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Israel’s defense minister says Iran could have enough enriched uranium to make five nuclear weapons, and warned Tehran that proceeding to weapons-grade enrichment could “ignite the region.” Yoav Gallant made the remarks during a visit on Thursday to Greece. His remarks echoed international concerns, which have mounted over the past months,

By LESLIE AMBRIZ Associated Press Before taking on a new role, Melissa Barrera asks herself, “What is the message that I’m trying to send out into the world with this?” The Mexican actor and singer is intentional with the projects she selects, including her latest movie, “Carmen,” the feature directorial debut of “Black Swan” choreographer

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The European Union’s commissioner for justice says the bloc’s executive arm wants to delve deeper into why Cyprus has only frozen 100 million euros worth of assets belonging to Russians facing sanctions amid the war in Ukraine. European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders told reporters Thursday

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The seditious conspiracy convictions of leaders of the Proud Boys extremist group mark another major victory for the Justice Department in its massive prosecution of the attack on the U.S. Capitol. Jurors on Thursday found former Proud Boys national chairman Enrique Tarrio and

MOSCOW (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to Russia has visited Michigan corporate security executive Paul Whelan in a remote Russian prison. “Paul has been wrongfully detained in Russia for more than four years, and his release remains an absolute priority,” Ambassador Lynne Tracy wrote on Twitter that securing Whelan’s freedom “remains an absolute priority” and

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has signed an executive order setting the path to sanction individuals involved in the recent violence in Sudan that’s left hundreds dead and thrown the African nation into chaos. The Democratic president said in statement on Thursday that his order will “hold individuals responsible

By JENNIFER PELTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors heard former President Donald Trump blast a woman who accused him of rape as a “nut job” and “mentally sick” in a video recording that was shown Thursday during the trial of her federal lawsuit. A transcript of Trump’s remarks about