Month: October 2021

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Authorities say three brothers who they allege were abandoned by their mother and her boyfriend were living by themselves in deplorable conditions in a Houston area apartment. These conditions included soiled carpet, flies and roaches and no furniture. They also lived for nearly a year with

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is responding skeptically after Iran’s chief negotiator announced that Tehran is ready to return to nuclear negotiations in Vienna by the end of next month. Ali Bagheri, Iran’s deputy foreign minister and chief negotiator for the talks, said in a Twitter posting that Iran

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York state trooper has been charged with murder in the death of an 11-year-old girl by ramming his patrol vehicle into her family’s sport utility vehicle last December. Trooper Christopher Baldner was indicted Wednesday on charges of murder, manslaughter and reckless endangerment in the

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — A young Saudi man was released from prison after spending nearly a decade behind bars. His case had drawn international scrutiny because until recently he’d been facing a possible death sentence for protest-related crimes committed as a minor. His death sentence was commuted in February following a royal decree issued

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Mark McCloskey, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Missouri, says he does not believe young victims of rape or incest should be allowed to have abortions. The Kansas City Star reports McCloskey made the comments last week at a forum in Osage Beach. In response to a question, McCloskey

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The state of Florida has withheld funding from two school districts over their coronavirus mask mandates, flouting threats from White House officials who warned that such penalties would violate federal law. School officials in Alachua and Broward counties on Wednesday said the state docked school board

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Relatives say a man who was killed in an Idaho shooting at a Boise mall on Monday was shopping for gifts for his family when he was mortally wounded. The Idaho Statesman reports Roberto Padilla Arguelles was a 49-year-old truck driver who lived part of the year in the city of

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration is enforcing new warnings on breast implants. The federal rules announced Wednesday mainly apply to implant manufacturers. They must add a boxed warning message — the most serious type — to promotional and scientific materials. Patients also must be given information

By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — The former player at the heart of the Chicago Blackhawks assault scandal has come forward publicly. Kyle Beach tells TSN he felt “alone and dark” in the days following the alleged assault in 2010.  Earlier this week, a report detailed how senior team leaders badly mishandled

By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois law has for more than four decades protected those who oppose providing or receiving certain medical treatment because of their religious beliefs. Now Democrats want an exception to allow repercussions against those who refuse vaccinations in the battle against COVID-19. The Illinois Health Care

By ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A ransomware gang believed to operate out of Russia says it’s hacked the National Rifle Association. The gang calls itself Grief and has published a handful of what appear to be NRA files related to grants that the NRA has awarded. Ransomware gangs often post a

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama woman has received a life sentence for helping her husband plan the 2015 killings of his estranged pregnant wife, her unborn child and three others. Forty-eight-year-old Rhonda Carlson avoided the death penalty in a deal with prosecutors in exchange for testifying against her husband, Christopher Henderson, prior to his

By TARIK EL-BARAKAH Associated Press RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Demonstrators took to the streets in cities around Morocco to protest the country’s decision to require COVID-19 vaccination passes to be allowed to work and access public venues. The pass is also required to access indoor services such as restaurants and banks, as well as domestic

CHICAGO (AP) — A man who spent three months living in a secured terminal at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport instead of flying home to India as he had planned has been acquitted on a felony trespassing charge. The Chicago Tribune reports that Cook County Judge Adrienne Davis acquitted Aditya Singh on the charge this week

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he expects to meet with U.S. President Joe Biden on the sidelines of a climate summit in Glasgow, during which he would take up Turkey’s ouster from the U.S.-led F-35 stealth fighter jet program. The United States removed NATO ally Turkey from the international program

TYLER, Texas (AP) — A jury has sentenced a former nurse to death for killing four Texas patients by injecting air into their arteries after heart surgery. The jury deliberated about two hours Wednesday before condemning William George Davis to death. The 37-year-old Hallsville, Texas, man’s sentence will be automatically appealed. Jurors agreed with prosecutors

By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland is defending a memo aimed at combating threats against school officials nationwide. Congressional Republicans are insisting he rescind the directive, but he’s signaling that he has no plans to do so despite their criticism. The memo took center stage as Garland appeared before

By ROBERT BURNS AP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S. military officer says China recently conducted a test of a hypersonic weapon that was “very concerning.” In an interview with Bloomberg Television, Milley said the test was “very close” to being a so-called Sputnik moment, referring to the Soviet Union’s 1957 breakthrough

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer Philanthropy, Lucy Bernholz says, is like Chex Mix. It has a lot of different components, but they all contribute to making the party favorite tasty. For her new book “How We Give Now: A Philanthropic Guide for the Rest of Us,” Bernholz traveled America speaking mainly to groups of

By BEN FOX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. immigration authorities will limit arrests at schools, hospitals and other so-called protected areas under new guidelines issued by the Department of Homeland Security. The new guidance is part of a broader effort to roll back the approach to enforcement under the Trump administration. It is the

By MOHAMED IBRAHIM Associated Press/Report for America MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo is urging voters to reject a ballot question that would replace the city’s police department. Arradondo said Wednesday it would do nothing to address the issues laid bare with the death last year of George Floyd. Voters will decide Tuesday

PARIS (AP) — France says it will bar British fishing boats from some French ports starting next week if no deal is reached with the U.K. in a dispute over fishing licenses for French boats. France’s government also suggested it may restrict energy supplies to the Channel Islands, a British Crown dependency that relies heavily

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Federal prosecutors allege eight people connected to an organization based in Kansas City, Kansas, forced children to work without pay and abused them for years. An indictment unsealed on Tuesday charges the organization, formerly known as the United Nation of Islam, with conspiracy to commit forced labor and forced labor.

By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL AP Science Writer NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s federal environment minister says setting net zero targets isn’t a solution to climate change. Instead, he said, rich countries need to acknowledge their “historic responsibility” for emissions and protect the interests of developing nations and those vulnerable to climate change. He spoke ahead of

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The mayor of the Florida county that’s home to the nation’s biggest theme park resorts is lifting a pandemic-related state of emergency order. Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings said he was letting the order expire Wednesday afternoon. Orange County’s positivity rate has been below 5% for 17 consecutive days and the

By HEATHER GREENE and EMILY McFARLAN MILLER Religion News Service In both the modern witchcraft and Jewish communities, people are bringing together magic — often called witchcraft — and religious ritual. The ways in which these two seemingly distinct practices merge is often highly personal, depending on heritage, education and spiritual calling. That may seem

CLEVELAND (AP) — A jury in Cleveland has acquitted an 83-year-old man who had spent 45 years in prison after being convicted at his first trial of killing his wife. Cleveland.com reports the jury deliberated around 90 minutes Wednesday before delivering its verdict in Isiah Andrews’ second aggravated murder trial. Andrews told reporters afterward that