By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The boys are out of the cave. Now Hollywood wants in. The producers behind Christian films like “God’s Not Dead’’ are already in Thailand with plans to develop a movie about the 18-day saga of the soccer team trapped in a flooded cave. Though the […]
Trump passes over Amul Thapar for Supreme Court
BY CATHERINE LUCEY, ZEKE MILLER AND MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump chose Brett Kavanaugh, a solidly conservative, politically connected judge, for the Supreme Court on July 9, setting up a ferocious confirmation battle with Democrats as he seeks to shift the nation’s highest court ever further to the right. Trump passed […]
Immigrant PhD candidate rocked by sudden U.S. Army discharge
By MARTHA MENDOZA AND GARANCE BURKE Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Growing up in eastern China, Panshu Zhao fell in love with America. He read the Bible his parents gave him, watched Hollywood movies and studied the ideals of democracy. He jumped at the chance to attend graduate school at Texas A&M University. In […]
Woman survives crash that killed husband, 4 daughters
TOWNSEND, Del. (AP) — A GoFundMe campaign has been launched to help a woman with burial expenses for her husband and four children. Audie Trinidad of Teaneck, New Jersey, 61, died along with his four daughters in a Delaware highway crash on July 6. He was a native of the Philippines and U.S. Navy veteran […]
Suit alleging bias pulls back curtain on Harvard admissions
By COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Defending itself in a lawsuit alleging bias against Asian-Americans, Harvard University is fighting a push to make public a trove of admissions documents including internal communications, statistics on accepted students and a “dean’s interest list.’’ The fight over alleged discrimination already has led to disclosures including Harvard’s […]
High court OKs Trump’s travel ban, slams infamous case on Japanese internment camps
WASHINGTON (AP) — A sharply divided Supreme Court upheld President Donald Trump’s ban on travel from several mostly Muslim countries on June 26, the conservative majority taking his side in a major ruling supporting his presidential power. A dissenting liberal justice said the court was making a historic mistake by refusing to recognize the ban […]
Minnesota GOP chair says she faced racism from within party
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Republican Party Chairwoman Jennifer Carnahan says she has been the target of racist and sexist attacks from fellow Republicans. Carnahan posted on her personal Facebook page on June 22 that some GOP leaders around the state have called her “a stupid Asian not even born in America’’ and used racial slurs, […]
Boston schools chief says student info not shared with ICE
BOSTON (AP) — The superintendent of Boston Public Schools denies that the school system shared information about a student with federal immigration authorities. Superintendent Tommy Chang says on June 24 in a letter responding to a lawsuit filed last week that seeks to force the school system to say how much student information it shares […]
Study: Plastic will pile up in wake of China recycling ban
By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — China’s decision to stop accepting plastic waste from other countries is causing plastic to pile up around the globe, and wealthy countries must find a way to slow the accumulation of one of the most ubiquitous materials on the planet, a group of scientists said. The […]
Ichi-who? Suzuki sits on M’s bench in fake mustache disguise
By BEN WALKER AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Just who was that guy sitting on the Seattle Mariners bench, the odd fellow with the bushy mustache, shades and a hoodie? Wait a second — it was Ichiro! Now a team executive, Ichiro Suzuki donned a Bobby Valentine-style disguise and sneaked into the Seattle […]
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