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Harvey Weinstein hospitalized after his return to New York from upstate prison
NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein’s lawyer said Saturday that the onetime movie mogul has been hospitalized for a battery of tests after his return to New York City following an appeals court ruling nullifying his 2020 rape conviction. Attorney Arthur Aidala said Weinstein was...
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Trump promised big plans to flip Black and Latino voters. Many Republicans are waiting to see them
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump says he wants to hold a major campaign event at New York's Madison Square Garden featuring Black hip-hop artists and athletes. Aides speak of Trump making appearances in Chicago, Detroit and Atlanta with leaders of color and realigning American politics by flipping...
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From New York to Arizona: Inside the head-spinning week of Trump's legal drama
NEW YORK (AP) — Even by Donald Trump's standards, this was a dizzying week. The first criminal prosecution of a former president began in earnest with opening statements and testimony in a lower Manhattan courtroom. But the action quickly spread to involve more than half a dozen...
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Hamas is reviewing an Israeli proposal for a cease-fire in Gaza, as a planned Rafah offensive looms
CAIRO (AP) — Hamas said Saturday it was reviewing a new Israeli proposal for a cease-fire in Gaza, as Egypt intensified efforts to broker a deal to end the months-long war and stave off a planned Israeli ground offensive into the southern city of Rafah. Senior Hamas official Khalil...
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Class of 2024 reflects on college years marked by COVID-19, protests and life's lost milestones
LOS ANGELES (AP) — On a recent afternoon, Grant Oh zigzagged across the University of Southern California campus as if he was conquering an obstacle course, coming up against police blockade after police blockade on his way to his apartment while officers arrested demonstrators protesting the...
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Migration roils US elections. Mexico sees mass migration too, but its politicians rarely mention it
BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — Republican activists gathered in a school lunchroom last month to hear political pitches from candidates and agreed on the top issue in the Denver suburbs these days: immigration. The area has been disrupted by the arrival of largely Venezuelan migrants...
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Residents begin going through the rubble after tornadoes hammer parts of Nebraska and Iowa
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Residents began sifting through the rubble Saturday after a tornado plowed through suburban Omaha, Nebraska, demolishing homes and businesses as it moved for miles through farmland and into subdivisions, then slamming an Iowa town. Dozens of reported tornadoes...
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A woman might win the presidency of Mexico. What could that mean for abortion rights?
MEXICO CITY (AP) — If a woman wins Mexico’s presidency on June 2, would she rule with gender in mind? The question has been raised by academics, humans rights organizations and activists ahead of the voting that will likely elect Mexico’s first female president for the term...
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Oregon's Sports Bra, a pub for women's sports fans, plans national expansion as interest booms
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — On a recent weeknight at this bar in northeast Portland, fans downed pints and burgers as college women's lacrosse and beach volleyball matches played on big-screen TVs. Memorabilia autographed by female athletes covered the walls, with a painting of U.S. soccer legend Abby...
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NFL draft attendance record set with more than 700,000 fans attending the event in Detroit
DETROIT (AP) — The NFL draft has a new attendance record after more than 700,000 fans flooded downtown Detroit for the three-day event. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer broke the news at Campus Martius Park during the third and final day of the draft. “It has been a...
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Utah GOP nominates Lyman for governor's race, but incumbent Cox still seen as primary favorite
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — State Rep. Phil Lyman was selected as the Utah Republican gubernatorial nominee at the party's convention Saturday, though political observers say incumbent Gov. Spencer Cox remains the likely favorite in the upcoming primary. Lyman, a former county...
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USC president makes her first remarks over recent campus controversies on Israel-Hamas war
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The University of Southern California's president called recent controversies roiling the campus over the Israel-Hamas war “incredibly difficult for all of us.” In her first public statement in nearly two weeks, President Carol Folt condemned this week's...
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Chants of ‘shame on you’ greet guests arriving for the annual White House correspondents’ dinner
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to deliver an election-year roast Saturday night before a large crowd of journalists, celebrities and politicians against the backdrop of growing protests over his handling of the Israel-Hamas war. In previous years, Biden, like most of...
Utah GOP picks state Rep. Phil Lyman as gubernatorial nominee, but incumbent Spencer Cox likely still primary favorite
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Crews plan to extinguish fire Saturday night from train derailment near Arizona-New Mexico line
LUPTON, Ariz. (AP) — Crews plan to extinguish a fire on Saturday night from a freight train derailment near the Arizona-New Mexico state line that forced the closure of a stretch of Interstate 40. Some wreckage has been removed from the tracks, but about 35 rail cars remain,...
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Residents begin going through the rubble after tornadoes hammer parts of Nebraska and Iowa
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Residents began sifting through the rubble Saturday after a tornado plowed through suburban Omaha, Nebraska, demolishing homes and businesses as it moved for miles through farmland and into subdivisions, then slamming an Iowa town. Dozens of reported tornadoes...
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Assailants ambush and kill 3 police officers in southern Chile, shaking the country
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Armed assailants ambushed and killed three law enforcement officers in southern Chile on Saturday before setting their car on fire, authorities said, the latest attack on police to revive security concerns in the South American country. It remains unclear...
Body of climber recovered after 1,000-foot fatal fall on Alaska peak
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A helicopter crew recovered on Saturday the body of a climber who died after falling about 1,000 feet (305 meters) while on a steep, technical route on Mount Johnson in Alaska’s Denali National Park and Preserve, park officials said in a statement. Robbi...
A tornado in southern China kills 5 people and damages factories in the metropolis of Guangzhou
BEIJING (AP) — A tornado struck the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou on Saturday, killing five people and damaging more than 140 factory buildings, state media said. The China Meteorological Administration said the tornado struck about 3 p.m. in the Baiyun district of Guangzhou,...
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David Pryor, former governor and senator of Arkansas, is remembered
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Former Arkansas Gov. and U.S. Sen. David Pryor was remembered during a Saturday funeral service by family, friends and colleagues, including former President Bill Clinton. Pryor died at the age of 89 on April 20 from natural causes. The memorial was held at...
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