Month: June 2023

By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — John Goodenough, who shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his work developing the lithium-ion battery that transformed technology with rechargeable power for devices ranging from cellphones, computers and pacemakers to electric cars, has died at 100. His death was announced Monday by the University

By RONALD BLUM Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Yannick Nézet-Séguin is remaking the Metropolitan Opera from the bottom up. The 48-year-old conductor dyes his hair blond, wears patent leather Christian Louboutins and outfits designed by the Met costume shop and is pushing an expansion of contemporary compositions. He’s a stark contrast to the final

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Angela Bassett may have gone home empty handed at the Oscars in March, but the two-time nominee will be getting a golden statuette this year after all – and in very good company too. In November, Bassett, Mel Brooks and film editor Carol Littleton will receive honorary Oscars at

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer The union organizing Starbucks workers said Monday that a strike timed to Pride month closed 21 stores over the weekend, including the company’s flagship Reserve Roastery in Seattle. The strike will continue through this week and is expected disrupt operations at more than 150 stores, Starbucks Workers United said.

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — An attorney says Kentucky Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron solicited donations for his gubernatorial campaign from executives of a drug treatment organization that is being investigated by his office. The request for contributions occurred during a call Cameron made early this year to a representative of

By PETER SMITH Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — The gunman convicted in the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history had psychotic, delusional and paranoid symptoms that made him unable to “read the world appropriately” or make proper decisions, his lawyer said Monday, launching an effort to persuade jurors to spare his life. Robert Bowers had

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s auditing agency is warning there might not be sufficient financing available to meet the bloc’s ambitious climate targets. The warning from the Court of Auditors on Monday came as the 27-nation bloc already was struggling to live up to its image as the global

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer Matvei Michkov is probably the best hockey prospect out of Russia in nearly a decade. He might be the best since Alex Ovechkin and Evgeni Malkin in 2005. But Michkov still is no lock to get drafted in the top five because he’s still under contract in the KHL

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has dismissed a case about limits on lawsuits filed by members of Congress against the federal government. The case involved a dispute over the former Trump International Hotel in Washington — now a Waldorf Astoria. The justices on Monday threw out a federal appeals court ruling that had allowed

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish government investigators are probing a roller coaster accident that killed one person and injured nine at the country’s oldest amusement park. The Gröna Lund park has been closed and will remain closed for at least a week after the accident Sunday, when a roller coaster train partially derailed, sending some passengers