Month: July 2022

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. experts say the threat from Islamic State extremists and al-Qaida remains high in conflict areas and neighboring countries. And they warned that those conflicts will “incubate” the capability for a terrorist operation elsewhere in the world unless they are successfully resolved. In a wide-ranging

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday it is the West’s own fault that the flow of Russian natural gas to European customers has dwindled and warned that it could continue ebbing. Putin’s statement on Tuesday further cranked up pressure on the European Union, which fears that Russia

By JEFF AMY and RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Georgia officials are close to finalizing a deal with automaker Hyundai to build a $5.5 billion electric car plant near Savannah. An economic development agency representing four Savannah-area counties approved its portions of the agreement Tuesday, including an economic incentives package. Details won’t

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Secret Service text messages from around the time of the attack on the U.S. Capitol were deleted despite requests from Congress and federal investigators that they be preserved, the agency confirmed Tuesday in response to a subpoena from the House Jan. 6 committee. Florida Rep. Stephanie Murphy,

NORTH KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri police officer has died after being shot while trying to conduct a traffic stop. Authorities said Officer Daniel Vasquez died Tuesday at a hospital after he was shot earlier in the day in North Kansas City. North Kansas City Police Chief Kevin Freeman said a suspect turned

By JAMIE STENGLE and JAKE BLEIBERG On May 24, a gunman fatally shot 19 children and two teachers in two adjoining classrooms at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Over an hour passed from the time officers followed the 18-year-old gunman into the school and when they finally entered the fourth-grade classroom where he was

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia prosecutor who’s investigating whether former President Donald Trump and others illegally interfered in the 2020 general election in the state has informed 16 Republicans who served as fake electors that they could face criminal charges. They all signed a certificate declaring falsely that then-President Trump

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The shooting of a young Black man whose family says he was experiencing a mental health crisis has stoked some activists’ mistrust of the Minneapolis Police Department and their perception that officers are quick to take Black lives while going to greater lengths to capture white suspects

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Netflix shed almost 1 million subscribers during the spring amid tougher competition and soaring inflation that’s squeezing household budgets, heightening the urgency behind the video streaming service’s effort to launch a cheaper option with commercial interruptions. The April-June contraction of 970,000 accounts, announced Tuesday as

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois’ governor has tested positive for COVID-19. Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s office made the announcement Tuesday after one of his routine tests for the virus. A statement from his office says the Democrat is experiencing mild symptoms and has been prescribed the anti-viral medication Paxlovid. He is working from home. Pritzker is

By THANASSIS STAVRAKIS and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press DRAFI, Greece (AP) — Hundreds of people have been evacuated from their homes as a wildfire threatened mountainside suburbs northeast of Athens. Firefighters battled through the night, struggling to contain the blaze which was being intensified by strong gusts of wind.  The Fire Service said 15 planes

By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California parole officials have approved releasing a notorious former Mexican Mafia prison gang leader who has been cooperating with law enforcement for nearly 20 years. Two consecutive governors previously blocked parole for Rene Enriquez. They argued in part that he is safer in prison than on

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has given easy bipartisan approval to admitting Finland and Sweden into NATO. Tuesday’s vote came as lawmakers aim for quick Senate passage and a show of congressional support for expansion of the U.S. and European defense alliance. That’s in the face of

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A very high number of heads of state and government — 157 — say they plan to attend September’s first totally in-person gathering of world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly since the COVID-19 pandemic began in early 2020. The 104 heads of state on

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — For most of the major carbon-polluting nations, promising to fight climate change is a lot easier than actually doing it. In the United States, President Joe Biden has learned that the hard way. Among the 10 biggest carbon emitters, only the European Union has enacted polices

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit alleging the University of Wisconsin System reinstated former Badgers receiver Quintez Cephus without seeking input from a woman who accused him of sexual assault in 2018. A UW-Madison investigation found that Cephus likely assaulted her and the university expelled him. A jury acquitted him

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Food and Drug Administration has asked for a review of the agency’s food and tobacco programs following months of criticism over their handling of the baby formula shortage and e-cigarette reviews. Tuesday’s announcement comes as FDA Commissioner Robert Califf attempts to push

By ARLEIGH RODGERS Associated Press/Report for America INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indianapolis doctor who performed an abortion on a 10-year-old rape victim from Ohio took the first step Tuesday toward suing Indiana’s attorney general for defamation. Dr. Caitlin Bernard, an Indianapolis obstetrician-gynecologist who gave the girl a medication-induced abortion on June 30, filed a tort

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A House committee reviewing South Carolina’s abortion law is suggesting the state ban almost all abortions other than when the life of the mother is at risk. A 12-member special House committee voted nine to three on Tuesday to support a full ban with no exceptions

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer U.S. adults who haven’t gotten any COVID-19 shots yet should consider a new option from Novavax — a more traditional kind of vaccine, health officials said Tuesday. Regulators authorized the nation’s first so-called protein vaccine against COVID-19 last week, but the final hurdle was a recommendation from the Centers

By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville, Tennessee, Sheriff Daron Hall has testified that a prominent prison reform advocate committed an “evil act” when he disguised himself as a construction worker to hide guns, handcuff keys and hacksaw blades inside the walls of an under-construction Tennessee jail. The testimony comes in the

HINESBURG, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont family’s chicken is back home after hitching a ride last month in the undercarriage of their pickup truck and ending up 13 miles away in the state’s largest city. WCAX-TV reports that someone having coffee on Burlington’s Church Street Marketplace, an outdoor pedestrian mall, spotted the chicken and knew

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — According to a health official in South Africa, methanol was found in the blood of the 21 teenagers who died last month in a bar in South Africa’s city of East London. Final toxicology reports will show if the levels of methanol were fatal and South Africa’s