See Apple’s pivotal product announcements through history
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer Apple has a long history of designing products that aren’t the first to be introduced in a particular…
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‘Cheers’ bar sells for $675,000 at Dallas auction of items from classic TV shows
DALLAS (AP) — The bar from the television series “Cheers” sold for $675,000 at auction over the weekend, garnering the highest bid among the…
Continue ReadingDNA from drinking glass linked New Jersey man to 4 Boston sexual assaults, prosecutor says
BOSTON (AP) — Prosecutors say a lawyer was linked to a series of sexual assaults in Boston about 15 years ago by DNA obtained from a drinking glass…
Continue ReadingMexico president’s ruling party ousts once-dominant party in most populous state
By MARÍA VERZA and LISSETTE ROMERO Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The ruling party of Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has…
Continue ReadingEx-part owner of Minnesota Vikings gets over six years in cryptocurrency scam
NEW YORK (AP) — A former Minnesota Vikings part owner who defrauded a short-lived professional football league while carrying out a $700 million…
Continue ReadingAgenda spat at UN climate talks as top official sees chance to ask ‘difficult questions’ in Dubai
BERLIN (AP) — Nations have resumed talks on tackling global warming with the aim of shaping a deal that might put the world on track to prevent a…
Continue ReadingAt Normandy D-Day celebrations, echoes of Ukraine’s looming fight
By TARA COPP Associated Press STE MARE EGLISE, France (AP) — There are no Ukrainian troops present at this year’s commemorations of the 1944…
Continue ReadingWith new video, Gov. Doug Burgum of North Dakota edges closer to Republican presidential race
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has taken another step toward entering the race for the 2024 Republican…
Continue ReadingFormer Vice President Pence files paperwork launching 2024 presidential bid in challenge to Trump
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence filed paperwork on Monday declaring his campaign for president in…
Continue ReadingMississippi harms free speech by requiring state permits before protests, lawsuit says
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A new lawsuit says a Mississippi law will restrict free speech by requiring people…
Continue ReadingArgentine judge dismisses long-running corruption case against vice president
By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A judge in Argentina has dismissed a long-running money laundering case against…
Continue ReadingNorfolk Southern is first railroad to give all workers sick time but all see progress in labor talks
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Norfolk Southern became the first major freight railroad with deals to provide sick time to all…
Continue ReadingUS sanctions Russian intelligence-linked group over efforts to destabilize pro-Western Moldova
By FATIMA HUSSEIN and STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has imposed sanctions on a group of people linked to Russian…
Continue ReadingCounteroffensive? Probing defenses? A look at the fighting in Ukraine
By The Associated Press While Kyiv is keeping silent about the start of any counteroffensive, fighting is raging in several sections of the front…
Continue Reading3 killed in Iowa building collapse; lawsuits say owner didn’t warn residents of danger
By CHARLIE NEIBERGALL, SCOTT McFETRIDGE and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — The bodies of three Iowa men have been…
Continue ReadingBinance mishandled funds and violated securities laws, according to SEC lawsuit
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance and its founder Changpeng Zhao are…
Continue ReadingSuspect in Natalee Holloway disappearance to challenge extradition from Peru to US, lawyer says
By MAURICIO MUÑOZ Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — The lawyer for the main suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of American student…
Continue ReadingAustrian party reverses leadership result after spreadsheet hiccup
BERLIN (AP) — Austria’s main center-left opposition party has reversed the result of its weekend leadership election, announcing that a computer…
Continue ReadingMissouri governor denies clemency for man facing execution on Tuesday
By JIM SALTER Associated Press Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Monday declined clemency for a man who faces execution Tuesday evening for killing two…
Continue ReadingVirginia plane crash investigators ask when pilot became unresponsive and why aircraft flew its path
By SARAH BRUMFIELD and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The pilot of a business jet that flew over Washington and crashed in a…
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