Month: April 2023

NOMAAN MERCHANT and MICHELLE R. SMITH Associated Press DIGHTON, Mass. (AP) — The Massachusetts Air National Guardsman accused of leaking highly classified documents had set his sights on joining the military from an early age. But more recently he had expressed disillusionment about having enlisted. Jack Teixeira, 21, was charged Friday in U.S. District Court

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM and DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press An emergency rule introduced this week by Missouri’s Republican Attorney General Andrew Bailey will impose numerous restrictions on both adults and children before they can receive puberty-blocking drugs, hormones or gender-affirming surgeries. Transgender rights advocates have vowed to challenge the rule in court before it takes

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A grand jury has indicted an Alaska children’s book illustrator on charges of terroristic threatening after authorities said he posted around the capital city transphobic notes that referenced shooting children. Thursday’s indictment against Mitchell Thomas Watley was announced by the state Department of Law on Friday. Watley is scheduled for arraignment

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican prosecutors say they have arrested three more officials of the country’s immigration agency for a fire at a detention center last month that killed 40 migrants. Among those arrested were the local head of supplies for the immigration agency and an official of the Grupo Beta migrant protection service, the

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Prosecutors in Washington state have charged former NBA star Shawn Kemp with first-degree assault in a parking lot shooting last month over a stolen cellphone. Kemp was arrested after the shooting outside the Tacoma Mall on March 8. No one was injured, and Kemp’s lawyers have insisted

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed a bill on Friday that could have penalized doctors accused of not providing enough care to infants delivered alive during certain kinds of abortion procedures. In a statement on her website, Kelly, a Democrat, called the legislation “misleading and unnecessary.” The legislation could have subjected doctors

By DEBORÁ REY Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — With trembling hands, the bingo players at a Buenos Aires retirement center put the buttons they use as markers on their cards. Small containers hold their betting money, coins and crumpled low-denomination bills that every day seem able to buy less. The twice-weekly game brings

By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump says he’s not making much money from his social media network but estimates it is worth between $5 million and $25 million, according to his personal financial disclosure form filed Friday. He owns about 90% of his social media company, Trump

ESCANABA, Mich. (AP) — A contract worker at a northern Michigan paper mill has died from a fungal infection that has forced the business to temporarily close for deep cleaning. Public health officials in Delta and Menominee counties announced Friday that the worker died as a result of blastomycosis infection. The person’s name and a

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX has cleared the final hurdle for launching its new giant Starship from Texas as early as next week on a first test flight. The Federal Aviation Administration issued the long-awaited license on Friday. SpaceX announced that Starship — the world’s biggest and most

By AMY BETH HANSON and HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana’s House gave final passage Friday to a bill banning the social media app TikTok from operating in the state, a move that’s bound to face legal challenges but also serve as a testing ground for the TikTok-free America many national lawmakers

By THOMAS BEAUMONT and MEG KINNARD Associated Press Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he is not entering the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. The former secretary of state said during an interview Friday on Fox News that he would not seek the GOP nomination in a contest that would have put

By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president said Friday he will shut down Notimex, a national news agency that has been locked in a years-long strike against the woman he appointed to run it. Founded in 1968, Notimex was generally a service that mainly sent news reports from Mexico’s 32 states,

By JULIE WATSON Associated Press The tiny rain-fed wildflowers, no bigger than a few inches, are so vivid and abundant across California this year that their hues of purple and yellow look like paint swatches from space. From the mist-shrouded San Francisco Bay Area to the Mexican border and across the deserts of Arizona, there

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn.; Gov. Wes Moore, D-Md. __ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Sens. Bill Cassidy, R-La., and Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis.; Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. __ CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz.; Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio; former Gov. Asa

NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge has won a dispute over trademarks used to promote the New York Yankees slugger. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ruled against a Long Island man who attempted to register ”All Rise” and “Here Comes the Judge,” claiming it would cause confusion with slogans

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York man has been ordered to spend the rest of his life in prison for hiring a hitman to kill his father, a reputed Mafia associated gunned down at a McDonald’s drive-thru in what prosecutors called a scheme to control a family real

SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Foothill areas of Sequoia National Park have reopened to the public following extensive storm damage to roads last month. No access to its giant trees is expected for weeks. The National Park Service says the area that reopened Friday extends 6 miles past the entrance station in the town

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A mom accused of killing her two youngest children and a romantic rival described some people as possessed or “zombies,” four of whom were later killed or shot at, the woman’s former friend told jurors. Melanie Gibb testified Thursday in the Idaho trial of Lori Vallow Daybell, telling jurors that the

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A man in Chile is infected with a bird flu that has concerning mutations, but the threat to people from the virus remains low. That’s according to U.S. health officials. It appears the mutations are only in the one hospitalized patient, and may have developed

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, COLLEEN LONG and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press KNOCK, Ireland (AP) — President Joe Biden was moved to tears on Friday during a stop at a Catholic shrine when he discovered that a chaplain working there had performed last rites on his late son Beau Biden. “It was incredible to see him,” Biden

By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Step into a U.S. military recreation hall at a base almost anywhere in the world and you’re bound to see it: young troops immersed in the world of online games, using government-funded gaming machines or their own consoles. The enthusiasm military personnel have for gaming — and

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Authorities say Memphis basketball recruit Mikey Williams has been arrested in San Diego County in relation to a March shooting. The 18-year-old is a top recruit in the 2023 class. San Diego County Sheriff’s Lt. Gavin Lanning says Williams was arrested Thursday on multiple counts of assault with a firearm and

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland says it will spend about $2 billion to help Ukraine with humanitarian and development assistance over the next six years, ponying up financial aid for Ukraine as Western critics press Bern to do more to help it defend itself against Russian invaders and squeeze Russian interests.

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Putin on Friday signed a bill allowing authorities to issue electronic notices to draftees and reservists amid the fighting in Ukraine, sparking fears of a new wave of mobilization. Russia’s military service rules previously required the in-person delivery of notices to conscripts and reservists who are called up for duty.

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is making a point to sign some conservative bills in private — including a six-week abortion ban — rather than using a public ceremony to call attention to new laws. Why isn’t known, but it could have more to do with his

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man convicted for a second time of killing his wife with antifreeze and by suffocation in 1998 has been sentenced to life in prison without parole. A Kenosha County judge sentenced 63-year-old Mark Jensen on Friday. A jury convicted him in February of first-degree intentional homicide in the death

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court has refused to dismiss a lawsuit against Gov. Kim Reynolds that seeks to require her office to respond to public record requests. The court in a unanimous decision on Friday rejected Reynolds’ argument that her office wasn’t obligated to respond in

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press Peyton List’s new series “School Spirits” is a YA mystery where she stars as a dead teen stuck in limbo in the afterlife. She enlists help from other spirit friends to track down what happened to her. The series is based on a graphic novel by siblings Megan and Nate

By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The nation’s largest banks appear to be weathering the current turmoil in their industry just fine. Despite a pair of historical bank failures last month which put the nation’s banking industry into crisis mode, the nation’s biggest banks posted strong profits last quarter, helped by

NEW YORK (AP) — Clint Eastwood is getting back in the director’s chair. The “Unforgiven” and “Gran Torino” filmmaker is set to direct the legal drama “Juror No. 2” for Warner Bros., a person close to the production who requested anonymity because she wasn’t authorized to comment publicly confirmed Friday. The film will be Eastwood’s

By JOHN CARUCCI Associated Press New York (AP) — Jessica Chastain counts her performance as Nora in the current Broadway revival of “A Doll’s House” to be one of the “hardest things” she has ever done. Coming from the actor who played Tammy Faye Bakker and Tammy Wynette, that’s saying a lot. The Oscar-winning actor

By GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Cedric the Entertainer says part of the success of “The Neighborhood” is that it tackles sensitive topics in a fun, lighthearted way. Now in its fifth season, the sitcom celebrated its 100th episode with week with an episode the comedian directed. He says directing was

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Libertarians lined up with Democrats on Friday against a proposal that would effectively block third party candidates from next year’s Montana U.S. Senate election. Republicans are trying to consolidate opposition to incumbent Jon Tester in a race that’s pivotal for control of the Senate. State GOP

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Authorities in Indian-controlled Kashmir say an overcrowded footbridge collapsed into a rocky river, injuring at least 70 people and killing a 10-year-old girl. A civil administrator said the low metal bridge was thronged with more than 100 people celebrating a festival Friday. Its maximum capacity was around three dozen. The girl

MOSCOW (AP) — Finland’s embassy in Moscow says it received an envelope containing white powder. It has turned the envelope and two other sealed envelopes to Russian authorities for investigation, said Maria Zakharova, the spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry. Zakharova said Friday that the embassy reported three identical envelopes addressed to the Finnish military

By ANDREW DeMILLO ASSOCIATED PRESS LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The push to restrict health care for transgender people has expanded beyond children, with Missouri’s new limits on gender-affirming care. The rules highlight how rapidly efforts targeting the rights of transgender people have grown this year. Those efforts have expanded even as they face new