Month: June 2022

By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers have finally sent Gov. Gavin Newsom a bill that would bar police from making arrests on a charge of loitering for prostitution, nine months after it passed the Legislature. Sen. Scott Wiener took the unusual step of holding his bill until Monday. It passed

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg faces the state’s first impeachment trial this week for his conduct surrounding a 2020 car crash in which he struck and killed a pedestrian. The state Senate is preparing to decide whether the first-term Republican should be kicked out

UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Multiple police officers armed with rifles and at least one ballistic shield stood and waited in a school hallway for nearly an hour while a gunman carried out a massacre of 19 elementary students and two teachers, according to a Monday news report that marks the latest embarrassing revelation about the

DENVER (AP) — A Nebraska man has pleaded guilty in federal court to making death threats against Colorado’s top elections official. Officials say it’s the first such plea obtained by a federal task force devoted to protecting elections workers across the U.S. who have been subject to increasing threats since the 2020 presidential election. Prosecutors

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has arrived in Cairo on the first leg of a Middle East tour that comes ahead of U.S. President Joe Biden’s trip to the region next month. President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi of Egypt received bin Salman on Monday at the airport,

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Emirati officials have revealed plans for the Expo 2020 site in Dubai that received millions of visitors between October and March. At a press conference Monday at the site’s exhibition center, officials announced the property would be transformed into Expo City Dubai, an environment-friendly city housing businesses and other

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Ginny Gilder wasn’t well versed on what Title IX meant until she was a freshman at Yale, competing for the rowing team and taking part in one of the most famous protests surrounding the law. The co-owner of the WNBA’s Seattle Storm was right in the

By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Facebook on Monday removed a campaign video by Republican Missouri U.S. Senate candidate Eric Greitens that shows him brandishing a shotgun and declaring that he’s hunting RINOs, or Republicans In Name Only. In the ad, Greitens, a former Missouri governor who resigned in disgrace in 2018, is

By The Associated Press Title IX marks its 50th anniversary this year with countless women having benefited from the enactment and execution of the law. They then followed up by translating those opportunities into becoming leaders in their professional careers. Here’s a look at some of the women who played college sports thanks to Title

By JEFF AMY and RUSS BYNUM Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — As Republicans nationwide gear up to attack Democrats with tough-on-crime platforms this fall, Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams is making guns a central focus of her race for governor. Abrams is trying to turn crime into a liability for incumbent Republican Brian Kemp’s reelection bid.

By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — As Jason Nez scans rugged mountains, high desert and cliffsides for signs of ancient tools and dwellings unique to the U.S. Southwest, he keeps in mind that they’re part of a bigger picture. And, fire is not new to them. “They have been burned many, many

By LINDSEY TANNER and ANGIE WANG Associated Press The nation’s youngest children are getting their chance at vaccines for COVID-19. Shots began Monday at a few locations, though they were expected to ramp up after the Juneteenth federal holiday. The Food and Drug Administration cleared vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer last week and the Centers

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s top diplomat has begun the open jostling to win the 2024 nomination of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s Morena party. Foreign Relations Secretary Marcelo Ebrard offered his WhatsApp number for comments from the public Monday, and on Sunday he said he’ll tour the country to build support. López Obrador can’t

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s top diplomat insisted Monday it’s not the bloc’s sanctions that are responsible for the looming global food crisis, and pledged to work out solutions to ensure exports of food and fertilizers could reach Africa. As part of its economic sanctions, the EU has imposed

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Clela Rorex, a former Colorado county clerk considered a pioneer in the gay rights movement for being the first public official to issue a same-sex marriage license in 1975, has died. She was 78. Rorex died Sunday of complications from recent surgery at a hospice care facility in Longmont, the Daily

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — East Africa’s leaders have responded to the threat of war between Rwanda and Congo by instructing a new regional force to deploy in eastern Congo and ordering an immediate cease-fire. A statement after the meeting in Kenya’s capital does not give details on the date of deployment of the force or

By MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — The chief executive of Brazil’s state-run oil giant Petrobras resigned amid political pressure from top lawmakers and President Jair Bolsonaro. José Mauro Coelho held the job for less than two months. A filing of the oil giant to Brazil’s security authority said that Coelho chose to

ALLEN, Texas (AP) — Authorities say three men died after their small boat overturned on a North Texas lake during a strong storm over the weekend. The Collin County sheriff’s office says the boat overturned in Lake Lavon on Saturday night. Authorities say there were four men aboard the boat and one was able to

By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s weakened coalition government announced Monday that it would dissolve parliament and call new elections, setting the stage for the possible return to power of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or another period of prolonged political gridlock. The election will be Israel’s fifth in three years, and

By AAMER MADHANI and JOSH BOAK Associated Press REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden said Monday that he will decide by the end of the week whether he would support a federal gasoline tax holiday, possibly saving U.S. consumers as much as 18.4 cents a gallon. “Yes, I’m considering it,” Biden told reporters

By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban say they have released several British citizens who had been detained in Afghanistan after an agreement was reached between the two countries. Taliban and British officials said Monday the detainees were released Sunday following a series of meetings between the two sides. That’s according to

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ top lawyer has appointed an investigator to probe allegations by the country’s prisons’ director that a senior police officer had tasked an inmate to gather any information or video about her private life that could be used to blackmail her. Attorney-General George Savvides on Monday appointed lawyer Achilleas Emilianides to

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Although detained by Myanmar’s military government on a slew of charges, ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been able to hold a small birthday celebration during a court appearance. Suu Kyi, whose elected government was overthrown by the army in February last year, turned 77 on

HANOVER, N.H. (AP) — The president of Dartmouth College says the school is removing all federal and institutional loans from its undergraduate financial aid awards and replacing them with expanded scholarship grants, beginning with the current summer term. Currently, Dartmouth undergraduates from families with an annual income of $125,000 or less who possess typical assets

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Polish official says his government wants formal rules to regulate the terms under which Israeli schoolchildren pay Holocaust study visits to the country, including on the presence of armed Israeli guards. Deputy Foreign Minister Marcin Przydacz said Monday that the armed guards accompanying the youth groups, the visits’ focus on