Sean 鈥淒iddy鈥� Combs has asked a judge to throw out his guilty verdicts on prostitution-related counts or grant him a new trial, saying such convictions are without precedent. 鈥淭his conviction stands alone, but it shouldn’t stand at all,” the Wednesday filing said. Combs’ lawyers argue that his two felony convictions were a unique misapplication of […]
NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Police lined the streets of New York City to pay their respects to fellow officer Didarul Islam, who was among the four victims of a gunman鈥檚 rampage Monday at a Manhattan office tower. This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
In 2020, a disgruntled litigant posing as a deliveryman opened fire at the New Jersey home of District Judge Esther Salas, killing her 20-year-old son Daniel Anderl. Five years later, as President Donald Trump steps up hiscriticism of federal judges who have blocked some of his agenda, dozens of judges have had unsolicited pizzas delivered […]
DANVILLE, Va. (AP) 鈥� Police say a man who doused a Virginia city councilman in gasoline and set him on fire told investigators he wanted the attack to be fatal, according to charging documents available Thursday. Officials say the motive appears personal and unrelated to Lee Vogler鈥檚 work as a public official. After Wednesday’s attack, […]
A Delta Air Lines flight from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam that was hit by serious turbulence Wednesday, sending 25 people on board to hospitals and forcing the flight to divert to Minnesota, highlighted the dangers of flying through unstable air. Several turbulence-impacted flights have been reported this year. While turbulence-related fatalities are quite rare, […]
NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates inched down again last year and the share of children with exemptions rose to an all-time high, according to federal data posted Thursday. The fraction of kids exempted from vaccine requirements rose to 4.1%, up from 3.7% the year before. It’s the third record-breaking year in a […]
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) 鈥� The United States and Ecuador on Thursday signed a bilateral agreement aimed at strengthening their collaboration against transnational criminal networks. The agreement, signed during a visit of U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to the South American country, facilitates the exchange of information on suspected criminal offenders and risk assessments of […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� The White House on Thursday announced that construction on a $200 million ballroom will begin in September and be ready for guests 鈥渓ong before鈥� President Donald Trump’s term ends in early 2029. Trump has said for months that the White House doesn’t have enough space to hold large events and he does […]
BOSTON (AP) 鈥� Lawmakers in Massachusetts have reached a deal to give public defenders a pay raise in hopes of ending a legal crisis that led to cases being dropped and defendants who couldn’t get lawyers being released from jail. But the deal was widely criticized by private attorneys who handle a bulk of cases […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� The American job market is deteriorating — ever so slowly. It鈥檚 not showing up as widespread layoffs. The unemployment rate is still low. It鈥檚 subtler than that: New college graduates are struggling to break into the job market. The unemployment rate for college graduates 22 to 27 years old, reached 5.8% in […]
Several elite U.S. colleges have made deals with President Donald Trump’s administration, offering concessions to his political agenda and financial payments to restore federal money that had been withheld. Ivy League schools Columbia, Brown and the University of Pennsylvania reached agreements to resolve federal investigations. The Republican administration is pressing for more, citing the deal […]
CHINCOTEAGUE, Va. (AP) 鈥� Thousands gathered in Virginia to watch the Chincoteague wild ponies make their annual swim across the Assateague Channel in the 100th anniversary of the popular tradition. Foal No. 36 was the champion of the short channel swim on Wednesday and crowned 鈥淜ing Neptune,鈥� the title given each year to the first […]
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) 鈥� Strong rain storms lashed the East Coast Thursday, delaying flights throughout the region and stranding motorists in deep water from the Philadelphia area to New York City. In New York, the Clearview Expressway, a major highway in the borough of Queens, was closed in both directions and the commuter rail system […]
The San Diego Padres added hard-throwing closer Mason Miller and the Toronto Blue Jays dealt for former Cy Young award winner Shane Bieber in a flurry of moves before Major League Baseball’s trade deadline on Thursday. The recent swaps are on top of several deals over the past few days 鈥� including the Mariners landing […]
While discussions with trading partners continue and a revamp of U.S. trade policy faces legal hurdles in federal court, U.S. President Donald Trump is approaching his deadline of Friday, Aug. 1, for implementing higher import tariffs on products from across the world. ___ This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) 鈥� The last of four Milwaukee hotel workers accused of killing a man by pinning him to the ground has pleaded guilty to being a party to felony murder. Former Hyatt Hotel security guard Todd Erickson entered the plea in connection with D’Vontaye Mitchell’s death in Milwaukee County Circuit Court on Thursday […]
CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) 鈥� Professional wrestler Hulk Hogan died of a heart attack last week, according to a Florida medical examiner’s report released Thursday. Hogan, whose real name was Terry Bollea, previously had leukemia and atrial fibrillation, an irregular heart rhythm, the report from the District Six Medical Examiner said. Hogan, 71, was pronounced dead […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� China’s cyberspace regulators on Thursday summoned Nvidia over security concerns that its H20 chips can be tracked and turned off remotely, the Cyberspace Administration of China said on its website. In the meeting, Chinese regulators demanded that the U.S. chip company provide explanations on 鈥渂ackdoor safety risks鈥� of its H20 chips to […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� The United States and many of its NATO allies are accusing Iran of a growing number of threats throughout Europe and North America and demanding that it end its attempts to harm dissidents and others. 鈥淲e are united in our opposition to the attempts of Iranian intelligence services to kill, kidnap, and […]
A New York businesswoman has pleaded guilty in connection with a financial scheme that ripped off more than $30 million from foreign investors and funneled some of the stolen money into U.S. political campaigns, including a 2017 fundraiser for President Donald Trump during his first term. Sherry Xue Li, 48, of Oyster Bay, pleaded guilty […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) 鈥� A Tennessee death row inmate can be executed without deactivating his implanted defibrillator, the state’s high court ruled on Thursday. The ruling overturns a lower court’s order and paves the way for Byron Black to be executed on Tuesday morning, as scheduled.
CHICAGO (AP) 鈥� U.S. Rep. Danny Davis announced Thursday that he won’t seek reelection next year after 15 terms in office, making him the latest longtime Illinois Democrat to announce their retirement from Congress. Davis, 83, sits on the powerful House Committee on Ways and Means. First elected in 1996, he represents a solidly Democratic […]
BEIRUT (AP) 鈥� The UN refugee agency’s representative in Lebanon said Thursday he hopes that at least 200,000 Syrian refugees return from Lebanon by the end of the year under a new government-backed return plan. Before former President Bashar Assad was ousted in a lightning insurgent offensive in December, only about 1% of the Syrian […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� President Donald Trump on Thursday announced a 90-day negotiating period with Mexico after a call with its leader as 25% tariff rates stay in place.
