Singer R. Kelly seeks appeals court relief from 30-year prison term
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — R. Kelly’s lawyer told an appeals court Monday that all kinds of legitimate organizations…
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Subpoenas on Maui agencies and officials delay release of key report into deadly wildfire
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s attorney general is blaming a delay of the release of a key report into a…
Continue ReadingNegotiators race to finish government funding bills after reaching deal on Homeland Security bill
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Negotiators from Congress and the White House are scrambling to complete work on funding…
Continue ReadingOhio mom who left toddler alone 10 days when she went on vacation pleads guilty to aggravated murder
CLEVELAND (AP) — An Ohio mother whose 16-month-old daughter died after being left home alone in a playpen for 10 days last summer while she went on…
Continue ReadingThe longest-serving member of the Alabama House resigns after pleading guilty to federal charges
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The longest-serving member of the Alabama House of Representatives, has resigned from the Legislature after pleading guilty…
Continue ReadingLawsuit accuses NYC Mayor Eric Adams of sexually assaulting a woman in a vacant lot in 1993
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been accused in a new lawsuit of sexually assaulting a police colleague…
Continue ReadingParents of Michigan school shooting victims say more investigation is needed
By ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — The parents of four students killed at a Michigan school are calling for a state investigation…
Continue ReadingFormer Olympian Caitlyn Jenner backs New York county’s ban on transgender female athletes
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — Olympic gold medalist Caitlyn Jenner has thrown her support behind a local New York…
Continue ReadingSocial media influencer is charged with joining the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press A conservative social media influencer has been charged with storming the U.S. Capitol and passing a stolen…
Continue ReadingRyan Gosling’s stellar ‘I’m Just Ken’ Oscars performance inspires huge jump in streams
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Can you feel the Kenergy? Ryan Gosling’s 2024 Academy Awards performance of the “Barbie”…
Continue Reading30 years after firing, a soprano returns to the Met Opera for a recital
NEW YORK (AP) — Soprano Kathleen Battle is returning to the Metropolitan Opera at age 75 for a recital on May 12. It’s only her second…
Continue ReadingChild’s decomposed body found in duffel bag in Philadelphia neighborhood
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A badly decomposed body of a child has been found inside a duffel bag by crews who were cleaning a site in west Philadelphia.…
Continue ReadingJames Burton, John Anderson and Toby Keith join the Country Music Hall of Fame
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — James Burton, John Anderson and Toby Keith are the newest members to join the Country…
Continue ReadingToo much Atlantic in Atlantic City: Beach erosion has casinos desperately seeking sand by summer
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — There’s a little too much Atlantic in Atlantic City this year for some casinos.…
Continue ReadingSports Illustrated will continue operations after agreement reached with new publisher
By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Sports Illustrated will continue operations after the company that owns the brand agreed with a new publisher for its…
Continue ReadingLondon home Freddie Mercury bought in 1980 is for sale, minus his ‘exquisite clutter’
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Freddie Mercury ’s sanctuary in London, where he lived the last decade of his life, is on sale for…
Continue ReadingOhtani and Yamamoto are unbelievable in any language. Japanese has several words for them
By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers’ mega-stars Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto might…
Continue ReadingTakeaways from the predictable Russian election that gave Putin another 6 years in power
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — To no one’s surprise, President Vladimir Putin secured another six years in power…
Continue ReadingUS weighing options in Africa after Niger junta orders departure from key counterterrorism base
By TARA COPP and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is working through all channels with Niger officials on whether there…
Continue ReadingNew Hampshire charges 1st person in state with murder in the death of a fetus
OSSIPEE, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man has appeared in court on charges that he killed a pregnant woman and her unborn child by means of multiple…
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