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Coca-Cola confirms a cane-sugar version of its trademark cola is coming to the US
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business WriterCoca-Cola said Tuesday it will add a cane-sugar version of its trademark cola to its U.S. lineup this fall, confirming a recent announcement by President Donald Trump.Trump said in a social media post last week that Coca-Cola had agreed to use real cane sugar in its flagship product in the…
Trump administration releases FBI records on MLK Jr. despite his family’s opposition
By BILL BARROW Associated PressThe Trump administration on Monday released records of the FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr., despite opposition from the slain Nobel laureate’s family and the civil rights group that he led until his 1968 assassination.The digital document dump includes more than 240,000 pages of records that had been under a…
Pee-wee’s bike is at the Alamo, but not where you think
By ANDREW DEMILLO (AP) It took 40 years, but Pee-wee’s bike is now at the Alamo. Just not the basement. The Alamo announced last week it had acquired and would display the iconic bike from the 1985 Tim Burton film, “Pee-wee’s Big Adventure.” The San Antonio landmark plays a key role in the film chronicling…
Appeals court orders new trial for man convicted in 1979 Etan Patz case
NEW YORK (AP) — The man convicted in the 1979 killing of 6-year-old Etan Patz was awarded a new trial Monday as a federal appeals court overturned the guilty verdict in one of the nation’s most notorious missing child cases.Pedro Hernandez has been serving 25 years to life in prison since his 2017 conviction. He…
Malcolm-Jamal Warner, ‘Cosby Show’ actor, dies at 54 in Costa Rica drowning
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Malcolm-Jamal Warner, the actor who played teenage son Theo Huxtable on “The Cosby Show,” has died at age 54 in an accidental drowning in Costa Rica, authorities there said Monday.Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigation Department said Warner drowned Sunday afternoon on a beach on Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast. He was…
Billy Joel says he’s ‘OK’ and not ‘deathly ill’ after receiving brain disorder diagnosis
NEW YORK (AP) — Billy Joel is doing much better, the “Piano Man” singer wants fans to know.In May, Joel canceled all his upcoming concerts across North America and England after being diagnosed with fluid buildup in his brain that has affected his “hearing, vision and balance.” The condition is called Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus, “a…
Man arrested for assaulting PSEG employee
A Lynbrook man has been accused of attacking a PSEG employee in East Rockaway over the weekend. Authorities say the victim was working on Atlantic Avenue when John Spears confronted him around 11 a.m. Saturday. The two got into an argument and Spears then began to strike the man, knocking off and breaking his glasses.…
Man dies after heavy weight-training chain around neck pulls him into MRI machine
WESTBURY, N.Y. (AP) — A man who was pulled into an MRI machine in New York after he walked into the room wearing a large weight-training chain around his neck has died, according to police and his wife, who told a local television outlet that he waved goodbye before his body went limp.The man, 61,…
Trump’s latest demand: Washington football and Cleveland baseball teams should change names back
CLEVELAND (AP) — President Donald Trump wants Washington’s football franchise and Cleveland’s baseball team to revert to their former names.Trump said Sunday on his Truth Social site that “The Washington ‘Whatever’s’ should IMMEDIATELY change their name back to the Washington Redskins Football Team. There is a big clamoring for this. Likewise, the Cleveland Indians, one…
‘Superman’ flexes its might in second weekend with $57.3 million
NEW YORK (AP) — James Gunn’s “Superman” showed staying power in its second weekend at North American box offices, collecting $57.3 million in ticket sales and remaining the No. 1 movie in cinemas, according to studio estimates Sunday.None of the week’s new releases — “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” “Smurfs,” and “Eddington” —…
Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ canceled by CBS, ends May 2026
By ALICIA RANCILIO and ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment WritersCBS is canceling “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” next May, shuttering a decades-old TV institution in a changing media landscape and removing from air one of President Donald Trump’s most prominent and persistent late-night critics.Thursday’s announcement followed Colbert’s criticism on Monday of a settlement between Trump…
Governor Hochul Announces $20 Million State-of-the-Art Semiconductor Research Facility at Stony Brook University
(Press Release) Research at New Center Will Unlock Full Potential of Silicon Carbide Chips, Creating More Powerful, Cleaner and More Efficient Energy Systems New Public-Private Partnership With $8 Million Investment From onsemi To Support Center’s Operations Governor Kathy Hochul today announced a new, public-private partnership between Stony Brook University and onsemi, the largest U.S.-based manufacturer…