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FILE - A man cools off in a shower at Ipanema beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sept. 24, 2023. The latest calculations from several science agencies Friday, Jan. 12, 2024, all say that global average temperatures for 2023 shattered existing heat records. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado, File)
Scientists explain why the record-shattering 2023 heat has them on edge. Warming may be worsening
The latest calculations from several science agencies showing Earth obliterated global heat records last year may seem scary. But scientists worry that what’s behind those numbers could be even … more
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Cloaked in red, Julio Rivero holds a figure of Saint Gauchito Gil while visiting his sanctuary, in Mercedes, Argentina, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024. Worshiped by many faithful Argentines, the folk saint depicts a traditional cowboy known as the gaucho, a long-haired man with a mustache, red handkerchief around his neck and belt. He is revered as a sort of Robin Hood figure, joining the army and deserting in favor of stealing and distributing wealth amongst the country's poor. He was later captured and hung from a tree on Jan. 8, 1878. (AP Photo/Mario De Fina)
AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
Jan. 5-11, 2024 Armed men storm an Ecuador TV studio during a live broadcast. As attacks in the country escalated, the president issued a decree declaring a state of emergency, suspending … more
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Devotees raise their hands during the annual Black Nazarene procession which was resumed after a three-year suspension due to the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024 in Manila, Philippines. A mammoth crowd of mostly barefoot Catholic devotees joined a chaotic procession through downtown Manila Tuesday to venerate a centuries-old black statue of Jesus Christ with many praying for peace in the Middle East where Filipino relatives work. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
AP Week in Pictures: Asia
Jan. 4-11, 2024 This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images in the Asia-Pacific region made or published by The Associated Press in the past week. Devotees crowd during … more
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FILE - A hearse and van sit outside the Return to Nature Funeral Home, Oct. 6, 2023, in Penrose, Colo. Investigators who entered the funeral home encountered stacks of partially covered human remains, bodily fluids several inches deep on the floor and flies, an FBI agent testified Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
Investigators found stacked bodies and maggots at a neglected Colorado funeral home, FBI agent says
An FBI agent says investigators who entered a Colorado funeral home where nearly 200 abandoned bodies were found encountered stacks of partially covered human remains, bodily fluids several inches … more
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FILE - Pigeons fly above rabbis gathering for a group photo at the Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2018, in New York. The synagogue in New York's Brooklyn borough is closely tied with Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson's enduring influence in global Judaism and beyond in the three decades since his death, but it received unwanted attention in January 2024 with a brawl between some worshippers and police, part of a sequence of events that began with the discovery of a secretly dug tunnel. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
Who was the revered rabbi cited as inspiration for a tunnel to a basement synagogue in New York?
The basement synagogue that was the scene of a brawl this week between some worshippers and New York City police has a long and storied connection with a Brooklyn rabbi. Rabbi Menachem Mendel … more
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FILE - Nathalie Stutzmann conducts a recent orchestra rehearsal, Friday, April 28, 2023, in New York. Atlanta Symphony Orchestra music director Nathalie Stutzmann conducts "Tannhäuser" after leading the new production last summer. (Metropolitan Opera via AP, File)
Bayreuth Festival to have three women conductors, three years after gender barrier broken
The Bayreuth Festival will have three female conductors this summer, three years after the podium gender barrier was broken at the annual showcase of Richard Wagner’s operas. The festival said … more
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FILE - A sold sign hangs in front of a Brighton, New York house on Tuesday, February 21, 2023. The average rate on a 30-year mortgage rose to 6.66% from 6.62% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)
Average long-term mortgage rates rise again, reaching their highest level in 4 weeks
The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate rose for the second time in as many weeks, climbing to its highest level in four weeks. The average rate on a 30-year mortgage rose to 6.66% from 6.62% last … more
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FILE - Michelle Troconis, center, is arraigned on conspiracy to commit murder charges in Stamford Superior Court Wednesday, January 8, 2020, in Stamford, Conn. The first criminal trial related to the 2019 killing of Connecticut mother-of-five Jennifer Dulos is set to begin this week. Michelle Troconis is scheduled to go on trial Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024 on charges of conspiracy to commit murder, evidence tampering and hindering prosecution.(Erik Trautmann/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP, Pool, File)
Trial of woman charged in alleged coverup of Jennifer Dulos killing begins in Connecticut
The trial of a woman charged in the 2019 killing of mother-of-five Jennifer Dulos has begun in a Connecticut courtroom. A six-person jury began hearing the case against Michelle Troconis in Stamford … more
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FILE - An advertisement for the cryptocurrency Bitcoin displayed on a tram, May 12, 2021, in Hong Kong. U.S. regulators are soon expected to decide whether to approve the first bitcoin exchange-traded fund, a development that could thrust the once niche and nerdy corner of the internet even further into the financial mainstream. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
New funds will make investing in bitcoin easier. Here’s what you need to know
The U.S. for the first time has given the greenlight to almost a dozen exchange traded funds for bitcoins. ETFs give every day investors a way to get in on trading in oil, gold, corporate bonds and … more
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FILE - In this June 5, 2014 file photo, Michael Lomax, president of the United Negro College Fund, poses for a portrait by a painted mural in Washington. The United Negro College Fund announced a gift of $100 million from the Lilly Endowment, as part of its larger capital campaign to bolster the endowments of the 37 historically Black colleges and university that form its membership. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
$100 million gift from Lilly Endowment aims to shore up HBCU endowments
The United Negro College Fund announced a donation of $100 million from the Lilly Endowment, the single largest unrestricted gift to the organization since its founding 80 years ago. The gift … more
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FILE - A Google sign hangs over an entrance to the company's new building, Sept. 6, 2023, in New York. Google has laid off hundreds of employees working on its hardware, voice assistance and engineering teams as part of cost-cutting measures. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan, File)
Google lays off hundreds in hardware, voice assistant teams amid cost-cutting drive
Google says it has laid off hundreds of employees working on its hardware, voice assistance and engineering teams as part of cost-cutting measures. The company said the moves were made as Google aims … more
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Starbucks sign hangs outside a casino along Main Street Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023, in Deadwood, S.D. A consumer advocacy group filed a lawsuit against Starbucks on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, saying the company’s claim that its coffee is ethically sourced is false and misleading.(AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Starbucks sued by consumer group that calls its claim of ethical sourcing false and misleading
A consumer advocacy group filed a lawsuit against Starbucks Wednesday, saying the company’s claim that its coffee is ethically sourced is false and misleading. The National Consumers League cited … more
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FILE - Native Hawaiian heiress Abigail Kawānanakoa poses outside a Honolulu courthouse on Oct. 25, 2019. There will be at least $100 million leftover to fund Native Hawaiian causes from the estate of the so-called last Hawaiian princess who died last year at age 96. According to court documents filed last week in the probate case for the estate of Abigail Kawānanakoa, $40 million will go to her wife. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, File)
$100M will be left for Native Hawaiian causes from the estate of an heiress considered last princess
There will be at least $100 million left in the estate of the so-called last Hawaiian princess to support Native Hawaiian culture. Abigail Kawānanakoa died last year at age 96. She was a descendant … more
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FILE - A police officer gives an order to the public during a manhunt for Robert Card at a farm following two mass shootings, Oct. 27, 2023, in Lisbon, Maine. Despite the warning by Card's friend and fellow Army reservist Sean Hodgson, which came alongside a series of other glaring red flags, Army officials discounted the warnings and ultimately did not stop Card from committing Maine's deadliest mass shooting when he killed multiple people in Lewiston. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
In his 1st interview, friend who warned officials of Maine shooter says 'I literally spelled it out'
For 17 years, Sean Hodgson was best friends with the man who would commit Maine's deadliest mass shooting. Hodgson and Robert Card were both Army reservists. Hodgson watched Card unravel, becoming … more
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FILE - Books are displayed at the Banned Book Library at American Stage, Feb. 18, 2023, in St. Petersburg, Fla. A lawsuit can move forward against the Escambia County School District, a Florida Panhandle school district, over its removal of books about race and LGBTQ+ identities from library shelves, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. (Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay Times via AP, File)
Federal lawsuit against Florida school district that banned books can move forward, judge rules
A federal judge has ruled that a lawsuit may move forward against a Florida Panhandle school district over its removal of books about race and LGBTQ+ identities from library shelves. The … more
FILE - This combination of photos shows Republican presidential candidates, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, and former South Carolina UN Ambassador Nikki Haley. The fifth Republican presidential debate of the 2024 election season will also be its first head-to-head matchup. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley are the only candidates taking part in Wednesday night’s debate in Iowa. (AP Photo, File)
DeSantis and Haley go head to head: How to watch the fifth Republican presidential debate
The fifth Republican presidential debate of the 2024 election season will also be its first head-to-head matchup. The debate kicks off Wednesday, 9 p.m. Eastern time at Drake University and comes … more
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FILE - The headquarters of German software maker SAP is seen, Nov. 5, 2003, in Walldorf near Heidelberg, Germany. SAP will pay more than $220 million in fines to resolve U.S. bribery allegations involving payments to government officials in South Africa and Indonesia, the U.S. Justice Department said in a statement Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)
German software giant SAP fined more than $220M to resolve US bribery allegations
German software giant SAP will pay more than $220 million in fines to resolve U.S. bribery allegations involving payments to foreign government officials. The Justice Department said Wednesday that … more
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Attorney General State of Missouri Andrew Bailey testifies during a House Committee on Homeland Security hearing on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, in Washington. Federal judges on Wednesday ruled that Missouri may move forward with a lawsuit blaming China for its role in the COVID-19 pandemic. Bailey, whose office filed the lawsuit, on Wednesday lauded the decision on X, formerly known as Twitter. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)
Missouri lawsuit accusing China of hoarding pandemic gear can proceed, appeals panel says
A federal appeals panel says a Missouri lawsuit accusing China of hoarding masks and other protective gear during the COVID-19 pandemic can move forward. The three-judge panel of the U.S. Eighth … more
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Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis listens as Bob Vander Plaats speaks to media following a Fox News Town Hall in Des Moines, Iowa, Tuesday, Jan 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Court sends case of prosecutor suspended by DeSantis back to trial judge over First Amendment issues
A Democratic Florida prosecutor suspended by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis will get another chance to show his political advocacy was protected by the First Amendment and could not be the basis for … more
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This combination of photos shows, from top left, former Rankin County sheriff's deputies Hunter Elward, Christian Dedmon, Brett McAlpin, Jeffrey Middleton, Daniel Opdyke and former Richland police officer Joshua Hartfield appearing at the Rankin County Circuit Court in Brandon, Miss., Aug. 14, 2023. A federal judge has, for the second time, postponed sentencing for six former Mississippi law enforcement officers who pleaded guilty to a long list of state and federal charges for torturing two Black men. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Sentencing postponed again for Mississippi police officers who tortured two Black men
A federal judge has postponed sentencing for six former Mississippi law enforcement officers who pleaded guilty to a long list of state and federal charges for torturing two Black men. Sentencing had … more
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