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A building collapse in Havana leaves 1 person dead and at least 2 injured
HAVANA — A building in the historic center of Havana that housed 13 families partially collapsed, leaving one person dead and at least two injured, Cuban authorities said Wednesday. Rescue teams were trying to access the building where two people remained trapped after Tuesday night’s collapse. While the reason for...
Suspect charged in rapper Tupac Shakur’s fatal shooting makes 1st court appearance in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS — A self-described gangster who police and prosecutors say masterminded the shooting death of Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas in 1996 made his first court appearance Wednesday on a murder charge. Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 60, stood shackled, wearing a dark-blue jail uniform and plastic orange slippers. He...
ACC quarterbacks, sometimes under the radar, are driving success across the league
The ACC is off to a promising start this season with several notable nonconference victories and five teams ranked in the Top 25. A common thread is easy to find: Check behind center. The Atlantic Coast Conference, not always known for its strong cadre of quarterbacks, has 10 of the...
George Takei picture book on his years in internment camps will be published next spring
NEW YORK — “Star Trek” actor and political activist George Takei has a picture book scheduled for next spring that draws upon his early childhood years spent in internment camps for Japanese Americans. Crown Books for Young Readers announced Wednesday that Takei’s “My Lost Freedom,” illustrated by Michelle Lee, will...
San Francisco will say goodbye to Dianne Feinstein as her body lies in state at City Hall
SAN FRANCISCO — Mourners will pay their respects Wednesday to the late U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein in San Francisco City Hall, where she launched her groundbreaking political career and where she spent a decade as the city’s first female mayor. Feinstein’s body will lie in state in the City Hall...
Thousands of U.S. health care workers go on strike in multiple states over wages and staff shortages
LOS ANGELES — Picketing began Wednesday morning at Kaiser Permanente hospitals as some 75,000 health care workers go on strike in Virginia, California and three other states over wages and staffing shortages, marking the latest major labor unrest in the United States. Kaiser Permanente is one of the country’s larger...
Former Russian state TV journalist gets 8½-year sentence in absentia for Ukraine war criticism
A Moscow court on Wednesday sentenced a former state TV journalist 8½ years in prison in absentia for protesting Russia’s war in Ukraine, the latest in a crackdown on dissent that has intensified since the invasion began nearly 20 months ago. Marina Ovsyannikova was charged with spreading false information about...
What comes next in the Speaker of the House situation?
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives is entering uncharted territory after a far-right effort to remove fellow Republican Kevin McCarthy from the speakership succeeded thanks to support from Democrats. A resolution — titled a motion to vacate — from Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., passed Tuesday with the support of eight...
The U.S. is forgiving more federal student loans in a bid to tackle ‘unsustainable debt’ for borrowers
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden outlined a new round of federal student loan forgiveness on Wednesday to address the “unsustainable debt” that borrowers accumulate to complete their college education. The announcement comes as borrowers brace for payments to restart after a three-year pause that began during the covid-19 pandemic and...
Bus plummets 50 feet from elevated road in Venice, killing 21 in fiery crash
VENICE — A bus carrying dozens of people plummeted 50 feet from an elevated road in Venice, causing a fiery crash that killed 21 people and injured at least 15, mostly foreign tourists returning to a nearby campsite. Those who died in the Tuesday night crash included at least four...
Trio wins Nobel Prize in chemistry for work on quantum dots, used in electronics and medical imaging
STOCKHOLM — Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for their work on quantum dots — tiny particles that can release very bright colored light and are used in electronics and medical imaging. Moungi Bawendi, of MIT; Louis Brus, of Columbia University; and Alexei Ekimov, of Nanocrystals Technology...
5 people were wounded in a shooting after a homecoming event at Morgan State University in Baltimore
BALTIMORE — A shooting interrupted a homecoming week celebration at Baltimore’s Morgan State University on Tuesday, wounding five people and prompting an hourslong lockdown of the historically Black college. Students hunkered down for about four hours, as police went room to room looking for suspects. No arrests were made. Police...
Federal judge dismisses false advertising claims against Wendy’s, McDonald’s
A federal judge in New York has dismissed a lawsuit that accused McDonald’s and Wendy’s of misleading consumers with ads that show bigger, juicier burgers than their restaurants actually serve. In an opinion released over the weekend, U.S. District Judge Hector Gonzalez said the images on the companies’ websites —...
Pence: Trump’s attacks on Milley ‘utterly inexcusable’
WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday criticized his former boss-turned-rival, Donald Trump, for calling retired Gen. Mark Milley, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a traitor over phone calls he made to China in the final stormy months of their administration. “Frankly, what Donald...
New Mexico Attorney General charges police officer in shooting death of Black man
LAS CRUCES, N.M. — New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez on Tuesday announced a police officer has been charged with voluntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a Black man during a confrontation at a gas station. Las Cruces police Officer Brad Lunsford was booked on the single charge and...
Man who killed 2 women he met a day apart in north Florida bars in 1996 put to death
STARKE, Fla. — A man who killed two women after meeting them a day apart in north Florida bars in 1996 was put to death Tuesday evening. Michael Zack III, 54, was pronounced dead minutes after 6:14 p.m. after a lethal injection at Florida State Prison in Starke. The execution...
Aaron Rodgers says he also has an ankle injury, won’t rule out return this season
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Aaron Rodgers said Tuesday he has an ankle injury in addition to the torn left Achilles tendon that he is rehabbing after surgery. During his weekly appearance on “The Pat McAfee Show,” the New York Jets quarterback said he is dealing with a deltoid issue. The...
Twins stop record 18-game postseason skid on strength of Royce Lewis home runsVideo
MINNEAPOLIS — Royce Lewis smashed Minnesota’s 18-game postseason losing streak into the seats, homering in each of his first two at-bats to carry the Twins to a 3-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays in the opener of their AL wild-card series on Tuesday. Lewis hit a two-run shot off...
MLB committee on Athletics’ move to meet this week
MILWAUKEE — Mark Attanasio, who chairs the Major League Baseball committee regarding the Oakland Athletics’ move to Las Vegas, said Tuesday the group met a couple of days ago and will meet again this week. Attanasio, the Milwaukee Brewers’ controlling owner, declined additional comment on the committee’s progress while speaking...
Montgomery sparkles, Rangers beat sloppy Rays 4-0 in AL Wild Card Series openerVideo
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Jordan Montgomery scattered six hits over seven innings, helping the Texas Rangers beat the sloppy Tampa Bay Rays, 4-0, on Tuesday in their AL wild-card series opener. Corey Seager and Josh Jung drove in runs, and the Rangers benefitted from four errors by the Rays, who...
New York judge issues limited gag order after Trump sends disparaging post about court clerkVideo
NEW YORK — A New York judge sternly imposed a limited gag order in Donald Trump’s civil business fraud trial Tuesday after the former president disparaged a key court staffer. Amid a long day of testimony, Judge Arthur Engoron issued the order, which applies to all parties in the case...
Speaker McCarthy ousted in historic House vote, as scramble begins for a Republican leaderVideo
WASHINGTON — Speaker Kevin McCarthy was voted out of the job Tuesday in an extraordinary showdown — a first in U.S. history, forced by a contingent of hard-right conservatives and throwing the House and its Republican leadership into chaos. It’s the end of the political line for McCarthy, who has...
Terry Francona steps away as Cleveland’s winningest manager
CLEVELAND — Terry Francona stepped away from baseball, at least temporarily, on Tuesday, ending a 23-year managerial career that began in Philadelphia, peaked with two World Series titles in Boston and concluded with an 11-season stay in Cleveland. Guardians president Chris Antonetti said the 64-year-old Francona will have a role...
Patriots edge rusher Matt Judon to have surgery on torn biceps
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Patriots edge rusher Matt Judon has elected to have surgery to repair a torn biceps, according to a person with knowledge of the decision. Judon is scheduled to have the procedure Wednesday and be out indefinitely, said the person, who spoke to the Associated Press on Tuesday...
NASCAR bringing its top Cup Series to Iowa for the first time in 2024
NEWTON, Iowa — NASCAR announced Tuesday that it will finally bring its top Cup Series to Iowa for the first time. Cup Series drivers will race at Iowa Speedway in Newton in June 2024, a weekend that includes the second-tier Xfinity Series at the track about a forty-minute drive east...
