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New Jersey Transit train engineers go on strike, leaving some 350,000 commuters in the lurch

New Jersey Transit train engineers go on strike, leaving some 350,000 commuters in the lurch

New Jersey Transit train engineers went on strike Friday, leaving an estimated 350,000 commuters in New Jersey and New York City to seek other means to reach their destinations or consider staying home.
Thai construction magnate surrenders on felony negligence charges over building collapse in quake

Thai construction magnate surrenders on felony negligence charges over building collapse in quake

BANGKOK (AP) — A construction magnate and more than a dozen other people surrendered to police Friday on criminal negligence charges for the collapse of a Bangkok high-rise during a March 28 earthquake.
Sailing from Oregon to Hawaii after quitting his job turns a man with a cat into social media star

Sailing from Oregon to Hawaii after quitting his job turns a man with a cat into social media star

HONOLULU (AP) — Midway while sailing across the Pacific with just his cat named Phoenix, Oliver Widger reflected on why he thinks his many followers — more than a million on TikTok and Instagram — are drawn to his story of quitting his 9-to-5 job and
Man who stabbed author Salman Rushdie faces sentencing in New York

Man who stabbed author Salman Rushdie faces sentencing in New York

MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — The man convicted of stabbing Salman Rushdie on a New York lecture stage in 2022, leaving the prizewinning author blind in one eye, is scheduled to be sentenced on Friday.
Literary world gathers for PEN America dinner-gala hosted by Amber Ruffin

Literary world gathers for PEN America dinner-gala hosted by Amber Ruffin

NEW YORK (AP) — Amber Ruffin looked out upon hundreds of writers, publishers and editors gathered for PEN America's annual gala and shared her experience of being on the receiving end of censorship.
Criminal investigation opened in rape and sexual assault allegations against Smokey Robinson

Criminal investigation opened in rape and sexual assault allegations against Smokey Robinson

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said Thursday that it has opened a criminal investigation into rape and sexual assault allegations against Motown music luminary Smokey Robinson .
Bono: 'The world has never been closer to a world war in my lifetime'

Bono: 'The world has never been closer to a world war in my lifetime'

CANNES, France (AP) — Cannes is a short trip from Bono’s seaside villa in Eze-sur-Mer. He bought it with The Edge in 1993, and considers himself grateful to a coastline that, he says, gave him a “delayed adolescence.
Book about Canadian COVID-19 response, 'Seized by Uncertainty,' wins Donner Prize

Book about Canadian COVID-19 response, 'Seized by Uncertainty,' wins Donner Prize

TORONTO — A book about Canada's response to the COVID-19 pandemic has won the Donner Prize for public policy writing.
The Menendez brothers case reflects a shifting culture across decades

The Menendez brothers case reflects a shifting culture across decades

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The trials of Lyle and Erik Menendez came at a time of cultural obsession with courts, crime and murder, when live televised trials captivated a national audience.
Cassie forced to read aloud explicit messages with Sean 'Diddy' Combs at his sex trafficking trial

Cassie forced to read aloud explicit messages with Sean 'Diddy' Combs at his sex trafficking trial

NEW YORK (AP) — R&B singer Cassie was pressed to read aloud her own explicit messages to ex-boyfriend Sean “Diddy” Combs in federal court Thursday, including texts that showed her expressing desire for the drug-fueled group sex she previously tes