Month: July 2022

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Amazon will give its U.S. Prime members free access to meal delivery service Grubhub for a year under a deal announced Wednesday. The Grubhub Plus membership, which normally costs $9.99 per month, lets customers order from thousands of restaurants with no delivery fees on most orders. Amazon Prime membership

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Prosecutors and attorneys for Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz are battling over whether jurors at his upcoming penalty trial should learn about the swastikas carved on his gun’s magazines. They also argued Wednesday over whether his racist, homophobic and threatening online postings, his computer searches

By JEREMY LINDENFELD Religion News Service (RNS) — Outside the small Texas town of Elsa, a sheet metal fence too tall to see over surrounds a few acres of prime Rio Grande Valley land. In front of the compound’s drab, gray gate, bright orange letters spell out “Nature’s Resort.” The gate opens to reveal a

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer President Joe Biden plans to nominate the CEO of the Denver airport to become the next head of the Federal Aviation Administration. The White House announced Wednesday that Biden plans to nominate Phillip Washington. He has been the CEO of Denver International Airport since last year. Before that, he

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — To a large degree, modern blockbuster moviemaking has depended on the appeasement of fans to keep franchise juggernauts smoothly humming. But in making “Thor: Love and Thunder,” Taika Waititi had no interest in that. He approached the film from the opposite direction. What would actually

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT, GEOFF MULVIHILL and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Democratic governors in states where abortion will remain legal are looking for ways to protect any patients who travel there for the procedure — along with the providers who help them — from being prosecuted by their home states. The Democratic

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Records show the U.S. Department of Justice is investigating potential civil rights violations in Texas’ multibillion-dollar border security mission. Operation Lone Star has given the National Guard arrest powers and seen state authorities bus migrants to Washington, D.C. Emails obtained by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune show the state police agency

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s only abortion clinic has been buzzing with activity in the chaotic days since the U.S. Supreme Court upended abortion rights nationwide — a case that originated in this conservative Deep South state, with this bright-pink medical facility that is closing its doors Wednesday. Physicians

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police say bullets that grazed two police officers during a Fourth of July fireworks show in Philadelphia and prompted an evacuation of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway likely were fired from far away. Chief Inspector Frank Vanore of the Philadelphia Police Department told reporters Wednesday that one .40 caliber round “probably coming in

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A judge in West Virginia’s capital has struck down a law that would have funneled state money into a program that incentivized families to pull their children out of K-12 public schools. The state’s attorney general said his office plans to appeal Wednesday’s ruling. Set to go into effect during the

By AMIR VAHDAT and NASSER KARIMI Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian state TV said Wednesday that the country’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard has accused the deputy ambassador of the United Kingdom and other foreigners in the country of “espionage” and taking soil samples from prohibited military zones. The country’s state-run IRNA news agency reported

By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has signed legislation that will provide $1.2 billion over three years to boost long-term water supplies for the desert state and implement conservation efforts that will see more immediate effects. The Republican signed the legislation Wednesday. It is viewed as the most significant

By MATTHEW PERRONE and TOM MURPHY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. pharmacists can now prescribe the leading COVID-19 pill directly to patients. The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday that pharmacists can begin screening patients to see if they are eligible and then prescribe Pfizer’s drug Paxlovid. Previously only doctors could prescribe it. Paxlovid

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials were concerned at their meeting last month that consumers were increasingly anticipating higher inflation, and they signaled that much higher interest rates could be needed to restrain it. The policymakers also acknowledged, in minutes from their June 14-15 meeting released Wednesday, that their

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A driver accused of shooting at police officers during a long car chase through the streets of New York’s second-largest city has been arraigned on five counts of attempted murder. The wild March 29 chase in Buffalo resulted in three officers and suspect Kente Bell being struck. A prosecutor says two

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A company that has performed appraisals on some of Donald Trump’s most prized properties has been held in contempt of court for missing a deadline to turn over documents in the New York attorney general’s civil investigation into the former president’s business practices. Manhattan Judge

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Rafael Nadal extended his Grand Slam winning streak to 19 matches with a 3-6, 7-5, 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (10-4) victory over 11th-seeded Taylor Fritz in the Wimbledon quarterfinals. Nadal is seeking a third Wimbledon championship and 23rd major title overall. He is perfect at the

OTTAWA (AP) — One of the candidates for the leadership of Canada’s Conservative Party has been disqualified over allegations of financial wrongdoing. Patrick Brown’s campaign issued a statement Wednesday denying it had done anything wrong and calling the disqualification “reprehensible, undemocratic behavior.” Party officials announced disqualification of the Brampton mayor Tuesday night, saying they’d learned

By MARTHA IRVINE AP National Writer CHICAGO (AP) — A woman — stunned and speechless in the chaos of a July 4 parade massacre — walked up to Greg Ring and handed him a 2-year-old boy, covered in blood. Ring had fled the scene in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park with his wife and

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The FBI director and the leader of Britain’s domestic intelligence agency are raising alarms about the Chinese government, warning business leaders that Beijing is determined to steal their technology for competitive gain. FBI Director Christopher Wray reaffirmed previous concerns in denouncing economic espionage and hacking operations by

By GHAITH AL-SAYED and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press IDLIB, Syria (AP) — Syrians in the last major rebel stronghold of the war-torn country are living in fear of the effects of Russia closing down the only border crossing into the northwestern province of Idlib. Russia — perhaps seeking to retaliate against the West for sanctions

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A 32-year-old man who grew up on the same streets in the same gang as Nipsey Hussle was found guilty Wednesday of first-degree murder in the 2019 shooting of the Grammy-winning rapper, who rose above his circumstances to become an inspiration to the neighborhood where

By JEAN-YVES KAMALE and IGNATIUS SUUNA Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s presidency said Wednesday that Rwanda and Congo have agreed to reduce tensions following one-day talks between the presidents of the two countries mediated by Angola. In a statement, Congo said the de-escalation process would involve reviving a Congo-Rwanda commission whose work is

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A bid to bring the 2024 Republican National Convention to Nashville has hit a roadblock in the left-leaning city’s metro council. Amid opposition to hosting the event, Councilmember Robert Swope withdrew a proposed agreement Tuesday that spells out specifics about how the city would host the

By CORA LEWIS and ADRIANA MORGA The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A deadline is fast approaching for teachers, librarians, nurses and others who work in public service to apply to have their student loan debt forgiven. New figures from the U.S. Department of Education show 145,000 borrowers have had the remainder of their

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Attorneys representing Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said Wednesday he intends to challenge a subpoena compelling him to testify before a special grand jury in Georgia investigating former President Donald Trump and his allies’ actions after the 2020 election. Graham was one of a handful