Spike Lee's 1st trip, Michael Jordan's welcome to newcomers and more from basketball Hall of Fame
Lee joined Jack Nicholson, Philadelphia businessman Alan Horwitz and Billy Crystal in this year’s additions. During a ceremony a few hours before the 2024 class was enshrined, Crystal, a Clippers fan, ...
Italy sends the first ship with migrants to Albania as rights groups warn of a dangerous precedent
Premier Giorgia Meloni’s far-right government on Friday formally opened the two centers in Albania where Italy plans to process thousands of male migrants requesting asylum after being intercepted in ...
Lilly Ledbetter, an icon of the fight for equal pay, has died at 86
NEW YORK (AP) — Lilly Ledbetter, an former Alabama factory manager whose lawsuit against her employer made her an icon of the equal pay movement and led to landmark wage discrimination legislation, ...
Cancer survivor helps inspire college basketball doubleheader exhibition to benefit St. Jude
This doubleheader is the first step toward what Richard Shadyac Jr. hopes will become an annual event. The president and CEO of ALSAC, St. Jude’s fundraising and awareness organization, said cancer is ...
The NBA's parity era is here, with 6 champions in 6 years. Now Boston will try to buck that trend
Here are the last six NBA champions, in order: Toronto, the Los Angeles Lakers, Milwaukee, Golden State, Denver and now Boston. That’s six different title-winning franchises in six seasons, a run of ...
6 people accuse Diddy of sexual assault in new lawsuits, including man who was 16 at the time
NEW YORK (AP) — A new wave of lawsuits filed Monday accuses Sean “Diddy” Combs of raping women, sexually assaulting men and molesting a 16-year-old boy. At least six lawsuits were filed against the ...
Death toll in Bosnia's floods reaches 26, with at least 1 person still missing 10 days after storm
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The death toll from this month’s devastating floods and landslides in Bosnia has reached 26 people while rescue teams are searching for at least one more person ...
Kenya relocates 50 elephants to a larger park. A sign poaching is under control, officials say
Experts started relocating 50 elephants last week to the expansive 780-square-kilometer (301-square-mile) Aberdare National Park in central Kenya. As of Monday, 44 elephants had been moved from Mwea ...
FEMA workers change some hurricane-recovery efforts in North Carolina after receiving threats
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Federal disaster workers paused and then changed some of their hurricane-recovery efforts in North Carolina, including abandoning door-to-door visits, after receiving threats that ...
Members of the Kennedy family gather for funeral of Ethel Kennedy
CENTERVILLE, Mass. (AP) — Members of the Kennedy family gathered Monday for the funeral of Ethel Kennedy, the wife of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. Ethel Kennedy, who raised their 11 children after ...
ICC prosecutor announces renewed probe into alleged crimes in conflict-torn eastern Congo
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court prosecutor said Monday he is renewing an investigation in Congo and focusing on allegations of crimes committed in the conflict-torn ...
NASA spacecraft rockets toward Jupiter's moon Europa in search of the right conditions for life
About the size of a basketball court with its solar wings unfurled, Clipper will swing past Mars and then Earth on its way to Jupiter for gravity assists. The nearly 13,000-pound (5,700-kilogram) ...