Month: June 2022

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the Capitol riot plans to focus its hearing Thursday on the pressure that Donald Trump put on Vice President Mike Pence in a last-ditch and potentially illegal plan to stop Joe Biden’s election victory. Trump seized on the unorthodox proposal from conservative

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A dozen students and two adults were served floor sealant instead of milk at a day care summer program at an Alaska elementary school. Juneau school officials say several children complained of burning sensations in their mouths and throats, and at least one child was treated

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The $1 billion package of military assistance the U.S. announced for Ukraine is aimed at bolstering that country’s ability to push back Russian advances in the eastern Donbas region. Several other European nations added their own contributions, as U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin wrapped up a

By JAMES MacPHERSON Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Republican Gov. Doug Burgum’s expensive effort to influence the GOP primary and reshape the Legislature with more people who support his spending and policy goals was a mixed bag. On of main political foes was ousted, but some others won. Burgum is a wealthy

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A city and two law enforcement agencies in a North Carolina county will pay $336,000 to a group of plaintiffs in a settlement stemming from a 2020 get-out-the-vote rally in which peaceful demonstrators were pepper-sprayed. The American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday convicted a Confederate flag-toting man and his son of charges that they stormed the U.S. Capitol together to obstruct Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory. U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden delivered the verdict from the bench after hearing two

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A commission formed to study the government structure in Portland, Oregon, has voted by a supermajority to send a sweeping slate of reforms to voters in November. Portland is the last major city governed by a city commission, a system wherein four commissioners and the mayor are elected by all voters

By KAREL JANICEK By Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and what Europe must do to counter the consequences of it have become the key task for the Czech Republic’s upcoming presidency of the 27-nation European Union. The country formally takes reins from France on July 1. The political priorities of the

By MARK PRATT Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Federal transportation officials have issued orders to the Boston area’s troubled public transit agency to address what they called longstanding issues with the system’s overall safety program and safety culture. The Federal Transit Administration’s issued four “special directives” Wednesday. They require the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority to

By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer Dr. Anthony Fauci, the face of America’s pandemic response through two White House administrations, has tested positive for the coronavirus. The 81-year-old Fauci, who is fully vaccinated and has received two booster shots, was experiencing mild COVID-19 symptoms, according to a statement Wednesday from the National Institutes of

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has met with Qatar’s ruling emir as part of his Mideast tour. Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani posted a photo on social media of the two meeting on Wednesday, saying they “discussed prospects for enhancing cooperation between our two countries in various fields for

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The foreign ministers of Ireland, Norway and Turkey say aid deliveries from Turkey to rebel-held northwest Syria must continue. They warned Wednesday of a humanitarian crisis if the only remaining border gate is closed. The U.N. Security Council is scheduled to vote July 10 on whether to continue authorizing cross-border aid

By GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Chad Hugo and Pharrell Williams, who make up the iconic producing team The Neptunes, will be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame on Thursday. They’re part of the pandemic-delayed 2020 class which includes other icons like The Isley Brothers, Annie Lennox and Mariah Carey.

By KEVIN SCHEMBRI ORLAND Associated Press VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — Abortion rights activists have filed a legal protest in Malta’s courts demanding the legalization of abortion. Malta is the only European Union nation where the procedure is criminalized. Carrying banners reading “Abortion is health care, not a crime,” the activists protested Wednesday on the steps

By BEN FINLEY Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — John Hinckley Jr. has been freed from court oversight. The development Wednesday ended decades of supervision by legal and mental health professionals after Hinckley shot and wounded President Ronald Reagan in 1981. U.S. District Court Judge Paul L. Friedman had announced Hinckley’s pending released earlier this

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s largest electricity provider has announced plans to eliminate all of its carbon emissions by 2045 by increasing its reliance on solar energy, including using it to turn water into hydrogen to power its generating plants. Florida Power & Light says the multibillion dollar plan

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Officials say a Michigan police officer charged with murder after shooting Patrick Lyoya in the back of the head has been fired. Grand Rapids City Manager Mark Washington said Wednesday that Christopher Schurr waived a right to a hearing and was dismissed, effective last Friday. Washington says

By FABIANNO MAISONNAVE, EDMAR BARROS and MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian police said Wednesday night a fisherman confessed to killing British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira in the remote Amazon, ending more than a week of searching as he led officers deep into the forest to where he

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Canadian-American writer Ruth Ozeki has won the prestigious Women’s Prize for Fiction for her novel called “The Book of Form and Emptiness.” Ozeki was awarded the 30,000 pound ($36,000) prize on Wednesday at a ceremony in London. The playful, philosophical novel is about a bereaved boy’s relationship

By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — An international music festival founded by the father of singer-songwriter Dua Lipa to promote his native Kosovo has led to recriminations for the small European country after it lost the event to neighboring Albania. The Sunny Hill Festival made its debut in Kosovo’s capital, Pristina, in

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Republican Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker is acknowledging that he has a second son whom he has not previously mentioned publicly. The disclosure on Wednesday draws renewed attention to his previous outspoken calls for Black men to play an active role in the lives of their children.