Month: November 2022

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In a major action to address toxic wastewater from coal-fired power plants, the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday ordered an Ohio utility to stop dumping dangerous coal ash into unlined storage ponds and speed cleanup of the site. The order to the Gen. James Gavin Power Plant

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jurors at the rape trial of “That ’70s Show” star Danny Masterson said Friday that they are deadlocked, but a judge told them they have not deliberated long enough for her to declare a mistrial. The jury told Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Charlaine Olmedo that after nearly three days of

By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A judge has set a hearing for January to consider whether to order prison for an 18-year-old sex-trafficking victim who killed her rapist in Iowa and pleaded guilty last year to involuntary manslaughter and willful injury. Pieper Lewis was sentenced on Sept. 13 to probation

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — Canada’s defense minister says Ukraine’s military is winning the war and Russian President Vladimir Putin has only united NATO and renewed its purpose.  Defense Minister Anita Anand made the remarks at the start of the annual Halifax International Security Forum which attracts defense and security

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A scheduled execution in Alabama was called off Thursday after prison officials couldn’t find a suitable vein to inject the lethal drugs into. The stoppage of the execution is the latest in a long history of problems with lethal injections since Texas became the first

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Top Vatican cardinals are trying to put the brakes on the German Catholic Church’s controversial reform process. They called for a pause in the process during an unusual Vatican summit Friday, fearing proposals concerning gays, women and sexual morals will split the church.The Vatican and the German

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho will add a new position of solicitor general to challenge federal government actions and policies when Republican Raul Labrador becomes the state’s new attorney general in early January. Labrador on Thursday announced two staff positions to be filled by former members of President Donald Trump’s

By DAVID PEREDA Z. Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — A LATAM Airlines plane taking off from Lima’s international airport struck a firetruck on the runway and caught fire Friday. Authorities said the plane’s passengers and crew were all safe, but two firefighters in the truck were killed. Lima Airport Partners, the company that operates

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Four University of Idaho students who were found dead in a rental house near campus were stabbed to death in their beds and likely were asleep when they were attacked, a county coroner told a cable news channel. Latah County Coroner Cathy Mabbutt also told

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled that Congress gave too much power to a nonprofit authority it created in 2020 to develop and enforce horseracing rules. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Friday that the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act is “facially unconstitutional.” The

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It raised eyebrows six weeks ago when Saudi Arabia’s aged king, Salman, named his son, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, as prime minister. The kingdom’s laws designate the king as prime minister. King Salman had to declare a temporary exception to loan out the

CHICAGO (AP) — A man accused of shooting at a car while standing alongside 13-year-old Adam Toledo moments before the teen was fatally shot last year by a Chicago police officer has been found not guilty of weapons charges. Twenty-three-year-old Ruben Roman stood trial this week on charges that were not directly related to the

REGINA, Saskatchewan (AP) — A member of the First Nations in Canada will perform “O Canada” in three languages at the Canadian Football League’s championship game in Regina between the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Toronto Argonauts. Teagan Littlechief will perform in English, French and Cree at Sunday’s grey Cup. Only fluent in English, Littlechief says

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A judge has dismissed a lawsuit by a man in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands challenging a ban against cockfighting in U.S. territories. Saipan resident Andrew Sablan Salas’ lawsuit said cockfighting is a popular and traditional activity. His attorney says Salas intends to appeal

BEND, Ore. (AP) — City Council members in the central Oregon city of Bend have approved strict new rules for homeless camping that will limit where, when and how people can live outside, as a growing number of cities across the state seek to control encampments amid a surging homelessness crisis driven by an affordable

By SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia officials have asked a court to immediately block a judge’s ruling striking down the state’s abortion ban and also allowing the procedure to again be performed beyond about six weeks  of pregnancy. The state attorney general’s office said in court documents Friday that the decision by

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump Organization’s former chief financial officer has testified that Eric Trump hiked his pay by $200,000 after an internal audit spurred by Trump’s 2016 election found that he had been scheming to dodge taxes on lavish corporate perks. The raises boosted Allen Weisselberg’s annual

By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Over 100 service industry workers have gathered in the capital of the state with the county’s lowest unionization rate to launch a new union and try to boost labor organizing across the U.S. South. The Union of Southern Service Workers hopes to win remedies

The stepmother of a New Hampshire girl who disappeared in 2019 at age 5 and is presumed dead has been sent to prison for at least a year and a half after pleading guilty to perjury. Thirty-two-year-old Kayla Montgomery pleaded guilty Friday to lying to a grand jury about working at a doughnut shop on

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is cautioning that “it’s going to take time” for inflation to recede. But he says that legislation he signed in August will soon help limit costs for health care and energy. He made the remarks Friday while meeting with business and

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Twitter is in chaos mode. Elon Musk, its new owner, has decimated its staff and on Wednesday gave those remaining an ultimatum — work grueling hours and be “hardcore” (without giving a definition) or leave. Already, there are signs that booting more than half of the platform’s global staff

By TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City attorney has been sentenced to 15 months behind bars for firebombing an empty New York City police vehicle with another lawyer during protests over the murder of George Floyd. Before hearing her sentence on Friday, Urooj Rahman asked a judge to spare