Associated Press stories, Page 767
Biden is spending most of the week raising money at events with James Taylor and Steven Spielberg
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is making a big push to raise money for his reelection effort before the end of the year, appearing at seven events through next Monday — with more to come. Biden was traveling to Massachusetts on Tuesday to schmooze with donors at a trio of...
Sudden eruption of Indonesia’s Mt. Marapi kills at least 22
BATU PALANO, Indonesia — Rescuers searching the hazardous slopes of Indonesia’s Mount Marapi volcano found 11 more bodies of climbers who were caught by a surprise weekend eruption, raising the number of confirmed dead to 22, officials said Tuesday. One person remained missing. More than 50 climbers were rescued after...
Israel strikes in and around Gaza’s 2nd-largest city in a bloody new phase of the war
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — Israel intensified its bombardment in and around Gaza’s second-largest city early Tuesday, sending ambulances and private cars racing into a local hospital carrying people wounded in a bloody new phase of the war. Under U.S. pressure to prevent further mass casualties, Israel says it is...
Jake Browning steals spotlight as Bengals stun Jaguars in overtime
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jake Browning threw for 354 yards and a touchdown in his second career start, and the Cincinnati Bengals stunned the Jacksonville Jaguars 34-31 in overtime Monday night. Browning also ran for a score as the Bengals (6-6) won on “Monday Night Football” for the first time since...
Cause sought of explosion that leveled an Virginia home as police tried to serve warrantVideo
ARLINGTON, Va. — Hours before a massive explosion destroyed a duplex and shook a Virginia suburb of Washington, D.C., a suspect inside his home fired a flare gun 30 to 40 times into the neighborhood, drawing a large police response, officials said Tuesday. All officers escaped serious injury, but it...
Oxford University Press names ‘rizz’ as its word of the year
LONDON — Oxford University Press has named “rizz″ as its word of the year, highlighting the popularity of a term used by Generation Z to describe someone’s ability to attract or seduce another person. It topped “Swiftie” (an enthusiastic fan of Taylor Swift), “situationship” (an informal romantic or sexual relationship)...
U.S. tourist from Boston killed in shark attack in Bahamas, police say
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A female tourist from Boston was killed Monday by a shark while paddleboarding in the Bahamas, police told reporters. The victim, who was not identified, was attacked less than a mile off the western end of New Providence island, where the capital, Nassau, is located....
Man charged in killings of 3 homeless people and a suburban Los Angeles resident, prosecutors say
LOS ANGELES — Prosecutors charged a man Monday with four counts of murder in the fatal shootings of three homeless men in Los Angeles and a suburban resident last month. Jerrid Joseph Powell was also charged with one count of residential robbery and one count of being a felon with...
Heisman finalists: LSU QB Daniels, Oregon QB Nix, Washington QB Penix Jr., Ohio St WR Harrison Jr.Video
LSU’s Jayden Daniels, Oregon’s Bo Nix and Washington’s Michael Penix Jr., transfer quarterbacks who have played at least five college seasons, and Ohio State receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. were announced as the Heisman Trophy finalists Monday night. The Heisman has been given to the nation’s most outstanding college football player...
George Santos is offering personalized videos for $200
ALBANY, N.Y. — George Santos already has a new gig. The former congressman, fresh off his historic expulsion last week, has created a Cameo account where the public can pay for a personalized video message. Screenshots of his account — with the bio “Former congressional ‘Icon’!” — started to spread...
Man suspected of killing 4, including a 1-year-old, at a Dallas home kills self during police chase
DALLAS — A man suspected of killing four people, including a 1-year-old boy, and injuring a 15-year-old girl in a shooting at a Dallas home fatally shot himself during a chase with law enforcement, police said Monday. Byron Carillo, 21, fled the home after the shooting late Sunday afternoon and...
Gov. Shapiro rebukes Philadelphia protesters for chanting outside Israeli restaurantVideo
PHILADELPHIA — Protesters marching in Philadelphia against the bombardment of Gaza chanted about genocide Sunday outside an Israeli-style restaurant, leading Gov. Josh Shapiro to call the demonstration “antisemitic.” In Philadelphia’s Center City and University City neighborhoods, hundreds of people marched to criticize Israel’s military actions in Gaza, The Philadelphia Inquirer...
Former career U.S. diplomat charged with secretly spying for Cuban intelligence for decades
MIAMI — A former career American diplomat was charged Monday with serving as a secret agent for communist Cuba going back decades in what prosecutors portrayed as one of the most brazen and long-running betrayals in the history of the U.S. foreign service. Court papers alleged that Manuel Rocha engaged...
Heavy snowfall drops tree branches onto power lines, causing outages in New EnglandVideo
A storm dropped a mix of rain and snow on parts of New England with some locations recording more than a half-foot of snowfall on Monday, knocking out power for tens of thousands of customers and causing slick roads that contributed to a fiery propane truck crash in Vermont. Evacuations...
Ohio Republicans propose nixing home grow, increasing taxes in broad changes to legal marijuana
COLUMBUS — Banning marijuana growing at home, increasing the substance’s tax rate and altering how those taxes get distributed are among vast changes Ohio Senate Republicans proposed Monday to a marijuana legalization measure approved by voters last month. The changes emerged suddenly in committee just days before the new law...
AP’s top albums of 2023: Music from Olivia Rodrigo, Peso Pluma, the Rolling Stones and more
LOS ANGELES — Ten of the top albums of the year, as chosen by Associated Press Music Writer Maria Sherman. It was a blockbuster year across genres, but only a few could make AP’s list. (SZA’s “SOS” released in December 2022, Ice Spice’s “Like…?” isn’t a full-length release, and the...
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum ends 2024 Republican presidential bid days before 4th debate
BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum ended his long-shot presidential campaign on Monday, blaming his inability to resonate in the race on the Republican National Committee’s strict requirements to qualify for the debate stage. The second-term governor and wealthy software entrepreneur dropped his bid just hours before the...
Whistleblower allegation: Harvard muzzled disinfo team after $500 million Zuckerberg donation
A prominent disinformation scholar who left Harvard University in August has accused the school of muzzling her speech and stifling — then dismantling — her research team as it launched a deep dive in late 2021 into a trove of Facebook files she considers the most important documents in internet...
Man suspected of shoplifting stabs 2 security guards at Philadelphia store, killing 1
PHILADELPHIA — A man who had tried to steal merchandise from a department store in Philadelphia returned 15 minutes later and stabbed two security guards, killing one and injuring the other, city police said. The attack at the Macy’s store occurred shortly after 11 a.m. Monday. Security guards saw the...
Arizona rises to No. 1 in the AP Top 25 poll; Gonzaga and North Carolina crack top 10, Duke tumbles
It is Arizona’s turn to sit atop The Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball poll. The Wildcats rose to No. 1 in Monday’s poll for the first time in nearly nine years, making Tommy Lloyd’s squad the third team to hold the top spot this season. Last week’s No....
Heisman winner Caleb Williams to skip USC’s Holiday Bowl trip, fueling NFL expectations
LOS ANGELES — Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Caleb Williams will not play for Southern California in the Holiday Bowl, fueling the expectation he will enter the upcoming NFL draft. Williams won’t be in the lineup when the Trojans (7-5) face Louisville in their bowl game in San Diego on Dec. 27,...
Who’s still running for president? Here’s an update on the 2024 candidates
The 2024 Republican presidential primary field has narrowed, with Doug Burgum dropping out of the race. The North Dakota governor qualified for the first two presidential debates but missed the third debate and appeared on the verge of not making the stage for the fourth debate, set for Wednesday in...
For a different take on latkes, try these ginger sweet potato pancakes with orange zest
Let’s start right up front by saying these are not traditional latkes. Classic Jewish latkes for Hanukkah are made with russet potatoes, occasionally Yukon golds, and are usually very simply seasoned with salt, pepper and onion. These are something else altogether — shredded sweet potato pancakes spiked with minced fresh...
49ers linebacker Dre Greenlaw, Eagles security chief Dom DiSandro ejected in NFC title game rematch
PHILADELPHIA — San Francisco 49ers linebacker Dre Greenlaw was ejected from Sunday’s 42-19 win against Philadelphia for putting his hand in the face of the Eagles’ chief security officer. Dom DiSandro, a constant presence on the Eagles’ sideline and whenever players are out in public, pulled Greenlaw off Eagles wide...
After a fatal attack near the Eiffel Tower, French investigators look into suspect’s mental health
PARIS — French investigations into a fatal weekend attack near the Eiffel Tower were looking Monday into the mental health of the suspected assailant, who swore allegiance to the Islamic State group before stabbing a German-Filipino tourist to death and injuring two other people with a hammer. The French national...
