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  • Silvio Berlusconi, scandal-scarred former Italian leader, dies at 86

    June 12, 2023 - 10:23 AM

    MILAN (AP) — Silvio Berlusconi, the boastful billionaire media mogul who was Italy's longest-serving premier despite scandals over his sex-fueled parties and allegations of corruption, died Monday. He was 86.

  • BTS members will serve in S. Korea military, regroup in '25

    October 17, 2022 - 6:07 PM

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The members of K-pop band BTS will serve their mandatory military duties under South Korean law, their management company said Monday, effectively ending a debate on whether they should be granted exemptions because of their artistic accomplishments.

  • New York City to let unvaccinated athletes play home games

    March 23, 2022 - 8:49 PM

    NEW YORK (AP) — New York City's mayor will announce Thursday that he’s exempting athletes and performers from the city’s vaccine mandate for private workers, a move that will allow Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving to play home games and unvaccinated baseball players to take the field when their season begins.

  • Avenatti wavers on testifying in trial vs. Stormy Daniels

    January 31, 2022 - 4:00 PM

    NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Avenatti wavered Monday when asked whether he plans to take the witness stand in his own defense at a fraud trial in which he's accused of stealing $300,000 in book proceeds from porn actor Stormy Daniels.

  • Avenatti cast as both thief, generous lawyer at NYC trial

    January 24, 2022 - 3:10 PM

    NEW YORK (AP) — California lawyer Michael Avenatti stole nearly $300,000 in book proceeds from porn star Stormy Daniels to pay employees at his debt-ridden law firm and to fund his personal expenses, a prosecutor told jurors as the once high-flying attorney's third criminal trial in two years began Monday.

  • Pfizer chief Albert Bourla wins $1 million Genesis Prize

    January 18, 2022 - 10:26 PM

    JERUSALEM (AP) — Albert Bourla, chairman and chief executive of global pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc., was awarded on Wednesday the prestigious Genesis Prize for his efforts in leading the development of a COVID-19 vaccine.

  • Statistics show the 'she-cession' is over, but experts say not so fast

    December 28, 2021 - 7:00 AM

    CALGARY - When Alicia Dempster started her maternity leave in June 2019, she never dreamed that she would still be at home two and a half years later.

  • City honors nightclub where Ray Charles sang during Jim Crow

    December 08, 2021 - 5:28 AM

    CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina city is putting up a historical marker to commemorate a nightclub renowned for hosting Black musicians and patrons in the segregated South.

  • As Shatner heads toward the stars, visions of space collide

    October 11, 2021 - 9:04 PM

    “Risk is our business,” James T. Kirk once said. “That’s what this starship is all about. That’s why we’re aboard her.”

  • Who's in? California recall candidate list draws confusion

    July 19, 2021 - 4:14 AM

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The official list of who's running in California's recall election of Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom remained unsettled Sunday, with conservative talk radio host Larry Elder maintaining he should be included but state officials saying he submitted incomplete tax returns, a requirement to run.
  • iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
    Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of April 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability.  Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjo
  • Discharge coming from the Sandher Fruit Packer plant. Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
    A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

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