Month: February 2023

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s governor has stepped into the fight over how federal land managers are eradicating wild cows in the Gila Wilderness. Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham issued a statement Friday as the U.S. Forest Service conducted an aerial shooting operation aimed at killing as many

By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Residents of East Palestine, Ohio, say they are still fearful as activist Erin Brockovich warns they are in for a long battle after a train derailment earlier this month. Brockovich spoke to an overflow crowd Friday at a high school auditorium in the town

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — A South Florida city has reached a $2 million settlement with the family of a Black motorist who was fatally shot by a police officer after his vehicle broke down on an interstate off-ramp more than seven years ago. The city of Palm Beach Gardens released a statement saying

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Three defendants from an extended family have rejected compromise offers from prosecutors to resolve kidnapping, terrorism and weapons charges. They were arrested in a 2018 law enforcement raid on a ramshackle encampment in the remote desert of northern New Mexico. The U.S. government’s case against

DELANO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a convicted serial killer is suspected of slaying his new cellmate at a central California prison. State prison officials say Ramon Escobar shared a cell at North Kern State Prison in Delano with Juan Villanueva, who died Friday morning. Villanueva was serving a life sentence for the aggravated sexual

By AMANDA SEITZ and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration moved Friday to require patients see a doctor in person before getting attention deficit disorder medication or addictive painkillers, toughening access to the drugs against the backdrop of a deepening opioid crisis. The proposal could overhaul the way millions of Americans

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Saturday night’s Major League Soccer season opener between the LA Galaxy and defending champion Los Angeles Football Club at the Rose Bowl has been postponed due to severe weather. The match has been rescheduled for July 4. Southern California has been pounded by heavy rain and wind. It could also be

By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — People were divided during a public hearing Friday at the West Virginia Capitol on a bill that would codify the right of residents to challenge government regulations that interfere with their religious beliefs. People in support said it’s needed because of a growing threat to their

By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s governor has signed a bill that gives $105 million in state funding for a renewable energy battery plant in a former steel town. Gov. Jim Justice signed the bill Friday at the site of Form Energy’s planned manufacturing facility in the Northern Panhandle community

By THOMAS PEIPERT and COLLEEN SLEVIN DENVER (AP) — The family of a man who was fatally shot by a sheriff’s deputy outside a Colorado middle school while students were being picked up alleges in a wrongful death lawsuit that deputies unnecessarily escalated a situation that should have been handled nonviolently. The encounter occurred Feb.

DALLAS (AP) — A grand jury on Friday declined to indict a Dallas homicide detective whose investigation led to a fellow officer being arrested on capital murder charges before a judge said the case lacked probable cause. The Dallas County grand jury had considered two charges of tampering with records and one count of perjury

NEW YORK (AP) — A Lebanese and Belgian citizen labeled a “global terrorist” by the United States in 2018 when $10 million was offered for information about his whereabouts has been captured in Bucharest, Romania’s capital. Friday’s arrest of Mohammad Ibrahim Bazzi on charges describing him as a key Hezbollah financier was announced by federal

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina business magnate has been indicted on federal charges based on allegations he conspired to skim large amounts of money from his insurance companies, then lied about it to hide the scheme with two co-conspirators. A federal grand jury in Charlotte issued a 13-count indictment this week against Greg

A train has derailed near Burlington, North Dakota. A fire official said no injuries have been reported, nor hazardous materials spilled. Authorities said 17 empty containers fell 4 or 5 feet off the rails without tipping over, along with two BNSF Railway locomotives. A BNSF Railway spokesperson said the train was carrying freight of all

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer A federal judge declined Friday to postpone the trial date in LIV Golf’s antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour, even while conceding that might be inevitable if LIV owner Saudi Arabia appeals a ruling that officials with its sovereign wealth fund be required to testify. Friday’s case management hearing

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — National security adviser Jake Sullivan; Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas. __ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Jake Sullivan; Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska. __ CBS’ “Face the Nation” — CIA Director William Burns; Reps. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., and Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill.; former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. ___ CNN’s “State

By MATTHEW DALY and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has directed federal agencies to go door-to-door in East Palestine, Ohio, to check on families affected by the toxic train derailment that has morphed into a political controversy. House Republicans, meanwhile, have opened an investigation into the derailment, blaming Transportation Secretary

By PAUL J. WEBER and JILL COLVIN Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence says the U.S. should step up support for Ukraine, marking the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion with calls for faster military aid that put him out of step with some of his likely 2024 presidential rivals.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — At age 9, T’yonna Major excelled at her school work and in gymnastics, shown flexing her arms after competitions with newly won medals around her neck in photos her proud dad posted on social media. “She was a light to everyone that knew her,” the girl’s father, Tokiyo Major, posted on

A sheriff says a Michigan woman who fled to Thailand to avoid the consequences of a hit-and-run crash that killed a suburban Detroit college student on New Year’s Day has returned to the U.S. Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard says 57-year-old Tubtim “Sue” Howson of Oakland Township is in custody while she awaits a detention

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey says an internal review of the state’s execution procedures is complete and the state will begin scheduling lethal injections. Ivey made the announcement on Friday. She initiated the review in November after three lethal injections were aborted because of problems with intravenous

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Since launching her 2024 presidential bid, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley hasn’t revealed how much money her campaign has taken in. Her campaign tells The Associated Press that it has been “enormously pleased with our initial fundraising” but will wait until the April 15 deadline

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An independent panel says the Defense Department should implement a series of gun safety measures to reduce suicides in the force. It is calling for waiting periods for the purchase of firearms and ammunition by service members on military property. The panel says the department should

MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — The house where four University of Idaho students were stabbed to death in November will be demolished, school officials said Friday. The owner of the home in Moscow offered to give it to the university and the school accepted, University President Scott Green said in a memo to students and employees.

By STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN Associated Press VIENNA, Austria (AP) — A contentious Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe parliamentary meeting has ended with a denouncement of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — as Russian delegates accused the West of preventing dialogue by supplying weapons to Ukraine. The Parliamentary Assembly of the Vienna-based OSCE brought together lawmakers

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russians in Moscow and other cities brought flowers to Ukrainian poets and held one-person pickets with antiwar slogans to mark the first anniversary of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Russian media and rights groups reported at least a dozen detentions on Friday. OVD-Info, a legal aid group

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — The family of a nuclear physicist who died by suicide in a Virginia jail is suing the U.S. government after his psychotropic medicine was discontinued and he was denied admission to a federal medical prison. The lawsuit filed Thursday in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia,

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — A federal judge has sided with the Biden administration and a mining company in a fight with environmentalists and tribal leaders trying to block a huge lithium mine in Nevada near the Oregon line. The judge in Reno denied the opponents’ request Friday for an emergency

NEW YORK (AP) — Lithium ion batteries used to power electric bicycles and scooters have already sparked 22 fires that caused 36 injuries and two deaths in New York City this year, four times the number of fires linked to the batteries by this time last year, officials said Friday. Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh said