Month: March 2023

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — The developer of a planned Nevada geothermal power plant says it intends to sue U.S wildlife officials to try to overturn the endangered species listing of a toad that lives in adjacent wetlands. The move could end up pitting two Biden administration agencies against each other

By JIM MUSTIAN and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — After nearly two years and at least $1.4 million spent, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration on Friday released an external review of its overseas operations that barely mentions recent corruption scandals and offers recommendations that critics dismissed as overly vague. Much of the

By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press Federal authorities expect to return a 13-year-old boy’s remains to his Native American tribe in South Dakota this fall. The Friday statement comes days after the tribe wrote to urge a faster return of the child. The boy died at a federal boarding school for Indigenous children in 1879. The

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — ConocoPhillips has detailed reasons and remedies following a natural gas leak last year on the North Slope that caused 300 employees to be evacuated. The company spoke during an Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission hearing into the leak at its Alpine field. It said pumping 170 barrels of diesel fuel

By The Associated Press This week’s new entertainment releases include the romantic comedy “Rye Lane” set in modern London, the series “Riverdale” returns for its final season on the CW and PBS celebrates the career of songwriter Joni Mitchell. Chlöe — the elder half of Chloe x Halle — is releasing her solo debut, “In

CAIRO (AP) — A popular gay social networking application has issued a warning to its users in Egypt, as police impersonate community members to target and arrest LGBTQ+ individuals through digital platforms. When opened in the country, the application, Grindr, says the Egyptian police are “using fake accounts and have also taken over real accounts

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s space agency says three astronauts who were supposed to leave the International Space Station this month will be brought back to Earth in late September. The return of Russians Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin, and NASA’s Frank Rubio was delayed after the Soyuz capsule they planned to ride in developed a

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Disabled voters who need assistance submitting absentee ballots say local election leaders across Wisconsin are not following federal law during early voting in the high-stakes state Supreme Court race. They say election officials are incorrectly telling them they they can’t have another person return their ballot

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press A federal judge is threatening to report two attorneys for disciplinary action for delaying the trial of a man jailed on charges he assaulted police officers during the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot. Judge Trevor McFadden questioned in court papers Thursday whether attorney Joseph McBride was being sincere when

By CORA LEWIS and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Personal finances are a major source of stress for about half of the lower income households in the U.S., a new poll shows, illustrating the toll of high inflation and economic uncertainty on those who can least afford it. About half of U.S.

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan, long known as a mainstay of organized labor, on Friday became the first state in decades to repeal a union-restricting law known as “right-to-work” that was passed over a decade ago by a Republican-controlled Legislature. The state’s “right-to-work” law had allowed those in unionized workplaces

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The Washington Supreme Court on Friday upheld the state’s new capital gains tax, which was adopted by lawmakers in an effort to balance what is considered the nation’s most regressive tax code. In a 7-2 decision, the justices found the tax to be a lawful excise tax.

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s Democratic governor has vetoed a sweeping Republican measure aimed at regulating the lives of transgender youths. Gov. Andy Beshear said in his veto message Friday that the bill would increase youth suicides. The bill would also ban transgender students’ access to gender-affirming health care and

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press DUNNIGAN, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has ended some state water restrictions. Newsom made the announcement Friday after a series of powerful storms replenished the state’s reservoirs. California has been in a severe drought for the past three years. Newsom said he will stop asking people to voluntarily

BERLIN (AP) — Police say a man has threatened passengers on a train in eastern Germany and injured a teenager with an ax-like implement. The incident took place Friday on a local train traveling from Cottbus to Frankfurt an der Oder, on the Polish border. The train stopped in another town and the suspect was

By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Cuba holds National Assembly elections Sunday, but there are only 470 candidates running for the 470 seats, with no opposition challengers and no campaigning. Voters essentially will do no more than endorse the nominated slate of candidates. The polling technically is nonpartisan, but falls under the indirect

By DEREK GATOPOULOS and THEODORA TONGAS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece has welcomed the return of ancient artifacts from the Acropolis, furthering a campaign to press the British Museum to hand back a collection of sculptures taken from the ancient site in Athens more than 200 years ago. Culture Minister Lina Mendoni led

By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A judge has ruled that parents cannot be required to pull their children from private schools in New York that don’t meet certain state standards. The decision Thursday strikes down a key provision of new rules that strengthened the state’s oversight of such schools, including those

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida judge has sentenced a 16-year-old Florida boy to life in prison for fatally stabbing a 13-year-old classmate. The Friday morning sentencing followed a two-day hearing for 16-year-old Aiden Fucci, who pleaded guilty in February to killing 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey on Mother’s Day in 2021. Judge Lee R. Smith

By WILSON RING Associated Press ST. JOHNSBURY, Vermont (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday announced a plan to close a loophole to an immigration agreement that has allowed thousands of asylum-seeking immigrants to move between the two countries along a back road linking New York state to

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Four of five former Memphis police officers charged in the killing of Tyre Nichols, a Black man who was handcuffed, brutally beaten and ignored by first responders for crucial minutes despite being barely conscious, can no longer work as law enforcement in Tennessee. The Peace Officer

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy’s premier has marked the anniversary of one of the worst World War II-era massacres in German-occupied Italy. But the main association of Italian partisans who fought to free Italy from fascism quickly criticized her comments. Premier Giorgia Meloni issued a statement to commemorate the 1944 massacre

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Chad’s government said it was nationalizing all assets from multinational oil giant, Exxon Mobil, including hydrocarbon and exploration permits. The nationalization of a private company means that all assets are now owned by the government. While this used to happen in the 1960s and 70s it

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s president has taken part in nationwide observances Friday to honor Poles who risked — and often lost — their lives trying to save Jews from the Holocaust during the Nazi German occupation of Poland. He spoke Friday at a memorial site in Markowa, a village in southeastern Poland where Nazi

By CARA ANNA and IGNATIUS SSUUNA Associated Press KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwanda’s government has commuted the 25-year sentence of Paul Rusesabagina, who inspired the film “Hotel Rwanda” for saving hundreds of countrymen from genocide but was convicted of terrorism offenses years later in a widely criticized trial. Government spokeswoman Yolande Makolo told The Associated

LONDON (AP) — British antitrust regulators scrutinizing Microsoft’s blockbuster purchase of videogame maker Activision Blizzard have dropped concerns that the deal would hurt the console gaming market. The Competition and Markets Authority said Friday that it no longer thinks the $69 billion deal will result in a “substantial lessening of competition” for console games in