Month: June 2022

By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration has scrapped former President Donald Trump’s red, white and blue design for the new generation of presidential aircraft after an Air Force review suggested it would raise costs and delay the delivery of the new jets. Boeing is currently modifying two Boeing 747-800

By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — British health officials say they cannot tell if the spread of monkeypox has peaked in the country. They announced another 45 cases on Friday, bringing the total to 366 in the biggest-ever outbreak of the disease beyond Africa. Britain’s Health Security Agency said 99% of the

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A new documentary about Rudy Giuliani premiering at the Tribeca Festival weaves in musical performances to give the ups and downs of the man once commonly referred to as “America’s Mayor” a touch of opera. Filmmaker Jed Rothstein titled his film “Rudy! A Documusical.” While

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press LONG BRANCH, N.J. (AP) — Two popular Jersey Shore towns are going to court to try to block so-called “pop-up parties” at which thousands of people gather on the beach. They’re acting after previous events resulted in public drinking, drug use, fights and vandalism. At least two such parties planned

By GERALD IMRAY and MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Embroiled in controversy, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday refused to answer questions about his alleged cover-up of a theft of large amounts of cash from his farm, saying only that he will appear before his party’s integrity committee over

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee officials say former Alabama quarterback Jay Barker has entered what Tennessee prosecutors called a “best interest” plea to a misdemeanor charge of reckless endangerment after an arrest in January on a felony domestic violence charge. A spokesman for the Nashville prosecutor’s office said the plea Barker entered Thursday means he

By ED DAVEY Associated Press The world’s ocean freight shipping companies recently called on international maritime authorities to exclude pollution that their vessels spew in bad weather from new regulations, a condition that would apply almost a third of the time in the Atlantic. But the effort failed Friday. Under international laws due to come

By KATHLEEN FOODY and SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge has found the investigator hired by Republicans to look into former President Donald Trump’s 2020 loss in the battleground state in contempt because of how his office responded to open records requests. The ruling Friday against the office led by

By MARI YAMAGUCHI and SYAWALLUDIN ZAIN Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has announced plans to boost his country’s diplomatic and security role in the Asia Pacific to tackle what he described as growing threats in the region amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Kishida says Japan will consider acquiring a preemptive

By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — When Raevahnna Richardson spotted a woman standing outside a library in Salem, Oregon, gathering signatures for a gun-safety initiative, she made a beeline to her and added her name. “I signed it to keep our kids safe, because something needs to change. I have a kid

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The family of Pakistan’s former military ruler Gen. Pervez Musharraf says he is critically ill and has been hospitalized in Dubai since last month. They asked for prayers for Musharraf’s health while denying local media reports back home that he is on a ventilator. Musharraf has been

MERIDIAN, Miss. (AP) — Authorities say they’ve arrested a former police officer suspected of killing a Mississippi police officer who was responding to a call about domestic violence. Authorities say 31-year-old Dante Marquez Bender was taken into custody on Friday. He was last seen Thursday afternoon in Meridian. That’s where Officer Kennis Croom was fatally

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government has unveiled goals to drastically reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides to protect the environment. The plan will lead to major upheavals in the Netherlands’ multibillion dollar agriculture industry and has already angered some farmers. The government on Friday mandated reductions in emissions in coming years of up

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO and JESSIE WARDARSKI Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Since the late 1990s, El Salvador has had a complete ban on abortion including in cases of rape, incest, fetal malformation or danger to a pregnant woman’s life. Not only planned abortions but also miscarriages, stillbirths and other pregnancy complications

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO and JESSIE WARDARSKI Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Teodora del Carmen Vásquez was nine months pregnant and working at a school cafeteria when she felt extreme pain in her back, like the crack of a hammer. She called 911 seven times before fainting in a bathroom in a

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama man has been convicted of criminal littering and ordered to pay $300 for repeatedly placing boxes full of flowers on the grave of his fiancee. The Opelika-Auburn News reports that Winston Hagans was convicted Thursday in Auburn city court on a warrant signed by the Rev. Tom Ford, the

VICTORIA, Texas (AP) — A federal judge in Texas has dismissed the bankruptcy protection case of Infowars and two other companies controlled by Alex Jones. The ruling on Friday was the result of an agreement between lawyers for the conspiracy theorist and parents of some of the children slain in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press The federal government is taking the first step to set up a program that could offer more than $7 billion of loans to repair aging dams across the country. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers published a proposed rule Friday for the program, which could be open for applications

By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A roadside historical marker installed less than a year ago to honor a gay rights pioneer has been removed after a Pennsylvania senator complained about an online history describing the man’s memories of his early sexual encounter with a younger boy. The marker in honor of

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A spokesperson for the European Union’s executive arm says Hungary is discriminating against citizens of other EU countries by offering discounted fuel to drivers of vehicles with Hungarian license plates. Drivers of foreign-registered vehicles are required to pay market prices. At a press briefing in Brussels

By BRIAN WITTE and SARAH BRUMFIELD Associated Press A West Virginia man has been charged with killing three co-workers at a western Maryland machine shop as well as attempted murder and other charges. Police said Joe Louis Esquivel, who is 23, was charged with the murders at Columbia Machine Inc. in Thursday’s shooting. Authorities say