Month: August 2022

BY MICHELLE L. PRICE and BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Two New York Democrats have been ousted from the U.S. House in primary elections after redistricting shuffled congressional districts in one of the nation’s largest liberal states. A 15-term incumbent who chairs a powerful House committee, Carolyn Maloney, and a first-term progressive,

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON, STEVE PEOPLES and BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist won the Democratic nomination for governor in Florida, setting him up to challenge Gov. Ron DeSantis this fall in a campaign that the Republican incumbent sees as the first step toward a potential White House run. In

By SARA BURNETT Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Most U.S. adults think gun violence is increasing nationwide and want to see gun laws made stricter, according to a new poll that finds broad public support for a variety of gun restrictions, including many that are supported by majorities of Republicans and gun owners. The poll

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer From what you buy online, to how you remember tasks, to when you monitor your doorstep, Amazon is seemingly everywhere. And it appears the company doesn’t want to halt its reach anytime soon. In recent weeks, Amazon has said it will spend billions of dollars in two gigantic acquisitions

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — U.S. Rep. Markwayne Mullin won Tuesday’s GOP primary runoff for one of Oklahoma’s U.S. Senate seats, making him a likely favorite to win the seat U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe is leaving early after nearly 30 years in office. Mullin, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, defeated

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — About 2,000 protesters upset with the government’s pandemic response converged Tuesday on New Zealand’s Parliament — but there was no repeat of the occupation six months ago in which protesters camped on Parliament grounds for more than three weeks. Many of the protesters said they

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s Constitutional Court has received a petition from opposition lawmakers seeking a ruling on whether Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha has reached the constitutional limit of eight years in office. The court is widely expected to announce Wednesday whether it will rule on the petition. At issue is whether the eight-year period started

By EILEEN NG Associated Press PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak lost his final appeal on Tuesday in a graft case linked to the looting of the 1MDB state fund, with the top court unanimously upholding his conviction and 12-year prison sentence. The loss means Najib will have to begin serving his

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. State Department on Monday issued a security alert warning that Russia is stepping up efforts to launch strikes against Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure and government facilities in the coming days. The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv urged U.S. citizens still in Ukraine to depart the country immediately.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A man who destroyed evidence during the investigation of the deadly shooting of a federal officer in California by an extremist militia member has been sentenced to 10 1/2 years in federal prison. Robert Blancas was sentenced in San Francisco on Monday. He got six months for destroying records after a

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A new policy in California means about 40,000 low-income young adults living in the country illegally won’t lose their government-funded insurance next year. California already pays for the health care expenses of low-income adults 25 and younger regardless of their immigration status. A new law scheduled

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A lawyer for a Colorado woman who lost custody of her son for allegedly lying about his health problems says there is no evidence she plotted with backers of the Qanon conspiracy theory to have him kidnapped from foster care. Cynthia Abcug is on trial on charges

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A journalist who ran an online local news program was shot to death Monday in southern Mexico, making him the 15th media worker killed so far this year nationwide. Prosecutors in the southern state of Guerrero said Monday that Fredid Román was gunned down in the state capital, Chilpancingo. Román’s program,

By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has approved a bill setting standards for when officials can have disruptive people tossed out of public meetings. Debate over the bill pitted concern for decorum and officials’ safety against the need to protect citizens’ rights to free speech and public assembly.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Multnomah County grand jury has ordered Walmart to pay $4.4 million in damages to a man who sued the store saying he was racially profiled and harassed by a Walmart employee at a Portland, Oregon, area store in 2020. KGW reports the lawsuit says the employee “spied” on Dovey Mangum

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A U.S. judge is upholding a previous ruling to detain a Hawaii couple accused of stealing identities of dead babies. The judge says the case is unique because it’s not known why the couple allegedly lived under stolen identities for decades. Walter Glenn Primrose and Gwynn

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A local North Carolina grand jury has advanced its consideration of possible criminal charges against state Attorney General Josh Stein and two aides over an investigation into a political ad targeting Stein’s 2020 opponent. The Wake County grand jury asked the Wake district attorney

By AL-HADJI KUDRA MALIRO Associated Press BENI, Congo (AP) — Congo’s health ministry has confirmed a new Ebola case in Congo’s eastern Beni city and say it was linked to a previous outbreak. The woman was hospitalized in July with Ebola symptoms and died Aug. 15. The ministry says the National Institute for Biomedical Research

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — An Afghan refugee charged in the slayings of two Muslim men is facing new charges in the shooting death of another man in the parking lot of a refugee resettlement agency on Aug. 5. A grand jury indicted Muhammad Syed in the three killings Monday.

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — A military veteran has pleaded guilty to faking his own death off the coast of Alabama to avoid sexual abuse charges in Mississippi. Jacob Blair Scott pleaded guilty in federal court on Monday to several charges, including one of making a false distress call. The Orange Beach Police Department in 2018

By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) — A mother whose daughter prosecutors say R. Kelly sexually abused starting when she was 14 told jurors has testified at Kelly’s federal trial in Chicago. She told jurors Monday that she lied to a state grand jury 20 years ago, in part, because she and

BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Prosecutors are asking a judge to sentence Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández to 12 years in prison and bar her from holding public office for life for allegedly leading a criminal conspiracy that irregularly awarded public works contracts to a friend and ally. Prosecutor Diego Luciani said in his closing arguments

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge has declared a mistrial in a case against a man charged with blowing up his ex-girlfriend’s Southern California spa business, killing her and injuring two others with a box rigged with explosives. A spokesperson for the U.S. attorney’s office in Los Angeles said U.S. District Judge Josephine Staton declared

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A company seeking to mine in southeast Georgia near the edge of the Okefenokee Swamp says the project is back on track after a federal agency reversed a June decision that had temporarily blocked it. Twin Pine Minerals said Monday that the Army Corps of Engineers

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer Under threat of Russian attacks in a war that stopped all soccer in Ukraine in February, a new league season starts Tuesday in Kyiv with the goal of restoring some sense of normal life. The elegant Olympic Stadium has staged the biggest European soccer games in the past decade