Month: March 2023

By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A man convicted of a 1989 double slaying in Florida for which he was dubbed the “ninja killer” is set for execution next month under a death warrant signed Monday by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis. Barring delays on appeal, the execution of Louis Bernard Gaskin

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Jurors in the trial of three men accused of murdering rising rap star XXXTentacion concluded their fourth day of deliberations Monday by reviewing almost 1,200 text messages and several videos and photos seized from two of their cellphones. Some of the videos and photos showed

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Backers of a proposal to enshrine abortion rights in the Ohio Constitution can begin collecting the more than 413,000 voter signatures they need to put the issue on the ballot this November. It cleared another hurdle Monday as the Ohio Ballot Board confirmed the language contains only one proposed amendment. The

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Federal authorities say dozens of artifacts stolen in the 1970s from museums in several states, dating back as far as the French and Indian War, have been returned to the institutions. The FBI announced Monday at a ceremony at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia that 50 items had been

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Operators of the Rochester Main Street Armory say they are cooperating with the city as it investigates a deadly crowd surge that occurred there. Three people were trampled to death after the western New York venue’s GloRilla concert March 5. The Armory and its owner issued a statement Saturday. It says

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A school sports governing association in Vermont says a religious school that withdrew its girls’ basketball team from a playoff game because a transgender student was on the opposing team won’t be able to participate in future tournaments. The Vermont Principals’ Association is the governing body for school sports for member

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Daniel Kwan was accepting one of the many awards for “Everything All at Once” at Sunday night’s Academy Awards, he took a moment to assure his young son that what was happening was, to be sure, odd. “This is not normal,” said Kwan, who

NEW YORK Plans for a rail link have been abandoned that would have connected LaGuardia Airport to New York City’s subway and commuter rail system, after intensive criticism about its $2.4 billion-plus price tag and the potential affects on surrounding neighborhoods. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says Monday that she has accepted the recommendations made

LAC DU FLAMBEAU, Wis. (AP) — A Native American tribe and a northern Wisconsin town have reached an agreement to temporarily reopen four barricaded roads that are the subject of a decadelong dispute and a recent lawsuit. The Green Bay Press-Gazette reports that officials with the town of Lac du Flambeau on Saturday accepted the

By CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois will become one of three states to require employers to offer paid time off for any reason after Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a law on Monday that will take effect next year. Starting Jan. 1, Illinois employers must offer workers paid time off based

By R.J. RICO Associated Press DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — A slain protester’s family says an environmental activist in Georgia was sitting cross-legged with their hands in the air when they were fatally shot by a state trooper. The family of Manuel Paez Terán held a news conference Monday to announce the results of an autopsy

Associated Press By REBECCA SANTANA WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is allowing thousands of Ukrainians who fled their homeland when Russia invaded a year ago to stay in the United States longer, the administration said Monday. The decision provides relief to Ukrainians whose one-year authorization to remain in the U.S. was set to expire

By MADDIE BURAKOFF AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — You can see right through this little aquarium fish from Thailand: Its skin is almost completely transparent. But when the light hits it just right, its body flickers with shimmering rainbow colors. Now, scientists have figured out how this fish — called the ghost catfish

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s ombudsman says an independent commission set up a year ago to investigate historic sex abuse by the Catholic church has collected testimonies from 445 victims, as the nation tackles an issue other European countries acted on long ago. Spain’s parliament voted on March 10, 2022 to open the first official investigation

By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press Representatives of a former top Jordanian official imprisoned in an alleged plot against the Western-allied monarchy say he was rushed to the hospital over the weekend after a three-week hunger strike. Representatives of Bassem Awadallah, who is a dual Jordanian-American citizen, said Monday he was suffering from low blood pressure

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville officials have filed a legal challenge over a new Tennessee law that will cut the Democratic-leaning city’s metro council in half. The lawsuit filed Monday seeks to block a law that passed after Nashville’s council rejected efforts to host the 2024 Republican National Convention. The

By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A federal judge has issued an arrest warrant for Roy McGrath, the one-time aide to former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, after McGrath failed to appear in court as his trial on federal fraud charges was set to begin. U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman issued the arrest

By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon intends to load up on advanced missiles, space defense and modern jets in its largest defense request in decades in order to meet the threat it perceives from China. The Defense Department’s chief financial officer says the spending path would have the military’s annual budget

CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say a zebra attacked its owner at an Ohio home and bit the man’s arm before it was fatally shot by a sheriff’s deputy. The attack occurred around 5:30 p.m. Sunday in Circleville. Pickaway County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the home and found the man in a fenced-in field, lying

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and KEN SWEET Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two large banks that cater to the tech industry have collapsed after a bank run, government agencies are taking emergency measures to backstop the financial system, and President Joe Biden is reassuring Americans that the money they have in banks is safe. It’s all

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s largest school system is removing a test question given to a college-level social studies class that equated liberals and conservatives with specific racial and gender demographics. The question appeared on a test given to students of an AP Government class at Fairfax County Public

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny learned Monday from his lawyer that a film detailing his poisoning and political activism won the Oscar for best documentary feature. The 46-year-old politician was attending a court hearing via video link from the prison when his attorney broke the

CARTERSVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Police say two men caught shoplifting at a grocery store in Georgia had an estimated $26,000 worth of baby formula in their car. Police in Cartersville say the men walked out of a Publix store north of Atlanta with backpacks filled with cans of formula. Cartersville police Lt. Greg Sparacio says

By WILSON RING Associated Press Parts of the Northeast are bracing for a powerful winter storm that could dump heavy, wet snow and unleash strong winds, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of people. The National Weather Service says the storm could begin late Monday and last into Wednesday. The storm could hit parts

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi has hired Chris Beard as its basketball coach five weeks after his firing from Texas following a domestic violence arrest. The Rebels will introduce him Tuesday in a public event at the SBJ Pavilion. Beard is a four-time conference coach of the year and was AP’s national coach of the

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer At Alabama, one of the team’s best players allegedly delivered a gun that was used in a fatal shooting. At New Mexico State, a player avoided charges for shooting and killing a student in what he said was self-defense, even though he was carrying a gun in violation of

By ISABELLA O’MALLEY Associated Press Scientists can now see the big picture on water globally — which areas are repeatedly drying and which are getting hammered by extra-strong rainstorms, thanks to new analysis of satellite data. A study published Monday in the journal Nature Water says the link between greenhouse gases generated by burning fuels