Abbott Laboratories will pay $385 million to resolve claims tied to an investigation of contamination at a baby formula factory in Sturgis, Michigan, the largest in the country, which led to the supply shortages in 2022. Problems at the facility prompted a lawsuit by the Justice Department and recall of powdered infant formula at the...

A task force is quietly working to expand higher education offerings in Oakland by bringing a historically Black college or university here. And Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee is central to the effort. There are a little over 100 recognized HBCUs in the country, but they are concentrated in the southeast since many were established in...

Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil sued Columbia University on Monday, alleging it failed to address harassment against him and other members of a pro-Palestinian campus group and retaliated against them when they reported it. The university’s deliberate indifference led to the doxing of multiple group members and Khalils detention by immigration agents, ...

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Sept. 20-26: Sept. 20: Actor Sophia Loren is 92. Bassist Chuck Panozzo (Styx) is 78. Actor Tony Denison (Major Crimes, The Closer) is 77. Actor Debbi Morgan (Power) is 75. Jazz guitarist Peter White is 72. Actor Betsy Brantley (Deep Impact) is 71. Actor Gary Cole is 70. Bassist...

A woman was injured in a shooting at an illegal car meetup in Prince Georges County, Maryland, early Sunday morning.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) The Supreme Court will decide later this month whether to hear a lobster fishermans challenge to a government requirement that boats use electronic tracking devices. That case could have broad consequences for the American commercial fishing industry. Maine lobsterman Frank Thompson filed a federal lawsuit against the head of his ...

MIAMI (AP) A close ally of ousted Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro is expected to plead guilty Tuesday in a federal case that accused him of bribing officials to win lucrative contracts to import food at a time of widespread hardship in the South American country. Alex Saab is scheduled to appear before Judge Kathleen...

NEW YORK (AP) Bob Mackie, the fashion designer whose visually provocative Hollywood style defined glamour for the 1970s including putting Carol Burnett in some of her kookiest get-ups and Cher in her raciest ones died Monday. He was 87. He lived his 87 years to the fullest, fulfilling his dream of being...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) A man charged with murder in the hanging of a Black woman in Mississippi pleaded not guilty Monday during his first court appearance. The body of Tasia Fortune, 29, was found hanging from a tree behind an abandoned home in the capital, Jackson, on Aug. 3. On Friday, police arrested 51-year-old...

Costco has raised the price of motor oil sold under its exclusive private-label brand as well as limited how much of it customers can buy weekly as oil prices climb yet again. Americans looking to try to save some money by purchasing motor oil to do their own oil changes may consider this yet another...

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) Vadim Ghirda is a Bucharest, Romania-based Associated Press photographer who has documented major news, conflict and humanitarian stories for more than 35 years. Here’s what he had to say about this extraordinary photo: Why this photo I enjoy shooting events outside the mainstream hard-news agenda. They often offer a more ...

MIAMI (AP) Maduro ally Alex Saab expected to plead guilty Tuesday in federal money laundering case.

NEW YORK (AP) Bob Mackie, iconic designer to the stars who dressed Cher and Madonna and defined ’70s Hollywood glamour, dies at 87.

MIAMI (AP) Four people were hospitalized after a crane collapsed at a Miami construction site Monday morning, officials said. The collapse occurred shortly after 8 a.m. in the city’s upscale Brickell neighborhood. Miami Fire Chief Robert Hevia said during a news conference Monday morning that he was thankful a call involving a collapsed crane...

TORONTO (AP) When Rosalind Eleazar first got a breakdown of Chris Rocks Misty Green, it had a stress-inducing description of the character, a strong-headed, self-destructive actor in Los Angeles. It said, Shes a really talented actress, Eleazar says. You suddenly feel this extra meta pressure: Right, so I have to do the job. I...

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) A sexual assault trial starts Monday for a New Hampshire man whose arrest more than seven years ago kicked off one of the biggest youth detention scandals in U.S. history. Former youth counselor Jeffrey Buskey, 60, of Litchfield, faces allegations involving four boys held at the Youth Development Center in Manchester...

The fashion and costume designer Bob Mackie, whose glittering creations have been worn by Cher, Dolly Parton, Tina Turner and Miley Cyrus, has died at age 87.

AVENTURA, Fla. (AP) AVENTURA, Fla. (AP) Immersion Corp. (IMMR) on Monday reported profit of $4.9 million in its fiscal first quarter. On a per-share basis, the Aventura, Florida-based company said it had profit of 17 cents. The touch-based technology company posted revenue of $294.4 million in the period. _____ This story was generated...

VATICAN CITY (AP) Pope Leo XIV celebrated his 71st birthday on Monday but it was Vatican employees who got the gift. The Vatican published a papal decree repealing 2021 salary cuts that Pope Francis had imposed on many Vatican employees as part of the Holy Sees COVID-19 cost-saving measures. In the decree, Leo said...

ROME (AP) Victor L. Simpson, the longtime Rome bureau chief for The Associated Press whose four decades as a foreign correspondent spanned five popes, wars and violence that touched him personally, has died. He was 84. Simpson died of cancer Sunday at his home in Rome, his children said Monday. During a 46-year AP...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) There’s something about the American road trip. It brings to mind visions of cars the size of boats, the glory days before seat-belt laws and pit stops at the world’s largest fill-in-the-blank. It has been memorialized in books like Jack Kerouacs On the Road and satirized in movies like National Lampoons...

TOKYO (AP) The president of Chubu Electric Power Co., Japan’s third-largest utility, said Monday that he and the chairperson are resigning to take responsibility over the company’s yearslong manipulation of earthquake safety data for two nuclear reactors and that the operator will withdraw applications to restart them. Japan has been gradually ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) Two minibus taxis collided head-on, and an SUV crashed into them on one of South Africa’s main highways, killing at least 21 people and leaving four others seriously injured, authorities said Monday. The crash on Sunday night in the Western Cape Province took place between the small towns of...

The D.C. attorney general secured over $9 million as part of a settlement agreement where two landlords were allegedly found to be in a price-fixing scheme.

WASHINGTON (AP) Delawares Democratic U.S. senator, U.S. representative and state attorney general will go before voters in a state primary Tuesday as they seek reelection. Voters also will choose nominees for state Legislature and for an open seat for state treasurer. The primaries will set the stage for the November general election, when Republicans...