Month: May 2023

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — As Sen. Tim Scott enters the 2024 GOP presidential field, he will be eager to introduce himself to voters who might not know much about him. He will be the first to say his Christian faith is an integral part of his political and personal

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — The Cannes Film Festival is on, which means stopwatches are out. Nowhere are the length of standing ovations at high-wattage premieres more carefully recorded and parsed than in Cannes. Did a movie garner a triumphant eight-minute standing ovation? Or did the audience stand for a

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s government says it will decentralize its Education Department to better serve students. Monday’s announcement comes amid ongoing criticism that the department is inefficient, corrupt and struggling to stem an increase in dropouts. U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona traveled to the U.S. territory for the announcement and said

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a 37-year-old mother drowned one of her daughters in their South Carolina home and was trying to kill another child when the oldest daughter was awakened by screams and managed to save her sister. Investigators say Jamie Bradley Brun is charged with murder and

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The suspect in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students opted Monday to “stand silent” to murder charges, prompting the judge to enter not guilty pleas on his behalf ahead of a trial in which he could face the death penalty. The Nov. 13,

MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s government said Monday it is suspending a ceasefire with a rebel group that was recently accused of killing four Indigenous people who tried to avoid forced recruitment in the south of the country. In a statement issued on Monday, President Gustavo Petro’s administration said that the

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Mutual supporters of Sen. Tim Scott and former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley are in a conundrum now that the two South Carolina natives are both candidates for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. The two have a long history: They worked alongside each other in

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private flight carrying two Saudi astronauts and other visitors has arrived at the International Space Station. The SpaceX capsule pulled up at the orbiting lab Monday, less than 16 hours after blasting off from Florida. Saudi Arabia’s first female astronaut is among the

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Officials in Poland and Ukraine, staunch strategic partners, have unexpectedly exchanged bitter remarks regarding a painful mutual past that includes mass murder. This year is the 80th anniversary of the massacres of tens of thousands of Poles by Ukrainians that Poland calls genocide. Seeking to calm emotions, an aide to Poland’s

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen says he was blindsided during an attack on him outside a South Florida hotel following a concert earlier this year. The band performed in Fort Lauderdale on March 13 when Allen says he was attacked outside of a hotel. He says he heard a couple