Month: January 2023

By LISA MASCARO and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Not long ago, Joe Biden and Republican leader Kevin McCarthy used to have breakfast together in the then-vice president’s home. Biden was intent in those days on “keeping up relations with the opposition party,” as he writes in his memoir. The new House

By LISA RATHKE Associated Press Vermont lawmakers are taking testimony on a pair of bills that aim to protect health care workers who provide abortions and gender-affirming health care in Vermont from legal and disciplinary action from states that limit or ban those practices. The bills were introduced seven months after the U.S. Supreme Court

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A judge has dismissed a gender discrimination lawsuit filed by nine former University of Minnesota football players who were accused of sexual assault in a case that roiled the university. The players, who were not identified in their lawsuit against the school, alleged that they suffered emotional distress and financial damage after

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservative and gun-rights groups challenged new federal regulations on pistols with stabilizing braces in court Tuesday, suing to block a gun-control action touted by President Joe Biden after the accessories were used in two mass shootings. Two lawsuits filed in federal court in Texas challenge the move

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Tim Walz has enshrined the right to abortion and other reproductive health care into Minnesota statutes. He signed a bill Tuesday that Democratic leaders rushed, with their new control of both houses of the Legislature, in the first month of the 2023 legislative session.

By JOSH FUNK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A man with an AR-15-style rifle and more than a dozen ammunition magazines opened fire inside a Target store in Omaha, sending panicked shoppers and employees scrambling for safety before he was fatally shot by police Tuesday afternoon, authorities said. No injuries were reported. The white

CINCINNATI (AP) — An attorney for former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder has questioned the fitness of U.S. District Judge Timothy Black to preside over the Republican’s corruption trial. Attorney Mark Marein raised the issue Tuesday, as Householder’s trial resumed after a week’s pause due to a juror’s positive COVID-19 diagnosis. Marein described bad “vibes”

By CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press A car with dark tinted windows circles the block a few times before swerving onto the sidewalk. A handful of armed plainclothes police officers jump out and order everyone out of a double-parked car so they can search it, striking terror in the seconds before red and blue lights flash

By ERIC TUCKER, ZEKE MILLER and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI searched President Joe Biden’s former office at the Penn Biden Center in Washington in November. That’s according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a law enforcement action. The search occurred at

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is faulting Russia for failing to allow on-the-ground nuclear inspections, accusing Moscow of endangering arms control efforts. The administration delivered its assessment Tuesday in a report to Congress. The State Department summarized the findings. The administration’s tough words come after months of more hopeful

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has announced plans to block state colleges from having programs on diversity, equity and inclusion, and critical race theory. It’s the Republican’s latest step onto the front lines of the nation’s culture wars as he considers a 2024 bid for the White

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Iranian official says Iran and Russia have taken a key step toward linking their banking systems in a move that further boosts their cooperation in the face of Western sanctions. At a signing ceremony on Sunday, Mohsen Karami, the deputy central bank governor, said banks in the two

By ARLEIGH RODGERS Associated Press/Report for America INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s high court says it will not immediately consider a challenge to the state’s abortion ban that is based on the argument that the law violates some people’s religious freedoms, leaving that decision to an appeals court, at least for now. The state Supreme Court

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas House panel has advanced legislation that would prevent transgender people at public schools from using the restrooms that match with their gender identity. The House Education Committee on Tuesday endorsed the bill, which applies to multi-person restrooms and locker rooms at public schools

NEW YORK (AP) — One of Penguin Random House’s top executives, U.S. CEO Madeline McIntosh, is stepping down. Her decision comes just weeks after the resignation of the global CEO, Markus Dohle, and the retirement of Random House Publishing Group publisher Gina Centrello. The departures all follow last fall’s ruling by a federal judge to

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — New DC Studios bosses James Gunn and Peter Safran debuted their plans for a revamped and newly unified DC Universe of films and television series, including a new Superman film in 2025, a Wonder Woman prequel and a Batman movie that won’t star Robert Pattinson.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Fifteen grade school students in Mexico have been treated after apparently taking part in an internet “challenge” in which groups of students take tranquilizers to see who can stay awake the longest.  The incident occurred Monday in the north-central city of Guanajuato. It came just days after health authorities issued a

By ADRIAN SAINZ and AARON MORRISON Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — On the eve of the funeral for Tyre Nichols, who died days after a brutal beating by Memphis police officers just minutes from his home, his family was sharing remembrances and expressing grief. Nichols’ older brother, Jamal Dupree, lamented he was not there

By CATHY BUSSEWITZ AP Energy Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Exxon Mobil posted record annual profits in 2022 as consumers globally struggled with high prices for gasoline, home heating and consumer goods. The energy giant brought in $55.7 billion in annual profits. That exceeded its previous record of $45.22 billion in 2008. Exxon’s bounty came

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The European Union’s top court has issued a ruling that allows Spain to make another attempt to seek the extradition of a former Catalan separatist politician living in Brussels. Spain has unsuccessfully tried to get Belgium to hand over Lluís Puig since he fled Spain following

By CHRIS O’MEARA Associated Press LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — The four-door sedan pulled up near an intersection in a central Florida city where people were milling about, the tinted windows came down and people from inside the vehicle started shooting in all directions, wounding 11 men, including two critically, police officials said. Only a minute

By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A company working on technologies to bring back extinct species has attracted more investors. Other scientists are skeptical such feats are possible or a good idea. Colossal Biosciences first announced an ambitious plan to revive the woolly mammoth two years ago. On Tuesday, the Dallas company

By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Will Smith and Martin Lawrence are reteaming for a fourth “Bad Boys” movie, in one of Smith’s most high-profile new projects since the slap. Sony Pictures announced Tuesday that the untitled “Bad Boys” sequel is in early pre-production. In a video posted on Instagram, Smith filmed himself