Florida art dealer pleads guilty in Warhol forgery scheme
FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — A South Florida art dealer pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday in connection with a scheme involving the sale of fake…
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New Zealand hikes key interest rate to 4.75% despite cyclone
By NICK PERRY Associated Press CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s central bank has raised its benchmark interest rate by a half-point…
Continue Reading‘Woke, Inc.’ author Vivek Ramaswamy enters White House race
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vivek Ramaswamy, a wealthy biotech entrepreneur and investor and the author of “Woke, Inc.,” has entered the Republican race…
Continue Reading3 UN peacekeepers killed, 5 wounded by roadside bomb in Mali
By BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The United Nations says three of its peacekeepers were killed and five others wounded by a…
Continue ReadingOpponents describe hideous conditions in Nicaraguan prisons
By GISELA SALOMON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Constant fear. Threats. Screams. Darkness. Cells measuring 6 feet by 9, with a hole in the floor…
Continue ReadingAlleged gang member pleads not guilty in California killings
PORTERVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A man with alleged ties to a California prison gang has pleaded not guilty to killing six people, including a teenage…
Continue ReadingMan tied to Lyft driver slaying charged in separate case
Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A man who police say was driving the car of a dead South Florida Lyft driver has been charged with murder and other…
Continue ReadingProsecutor gets case involving 6-year-old who shot teacher
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — Police in the Virginia city where a 6-year-old shot his teacher say they have finished their criminal investigation and…
Continue ReadingAlabama hoops star delivered gun in shooting, police say
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — University of Alabama basketball star Brandon Miller brought a teammate the gun that was used in a fatal January shooting…
Continue ReadingBent track a factor in Montana Amtrak crash that killed 3
By AMY BETH HANSON and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Investigators probing a fatal 2021 Amtrak derailment in Montana…
Continue ReadingMalcolm X’s daughter to sue CIA and FBI for wrongful death
NEW YORK (AP) — The family of slain civil rights leader Malcolm X marked on Tuesday the anniversary of his 1965 assassination by announcing plans…
Continue Reading2 brothers charged in arena slaying during basketball game
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say two brothers have been charged in a stabbing death in a New Jersey arena during a high school basketball…
Continue ReadingAvalanche in Washington’s Cascade Mountains kills 3
By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Heavy snowfall and high winds on Tuesday kept searchers away from a remote, jagged peak in…
Continue ReadingTeen pleads guilty in death of another teen near Iowa school
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A teenager has pleaded guilty in the drive-by shooting death of another teen outside a Des Moines, Iowa, high school and…
Continue ReadingMinnesota Senate approves restoring voting rights for felons
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Senate moved Tuesday to restore voting rights to convicted felons as soon…
Continue ReadingAlex Murdaugh’s surviving son takes stand at murder trial
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press Alex Murdaugh’s defense called his surviving son to the witness stand Tuesday to poke holes in evidence that…
Continue ReadingArkansas officer involved in violent arrest back on the job
By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas law enforcement officer who held down a man while two others beat him…
Continue ReadingESPN’s ex-top exec describes how soccer’s World Cup was lost
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Testimony from a former ESPN executive is underscoring the high stakes and corruption that…
Continue ReadingSouthern Baptists oust Saddleback Church over woman pastor
By PETER SMITH Associated Press The Southern Baptist Convention on Tuesday ousted its second-largest congregation — Saddleback Church, the renowned…
Continue ReadingNew emergency bid to appeal, block huge Nevada lithium mine
By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Conservationists are seeking an emergency court order to block construction of a Nevada lithium…
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