Murder charges filed against woman who crashed into building hosting birthday party, killing 2 kids
BERLIN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Second-degree murder charges have been filed against a Michigan woman who smashed her SUV into a boat club that was hosting a birthday party and killed two young siblings. Marshella Chidester is also accused of drunken driving and injuring several other people who were at the party Saturday at the Swan Boat Club in Monroe County, south of Detroit. She is due in court later Tuesday. The crash killed 8-year-old Alanah Phillips and her 4-year-old brother, Zayn Phillips. Their mother and a sibling were among the injured.
Wall Street is looking to Tesla's earnings for clues to Musk's plan to restore company's wild growth
Faced with falling global sales and a tumbling stock price, Tesla has slashed prices again on some of its electric vehicles and its “Full Self Driving” system. It's an apparent effort to boost the company's earnings growth. But Wall Street was unimpressed and will be looking for other answers from CEO Elon Musk when Tesla releases first-quarter earnings Tuesday. For Musk, the answer appears to be the long-elusive robotaxi, which he has been touting as a growth catalyst for Tesla. Now, Musk appears to be betting that the unveiling of a new robotaxi on Aug. 8 will be the catalyst that his company needs to return to huge annual sales growth.
Denver Broncos introduce new uniforms for first time since 1997
DENVER (AP) — The Denver Broncos unveiled new uniforms Monday with their first major changes since 1997. The “Mile High Collection” maintains the current helmet log and features a total of 10 uniform combinations, four jerseys and three helmets. The collection integrates elements of Colorado’s landscapes, features a new navy metallic satin helmet and introduces a throwback orange uniform that includes the iconic legacy blue “D” helmet, paying tribute to the Orange Crush era and the Broncos’ first Super Bowl appearance in 1977.
LeBron James rants at NBA's replay center for calls, Lakers lose on buzzer-beater, trail Denver 2-0
DENVER (AP) — LeBron James' anger boiled over after the Los Angeles Lakers' latest loss to the Denver Nuggets. His anger wasn't centered on the Lakers and blowing a 20-point lead in the second half or at Jamal Murray's game-winning buzzer beater to give Denver a 101-99 win. No, James was upset about the NBA's replay center reversing a foul call on the Nuggets in the second half. James said Michael Porter Jr. clearly hit D'Angelo Russell in the face and that the call shouldn't have been reversed. The Lakers are down 2-0 with the series heading to Los Angeles for Game 3 on Thursday.
Police clear out a migrant camp in central Paris. Activists say it's a pre-Olympics sweep
PARIS (AP) — French police have evicted migrants from a makeshift camp in Paris a few steps away from the Seine River. It's the latest operation in what aid groups call a campaign of “social cleansing” ahead of the Summer Olympics. Around 30 teenage boys and young men from West Africa were awakened by police officers and urged to pack their tents and belongings. The operation came days after police carried out a large-scale eviction at France’s biggest squatter camp. Such evictions happen every spring. But aid groups say these efforts are intensifying ahead of the Olympics. Paris police say the operation was carried out for security reasons.
Elon Musk accuses Australia of censorship after court bans violent video
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Tech billionaire Elon Musk has accused Australia of censorship after an Australian judge ruled that his social media platform X must block users worldwide from accessing video of a bishop being stabbed in a Sydney church. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese responded Tuesday by describing Musk as an “arrogant billionaire.” X announced it would fight in court Australian orders to take down posts relating to a knife attack on a bishop as a service was being streamed online on April 15. The material was geoblocked from Australia but remained available elsewhere. But the regulator that made the orders successfully applied Monday to the Federal Court for a temporary global ban on sharing the video.
America’s child care crisis is holding back moms without college degrees
AUBURN, Wash. (AP) — The high costs and limited availability of quality child care are holding back American moms without college degrees. Women’s participation in the workforce has recovered from the pandemic, reaching historic highs in December. But that masks a lingering employment crisis among moms who lack a college degree. For these moms, a day without work is often a day without pay. And when they face an interruption in child care arrangements, an adult in the family is far more likely to adjust by giving up work, according to an analysis of U.S. Census survey data by The Associated Press.
South Korean sentenced to 14 months in jail for killing 76 cats
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean man has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for killing 76 cats in one of the country's the most gruesome cases of animal cruelty in recent years. The Changwon District Court in southeastern South Korea said that the man, who is in his 20s, was convicted of violating South Korea’s animal protection law last week. It says the man went on a cat-killing spree due to a deep hatred of the animal that he began harboring after other cats scratched his car. The court says the man had caught stray cats and adopted others from online sites to kill them between December 2022 and September 2023.
Chicago Bears schedule a Wednesday announcement on new stadium near lakefront
CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bears have scheduled a Wednesday news conference to announce plans for “a state-of-the-art, publicly owned enclosed stadium” on the city’s Museum Campus near Lake Michigan. The announcement Monday said the plans also call for additional green and open space with access to the lakefront. The team said last month it was prepared to provide more than $2 billion in funding toward a publicly owned stadium in the city. That statement signaled a shift in focus away from building a new home in the suburbs. Soldier Field has been the Bears’ home since 1971. The team’s lease there runs through 2033.
PEN America calls off awards ceremony amid criticism over its response to Israel-Hamas war
NEW YORK (AP) — Facing widespread unhappiness over its response to the Israel-Hamas war, the writers’ group PEN America has called off its annual awards ceremony. Dozens of nominees had dropped out of the event, which was to have taken place in New York next week. PEN hands out hundreds of thousands of dollars in prizes each year, including $75,000 for the PEN/Jean Stein Award for best book. Authors affiliated with PEN have repeatedly denounced the organization for allegedly favoring Israel and downplaying atrocities against Palestinian writers and journalists. PEN has called for a ceasefire and helped set up a $100,000 emergency fund for Palestinian writers.
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