Month: February 2023

LEAVENWORTH, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say they still have no plans to attempt a recovery of three climbers killed in an avalanche on Washington state’s Colchuck Peak last weekend. Officials said Thursday conditions remain too dangerous. The Chelan County Sheriff’s Office says avalanche experts tried to reach the scene on Wednesday, but failed to make

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The former police chief for the city of Oakland who was fired last week over the alleged cover-up of an officer’s misconduct has filed an appeal to what he says was his wrongful termination. LeRonne Armstrong’s attorney Will Edelman on Wednesday sent a letter to the city, officially beginning the process

By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — Noah Song threw and performed agility drills on a back outfield wearing Philadelphia Phillies shorts and T-shirt, a far different different uniform for the 25-year old. Song had been a flight officer training on a U.S. Navy P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft before transferring

By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada voters will decide whether to abolish slavery and involuntary servitude as a form of criminal punishment from the state constitution on the 2024 ballot, part of a growing push among some states to scrub outdated, century-old language. The Nevada Senate unanimously passed

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer Russia launched a rescue ship on Friday for two cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut whose original ride home sprang a dangerous leak while parked at the International Space Station. The new, empty Soyuz capsule should arrive at the orbiting lab on Sunday. The capsule leak in December was blamed

By BILL BARROW Associated Press PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Jimmy Carter’s path to the presidency is an oft-told story, especially by aspiring presidents trying to be the next politician to defy Washington expectations. As a little-known Georgia governor, Carter announced in late 1974 that he’d seek the presidency. Atlanta’s largest newspaper answered with a mocking

By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland lawmakers are considering ending the state’s statute of limitations for when lawsuits can be filed against institutions for child sex abuse. Accusers who support the measure testified at a bill hearing Thursday in the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee. Currently, people in Maryland who say they

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The sobbing father of a man convicted of killing eight people on a New York City bike path has apologized to victims and professed love for his son in the death penalty phase of the defendant’s trial. Habibulloh Saipov’s emotional testimony Thursday came in front of

By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A teenager has been charged as an adult in the case of Madison Brooks, a Louisiana State University student who was allegedly raped then left on the side of a road where she was struck and killed by a car.  A grand jury indicted 17-year-old

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press NORTH WILDWOOD, N.J. (AP) — The sandstorm being waged between New Jersey environmental officials and a defiant shore town bolstering its dunes without state permission is intensifying. The Department of Environmental Protection has fined North Wildwood over $12 million for unauthorized work along its beachfront, including the destruction of vegetated

By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Republican National Committee has decided that the opening Republican presidential debate of the 2024 election season will take place in Milwaukee this August. The rough time and location were the only details finalized as a small group of RNC members met behind closed

HOLDEN, La. (AP) — Alicia Allain Schneider, a filmmaker and the wife of ‘Dukes of Hazzard’ star John Schneider, has died at the couple’s home in south Louisiana. Schneider died Tuesday. She was 53. A cause of death was not provided. John Schneider announced his wife’s death in a Facebook post Wednesday and encouraged fans

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ GOP-controlled Legislature has shown it’s likely to pass a bill eliminating the three extra days state voters get to return mail-in ballots after an election. But the vote totals Thursday in the Kansas House and Senate strongly suggest that election conspriacy theory backers don’t

By GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly two decades after his classic “Confessions” album, Usher is spilling more of his inner thoughts. The multi-hyphenate megastar is aiming to become a member of the EGOT club before his career ends, referring to the rare entertainers who have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A transgender woman has for the first time been selected to participate in the Puerto Rico Miss Universe contest held in the largely conservative U.S. territory. Daniela Arroyo González was chosen Thursday in her second attempt. She is best known for winning a federal lawsuit against Puerto Rico’s government

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s top election official has dismissed concerns that the country’s cash shortage could affect Saturday’s presidential vote. Authorities have in the past delayed Nigeria’s last two presidential elections. But Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of Nigeria’s electoral commission, said Thursday election officials “are adequately prepared for this election.”

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal wildlife officials on Wednesday announced a proposal to classify one of two dwindling California spotted owl populations as endangered after a lawsuit by conservation groups required the government to reassess a Trump administration decision not to protect the brown and white birds. The U.S.

By COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — Milan designers took a more modest turn on the second day of Milan Fashion Week of mostly womenswear looks for next fall and winter. If the first day of shows bared skin, the second day offered options that allow women to dial up or dial down

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans’ daily newspaper says organizers of a petition drive to recall Mayor LaToya Cantrell  are demanding $15,000 in fees to comply with a court agreement to provide copies of the signed petitions. The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate said an attorney for Nolatoya.org told the news organization Wednesday that it must

By EDITH M. LEDERER and MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly has passed a nonbinding resolution that calls for Russia to end hostilities and withdraw from its neighbor on the eve of the first anniversary of Moscow’s invasion. The resolution, which passed Thursday on a vote of 141-7 with