DENVER (AP) — A Colorado paramedic convicted in the death of Elijah McClain , a Black man whose name became part of the rallying cries for social justice that swept the U.S. in 2020, is being released from prison after a judge reduced his sentence to four years of probation Friday. Judge Mark Warner said
On Friday, flying back to Rome from a lengthy trip to Asia, Pope Francis criticized both U.S. presidential candidates for what he called anti-life policies on abortion and migration. He advised American Catholics to choose who they think is the “lesser evil” in the upcoming U.S. elections. “Both are against life, be it the one
HONOLULU (AP) — Investigators reviewing the emergency response to last year’s wildfire that killed 102 people on Maui said in a report released Friday they found “no evidence” Hawaii officials made preparations for it, despite days of warnings that critical fire weather was coming. That lack of planning hindered efforts to evacuate the historic town
A narrow strip of scrubland and sand dunes on the Gaza side of the border with Egypt has emerged as a major obstacle in talks aimed at halting the Israel-Hamas war and freeing scores of hostages. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel must maintain control over the so-called Philadelphi corridor to prevent Hamas from
In a significant show of defiance against the United States, North Korea on Friday provided a rare view into a secretive facility built to enrich uranium for nuclear bombs as leader Kim Jong Un called for a rapid expansion of his nuclear weapons program. In a significant show of defiance against the United States, North
Two dozen soldiers and police officers from Jamaica arrived in Haiti on Thursday to join a U.N.-backed mission led by Kenya to fight powerful gangs. (AP Video shot by Pierre Luxama ) Two dozen soldiers and police officers from Jamaica arrived in Haiti on Thursday to join a U.N.-backed mission led by Kenya to fight
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A military court in Congo, one of Africa’s largest countries, has convicted three Americans and dozens of others of taking part in a coup attempt and imposed “the harshest penalty, that of death.” The court convicted the 37 defendants, including the three Americans and imposed the death penalty in a verdict
NEW YORK (AP) — Suki Waterhouse discovered the Sparklemuffin spider during a late-night scroll. “He’s wildly colored. He’s cute,” she said. Best of all: He dances. “I felt somewhat akin to him.” The spider became a foil and a mascot for Waterhouse’s sophomore album, “Memoir of a Sparklemuffin,” out Friday. The release follows the British
SAO PAULO (AP) — A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Friday sequestered about $3 million in frozen funds of social media platform X and satellite-based internet service provider Starlink, both companies linked to tech billionaire Elon Musk . The move by Justice Alexandre de Moraes aims to collect funds that are equivalent to the amount
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi forces and American troops have killed a senior commander with the Islamic State group who was wanted by the United States , as well as several other prominent militants, Iraq’s military said on Friday. The operation in Iraq’s western Anbar province began in late August, the Iraqi military said, and involved
