Month: April 2023

By EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Armed with machetes, bottles, and rocks, residents in the hilly suburbs of Haiti’s capital fought back against encroaching gangs Tuesday, a day after a crowd burned 13 suspected gangsters to death in a gruesome outburst of vigilante violence. Tired of relying on an understaffed police department,

By DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press A bill that would outlaw caste discrimination in California has cleared its first big legislative hurdle. On Tuesday, the state’s Senate Judiciary Committee voted in favor of the legislation, sending it on to the next committee for consideration. If passed, the bill could make California the first state in the

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press DADEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama state investigator has described how 89 bullet casings were fired into a crowded a Sweet Sixteen birthday party. Last week’s shooting killed four young people and injured dozens. Six people have been charged with murder. Tuesday’s court hearing could determine if the three adults

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s infamous killer clown murder case has finally ended with the long-suspected murderer taking a plea deal. Sheila Keen-Warren pleaded guilty to second-degree murder Tuesday for the 1990 shooting of Marlene Warren. The 59-year-old Keen-Warren was allegedly the mistress of Marlene Warren’s husband and married

By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Sen. Bernie Sanders says he is forgoing another presidential bid of his own and endorsing President Joe Biden’s reelection. The leading progressive was Biden’s chief rival in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary. He told The Associated Press on Tuesday shortly after Biden’s reelection announcement

By TRISHA AHMED and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press With the enforcement of one abortion ban held up by the courts, North Dakota lawmakers are trying a different version. The new one, signed into law this week, includes exceptions for rape and incest — but only if the abortions are obtained in the first six weeks

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press At least 90 bodies have been found at the ranch of a Kenyan pastor who is accused of telling his followers to starve themselves to death to meet Jesus. And the death toll could rise with the Kenya Red Cross Society saying 213 people are missing. It has sparked memories

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s top farm official says that the bloc was on the cusp of ending a damaging internal standoff over a destabilizing glut of Ukraine farm imports by granting five eastern member states the right to temporarily ban the most contentious produce. Resolving the issue quickly

By MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Diplomats from 20 countries have gathered in Colombia for a conference in on the political crisis in Venezuela, where Nicolas Maduro’s socialist administration has strengthened its autocratic rule despite international efforts to expand political freedoms in the South American nation. Tuesday’s conference is hosted by Colombian

By LISA BAUMANN and MANUEL VALDES Associated Press OLYMPIA Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed a trio of bills meant to address gun violence Tuesday, one banning the sale of certain semi-automatic rifles, one imposing a 10-day waiting period on firearms purchases, and one clearing the way for lawsuits against gun makers or

By AMY BETH HANSON and SAM METZ Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana Republican leaders will vote Wednesday on censuring or expelling lawmaker Zooey Zephyr, a transgender state representative who has been silenced in the House since last week after telling colleagues that if they voted for a bill to ban gender-affirming medical care

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Over the course of a year, the U.S. Treasury Department has used the hammer of its sanctions powers to impose wide-ranging financial restrictions on Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine, turning Russia into the most sanctioned country in the world. Now, the federal agency is

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Authorities in Mississippi say a man who escaped from a jail over the weekend is suspected of killing a man and stealing his pickup truck in Jackson. Sixty-one-year-old Anthony Watts was shot and killed Monday night around 7 p.m. on Interstate 55. He had pulled over on the side of the

By BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI Associated Press Federal prosecutors say a 20-year-old Ohio man told investigators that he tried to burn down an Ohio church because he wanted to prevent a drag show that was scheduled to take place there. Authorities say Aimenn Penny, of Alliance, is a member of a “white lives matter” group that espouses

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley says she sees a federal role in the debate over abortion rights but stopped short of endorsing a national ban on the procedure. Haley’s speech at the Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America headquarters Tuesday came just days after the group blasted

By SAMY MAGDY The Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — An attack on the prison holding deposed Sudanese strongman Omar al-Bashir has raised questions about his whereabouts as the country’s two top generals battle for power. The military says he is being held in a secure location, while the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces allege that the

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Seven people are dead, including one soldier, following a shootout between gunmen and troops in rural western Mexico. Authorities in the western state of Michoacán said Tuesday the confrontation occurred near the town of Ciudad Hidalgo. The state interior secretary said an army patrol was attacked by gunmen Monday, and that

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — John Fithian, the outgoing CEO of the National Association of Theater Owners, assured exhibitors Tuesday at the CinemaCon trade convention that the industry is “off to an incredible start in 2023.” In 2022, the domestic box office rebounded to $7.4 million, aided by the enormous

BERLIN (AP) — The German Catholic Church says a senior priest has been removed from office after criticism of his handling of abuse allegations against a seminary director in the Limburg Diocese. Vicar General Wolfgang Roesch had asked Limburg’s bishop to relieve him of his duties following the publication of a report about the case

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Preliminary autopsy reports show eight members of an Oklahoma family found dead inside their burning home were each shot. The bodies of Brian Nelson, 34, his wife Brittney Nelson, 32, and their six children were found in October inside the flaming home in Broken Arrow, a Tulsa suburb. Police at the

LEMONT, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say an explosion and fire at a suburban Chicago petroleum refinery killed one person and injured a second Tuesday morning. The Will County Sheriff’s Office says one person was confirmed dead and a second was transported to a hospital in Joliet following the explosion at Seneca Petroleum in Lemont, Illinois.

By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press Money earmarked for thousands of new IRS employees would be transferred to a grant program allowing schools nationwide to hire armed law enforcement personnel under legislation outlined Tuesday by U.S. Sen. Rick Scott of Florida. The School Guardian Act would take about $80 billion that Congress previously approved to expand

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Sitting in front of a hulking red tractor, Democratic Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill Tuesday making Colorado the first state to ensure farmers can fix their own tractors and combines with a “right to repair” law — which compels manufacturers to provide the necessary