Search

Police say JK Rowling committed no crime with tweets slamming Scotland's new hate speech law 04/02/2024 01:33pm • LONDON (AP) ��� J.K. Rowling did not break the law with tweets criticizing Scotland���s new hate speech law and referring to transgender women as men, the police said Tuesday. The ���Harry Potter��� author opposes the law, which came into force on Monday and makes it illegal to stir up hatred on the Woman extradited from Italy is convicted in Michigan in husband's 2002 death 04/02/2024 01:31pm • CHARLOTTE, Mich. (AP) ��� A woman extradited from Italy for the 2002 fatal bludgeoning of her husband in Michigan was convicted of second-degree murder. A jury in Eaton County needed only two hours Monday to decide the outcome of the trial against Beverly McCallum, the Lansing State Journal reported Illinois man charged in 4 killings ordered to remain in jail pending trial 04/02/2024 01:00pm • ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) ��� A northern Illinois man charged with killing four people and injuring seven others by stabbing, beating and driving over them has been denied pretrial release. A judge in the city of Rockford ruled Tuesday that Christian Soto must remain in jail pending trial. The judge sched 3 dead, 3 injured after a helicopter crashes near a summit in the Swiss Alps 04/02/2024 11:55am • GENEVA (AP) ��� A helicopter ferrying a guide and visitors to a mountaintop drop-off point for skiers crashed Tuesday in the Swiss Alps, killing three people and injuring three others, police said. Authorities opened an investigation to determine why the light utility helicopter skidded off its lan Deputy chief of Thailand's national police surrenders for arrest on money laundering charge 04/02/2024 11:02am • BANGKOK (AP) ��� A deputy chief of Thailand���s national police force involved in many high-profile cases turned himself in to fellow officers on Tuesday after a court issued a warrant for his arrest on money laundering charges. Police Gen. Surachate Hakparn had recently been suspended from his duti Vehicle carrying suspected migrants crashes into a river in Albania, killing 8 people 04/02/2024 10:14am • TIRANA, Albania (AP) ��� A car crashed into a river on Tuesday in southeastern Albania, killing all eight people inside, including seven suspected migrants and a local driver, police said. The driver of the vehicle lost control and veered into the Vjosa River about 240 kilometers (150 miles) southea Putin vows to find the masterminds of the Moscow concert hall attack and urges tighter security 04/02/2024 09:41am • MOSCOW (AP) ��� President Vladimir Putin vowed Tuesday to track down the masterminds of the Moscow concert hall attack that left 144 people dead in the worst assault on Russian soil in two decades, and urged its law enforcement agencies to tighten security at mass gatherings. Putin has repeatedly so From homeless to Final Four history, Fisk forward being honored for his courage 04/02/2024 09:16am • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ��� Jeremiah Armstead moved around so much he wasn���t even eligible to play high school basketball until his senior year. He never lost faith through all the nights his family slept in their car when they couldn���t get a hotel room or into a shelter. Especially that first nig A 12-year-old student opens fire at a school in Finland, killing 1 and wounding 2 others 04/02/2024 09:01am • HELSINKI (AP) ��� A 12-year-old student opened fire at a secondary school in southern Finland on Tuesday morning, killing one and seriously wounding two other students, police said. The suspect was later apprehended. Heavily armed police cordoned off the Viertola school ��� a large educational inst Austria stepping up police checks in border areas after Germany liberalizes cannabis rules 04/02/2024 08:57am • BERLIN (AP) ��� Austria will step up police checks near its border with Germany after its neighbor legalized the possession of limited amounts of cannabis for recreational use, the country's top security official said Tuesday. Germany's new rules went into force Monday, legalizing possession by adul Mike Feinsilber fought the epic AP-UPI rivalry from both camps with wit and grace 04/02/2024 08:13am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Mike Feinsilber, whose masterful way with words and mischievous wit enlivened American journalism for five decades, the bulk of them at The Associated Press, has died. He was 89. Feinsilber died at home on Monday, said his wife of 55 years, Doris Feinsilber, a pioneering computer Man injured after being shot by police in Northeast DC 04/02/2024 07:13am • A man was injured after he was shot by a police officer Monday night in Northeast D.C. According to D.C. police, members of the Violent Crime Suppression Unit were in the area of Bladensburg Road and V Street at around 9 p.m. when they saw a group of men engaged in "some sort of altercation." South Africa's parliamentary speaker faces imminent arrest over graft charges after court bid fails 04/02/2024 06:46am • PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) ��� South Africa's parliamentary speaker faces imminent arrest over corruption charges after a court on Tuesday dismissed her bid to block police and prosecutors from arresting her. Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, who is a senior member of the ruling African National Congress pa American teenager and 2 other people killed in an avalanche near the Swiss resort of Zermatt 04/02/2024 06:35am • GENEVA (AP) ��� An American teenager and two other people were killed in avalanche near the Swiss resort of Zermatt, police said Tuesday. One person was flown to a hospital with serious injuries. The avalanche occurred at about 2 p.m. Monday in an off-piste area of the Riffelberg, above the resort a Police in Finland say one of three students wounded in a school shooting has died 04/02/2024 06:09am • HELSINKI (AP) ��� Police in Finland say one of three students wounded in a school shooting has died.