Author: Associated Press

MTV Movie & TV Awards ditches live event due to strike

By Mark Kennedy - AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The first big live awards show to air during the current screenwriters' strike has retreated to a pre-taped event as the MTV Movie & TV Awards tries to chart…

Police: 8 killed in Texas mall shooting, gunman also dead

By Jake Bleiberg and Rebecca Boone - Associated Press ALLEN, Texas (AP) — A gunman stepped out of a silver sedan and started shooting people at a Dallas-area outlet mall Saturday, killing eight and wounding seven others — three critically…

Police: Tennessee boy stole school bus, drove on interstate

By Travis Loller - Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A 14-year-old in Tennessee stole a school bus on Saturday and drove it around Nashville before police were able to capture the teen as he tried to turn it around…

Kentucky Derby races on amid 7th death, scratched favorite

By Beth Harris - AP Racing Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Two more horses died, making it seven in all, before the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, and early favorite Forte was scratched with an injury in another series of blows…

No Mow May? Good intentions, bad approach, critics say

(AP)---There's a growing movement called No Mow May that asks people to abstain from mowing their lawns until June first. The intention is admirable. The idea is to let grass and weeds grow and bloom to provide food and shelter…

Hate passwords? You’re in luck – Google is sidelining them

By David Hamilton- AP Business Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Good news for all the password-haters out there: Google has taken a big step toward making them an afterthought by adding "passkeys" as a more straightforward and secure way to…

Over-the-counter birth control pill faces FDA questions

By Matthew Perrone - AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health regulators are weighing the first-ever request to make a birth control pill available without a prescription. But in an initial review posted Friday, the Food and Drug Administration…

King Charles III crowned with regal pomp, cheers and shrugs

By Danica Kirka and Jill Lawless- Associated Press LONDON (AP) — King Charles III was crowned Saturday at Westminster Abbey, in a ceremony steeped in ancient ritual and brimming with bling at a time when the monarchy is striving to…

New Twitter rules expose election offices to spoof accounts

By Ali Swenson - Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Tracking down accurate information about Philadelphia's elections on Twitter used to be easy. The account for the city commissioners who run elections, @phillyvotes, was the only one carrying a blue…

Hundreds of pounds of pasta dumped near New Jersey stream

OLD BRIDGE, N.J. (AP) — Authorities in a central New Jersey town say they are no longer noodling over the mystery of how hundreds of pounds of pasta were dumped near a stream. Old Bridge Mayor Owen Henry said Friday…

Ukraine downs Russian hypersonic missile with US Patriot

By David Rising - Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's air force claimed Saturday to have downed a Russian hypersonic missile over Kyiv using newly acquired American Patriot defense systems, the first known time the country has been able…

Pro-Kremlin novelist injured in car explosion in Russia

By Dasha Litvinova - Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The car of a prominent pro-Kremlin novelist exploded in Russia on Saturday, injuring him and killing his driver, Russia's state news agency Tass reported, citing emergency and law enforcement officials.…

Oprah tells class of 2023 to follow ‘still, small voice’

By Travis Loller - Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Oprah Winfrey delighted graduates at her alma mater Tennessee State University on Saturday, telling the story of how she fell one credit short of graduating as she launched the media…

Taylor Swift returns to Nashville, reveals ‘Speak Now’ date

By Kristin M. Hall - AP Entertainment Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Taylor Swift is playing catch-up with her fans this year in a massive and impressive stadium show that embraces her artistic reinventions. Nearly two months into the 52-show…

1 dead, at least 6 injured at Mississippi party shooting

OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (AP) — One person is dead and at least six other people were shot during a Cinco de Mayo party at a Mississippi restaurant late Friday night, police said. Ocean Springs Police Capt. Ryan LeMaire, in a…

Cinco de Mayo celebrates Mexican culture, not independence

PHOENIX (AP) — American bars and restaurants gear up every year for Cinco de Mayo, offering special deals on Mexican food and alcoholic drinks for the May 5 holiday that is barely celebrated south of the border. [caption id="attachment_1584188" align="aligncenter"…

Pride organizers keep eye on drag laws ahead of festivals

(AP) — Organizers of Pride festivals and parades in conservative states are under increasing pressure to censor their events or ban drag performances. That's making it challenging to hold events that celebrate lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer identity without…

WHO downgrades COVID pandemic, says it’s no longer emergency

GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization says that COVID-19 no longer qualifies as a global emergency. The announcement on Friday marks a symbolic end to the devastating coronavirus pandemic that triggered once-unthinkable lockdowns, upended economies and killed millions of…

Tyre Nichols died of blunt force injuries, autopsy shows

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — An autopsy report shows Tyre Nichols died of blunt force injuries to the head after he was beaten by Memphis police during a January arrest. The Shelby County medical examiner released the report Thursday. It was…

Feds fine McDonald’s franchisees with workers as young as 10

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Two 10-year-olds are among 300 children who worked at McDonald’s restaurants illegally, a Labor Department investigation of franchisees in Kentucky found. Agency investigators found the 10-year-olds received little or no pay at a McDonald’s in Louisville,…

McDonald’s franchises fined for child labor violations

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Two 10-year-olds are among 300 children who worked at McDonald's restaurants illegally, a Labor Department investigation of franchisees in Kentucky found. Agency investigators found the 10-year-olds received little or no pay at a McDonald's in Louisville,…

Shooting inside Atlanta building leaves 1 dead, 3 injured

ATLANTA (AP) — One person was fatally shot and at least three others injured Wednesday in a shooting in a Midtown Atlanta building, police said. Emergency vehicles arrive on West Peachtree in Atlanta on Wednesday, May…

FTC: Facebook misled parents, failed to guard kids’ privacy

U.S. regulators say Facebook misled parents and failed to protect the privacy of children using its Messenger Kids app, including misrepresenting the access it provided to app developers to private user data. As a result, The Federal Trade Commision on…

Why Hollywood writers are striking and the immediate impact

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Writers of films and TV shows are now on strike. Picketing is set to begin Tuesday after the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which represent studios and streaming…

Suspected gunman caught after 5 dead in Texas mass shooting

CLEVELAND, Texas (AP) — Authorities near Houston say they have caught a man suspected of killing five of his neighbors, including a 9-year-old boy, with an AR-style rifle after the family confronted him late at night about firing rounds in…

Shot fired at Memphis TV station; suspect in custody

UPDATE: MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A shot was fired at a Memphis television station on Tuesday, but no one was wounded, the station said. The suspect then hid in a nearby business before he was arrested about two hours later,…

7 bodies found during search for missing Oklahoma teens

HENRYETTA, Okla. (AP) — Authorities discovered the bodies of seven people Monday while searching a rural Oklahoma property for two missing teenagers, state investigators confirmed. The bodies were found near the town of Henryetta, a town of about 6,000 located…

2 killed, 4 wounded in Mississippi shooting; man arrested

BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (AP) — Police have charged a 19-year-old man with killing two teenagers and wounding four others in an early Sunday shooting at a house party on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Cameron Everest Brand of Pass Christian…

Manhunt continues for Texas shooting suspect, reward offered

By Juan A. Lozano - undefined CLEVELAND, Texas (AP) — Law enforcement officers said Sunday they've been unable to find a gunman who fled after killing five people in a rural Texas town, offering $80,000 in total reward money in…

What’s behind shortages of Adderall, Ozempic and other meds?

By Tom Murphy - AP Health Writer Drug shortages are growing in the United States, and experts see no clear path to resolving them. For patients, that could mean more treatment delays, medication switches and other hassles filling a prescription.…

Judge rules against Google, allows antitrust case to proceed

By Matthew Barakat - AP Business Writer ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A federal judge on Friday rejected a motion from Google to toss out the government's antitrust case against it. U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema ruled the lawsuit alleging Google…

A powerhouse US doctor slain in Sudan, ‘killed for nothing’

By Ellen Knickmeyer - Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Bound to the country of his birth by ailing parents and his devotion to treating Sudan's poor, American doctor Bushra Ibnauf Sulieman kept working as long as he could after fighting…

Willie Nelson inhales the love at 90th birthday concert

By Andrew Dalton - AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Are there any more real cowboys?" Neil Young sang Saturday night at the Hollywood Bowl on a rare evening when he was neither the headliner nor, at age 77,…

Young Grizzlies must grow up after early exit from playoffs

By Teresa M. Walker - AP Sports Writer The Memphis Grizzlies must prove the NBA's second-youngest team can learn the league's toughest lesson that the playoffs are nothing like the regular season. It's also time these young Grizzlies grow up.…

Report: FAA overruled engineers, let Boeing Max keep flying

WASHINGTON (AP) — Some engineers for the Federal Aviation Administration wanted to ground the Boeing 737 Max soon after a second deadly crash, but top officials in the agency overruled them, according to a government watchdog. The inspector general of…

General Mills issues flour recall after salmonella discovery

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (AP) — General Mills has issued a nationwide recall of its bleached and unbleached flour after discovering salmonella during a sampling of a 5-pound (2.3-kilogram) bag. The company is recalling 2-, 5- and 10-pound (0.9-, 2.3- and 4.5-kilogram)…

US conducts 1st evacuation of its citizens from Sudan war

By Zeke Miller, Colleen Long, Matthew Lee and Ellen Knickmeyer - Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of Americans fleeing two weeks of deadly fighting in Sudan reached the east African nation's port Saturday in the first U.S.-run evacuation, completing…

3 workers struck, 1 dies near Tennessee Volkswagen plant

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — Management shut down production Saturday at a Volkswagen plant in Tennessee after three workers were struck by a vehicle on a walkway just outside the plant, authorities said. One person was killed, a second was critically…

Titans trade up, take QB Will Levis in 2nd round of draft

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Titans traded up eight spots with Arizona and drafted quarterback Will Levis of Kentucky with the No. 33 pick overall Friday night in the NFL draft. Kentucky quarterback Will Levis arrives on the…

Governor Lee signs narrow abortion exemption bill

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican Gov. Bill Lee has signed off on including an extremely narrow exemption to Tennessee’s strict abortion ban, carving a narrow option for doctors to use their “reasonable medical” judgment in deciding whether providing the procedure…

Trump lawyer cross examines rape accuser at rape trial

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyer is going on the attack against writer E. Jean Carroll’s claims that she was raped by Trump in the 1990s. The former president's attorney used cross examination Thursday to try to discredit the…