Month: March 2023

SONIA PÉREZ D., MORGAN LEE and CLAUDIO ESCALÓN Associated Press SAN MARTIN JILOTEPEQUE, Guatemala (AP) — The last Ana Marina López heard of her husband, the 51-year-old Guatemalan migrant told his family that he was being detained by Mexican immigration agents at the U.S.-Mexico border. That was two days before a fire in an immigration

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Australian Parliament has created landmark new laws that will make the nation’s biggest greenhouse gas polluters reduce their emissions or pay for carbon credits. The center-left Labor Party administration said the so-called Safeguard Mechanism reforms are essential to Australia reaching its target of reducing emissions by 43% below 2005 levels

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press The county that encompasses Manhattan added more than 17,000 residents in the year ending last July. That’s after losing almost 111,000 during the height of urban population decline stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. The U.S. Census Bureau released the latest estimates Thursday. Manhattan’s New York County was among several large,

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER, MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN and LISA MASCARO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In a highly sensitive U.S. visit, Taiwan’s president delivered the message Thursday that keeping her self-ruled island strong will help ensure the world’s safety — even as her travel is carefully calibrated to try to contain what furious Chinese officials warn

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans have passed a sprawling energy package that would counter virtually all of President Joe Biden’s agenda to address climate change. The bill approved Thursday would sharply increase domestic production of oil, natural gas and coal, and ease permitting restrictions that delay pipelines, refineries and other

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador’s Constitutional Court ruled Wednesday the opposition-dominated National Assembly can take up the question of whether to impeach President Guillermo Lasso over allegations of crimes against state security and corruption. The ruling was only a first step. The congress still must follow a formal process that requires the presentation of evidence

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A fire broke out on a ferry in the southern Philippines and raged overnight for eight hours, killing at least 31 of the approximately 250 passengers and crew, officials said Thursday. Many of the more than 200 people who survived the blaze jumped off the MV

By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A protester arrested for disrupting West Virginia lawmakers as they moved to ban abortion last September will see all charges dropped against her — if she stays out of trouble for the next six months. Lindsey Jacobs, a 38-year-old lawyer, was ordered to perform 25 hours

By SEUNG MIN KIM and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden won’t veto a Republican-led measure to end the national COVID emergency. This comes despite the Biden administration having expressed strong objections to the bill earlier this year. With Senate passage late Wednesday, the measure heads to Biden’s desk, on an

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s special academy for training workers in the film and television industry is a step closer to fruition. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and other officials gathered Wednesday at the Albuquerque Rail Yards to announce that the location will serve as the headquarters for the New Mexico Media Academy. There also

By RIAZ KHAN Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Taliban militants have killed four police officers and wounded six in a pair of attacks in northwest Pakistan. Police said a roadside bomb struck a vehicle carrying officers, killing four of them. The officers in the vehicle were reinforcements responding to an attack on a police

By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Bulls center Andre Drummond missed the team’s game against the Los Angeles Lakers after he posted on Twitter that he was deleting his social media apps to focus on his mental health. The team says Drummond is out because of personal reasons. Coach Billy Donovan says

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A judge has ordered the U.S. government to resume regular oil and gas lease sales on federal lands in North Dakota. The order came Monday, even as a legal battle continues over the Biden administration’s decision to suspend leasing two years ago in an effort to combat climate change. North Dakota’s

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by an employee of Catholic Charities of Omaha who says she suffered physical and emotional injuries during an active shooter drill. A news report Wednesday said a judge ruled a workers’ compensation court is the proper place to decide the lawsuit filed by Sandra

CHICAGO (AP) — A Cook County jury has awarded nearly $5 million to the family of an 84-year-old retired teacher who was killed when a police cruiser crashed into a police van and careened into a car in which she was a passenger. The jury awarded $4.75 million on Wednesday to the estate of Verona

Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian state media say Israel is staging airstrikes in the Damascus area. Loud explosions were heard over the Syrian capital around 1:30 a.m. Thursday. The SANA state news agency says Syrian air defenses are “confronting hostile targets.” No casualties have been reported. Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes

By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America North Dakota schools would be required to show students high-quality video of how a human fetus develops in each week of pregnancy under a bill that Senate lawmakers have approved. The Wednesday vote comes on the heels of the North Dakota Supreme Court’s abortion ruling this month. The

By LISA BAUMANN Associated Press Actor Melissa Joan Hart said she and her husband helped a class of kindergartners that was fleeing the Nashville school shooting earlier this week. Hart said in a video posted on Instagram Tuesday that her children attend a school next to the private Christian Covenant School. She said she and

By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia will no longer allow children and young teens to marry. Republican Gov. Jim Justice signed a compromise bill on Wednesday that bans marriage for those age 15 or younger. Minors age 16 and 17 can still marry, but will now need parental consent. They

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California lawmaker wants to end a ban on state-funded travel to states with discriminatory LGBTQ laws. State Sen. Toni Atkins said Wednesday she wants to replace the ban with a state-authorized marketing campaign to promote inclusive messaging in those states. California passed a law in

SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen is urging rival political parties in North Macedonia to end a dispute over a proposed amendment to the constitution. His comment Wednesday cames as European Union leaders continue to encourage the small Balkan country to clear hurdles toward membership in the bloc. North Macedonia

By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press NORTH CHESTERFIELD, Va. (AP) — Family, friends and other mourners gathered at a Virginia church to remember Irvo Otieno at a funeral service. Attendees at the Wednesday service celebrated his life and called for mental health care and policing reforms after the 28-year-old Black man’s death earlier this month while

By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are accusing Washington, D.C. officials of losing control of the capital city, warning that they intend robust oversight over district affairs. The chairman of the House Oversight Committee, Kentucky Republican James Comer, says a “hands off our city” position won’t fly. During a four-hour hearing

By JUAN A. LOZANO and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — The man who inspired the film “Hotel Rwanda” and was freed by Rwanda last week from a terrorism sentence has returned to the United States and has joined his family. Paul Rusesabagina’s arrival in San Antonio was announced by his daughter Carine Kanimba,

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors charged seven California Highway Patrol officers and a nurse with involuntary manslaughter on Wednesday in connection with the 2020 death of a man who screamed “I can’t breathe” while multiple officers restrained him as they tried to take a blood sample. Los Angeles County District