By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jeffrey Epstein was left alone in his jail cell with a surplus of bed linens the night he killed himself. Nearly all the surveillance cameras on his unit didn’t record. One worker was on duty for 24 hours straight. And, despite his high
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By MATTHEW BROWN, TERRY CHEA, CALEB DIEHL and CAMILLE FASSETT Associated Press DOWNIEVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Using chainsaws, heavy machinery and controlled burns, the Biden administration is trying to turn the tide on worsening wildfires in the U.S. West through a multi-billion dollar cleanup of forests choked with dead trees and undergrowth. Yet one year
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Monterey County’s Early Learning Program is planning on using the over $11 million to help with hiring, facility costs, and the services they provide.
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Fire season announced its arrival with a pair of small grass fires last week, and the upcoming Fourth of July holiday has Michael Seabury on edge.
Continue Reading TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has discussed his country’s interest in boosting economic ties with China during a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing. Hipkins says the focus of his meeting with Xi was to reaffirm their close economic relations by helping businesses renew their connections with Chinese
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Double Academy Award-winner Kevin Spacey, whose stellar acting career was derailed by sex assault allegations, goes on trial in London this week, accused of sexual offenses against four men in Britain. WHAT IS HE ACCUSED OF? Spacey, 63, faces a dozen charges, including of sexual assault, indecent
Continue Reading By ALEXANDRA OLSON AP Business Writer For the thousands of workers who’d never experienced upheaval in the tech sector, the recent mass layoffs at companies like Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Meta came as a shock. Now they are being courted by long-established employers whose names aren’t typically synonymous with tech work, including hotel chains, retailers,
Continue Reading By TRISHA THOMAS and REBECCA PRECCIUTI Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy’s culture and tourism ministers have vowed to find and punish a tourist who was filmed carving his name and that of his apparent girlfriend in the wall of the Colosseum in Rome, a crime that resulted in hefty fines in the past. The
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From the patio to the pool slide, the house is decked out in Barbie’s signature color, and the pool floaties spell “Ken!”
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The sun is shining, the beach is calling, and school is out: It’s time to prepare the song of the summer.
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A new California law aimed in part at boosting salaries for fast food workers has been delayed for nearly two years following industry resistance.
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There was a time in Brittney Griner’s life when a mid-season coaching change might have been tough to handle. Her 10-month detainment in Russia has a way of altering perspective.
Continue Reading ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s prime minister says he hopes the International Monetary Fund will make its decision in a day or two on the fate of the much-needed $6 billion bailout package for his country. Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif spoke on Tuesday to Kristalina Georgieva, the IMF chief. Pakistan has been in talks with the
Continue Reading By TRAVIS LOLLER and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The bishop of Knoxville, Tennessee, has resigned under pressure. Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Bishop Richard Stika on Tuesday following allegations he mishandled sex abuse allegations and several of his priests complained about his leadership and behavior. Stika’s departure closes a turbulent
Continue Reading By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The United Nations human rights office says Russian forces carried out widespread and systematic torture of civilians who were detained in connection with its attack on Ukraine, and summarily executed dozens of them. The global body interviewed hundreds of victims and witnesses for a report Tuesday detailing
Continue Reading By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan announced Tuesday a decision to reinstate South Korea as a preferred nation with fast-track trade status from July 21, virtually ending a four-year economic row that was strained during their bitter historic disputes. Japan and South Korea have been rapidly mending their ties as they deepen
Continue Reading By MICHELLE L. PRICE, HOLLY RAMER and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press HOLLIS, N.H. (AP) — The rivalry between Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former President Donald Trump deepened Tuesday as the two leading Republican White House candidates staged dueling events in the critical early voting state of New Hampshire. Addressing a town hall in Hollis,
Continue Reading By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis’ peace envoy is heading to Moscow. The Vatican says the visit Wednesday and Thursday aims to help find a solution to the war in Ukraine. The mission by Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, a veteran of the Catholic Church’s peace initiatives, comes as the Kremlin is reeling from
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — An audio recording that includes new details from a 2021 meeting at which former President Donald Trump discusses holding secret documents he did not declassify has been released. The recording, from a July 2021 interview Trump gave at his Bedminster, New Jersey, resort for people working on the memoir of his former
Continue Reading By RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia (AP) — They came in the dark of night, in the thousands, to clamber up the rocky hill called Mount Arafat. The mound southeast of Mecca is little known outside Islam. For non-Muslims, the circling of the Kaaba — the black, cube-shaped structure in the holy city
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