Month: May 2022

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (AP) — Two fraternity members charged in the hazing death of a Bowling Green State University student have been acquitted of involuntary manslaughter and reckless homicide. But Troy Henricksen, of Grove City, Ohio, and Jacob Krinn, of Delaware, Ohio, were convicted Friday of several hazing-related counts. The charges stemmed from the March

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan business owner has filed a lawsuit to try to get on Michigan’s August primary ballot. It’s the first of many likely legal challenges after five Republican candidates for governor were barred because of a lack of valid petition signatures. Perry Johnson is asking the state

SELLERSBURG, Ind. (AP) — Police say an autopsy for a young boy found dead in a suitcase in southern Indiana showed he died from an electrolyte imbalance. Sgt. Carey Huls says the electrolyte imbalance was most likely due to gastroenteritis, or, in other words, vomiting and diarrhea, leading to dehydration. Police have said the child’s

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The leaders of California and New Zealand have signed a pledge agreeing to help fight climate change. California Gov. Gavin Newsom and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern spoke about the partnership Friday. It doesn’t commit either government to specific policies but outlines broad areas for cooperation, including promosting electric vehicle

By MORGAN LEE and CEDAR ATTANACIO Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Two fires that merged to create the largest wildfire in New Mexico history have both been traced to planned burns set by U.S. forest managers as preventative measures, federal investigators announced Friday. The findings shift responsibility more squarely toward the U.S. Forest

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A public defender for the man charged with killing his mother at sea in a plot to inherit millions of dollars says the defense believes Nathan Carman is competent. A federal judge in Vermont held a status conference to ask lawyers on both sides if a mental health evaluation would be

WASHINGTON (AP) — A former U.S. Army reservist described by prosecutors as a Nazi sympathizer has been convicted of storming the U.S. Capitol to obstruct Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory. Timothy Hale-Cusanelli, who worked a security contractor at a Navy base when he joined the pro-Trump mob on Jan. 6, was

By KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press Texas authorities said Friday that the gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers inside an elementary school discussed his interest in buying a gun in private online conversations, but backed away from earlier descriptions that he made public threats less than an hour before the attack. Gov. Greg Abbott

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A state investigator’s report says there’s nothing to indicate the Florida Department of Health told an employee to falsify COVID-19 data and she wasn’t fired out of retaliation. The report released this month investigated claims made by former department employee Rebekah Jones. Jones received national attention when she raised question about

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A federal judge has given U.S. wildlife officials 18 months to decide if wolverines should be protected under the Endangered Species Act, following years of dispute over how much risk climate change and other threats pose to the rare and elusive predators. The order from U.S.

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man convicted of killing his wife’s co-worker and forcing her to behead him was has been sentenced to life in prison plus 45 years. Thirty-two-year-old Armando Barron was convicted Thursday of first-degree murder. The charge carries a mandatory sentence of life without parole.

BURRILLVILLE, R.I. (AP) — The Rhode Island farmhouse that inspired the 2013 horror movie “The Conjuring” has been sold to a Boston developer who plans to keep it open to the public. The Boston Globe reports that the 18th-century home in Burrillville sold Thursday for over $1.5 million. The asking price was $1.2 million. Buyer

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Wildlife authorities are trying to determine why large numbers of California brown pelicans are being found sick and dying. The state Department of Fish and Wildlife says hundreds of the pelicans have been admitted to wildlife rehabilitation facilities in Southern and Central California since about May 13. The agency says the

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s airport authority Infraero said it has notified the Federal Police over an apparent hack into electronic displays at an airport in Rio de Janeiro. Instead of advertisements and flight information, travelers were exposed to pornographic movies. Video clips on social media showed travelers in the Santos Dumont airport laughing at

By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Police have cited Montana’s top schools administrator in a case in which a pickup truck illegally passed a school bus last week while it was stopped to pick up students in a residential subdivision. The office of Superintendent of Public Instruction Elsie Arntzen said Friday

By FARNOUSH AMIRI and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy is making it clear that he will likely defy a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, escalating a standoff with the panel over his and other GOP lawmakers’ testimony. In an 11-page letter

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A 13-year-old arrested for having a loaded gun at a South Carolina mall apparently sneaked a second loaded weapon into the facility where he was taken, authorities said. A Columbia Police Department spokesperson called the incident “an egregious failure on many levels,” WLTX-TV reported. It started Tuesday when the boy and

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A lawyer for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign hid his partisan interests from the FBI as he pushed “pure opposition research” related to Donald Trump and Russia in the weeks before the election, a prosecutor asserted Friday during closing arguments of the attorney’s trial. But Michael Sussmann’s

By COLLIN BINKLEY and KANTELE FRANKO Associated Press Robb Elementary School had measures in place to prevent this kind of violence. A fence lined the school property. Teachers were ordered to keep classroom doors closed and locked. Students faced regular lockdown and evacuation drills. But when an 18-year-old man arrived Tuesday at the school in

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The owner of the largest natural gas utility in Alaska says it is selling the company to Canada-based TriSummit Utilities Inc. The Anchorage Daily News reports the deal is worth $800 million. AltaGas Ltd. says the sale will include Anchorage-based ENSTAR Natural Gas, its associated pipelines and ENSTAR’s majority ownership in

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A leading international credit ratings agency has warned that the results of this month’s parliamentary elections in Lebanon make it difficult for any coalition to have a governing majority, potentially complicating implementation of reforms. The Lebanese pound briefly hit new lows against the dollar shortly after Friday’s

By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Polling shows majorities of Americans think mass shootings would occur less often if guns were harder to get. And they think schools and other public places have become less safe than they were two decades ago. Still, public attitudes on guns and gun policy are complicated, and

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A woman charged in Idaho with killing her two youngest children and her new husband’s previous wife will be tried alongside her husband and their trial has been delayed until early next year because the judge says that will give her lawyers enough time to effectively prepare a defense. Judge Steven