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Drug counselor who delivered the fatal dose of ketamine to actor Matthew Perry is up for sentencing
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A licensed drug addiction counselor who delivered "Friends" star Matthew Perry the doses of ketamine that killed him is set to be sentenced on Wednesday. Prosecutors are asking for 2 1/2 years in prison for 56-year-old Erik Fleming...
May 13, 2026
Asian shares trade mixed as AI excitement fades and war worries continue
TOKYO (AP) - Asian shares traded mixed Wednesday, as fading enthusiasm over AI and other technology stocks gradually put the brakes on Wall Street's record-setting run. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 edged up 0.8% in afternoon trading to 63,244.43. So...
May 13, 2026
Trump set to meet with Xi in Beijing as war and inflation weigh on his presidency
BEIJING (AP) - President Donald Trump is set to arrive in Beijing on Wednesday for his highly anticipated summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at a restless moment for a world worried about war, trade and artificial intelligence. "We're the two supe...
May 13, 2026
OpenAI chief Sam Altman makes a high-stakes appearance in his court bout with Elon Musk
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - OpenAI CEO Sam Altman took the witness stand Tuesday to defend his business record in a trial pitting him against Elon Musk, rebutting testimony that disparaged his leadership at a pivotal time for the ChatGPT maker. Musk, the...
May 12, 2026
Authorities say man struck and killed by plane at Denver airport intended to take his own life
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) - A 41-year-old man struck and killed by a plane in a fiery collision at Denver International Airport was intending to end his own life when he scaled a remote fence and walked onto a runway - a security breach that airport p...
May 12, 2026
Wall Street falls from its records as AI stocks slump and oil prices rise
Rising oil prices and a sudden halt for technology stocks are knocking Wall Street off its record highs on Tuesday. The S&P 500 fell 0.9% from its all-time high set the day before. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 231 points, or 0.6%, as...
May 12, 2026
Ship operator and employee are charged in crash that caused the deadly collapse of Baltimore bridge
BALTIMORE (AP) - Federal prosecutors announced criminal charges Tuesday in the 2024 collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge, accusing a Singapore-based ship operator and a senior employee of making critical decisions that caused a vessel to ...
May 12, 2026
New York governor pitches a new tax on pricey pied-à-terres
NEW YORK (AP) - For months, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has resisted calls to increase taxes on the wealthy, beating back progressives who have hounded her from Manhattan to Puerto Rico bellowing chants of "tax the rich." Now she is pitching a compro...
Apr 15, 2026
Dramatic video shows Oklahoma high school principal tackle, disarm gunman as students flee
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Newly released video shows a high school principal in Oklahoma tackling and disarming a former student who entered the lobby of the school and began firing a pistol. Pauls Valley High School Principal Kirk Moore was shot in the l...
Apr 15, 2026
Roblox gaming platform reaches $12 million settlement with Nevada enhancing youth protections
LAS VEGAS (AP) - The interactive gaming platform Roblox will implement increased protections for young users and pay more than $12 million to the state of Nevada in what state Attorney General Aaron Ford on Wednesday called a first-of-its-kind agreem...
Apr 15, 2026














