Month: October 2021

By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A central Minnesota prosecutor has decided not to charge two members of a U.S. Marshals Service task force who fatally shot Winston Smith Jr., a Black man, in Minneapolis. Crow Wing County Attorney Don Ryan said in a letter dated last week that the task force members

By JACK JEFFERY Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Dozens of drones have flown across Tel Aviv in an experiment that officials believe could pave the way for commercial drone use across Israel. Israel’s National Drone Initiative, a government program, believes delivering goods via aerial drones will take pressure off highly congested urban roads.

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The body of a Louisiana state trooper who was shot to death in an ambush early Saturday was not discovered until 5 p.m. that day. State police Superintendent Lamar Davis said investigators believe Trooper Adam Gaubert was killed while he was in a parked patrol unit

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania’s president has nominated centrist party leader Dacian Ciolos to be prime minister after a protracted political crisis culminated last week in the Liberal-led coalition government being ousted in a no-confidence vote. After a day of deliberations Monday with Romania’s political parties, President Klaus Iohannis nominated USR leader Ciolos to try

By MARC LEVY, MARK SCOLFORO and MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s high-profile attorney general, Josh Shapiro, is set to announce his candidacy for governor on Wednesday. That’s according to his campaign spokesperson. The 48-year-old is a self-described progressive who led a nationally prominent investigation into sexual abuse of children by clergy.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president has presented details of a plan that is likely to squeeze out private power generating plants and may provoke complaints under the Mexico-U.S.-Canada free trade accord. The constitutional reform presented by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador would cancel contracts under which 34 private plants sell power into the national

BUFFALO, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota man accused of killing a staff member at a medical clinic and wounding four others during a February shooting is now facing an upgraded murder charge. A grand jury indicted Gregory Ulrich with one count of first-degree premeditated murder. He’s also charged with four counts of first-degree attempted murder

CHICAGO (AP) — Al Capone may have died nearly 75 years ago but, after some of his prized possessions were auctioned off for at least $3 million, it’s clear interest in the infamous Chicago gangster is very much alive. Several of “Scarface” Capone’s belongings, including what was said to be his favorite handgun, were sold

By BRYAN ANDERSON Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson is facing calls to resign after a June video surfaced showing him likening some sexual orientations to “filth.” The state’s highest Republican executive officeholder has a long history of espousing views many consider discriminatory. His latest remarks are

LONDON (AP) — Climate protesters have chained themselves to an oil-spattered effigy of U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson to urge him to block plans to drill for oil west of the Shetland Islands.  Greenpeace organized the protest of around 40 people near Johnson’s 10 Downing Street office in London. Sixteen protesters were locked onto barrels

MOSCOW (AP) — Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, whom many regarded as a top candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize, is congratulating countryman Dmitry Muratov for winning it. Muratov, editor of the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta, was named prize co-laureate last week along with investigative journalist Maria Ressa of the Philippines. Navalny says on

By TOM HAYS and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A businessman who once pitched himself as someone who could expose corruption in the Trump Administration over its dealings in Ukraine is facing trial in New York City. Lev Parnas and another defendant are charged with violating campaign finance laws by funneling donations

By ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. (AP) — President Joe Biden attended his nephew’s wedding Monday in Pennsylvania before returning to Washington for the week. The president and his wife, Jill Biden, were attending the wedding of Cuffe Owens to Meghan O’Toole King. King is a former cast member on “The Real Housewives

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A climate change conference will underscore to policymakers in the Middle East and the east Mediterranean that the switch from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources is needed urgently because greenhouse gas emissions are helping to drive up regional temperatures faster than in many other inhabited

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors are asking that a Navy engineer charged with trying to sell submarine secrets to a foreign country remain locked up as his case moves forward. The detention memo for Jonathan Toebbe was filed ahead of an expected court appearance in federal court in West Virginia

By ASTRID SUAREZ Associated Press BUCARAMANGA, Colombia (AP) — The number of minors who risked their lives to cross the inhospitable stretch of land that separates Colombia and Panama has reached a record high. UNICEF rsaid Monday that 19,000 minors crossed the Darien Gap between January and September. The figure is almost triple the total

KINGSLEY, Mich. (AP) — A soccer player has broken the Michigan high school and national records for most goals in one game, but not everyone is cheering. Kevin Hubbell of Benzie Central is one of the best high school players in the state. He recently scored 16 goals against Kingsley in a 17-0 blowout. Kingsley

WASHINGTON (AP) — A coalition of philanthropic donors said Monday they will spend more than $220 million to reduce global methane emissions, the largest private commitment ever toward this effort. Methane, the main component of natural gas, is one of the most potent agents of climate damage. Among the 20 philanthropies providing the funding is

GAITHERSBURG, Md. (AP) — Four Maryland police officers will not be charged for fatally shooting a Black man they say fired first during a late-night foot chase in January. A Maryland grand jury declined to charge the officers from the Gaithersburg Police Department due to lack of evidence in a decision announced last week. The