Month: June 2024

By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A strange monolith found jutting out of the rocks in a remote mountain range near Las Vegas has been taken down by authorities. How it got there is still unsolved. “It remains unknown how the item got to its location or who might be responsible,” Las

By HAVEN DALEY and SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America DAVIS, Calif. (AP) — A university in Northern California has launched a specialized center devoted to coffee education and research. The Coffee Center at the University of California, Davis, is focused on research aimed at supporting farmers, examining the sustainability of coffee and evaluating food

By ED WHITE and KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A man accused of killing seven people and injuring dozens more at a 2022 parade in suburban Chicago might not go to trial. The prosecutor in Lake County says Robert Crimo III might change his not guilty plea at a hearing next week. The

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has rejected a settlement between Western states over the management of one of North America’s longest rivers. Friday’s 5-4 decision rebuffs an agreement recommended by a federal judge overseeing the case over how New Mexico, Texas and Colorado must share water from the Rio

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Car dealerships across North America have faced a major disruption this week. CDK Global, a company that provides software for thousands of auto dealers in the U.S. and Canada, was hit by back-to-back cyberattacks on Wednesday. That led to an outage that was continuing to

By TOM NOUVIAN Associated Press PARIS (AP) — With the Paris Olympics a month away, city police chief Laurent Nunez addressed security concerns on Friday. Nunez said police forces remain on high alert. The Olympics start on July 24, and two days later is the opening ceremony. “We are concerned about the threat of terrorism,

By MARCOS ALEMÁN Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The torrential rains hitting El Salvador caused the deaths of another six people on Friday when two girls and four adults were killed after being buried in their homes. Wall collapses and landslides on the outskirts of the capital brought a total of 19

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — People will be allowed to carry guns within blocks of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee next month and protesters will be given two outdoor stages, one within sight of the convention arena, under a security plan law enforcement authorities released Friday. Demonstrators pushed back, arguing that

By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Kim Jones’ starry collection for Dior was the fruit of an encounter with ceramicist Hylton Nel, whose pottery and ceramics, including animal motifs, gave the spring collection for the Parisian powerhouse a fun, arty—and domesticated lift. Dior’s runway decor, inside the opulent grounds of the Left

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A court in Belarus has sentenced a top opposition figure living in exile to 20 years in absentia. The court in the capital of Minsk passed the sentence late on Thursday for Franak Viachorka, an advisor to opposition leader Svitalana Tsikhanouskaya. He was convicted on charges including treason and insulting the