Month: June 2022

CEROCAHUI, Mexico (AP) — Two Jesuit priests killed last week in remote mountains of northern Mexico are have been buried in the village where a gunman attacked them inside the church last week. The Revs. Javier Campos, 79, and Joaquín Mora, 80, had spent much of their lives serving Indigenous Raramuri people of the region.

By REGINA GARCIA CANO and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press Writer CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Senior U.S. government officials have quietly traveled to Caracas in the latest bid to bring home detained Americans and rebuild relations with the South American oil giant as the war in Ukraine drags on, forcing the U.S. to recalibrate other foreign

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A court in Paris found the French government guilty of wrongful negligence involving the former use of a banned pesticide in the French Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique but denied compensation to those affected. The long-awaited decision announced Monday was bittersweet for activists

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Four children in Mexico were buried in the years after the Spanish Conquest with rituals and grave offerings that suggest pre-Hispanic customs lived on for some time after the Aztec empire fell. The National Institute of Anthropology and History said Monday the burials of children ranging from a newborn to a

UNDATED (AP) — Moscow police have detained one of the few politicians openly opposing the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine who remains in Russia. A journalist friend says police grabbed Ilya Yashin while they were walking in a Moscow park on Monday. After charges of discrediting the Russian army were filed against him last month, Yashin

By The Associated Press An Amtrak passenger train struck a dump truck at an uncontrolled crossing in a rural area of Missouri killing three people on the train and one in the truck. At least 150 others were injured. The crash happened Monday near Mendon, Missouri. Several cars derailed. The train was traveling from Los

By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Sen. Joe Manchin says a group of U.S. senators has agreed to effectively dismantle a commission tasked by the Department of Veterans Affairs to carry out closures, downsizing and other medical facility changes nationwide. Manchin says there is bipartisan support to avoid filling vacancies on the

By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A proposal is advancing in the Pennsylvania Legislature to require the four state-related universities to promise they are not conducting research or experiments with fetal tissue from elective abortions. The measure was added to a state budget bill by House Republicans on Monday. The target of

VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — A California judge found Monday that there is enough evidence against a man once briefly married to Britney Spears who showed up uninvited at the pop star’s wedding to go to trial on a felony stalking charge. After a two-hour preliminary hearing, Ventura County Judge David Worley ruled that 40-year-old Jason

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California voters will decide in November whether to guarantee the right to an abortion in their state constitution. State lawmakers on Monday voted to put a constitutional amendment on the ballot this year. The U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on Friday, which let states

PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — A 1-year-old girl is dead and her 2-year-old sister injured after an 8-year-old boy accidentally shot them at a Florida motel. Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons held a press conference Monday to release details about the Sunday shooting. Simmons said the boy’s father left the gun holstered in his Pensacola motel

GRUNDY CENTER, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for fatally shooting an Iowa State Patrol trooper last year during a standoff and shootout with police. The mandatory sentence was handed down Monday, a little more than a month after a jury found 42-year-old

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. political chief is urging Libya’s rival factions to agree on measures governing the transition to elections during talks in Geneva later this week. Rosemary DiCarlo expressed hope this will lead to long-awaited voting “at the earliest possible date.” She told the U.N. Security

By BARRY HATTON and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — The Biden administration is stepping up efforts to combat illegal fishing by China and ordering federal agencies to better coordinate amongst themselves in a bid to promote sustainable exploitation of the world’s oceans. The White House released its first ever National Security memo

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A heckler who clapped former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani on the back at a campaign event has been arrested on an assault charge. The arrest stemmed from an altercation Sunday while Rudy Giuliani was at a Staten Island supermarket campaigning for son Andrew Giuliani.

By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Listened to any good television shows lately? If you’re glued to a scripted podcast drama you may be auditioning a potential TV series. The trend is a result of Hollywood’s demand for small-screen material and a growing appreciation for podcast fiction. Dramatizations of fact-based podcasts

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Officials say a helicopter pilot working to support firefighters battling a blaze in Interior Alaska has died in a crash. It is the first fatality related to Alaska wildfires in 22 years. Alaska State Troopers identified the pilot as 56-year-old as Douglas Ritchie of Wasilla. He

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press MENDON, Mo. (AP) — An Amtrak passenger train traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago struck a dump truck Monday in a remote area of Missouri, killing three people and injuring dozens more as rail cars tumbled off the tracks and landed on their sides, officials said. Two of those killed

By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Less than two weeks remain for two Britons and a Moroccan to appeal the death sentences imposed by separatist forces that captured them during fighting in eastern Ukraine. With no obvious progress or even signs of official contacts, the likelihood is growing that the men will die

CAROLINA BEACH, N.C. (AP) — Officials say the boat of a North Carolina man missing for seven months has washed ashore in the Azores Islands, thousands of miles from the marina where it was last seen. Carolina Beach police said Monday that Joseph Matthew Johnson has not been found, but authorities in the Azores said

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Texans had been told that their former quarterback Deshaun Watson was sexually assaulting and harassing women during massage sessions, but instead of trying to stop him, the team provided him with resources to enable his actions and “turned a blind eye” to his behavior,