Google rolls out Pixel 9 phones earlier than usual as AI race with Apple heats up
AP Technology Writer MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Google on Tuesday unveiled its next generation of Pixel phones, providing the maker of Android…
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San Francisco prosecutors charge 26 pro-Palestinian demonstrators who blocked Golden Gate Bridge
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco prosecutors have charged 26 protesters who blocked the Golden Gate Bridge for hours in April to demand a…
Continue ReadingBanksy London Zoo mural offers clue to why wild animals have been appearing all over city
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Workers arriving at the London Zoo early Tuesday were surprised to discover an unexpected exhibit that suggested the…
Continue ReadingIndiana attorney general drops suit over privacy of Ohio girl who traveled for abortion
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s attorney general has dropped a lawsuit accusing the state’s largest hospital system of violating patient privacy…
Continue ReadingSteward Health Care reaches deal to sell its nationwide physicians network
Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Steward Health Care said it has reached an agreement to sell its nationwide physicians network to a private equity…
Continue ReadingBefore lobster, Maine had a thriving sardine industry. A sunken ship reminds us of its storied past
Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — An 83-foot (25-meter) motor boat that was one of the first refrigerated sardine carriers during the heyday…
Continue ReadingDentist charged with invasion of privacy after camera found in employee bathroom, police say
WEIRTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia dentist is facing invasion of privacy charges after police say a concealed camera was allegedly found in his…
Continue ReadingPlan approved by North Carolina panel to meet prisoner reentry goals
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A panel has laid out specifics designed to bring numerous North Carolina state government agencies together to improve…
Continue ReadingDeath of Ohio man who died while in police custody ruled a homicide by coroner’s office
CANTON, Ohio (AP) — The death of an Ohio man who died in police custody earlier this year has been ruled a homicide. The Stark County Coroner’s…
Continue ReadingTrial begins in case of white woman who fatally shot Black neighbor during dispute
OCALA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida jury will determine whether a 60-year-old white woman was justified when she fired through the door of her central…
Continue ReadingAn ex-commander of Lord’s Resistance Army rebels is convicted in Uganda of atrocities in rare trial
Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A former commander of the Lord’s Resistance Army rebel group has been convicted of dozens of crimes…
Continue ReadingTurkey says Ethiopia and Somalia have made ‘notable progress’ in talks to settle dispute
Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s foreign minister says Ethiopia and Somalia have made “notable progress” in efforts to…
Continue ReadingBlack bear mauls 3-year-old girl in tent at Montana campground
RED LODGE, Mont. (AP) — A black bear mauled and injured a 3-year-old girl in a tent at a private campground in Montana just north of Yellowstone…
Continue ReadingTakeaways from AP’s story on Alabama’s ecologically important Mobile-Tensaw Delta and its watershed
Associated Press Alabama’s Mobile-Tensaw Delta is a more-than 400-square-mile (1,036-square-kilometer) expanse of cypress swamps, oxbow lakes,…
Continue ReadingFerguson police release body camera footage showing protester knocking officer to sidewalk
Associated Press FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Ferguson police have released officer-worn body camera footage showing a protester knocking a Black police…
Continue ReadingAn ex-Kansas police chief who led a raid on a newspaper is charged with obstruction of justice
Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A former central Kansas police chief who led a raid last year on a weekly newspaper has been charged with…
Continue ReadingSelf-loathing blends with love at Bayreuth ‘Tristan und Isolde’ by director Thorleifur Örn Arnarsson
Associated Press BAYREUTH, Germany (AP) — Icelandic director Thorleifur Örn Arnarsson’s production of “Tristan und Isolde” at the Bayreuth…
Continue ReadingOfficer faces murder charge in shooting of pregnant Black woman who was accused of shoplifting
Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio police officer was indicted Tuesday on murder and other charges in the shooting of Ta’Kiya Young,…
Continue ReadingUN expert panel sent to Venezuela blasts lack of transparency in presidential elections
MIAMI (AP) — A panel of experts from the United Nations said Venezuela’s recent presidential elections lacked “basic transparency and…
Continue ReadingFord, Mazda warn owners to stop driving older vehicles with dangerous Takata air bag inflators
DETROIT (AP) — Ford and Mazda are warning the owners of more than 475,000 older vehicles in the U.S. not to drive them because they have dangerous…
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