Month: January 2022

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has submitted a proposal to reshape the state’s congressional map and carve up districts held by Black Democrats, as the Republican takes the unusual step of inserting himself into the redistricting process. The proposed congressional map was submitted Sunday on the eve

By HOPE YEN and TOM KRISHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With traffic fatalities spiking, the nation’s top safety investigator says a widely cited government statistic that 94% of serious crashes are solely due to driver error is misleading and the Transportation Department should stop using it. Jennifer Homendy chairs the National Transportation Safety Board.

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire lawmakers are considering a $100 million fund to settle claims of child sex abuse at the state’s youth detention center. A House committee will hold a public hearing Thursday on a bipartisan bill sponsors say was requested by the attorney general’s office. About 350

By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A 22-year Los Angeles fire service veteran has been nominated to become the first woman to lead the city’s fire department. Deputy Chief Kristin Crowley would become the first female fire chief for the nation’s second-largest city if Tuesday’s nomination by Mayor Eric Garcetti is confirmed

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A bill pushed by Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis that would prohibit public schools and private businesses from making white people feel “discomfort” when they teach students or train employees about discrimination in the nation’s past received its first approval. It takes aim at critical race

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Two more House Democrats have announced they won’t be seeking reelection in November. The announcements by Reps. Jim Langevin of Rhode Island and Jerry McNerney of California bring the total of House Democrats leaving Congress to 28. Neither gave a specific reason or disclosed any firm future plans, though the 2022

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The environment ministers of Poland and the Czech Republic say they have made progress but still need to consult on some points in solving a stalemate over a Polish lignite mine. They made the comments Tuesday after a round of talks in Warsaw on the Turow mine in southwestern Poland.  The

By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — University of Alabama head football coach Nick Saban and other sports figures with ties to West Virginia are urging Sen. Joe Manchin to support sweeping legislation to protect the right to vote. The voting rights bill would make Election Day a national holiday and require access

By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has announced another round of tribal housing grants. The $83 million will benefit 74 tribes across the country, boosting the amount awarded through the American Rescue Plan Act to over $200 million. The Oglala Sioux Tribe in South

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s nearly five-year bankruptcy battle is ending after a federal judge signed a plan that slashes the U.S. territory’s public debt load as part of the largest municipal debt restructuring in U.S. history and allows the government to start repaying creditors. The plan

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A judge has refused to lower the $7 million bail for a jailed South Carolina attorney acccused of stealing millions of dollars in settlement money from vulnerable clients in injury or wrongful death cases. A judge said Tuesday she determined attorney Alex Murdaugh remains a flight

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A candidate for the U.S. Senate in Louisiana has posted a video campaign ad that shows him smoking marijuana while decrying racial disparities in arrests for the drug. The 37-second ad shows Democrat Gary Chambers sitting in a chair in an empty field and puffing what

MADRID (AP) — Guinness World Records says a Spaniard who was the world’s oldest man has died at the age of 112. Spain’s state-owned news agency EFE said Saturnino de la Fuente passed away Tuesday at home in León, a city in northwest Spain. Guinness World Records named De la Fuente as the world’s oldest

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press The Biden White House this month pushed to protect statistical agencies like the U.S. Census Bureau from political interference. Its report was issued just days before newly disclosed documents showed the “unprecedented” extent of the Trump administration’s efforts to gain politically from the 2020 headcount. The report from a White

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Police say an ex-boyfriend has been arrested and charged with murder in the killing of a 16-year-old Houston girl who was shot 22 times as she walked her dog. Diamond Alvarez was killed Jan. 11 a couple of blocks from her home near a park. Houston

By ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A new report shows that an app that’s expected to be widely used by athletes and others attending next month’s Winter Games in Beijing has glaring security problems that could expose sensitive data to interception. Citizen Lab, an internet watchdog group, said in a report published

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A former New York Post editor has alleged a boss told her they should sleep together and became hostile when his proposition was rejected. Michelle Gotthelf, who rose to become managing editor at the Post, said in a lawsuit she was fired earlier this month

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Three people have died as a result of a fire at a senior apartment building in southeastern Wisconsin that also injured several others. Two people were found dead when fire crews conducted secondary searches at Saxony Manor following Monday night’s fire. Officials say one of the two appeared to have died