September 22, 2024 6:20 am
BALTIMORE (AP) — The FBI has confirmed that federal agents have boarded a vessel managed by the same company as a cargo ship that caused the deadly Baltimore bridge collapse. In statements Saturday, spokespeople for the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Maryland confirmed that authorities have boarded the Maersk Saltoro. The ship is managed by Synergy Marine Group. Authorities didn’t offer further specifics. On Wednesday, the U.S. Justice Department sued owner Grace Ocean Private Ltd. and manager Synergy Marine Group of the Dali ship that crashed into a support column for the Francis Scott Key Bridge in March. The department is seeking $100 million.
November 24, 2023 5:08 am
LONDON (AP) — Irish police have arrested 34 people after suspected far-right protesters in central Dublin attacked police, damaged shops and set fire to vehicles. The rioting happened on Thursday night after an unidentified man stabbed three children outside a school earlier in the day. The head of the Irish police, Commissioner Drew Harris, said Friday that an officer was seriously injured in the violence that began after news spread that a 5-year-old girl was receiving emergency medical treatment at a hospital. At least 100 people took to the streets, some armed with metal bars and covering their faces. Police said the street violence was caused by “a small group of thugs.”
January 2, 2023 4:00 pm
NEW YORK (AP) – Tennis great Martina Navratilova says she has been diagnosed with throat cancer and breast cancer. The 18-time Grand Slam singles champion and member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame said in a statement released Monday that her prognosis is good and she will start treatment this month. The 66-year-old Navratilova said she noticed an enlarged lymph node in her neck while attending the season-ending WTA Finals in Fort Worth, Texas, in November, and a biopsy showed early stage throat cancer. While Navratilova was undergoing tests on her throat, the unrelated breast cancer was discovered.
February 21, 2022 4:19 am
MOSCOW (AP) – Russian President President Vladimir Putin has recognized the independence of separatist regions in eastern Ukraine – a move that will severely ratchet up tensions with the West amid fears that his country could invade Ukraine at any moment and use skirmishes as a pretext for an attack. Putin’s announcement comes after a meeting of the presidential Security Council and paves the way for Russia to openly send troops and weapons to the long-running conflict pitting Ukrainian forces against Moscow-backed rebels. The announcement brought swift vows of new sanctions from the United States and the European Union.
March 28, 2021 7:35 am
PITTSBURGH (WPXI) — A 41-year-old man was arrested and charged with criminal homicide in connection with a woman found shot to death on a Carrick sidewalk. Investigators said Donte Moss was arrested and is being held at the Allegheny County Jail. The woman was found dead just after 12:30 a.m. in the 400 block of Linnview Avenue. Police said she had been shot in the head. Detectives from the Major Crimes and the Crime Scene Unit processed evidence at the scene.
May 29, 2020 5:59 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump has announced that the U.S. will be terminating its relationship with the World Health Organization. He said the WHO failed to adequately respond to the coronavirus because China has “total control” over the global organization. He said Chinese officials “ignored” their reporting obligations to the WHO and pressured the WHO to mislead the world when the virus was first discovered. He noted that the U.S. contributes about $450 million to the world body while China provides about $40 million.
August 9, 2019 4:21 am
BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) – Joe Biden is anchoring his presidential campaign around questions of character – both his and President Donald Trump’s. The recent back-to-back mass killings in Texas and Ohio have given Biden new traction for his arguments. Biden has spent the past three months largely on defense over a long policy record that draws fire from Democratic Party’s most progressive corners. But he reasserted himself this week with a blistering takedown of Trump’s racist language and the ways in which some of the president’s anti-immigrant outbursts could have inspired one of the shootings. In Iowa, Biden weaved between hushed disappointment and incredulous fury over a president who offers “no moral leadership.”
September 22, 2024 6:16 am
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Police say four people have died and more than 20 have been wounded following a shooting in a nightlife area in Birmingham, Alabama. The Birmingham Police Department says in a social media post there were multiple people shot on 20th Street near Magnolia Avenue in the Five Points South area. WBMA-TV and AL.COM report police said officers arrived at the scene and discovered two men and a woman dead at the scene while a fourth victim died at a hospital. Police say up to 21 were wounded. The Birmingham police did not immediately respond to a message from The Associated Press seeking additional information. The Five Points South area of Birmingham has numerous entertainment venues, restaurants and bars and often is crowded on Saturday nights.
November 24, 2023 5:06 am
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel has released 39 Palestinian prisoners in line with a truce deal that saw 13 Israeli hostages freed by militants in Gaza hours earlier. Thirty-three prisoners were freed Friday in the West Bank and handed to a team from the International Committee of the Red Cross. Qadura Fares heads an advocacy group for prisoners. He said the remaining six prisoners were being freed from a Jerusalem lockup. The releases on both sides were part of a deal for a four-day truce in the Israel-Hamas war that began Friday. Over the next four days, 150 Palestinian prisoners and 50 Israeli hostages are to be freed.
January 2, 2023 3:43 am
CHRISTIANSTED, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) — President Joe Biden and top administration officials are opening a new year of divided government by fanning out across the country later this week to talk about how the economy is benefiting from his work with Democrats and Republicans. As part of the effort, the White House says Biden and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell will make a rare joint appearance in McConnell’s home state of Kentucky on Wednesday. The leaders will highlight nearly $1 trillion in infrastructure spending that lawmakers approved on a bipartisan basis in 2021. More than $1 billion of that money will be used to build a new bridge over the Ohio River between Cincinnati and Covington, Kentucky.
