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Elizabeth Holmes enters Texas prison to begin 11-year sentence for notorious blood-testing hoax
BRYAN, Texas (AP) — Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes entered Texas prison where she could spend the next 11 years for overseeing a blood-testing hoax that became a parable about greed and hubris in Silicon Valley. Holmes, 39, on Tuesday entered a federal women’s prison camp...
Former first lady Rosalynn Carter has dementia, The Carter Center says
ATLANTA (AP) — Former first lady Rosalynn Carter has dementia, her family announced Tuesday. Carter, now 95, remains at home with former President Jimmy Carter, who has been at home receiving hospice care since early this year. “She continues to live happily at...
Mayor: 5 unaccounted for including 2 likely in wreckage of collapsed Iowa apartment building
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Five people remain unaccounted for, including two people whose remains may be in a pile of rubble at the site of a partially collapsed apartment building, officials of the city of Davenport, Iowa, said Tuesday. Mayor Mike Matson confirmed the numbers at a...
Florida police search for 3 gunmen who wounded 9 at crowded beach on Memorial Day
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) — Police launched a search Tuesday for three suspects they believe to be the gunmen who opened fire along a crowded Florida beachside promenade on Memorial Day, wounding nine people and sending others frantically running for cover. Hollywood police sought the...
Here's what's in, what's out of the debt limit bill to avert US default
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy have been working the phones in an intense push to sell Congress on the 99-page bill that would suspend the nation's debt limit through 2025 to avoid a federal default while limiting government spending. The...
LGBTQ+ activists call for new strategies to promote equality after Target backlash
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Following Target’s announcement last week that it removed products and relocated Pride displays to the back of certain stores in the South, activists in the LGBTQ+ community are calling for new campaigns to convince corporate leaders not to cave to anti-LGBTQ+ groups. ...
Notre Dame's fire-ravaged roof rebuilt using medieval techniques
SAINT-LAURENT-DE-LA-PLAINE, France (AP) — If time travel was possible, medieval carpenters would surely be amazed to see how woodworking techniques they pioneered in building Notre Dame Cathedral more than 800 years ago are being used again today to rebuild the world-famous monument's...
Gunman in Pittsburgh synagogue massacre planned attack, defense acknowledges as trial gets underway
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A trial for the man charged in the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history opened Tuesday with his own lawyer acknowledging he planned the 2018 massacre at a Pittsburgh synagogue and made hateful statements about Jewish people. Robert Bowers went to Tree of...
Nun whose body shows little decay since 2019 death draws hundreds to rural Missouri
Hundreds of people flocked to a small town in Missouri this week and last to see a Black nun whose body has barely decomposed since 2019. Some say it's a sign of holiness in Catholicism, while others say the lack of decomposition may not be as rare as people think. Sister Wilhelmina...
How to plant a container like the pros do
Have you ever gone to the grocery store for, say, milk, and left with a cartful of impulse buys? Well, I visited a couple of nurseries last week in search of one specific plant and left with nearly everything except that plant, which both retailers had sold out. As usual, I was...
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Russia says drones lightly damage Moscow buildings before dawn, while Ukraine's capital bombarded
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A rare drone attack jolted Moscow early Tuesday, causing only light damage but forcing evacuations as residential buildings were struck in the Russian capital for the first time in the war against Ukraine. The Kremlin, meanwhile, pursued its relentless bombardment of Kyiv...
Elizabeth Holmes enters Texas prison to begin 11-year sentence for notorious blood-testing hoax
BRYAN, Texas (AP) — Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes entered Texas prison where she could spend the next 11 years for overseeing a blood-testing hoax that became a parable about greed and hubris in Silicon Valley. Holmes, 39, on Tuesday entered a federal women’s prison camp...
Coast Guard suspends search for 4 missing after Alaska charter boat found partially submerged
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for four people missing after the fishing charter boat they were on was found partially submerged near the southeast Alaska community of Sitka. A fifth person was found dead Sunday. The search, which spanned more...
Minnesota governor signs bill to legalize marijuana, effective this summer
ST. PAUL, Minnesota (AP) — Surrounded by dozens of people wearing green clothes, Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill Tuesday to legalize recreational marijuana for people over the age of 21, making Minnesota the 23rd state to legalize the substance for adults. Former...
Video, tips sought in probe of shooting outside suburban Philadelphia stadium that wounded 8
Authorities are asking the public to share any footage or information as they investigate a shooting that left eight teenagers wounded at a weekend gathering outside a stadium near Philadelphia. Police in the suburb of Chester said the gunfire erupted shortly before 11:30 p.m. Sunday...
Brazil president proposes South America currency, as he hosts summit to rebuild regional bloc
BRASILIA (AP) — Brazil’s president proposed the creation of a regional trade currency to rival the U.S. dollar on Tuesday as he hosted a regional summit in a bid to revive a bloc of South America’s 12 politically polarized countries. The Union of South American Nations, or...
Stock market today: Wall Street is mixed as DC moves to avoid default
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is drifting in mixed trading Tuesday after Washington reached a tentative deal to avoid a potentially disastrous default on its debt. The S&P 500 was down 0.1% in afternoon trading, remaining near its highest level in nine months. The Dow Jones...
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes is in custody at a Texas prison to begin 11-year sentence for blood testing scam
BRYAN, Texas (AP) — Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes is in custody at a Texas prison to begin 11-year sentence for blood testing scam.
Former first lady Rosalynn Carter has dementia, The Carter Center says
ATLANTA (AP) — Former first lady Rosalynn Carter has dementia, her family announced Tuesday. Carter, now 95, remains at home with former President Jimmy Carter, who has been at home receiving hospice care since early this year. “She continues to live happily at...
Why do Kosovo-Serbia tensions persist?
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Tensions between Serbia and Kosovo flared anew this week after Kosovo’s police raided Serb-dominated areas in the region’s north and seized local municipality buildings. There have been violent clashes between Kosovo’s police and NATO-led peacekeepers...
