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Man charged with punching actor Steve Buscemi is held on $50,000 bond Man charged with punching actor Steve Buscemi is held on $50,000 bond 05/19/2024 11:44am • NEW YORK (AP) β€” The man charged with assaulting actor Steve Buscemi on a Midtown street has been held in jail on bond in New York, prosecutors said. Police have said the 66-year-old actor β€” known for his roles in β€œBoardwalk Empire,” and β€œFargo,” among other performances β€” was walking i Japanese authorities urge caution after wild bears attack several people in the northeast 05/19/2024 06:50am • TOKYO (AP) β€” Japanese authorities have warned residents to be aware of wild bears in the country's northeast after several people were attacked, including police officers. A bear about 1 meter (3 feet) in size was captured in Fukushima prefecture Sunday by officials in charge of wildlife damage, Police say 2 people are dead and 5 are missing in Hungary after a boat collision on the Danube River 05/19/2024 05:34am • BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) β€” Police say 2 people are dead and 5 are missing in Hungary after a boat collision on the Danube River. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange facing pivotal moment in long fight to stay out of US court WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange facing pivotal moment in long fight to stay out of US court 05/19/2024 02:58am • LONDON (AP) β€” The host of a news conference about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's extradition fight wryly welcomed journalists last week to the β€œmillionth” press briefing on his court case. Deborah Bonetti, director of the Foreign Press Association, was only half joking. Assange’s legal β€˜How do you get hypothermia in a prison?’ Records show hospitalizations among Virginia inmates β€˜How do you get hypothermia in a prison?’ Records show hospitalizations among Virginia inmates 05/19/2024 02:49am • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) β€” The Virginia State Police investigator seemed puzzled about what the inmate was describing: β€œunbearable” conditions at a prison so cold that toilet water would freeze over and inmates were repeatedly treated for hypothermia. β€œHow do you get hypothermia in a prison?” Sentencing trial set to begin for Florida man who executed 5 women at a bank in 2019 Sentencing trial set to begin for Florida man who executed 5 women at a bank in 2019 05/19/2024 01:30am • Zephen Xaver walked into a central Florida bank in 2019, fatally shot five women and then called police to tell them what he did. Now 12 jurors will decide whether the 27-year-old former prison guard trainee is sentenced to death or life without parole. Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday i As killings surge, Haitians struggle to bury loved ones and find closure in violent capital 05/19/2024 12:01am • PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) β€” Dressed in black and white, the crowd of angry teenagers squeezed into a narrow street in Haiti’s capital. They stopped in front of a cemetery and hoisted a coffin onto their shoulders, tears rolling down some faces. β€œViv Ansanm manje li!” they chanted loudly in Today in History: May 19, Anne Boleyn, wife of Henry VIII, beheaded 05/19/2024 12:00am • Today in History Today is Sunday, May 19, the 140th day of 2024. There are 226 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 19, 1536, Anne Boleyn, the second wife of England’s King Henry VIII, was beheaded after being convicted of adultery. On this date: In 1780, a mysterious Hot weather poses new risk as thousands remain without power after deadly Houston storm Hot weather poses new risk as thousands remain without power after deadly Houston storm 05/18/2024 10:52pm • HOUSTON (AP) β€” As the Houston area works to clean up and restore power to hundreds of thousands after deadly storms left at least seven people dead, it will do so amid a smog warning and scorching temperatures that could pose health risks. National Weather Service meteorologist Marc Chenard said o 3 hurt in 3-car crash on Rock Creek Parkway in DC 3 hurt in 3-car crash on Rock Creek Parkway in DC 05/18/2024 10:49pm • An evening crash closed D.C.'s Rock Creek Parkway in both directions Saturday. U.S. Park Police and D.C. Fire and EMS told WTOP it happened at about 8:30 p.m. near P Street NW. First responders found three people injured, including a woman β€” who D.C. Fire and EMS spokesperson Vito Maggiolo s Schauffele and Morikawa are tied at the PGA Championship with a lot of company, except for Scheffler Schauffele and Morikawa are tied at the PGA Championship with a lot of company, except for Scheffler 05/18/2024 08:48pm • LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) β€” The cheers were endless Saturday in the PGA Championship, and when another record day of scoring finally ended at vulnerable Valhalla, so were the possibilities. Xander Schauffele and Collin Morikawa were tied for the lead. Shane Lowry thrust his way into the mix with a 62 t Man suspected of shooting 6-month-old son in hostage standoff near Phoenix apparently killed himself 05/18/2024 08:40pm • SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) β€” A man suspected of shooting his 6-month-old son multiple times after taking the boy and his mother hostage was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in the rubble of a suburban Phoenix home that caught fire during a SWAT standoff, police said Saturday. The b Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters rally in the rain in DC to mark a painful present and past Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters rally in the rain in DC to mark a painful present and past 05/18/2024 07:50pm • WASHINGTON (AP) β€” Hundreds of protesters rallied within sight of the U.S. Capitol, chanting pro-Palestinian slogans and voicing criticism of the Israeli and American governments as they marked a painful present β€” the war in Gaza β€” and past β€” the exodus of some 700,000 Palestinians who fled o Alice Stewart, CNN political commentator and veteran political adviser, dies at 58 Alice Stewart, CNN political commentator and veteran political adviser, dies at 58 05/18/2024 07:11pm • Alice Stewart, a CNN political commentator and veteran political adviser who worked on a number of GOP presidential campaigns, has died at age 58, the news network reported Saturday. Police in northern Virginia told CNN that Stewart's body was found outdoors in the Bellevue neighborhood early Saturd Tunisians stage anti-migrant protest as the number of stranded in transit to Europe grows Tunisians stage anti-migrant protest as the number of stranded in transit to Europe grows 05/18/2024 06:53pm • JEBENIANA, Tunisia (AP) β€” Hundreds of Tunisians marched through the streets of Jebeniana on Saturday to protest the presence of sub-Saharan migrants who have found themselves stranded as the country ramps up border patrol efforts. Anti-migrant anger is mounting in impoverished towns like Jebeniana
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