Month: June 2023

LONGMEADOW, Mass. (AP) — Two children suffered what were described as “burn-like injuries” after playing on slides that had been doused with acid at a Massachusetts park, authorities said. Police and firefighters responded to Bliss Park in Longmeadow Sunday morning for a report of a suspicious substance on the playground equipment, the fire department posted

BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-party coalition says it would bring a disputed heating bill to parliament this week for consideration. The bill is a key element in the country’s ambitious climate policy. But it had seemed increasingly unlikely in recent weeks that it would still be brought to the Bundestag before the

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “Avatar: The Way of Water” may have finally arrived in theaters in 2022, but that long parade of “Avatar” delays isn’t done, yet. The Walt Disney Co. on Tuesday pushed the release of “Avatar 3” a year, bumping it from December 2024 to December 2025.

BERLIN (AP) — A court has ordered a German diocese to pay 300,000 euros ($323,000) in compensation to a former altar boy who was repeatedly abused by a Catholic priest in the 1970s. A victims’ association said that Tuesday’s ruling was the first of its kind in Germany. The state court in Cologne ruled in

By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer A new study finds only 1 in 4 residential treatment centers for U.S. teens offers a recommended treatment medicine for opioid addiction. Researchers posed as an aunt or uncle seeking help for a fictitious 16-year-old who survived a fentanyl overdose. They called rehabs and asked if they offered

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo’s interior minister says three police officers were injured during the arrest of an alleged organizer of Serb protests in the country’s north, including one in which 30 NATO-led peacekeepers were injured. Interior Minister Xhelal Svecla said one of the heads of Civil Protection, an organization operating in Serb-majority areas of

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — A group led by Canadian businessman Michael Andlauer has reached an agreement to buy the NHL’s Ottawa Senators. The team announced Andlauer and his group will purchase 90% of the club from the Melnyk family. The deal is reportedly worth nearly $1 billion. Anna and Olivia Melnyk, daughters of late former

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — U.S. Olympic champion sprinter Tori Bowie died from complications of childbirth, according to an autopsy report. Bowie, who won three medals at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games, was found dead last month. She was 32. The report from the office of the medical examiner in Orlando, Florida, said Bowie was

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The Beirut Bar Association says a British court has ordered a London-based company that delivered the ammonium nitrates that exploded in 2020 in the Beirut port to pay compensation to some victims’ families. Monday’s verdict in Britain came four months after the court ruled that the London-registered

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press The government can keep enforcing “Obamacare” requirements that say health insurance plans must cover preventative care, amid a legal battle over the mandates. The preventative care requirements include HIV prevention, some types of cancer screenings and other illnesses. An agreement approved Tuesday by federal appellate judges means the coverage mandates

By KIM COOK Associated Press Who’s up for some ice cream that tastes like ranch dressing? Maybe a creamy scoop of Everything Bagel? Like any culinary domain, the world of ice cream keeps evolving. Food editors say recent years have seen an explosion of new flavor combos, unexpected ingredients and new presentations from ice cream

By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is releasing what it says are newly declassified examples of how U.S. surveillance programs are used. It’s part of a White House push to have those programs renewed by Congress before they expire at the end of the year. U.S. intelligence officials say electronic

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The national tour of Broadway’s “Tina — The Tina Turner Musical” makes its California debut this week, arriving as a poignant, posthumous celebration following the rock music icon’s death last month. “Tina” opens in Los Angeles at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre on Wednesday, steps away