Month: March 2023

SYDNEY (AP) — Former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating has launched a blistering attack on his nation’s plan to buy nuclear-powered submarines from the United States to modernize its fleet, saying “it must be the worst deal in all history.” Speaking at a National Press Club event, Keating said Wednesday the submarines wouldn’t serve a

By SEAN MURPHY and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press AMARILLO, Texas (AP) — A federal judge in Texas raised questions Wednesday about a Christian group’s effort to overturn the decades-old U.S. approval of a leading abortion drug, in a case that could threaten the country’s most common method for ending pregnancies. Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk heard more

By SALLY HO and GARANCE BURKE Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — For the two weeks that the Hackneys’ baby girl lay in a Pittsburgh hospital bed weak from dehydration, her parents rarely left her side, sometimes sleeping on the fold-out sofa in the room. They stayed with their daughter around the clock when she was

By SALLY HO and GARANCE BURKE Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — For the two weeks that the Hackneys’ baby girl lay in a Pittsburgh hospital bed weak from dehydration, her parents rarely left her side, sometimes sleeping on the fold-out sofa in the room. They stayed with their daughter around the clock when she was

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Twenty years after the U.S. invaded Iraq — in blinding explosions of shock and awe — American forces remain in the country in what has become a small but consistent presence to ensure an ongoing relationship with a key military and diplomatic partner

By BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — When Quentin Fulks went back home to Ellaville, Georgia, last year, people kept telling him how proud they were to watch a native son lead Sen. Raphael Warnock’s reelection bid. Then came the caveat: They still weren’t going to vote for his boss. “I didn’t take it

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A special prosecutor who doubles as a state legislator is stepping down from her role in the manslaughter case against actor Alec Baldwin in the death of a cinematographer on a New Mexico film set. Baldwin’s legal team in February sought to disqualify special prosecutor

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico legislators rejected a proposal Tuesday to prohibit state and local government agencies from contracting with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain immigrants as they seek asylum in the U.S. The bill failed on a 17-21 vote of the state Senate. It also

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Chevron says it has reported how much money it made in January from selling gasoline in California. The disclosure to state regulators comes after a new state law required oil companies to report more pricing data. The law is aimed at gathering information to determine why

By LISA MASCARO, CHRIS MEGERIAN and PAUL WISEMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — After the sudden collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, California Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters started furiously working the phones to find out what was going on with the failed lender — and what would happen to its panicked depositors. Waters, former chair of

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Diamond Sports Group, the largest owner of regional sports networks, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Tuesday. The move came after it missed a $140 million interest payment last month. Diamond owns 19 networks under the Bally Sports banner. Those networks have the rights to 42 professional teams

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina Supreme Court is hearing arguments again in a redistricting case it ruled on only three months ago. The court had affirmed Republican legislators can’t draw electoral districts that are excessively partisan in an otherwise closely divided state. What’s changed since December? Republicans

By BABACAR DIONE Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Hundreds of protesters have taken to the streets in Senegal’s capital in a peaceful show of support for the country’s opposition leader who’s facing trial later this week. It was the first of several days of scheduled demonstrations backing Ousmane Sonko. The 46-year-old politician will go

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Rep. George Santos filed paperwork Tuesday indicating his intent to run for reelection, even as he faces calls to resign amid ongoing criminal and ethics investigations into lies he told while running for office. The filing with the Federal Election Commission does not necessarily mean that Santos will run for

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves signed a bill Tuesday restricting electric car manufacturers from selling vehicles in person unless they open franchised dealerships. Defying calls from some fellow Republicans in the Legislature to veto the measure, Reeves enacted into law House Bill 401, introduced by

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An arrest warrant has been issued for a 19-year-old Indianapolis man charging him with voluntary manslaughter and battery in a shooting at an Indianapolis shopping mall that killed another teen and injured a man. The warrant was issued Tuesday by a Marion County court. The suspect is not in custody. The Jan.

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Antonina “Ann” Uccello, the first woman elected a mayor in Connecticut when she won an upset victory in Hartford as a Republican in 1967, has died. She was 100. Uccello, who went on to serve in the U.S. Department of Transportation during the Nixon, Ford and

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Senate has approved legislation to repeal the state’s “right-to-work” law, further advancing one of Democrats’ top legislative goals since taking control of the state government this year. The final package will still need to be approved by the state House, which approved similar legislation

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An anti-abortion monument would be built near Arkansas’ Capitol under legislation on its way to the governor’s desk. The House on Tuesday approved a bill that would allow a “monument to the unborn” on the Capitol grounds. The proposal requires the secretary of state to

By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia prosecutor says seven sheriff’s office employees have been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of a 28-year-old man at a state mental hospital last week. Dinwiddie County Commonwealth’s Attorney Ann Cabell Baskervill announced the charges in a statement Tuesday. She says

By CLAIRE SAVAGE and KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press/Report for America CHICAGO (AP) — Doug Knight’s family has owned Springfield amusement park Knight’s Action Park since 1930, himself for 43 of those years. The pandemic was a bear — Knight fought to keep his doors open, and when they closed for COVID-19, he pushed to reopen

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press A Princeton University student was arrested Tuesday on charges that he joined other rioters in pushing against police officers guarding an entrance to the U.S. Capitol during a mob’s attack. The FBI says 21-year-old Larry Fife Giberson, of Manahawkin, New Jersey, was at the front line of the mob’s fight

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island woman who pretended to be a sick Marine veteran to collect about $300,000 in benefits, charitable contributions, and donations has been sentenced in a federal court to nearly six years in prison. Sarah Jane Cavanaugh was also ordered to pay full restitution. Prosecutors say Cavanaugh was a social

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When a Russian fighter jet collided with a large U.S. surveillance drone over the Black Sea on Tuesday, it was a rare but serious incident that triggered a U.S. diplomatic protest and raised concerns about the possibility Russia could recover sensitive technology. U.S.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The conductor of a San Francisco train that in 2021 dragged to death a woman has been cleared of wrongdoing by federal investigators. According to a report by the National Transportation Safety Board made public Tuesday, the conductor followed procedures that required him to look for passengers before departing a station

MIAMI (AP) — Already considered a hub for Latin, hip hop and electronic music, now Miami is going country. Tickets for the Country Bay Music Festival went on sale Tuesday. The event is scheduled for Nov. 11-12 at the historic Miami Marine Stadium, just southeast of downtown on Virginia Key in Biscayne Bay. Headliners scheduled

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Ryan Redington on Tuesday won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, bringing his six dogs off the Bering Sea ice to the finish line on Nome’s main street. Redington, 40, is the grandson of Joe Redington Sr., who helped co-found the arduous race across Alaska that