Police probing deadly street party in Ohio believe drive-by shooter opened fire
AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Police investigating a deadly shooting at a street party in Akron over the weekend think at least one person opened fire on the…
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Dozens more former youth inmates sue over alleged sexual abuse at Illinois detention centers
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press Dozens more former youth inmates are suing over alleged sexual abuse they endured at Illinois detention centers.…
Continue ReadingPopulist campaigner Nigel Farage makes an about-face and says he will run in the UK election
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Pro-Brexit, anti-immigration campaigner Nigel Farage stepped back into front-line British politics…
Continue ReadingClimate solution: Massachusetts town experiments with community heating and cooling
By ISABELLA O’MALLEY Associated Press A community in Massachusetts is about to become one of the first in the U.S. to be heated with…
Continue ReadingMarket jitters follow election of first woman as Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum
By MARÍA VERZA and MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hours after declaring victory, Mexico’s newly elected president, the first…
Continue ReadingAs pharmacies shutter, some Western states, Black and Latino communities are left behind
By TOM MURPHY and KASTURI PANANJADY Associated Press Opening stores used to mean everything to pharmacy chains. CVS Health once boasted of opening or…
Continue ReadingU.S. says Congo hasn’t given it access to Americans detained over alleged roles in coup attempt
By JESSICA DONATI Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The U.S. Embassy in Congo says Congolese authorities have not shared details or provided…
Continue ReadingGameStop leaps as Roaring Kitty may hold large position
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Shares of GameStop are soaring on Monday following speculation that the man at the center of the pandemic meme…
Continue ReadingIran’s hard-line parliament speaker emerges as the theocracy’s top figure in the presidential vote
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s hard-line parliament speaker emerged on Monday as the…
Continue ReadingNigeria loses electricity and major airports close as unions seek higher wages amid record inflation
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press GOMBE, Nigeria (AP) — Africa’s most populous country has ground to a halt as Nigeria’s largest labor unions…
Continue ReadingRep. Sheila Jackson Lee, a Texas Democrat, says she has pancreatic cancer
HOUSTON (AP) — Longtime U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee says she has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and is undergoing treatment. The…
Continue ReadingHow AP covered the D-Day landings and lost photographer Bede Irvin in the battle for Normandy
By VALERIE KOMOR Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — When Associated Press correspondent Don Whitehead arrived with other journalists in southern…
Continue ReadingMan detained in Romania’s capital after allegedly attacking Israeli embassy with Molotov cocktail
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A foreign citizen has been detained in Romania’s capital after allegedly attacking the entrance of the Israeli Embassy…
Continue ReadingCEOs got hefty pay raises in 2023, widening the gap with the workers they oversee
By MAE ANDERSON, PAUL HARLOFF and BARBARA ORTUTAY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The typical compensation package for chief executives who run…
Continue ReadingCEOs got hefty pay raises in 2023, widening the gap with the workers they oversee
By MAE ANDERSON, PAUL HARLOFF and BARBARA ORTUTAY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The typical compensation package for chief executives who run…
Continue ReadingJapan police search for suspects in spray-painting of graffiti at controversial war shrine
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese police are searching for the suspects who spray-painted the word “toilet” on a Tokyo…
Continue Reading2 NYC officers and a gunman are shot and wounded during a pursuit, officials say
NEW YORK (AP) — Police in New York City say two police officers and a 19-year-old man were shot and wounded in a confrontation and were…
Continue ReadingGerman tour operator FTI is filing for insolvency and canceling future trips
BERLIN (AP) — German tour operator FTI says it is filing for insolvency protection from creditors, and trips that haven’t yet started will be…
Continue ReadingHow AP and Equilar calculated CEO pay
The Associated Press For its annual analysis of CEO pay, The Associated Press used data provided by Equilar, an executive data firm. Equilar examined…
Continue ReadingMore women made the list of top paid CEOs in 2023, but their numbers are still small compared to men
By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer More women are attaining the top job at companies in the S&P 500, but their numbers are still minuscule…
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