Month: July 2022

By KEN RITTER and FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press BOULDER CITY, Nev. (AP) — A transformer exploded at Hoover Dam, producing a thick cloud of black smoke and flames that quickly were extinguished. Authorities say no one was hurt in Tuesday’s explosion and electricity continued to flow to the 8 million people in Arizona, Nevada and

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, California (AP) — Individual health insurance rates are going up across the country. The coronavirus pandemic caused lots of people to put off routine health care. But now many people are returning to doctor’s offices. Health insurers in individual marketplaces across 13 states and Washington D.C. will raise rates

By KAREN MATTHEWS and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is dropping out of the crowded race for the Democratic nomination in a redrawn Congressional district that includes his Brooklyn home. De Blasio tweeted Tuesday that it’s clear that the people of New York’s

By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s attorney general has asked a court to stay a ruling that struck down a state-sponsored education voucher program. Attorney General Patrick Morrisey filed a motion with the state Intermediate Court of Appeals seeking the stay pending appeal of a judge’s ruling July 6 involving

By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors have called their first witness to the stand and have begun building their case that former Trump adviser Steve Bannon willfully ignored a congressional subpoena in open defiance of the U.S. government. Bannon’s lawyers say the charges against him are politically motivated and that Bannon

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Academy of Country Music Awards is heading to Texas next year as they continue their live-streaming partnership with Amazon Prime Video. The awards show will be held on May 11 at the Ford Center at the Star in Frisco, an indoor football stadium at the Dallas Cowboys team headquarters. After

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS and LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi abortion clinic that was at the center of the U.S. Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade has ended a lawsuit in which it was seeking to block the state from enforcing a law banning most abortions. Jackson Women’s

By TOM FOREMAN Jr. Associated Press WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — A settlement between the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones in a tenure dispute includes concessions designed to help faculty and students of color. Hannah-Jones tweeted on Tuesday that she and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund fought for the concession,

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A female lion was fatally injured while being introduced to a newly acquired male companion at the Birmingham Zoo in Alabama, officials said Tuesday. Akili, who was born in 2005 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and had been at the Birmingham Zoo since 2007, couldn’t be saved after being injured by a

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A lawsuit against the British government says officials at the U.K.’s Foreign Office had misgivings about plans to deport asylum-seekers to Rwanda because of the East African nation’s human rights record. Lawyer Raza Husain said in written submissions filed Tuesday that Foreign Office officials told then Foreign

By GERALD IMRAY AP Sports Writer CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Champion runner Caster Semenya heads into this year’s world championships with virtually no chance to win. On Wednesday in Eugene, Oregon, the 31-year-old, three-time world champion at 800 meters will run instead in the 5,000-meter race. She is not considered a serious medal

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer WARREN, Mich. (AP) — In their first rollouts of electric vehicles, America’s automakers targeted people who value short-range economy cars. Then came EVs for luxury buyers and drivers of pickups and delivery vans. Now, the companies are zeroing in at the heart of the market: The compact SUV. In

By EMILY ROSE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s new prime minister has made an unannounced visit to the border with Lebanon. Yair Lapid threatened during the visit on Tuesday to unleash a harsh military response to what he described as “unacceptable” aggression by the Lebanese militant Hezbollah group. This comes at a time of

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden and Olena Zelenska, the first lady of Ukraine, have met again, this time at the White House. Their meeting Tuesday was a follow-up after they first met in eastern Europe on Mother’s Day. President Joe Biden joined his wife to help welcome Zelenska and give

By SEUNG MIN KIM, CHRIS MEGERIAN and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will travel to Massachusetts on Wednesday to promote his efforts to combat climate change but will stop short of issuing an emergency declaration that would unlock federal resources to deal with the issue, according to a person familiar

MADRID (AP) — A new law in Spain requiring an explicit expression of consent in sexual relations won’t take effect just yet after the country’s Senate demanded a minor change in wording in the law’s preamble and sent it back to parliament. The legislation is popularly known as the “Only yes means yes” law. It

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is set to propose energy cuts and savings as the 27-nation bloc expects Russian President Vladimir Putin to cut off vast natural gas supplies. The plan to be released Wednesday might make for a much colder winter, but one without massive disruptions. Since Russia

By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The capture of fugitive drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero was hailed by U.S. authorities as an example of cooperation with Mexico in the fight against drugs. But in fact Caro Quintero had been the source of 37 years of tension between the two countries. Mexico was

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Reporter Tesla CEO Elon Musk lost his fight to delay Twitter’s lawsuit against him as a Delaware judge on Tuesday set an October trial, citing the “cloud of uncertainty” over the social media company after the billionaire backed out of a deal to buy it. “Delay threatens irreparable harm,” said

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal trial has been delayed for an Arkansas man who was photographed with his feet on a desk in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office during the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot. A federal judge on Monday moved the trial for Richard Barnett, of Gravette, from Sept. 6 to Dec.

LONDON (AP) — British officials have bought another 100,000 doses of vaccine to stop monkeypox as the number of cases across the country has risen to more than 2,130. In a statement on Tuesday, Britain’s Health Security Agency said while the epidemic is expanding, the majority of cases “continue to be in gay, bisexual and

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A former lottery computer technician convicted in a scheme to rig computers to win jackpots for himself, friends and family has been paroled after serving more than five years in an Iowa prison. Eddie Tipton, 59, was released from prison Friday, according to online prisoner records. Axios Des Moines first

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Amazon has filed a lawsuit against administrators of more than 10,000 Facebook groups it accuses of coordinating fake reviews in exchange for money or free products. The Seattle-based e-commerce giant said in a statement posted on its website Tuesday the Facebook groups were set up to recruit people “willing

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Lawmakers in Hungary have passed a resolution that calls for curbing the power of the European Union’s parliament. The resolution adopted by members of Hungary’s governing Fidesz party on Tuesday advocates giving national parliaments the ability to veto legislation proposed at the EU level. It also