Year: 2024

By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press Divers have recovered the body of 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham from a Texas river days after the girl went missing, and authorities are preparing to file a murder charge against a friend of her father who lived on her family’s property, a sheriff said Tuesday afternoon. Polk County Sheriff Byron Lyons

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A broad Republican plan for cutting taxes in Kansas is dead. Enough members of the GOP-controlled Legislature concluded Tuesday that the plan would favor wealthy taxpayers too much and upheld Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto. The vote in the House was 81-42, leaving GOP leaders

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The San Francisco Opera has commissioned Huang Ruo to compose “The Monkey King” for a fall 2025 premiere — based on an episode from the 16th century Chinese novel “Journey to the West.” The company said Tuesday that David Henry Hwang is writing the libretto with a mix of English and

By TRISHA AHMED, ANITA SNOW and JIM SALTER Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Two young police officers and a firefighter-paramedic were killed in a burst of gunfire over the weekend as they responded to a domestic disturbance call in the Minneapolis suburb of Burnsville. Another officer was injured. Police say that the man identified as

By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Americans have become increasingly reliant on their credit cards since the pandemic. So much so that Capital One is willing to bet more than $30 billion that they won’t break the habit. Capital One Financial announced Monday that it would buy Discover Financial Services for

By JOHN ANTCZAK and PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Much of saturated California remains under threat of floods as the latest winter storm blows through, but so far the state has escaped the severity of damage spawned by a recent atmospheric river. While the rainfall was focused on Southern California, thunderstorms and

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke’s “Drive-Away Dolls” signifies both the much-awaited return of Coen to narrative filmmaking and the giddy revival of a long-dormant spirit of ’70s B-movie filmmaking. It’s a lesbian road trip comedy and an unabashedly queer romp that channels the playful verve

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire lawmakers are considering changing the settlement process for those who allege they were abused as children at the state’s youth detention center. The state faces about 1,200 lawsuits alleging physical, sexual and emotional abuse stretching back six decades at the Sununu Youth Services Center

By KATHRYN POST, Religion News Service (RNS) — When Black Americans leave religion, it’s rarely a clean break. Take Rogiérs Fibby, a self-described agnostic, atheist and secular humanist who grew up in the Moravian Church. The head of the Washington, D.C., chapter of the Black Secular Collective, Fibby also considers himself “culturally Christian.” “I know

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has reaffirmed his government’s support for the administration of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro during an hours-long visit to the South American country. Lavrov on Tuesday expressed Russia’s commitment to strategic cooperation in numerous sectors, including technology, energy and culture. His meetings with Vice President Delcy Rodriguez

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The political rivals of Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan have announced details of a power-sharing agreement, naming Shehbaz Sharif as their joint candidate for prime minister. The much-awaited announcement late Tuesday followed days of talks among the leaders of parties that did not gain enough