Month: April 2023

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An effort to require parents’ OK for Arkansas children to access social media sites is advancing through the state Legislature. The House on Wednesday approved the restrictions that have the support of Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders. The bill is similar to a first-in-the-nation law

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Coyotes and the firm the franchise hired to develop a new arena project near Sky Harbor International Airport have filed a $2.3 billion notice of claim against the city of Phoenix for alleged breach of contract. The claim, a precursor to a lawsuit,

By SIBI ARASU Associated Press The capacity to burn coal for power went up in 2022 despite global promises to phase down the fuel that’s the biggest source of planet-warming gases in the atmosphere, a report Wednesday found. The coal fleet grew by 19.5 gigawatts last year, enough to light up around 15 million homes,

By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A “Dances With Wolves” actor accused of sexually abusing Indigenous women and girls for decades is asking a judge in Nevada to dismiss a 19-count indictment against him. The judge said Wednesday that she will make a decision by the end of the week. Nathan Chasing

DELPHI, Ind. (AP) — Attorneys for a man charged with killing two northern Indiana teenage girls have filed an emergency court motion seeking to move him from a prison where they claim his condition is deteriorating. The emergency request was filed Wednesday by Richard Allen’s lawyers. It cites “dramatic change in Mr. Allen’s condition, including

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The father of an 11-year-old Colorado boy found dead in Florida, took the stand to testify against his now ex-wife, who is on trial for killing the boy. Albert Stauch answered questions on Wednesday about a series of phone calls he made to Letecia Stauch to try

By JACK JEFFERY AND SAMY MAGDY Associated Press KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — A dispute between Sudan’s military and a paramilitary group has forced the delay of a deal with politicians aimed at restoring the country’s democratic transition, which was derailed by a 2021 coup. The pro-democracy bloc announced the postponement in a statement Wednesday, saying

BOSTON (AP) — Celtics All-Star Jayson Tatum is one of three starters Boston will be without when it hosts the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday. The night after falling 103-101 at Philadelphia, Tatum is sitting with a bruised left hip. He’ll be joined on the sideline by Marcus Smart, out with neck spasms, and Al Horford,

By MARK THIESSEN and BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A children’s book illustrator from Alaska known for drawing mother-baby animal pairs like sea otters and wolves was dropped by his publisher this week after authorities allege he posted transphobic notes threatening children. Mitchell Thomas Watley, 47, will have a preliminary hearing April

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney is recovering after undergoing treatment in Montreal for prostate cancer. A statement from his daughter says the family expects him to be “back to normal in the coming weeks.”  Mulroney forged closer ties with the U.S. via a sweeping free trade agreement. He pushed the

BOSTON (AP) — The FBI said participants in a Department of Defense training exercise at a Boston hotel entered the wrong room Tuesday and mistakenly detained a guest instead of the person assigned the role of the person to be detained. The mistake occurred about 10 p.m. with the Boston Division of the FBI assisting

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Brooklyn drug dealer pleaded guilty Wednesday to providing “The Wire” actor Michael K. Williams with fentanyl-laced heroin, causing his death. Irvin Cartagena’s plea to a charge of conspiring to distribute drugs was entered in Manhattan federal court. Sentencing was set by U.S. District Judge Ronnie

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Democratic New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has signed legislation that protects providers of abortions from prosecution or extradition attempts by out-of-state interests. She said Wednesday that legal protections are necessary to ensure medical professionals can continue to train and provide reproductive health care in

By CARLA BRIDI Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has undergone questioning about diamond jewelry gifts when he was in power, as part of an investigation into whether he engaged in any irregularities in bringing the items into Brazil. After Bolsonaro left the Federal Police headquarters in Brazil’s capital Wednesday,

By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — A judge says the upcoming trial in a voting machine company’s defamation lawsuit against Fox News for airing false allegations of vote fraud in the 2020 presidential election will not include testimony about the Jan. 6 uprising at the U.S. Capitol. Denver-based Dominion Voting Systems claims

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An anti-abortion group is suing the city of Minneapolis to overturn an ordinance that prohibits the obstruction of entrances and driveways to abortion clinics. The ordinance, enacted in November, was designed to protect patients going to the Planned Parenthood clinic in the Uptown neighborhood from “sidewalk counselors”

By The Associated Press First lady Jill Biden’s walk-back of her suggestion that runner-up Iowa should join NCAA women’s basketball champion LSU for a visit to the White House didn’t sit well with Tigers star Angel Reese. Prompted by a discussion of Biden’s comments during her Wednesday appearance on “The Paper Route Podcast,” Reese said

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Republicans removed the state’s only nonbinary legislator from House committees after the lawmaker provided refuge to a transgender rights activist. In Florida, two Democratic leaders were arrested for participating in a protest over abortion restrictions. And in Tennessee, three Democratic House members are facing expulsion

By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer A novel treatment using supercharged immune cells appears to work against tumors in children with a rare kind of cancer. Researchers reported the finding Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine. Nine of 27 children in the Italian study had no sign of cancer six weeks after

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Twitter has labeled National Public Radio as “state-affiliated media” on the social media site, a move some worried Wednesday could undermine public confidence in the news organization. NPR said it was disturbed to see the description added to all of the tweets that it sends

By ERIC TUCKER and FRANK BAJAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Law enforcement agencies in the United States and Europe say they’ve taken down a major online marketplace for stolen login credentials. Authorities say it had offered cybercriminals access to millions of compromised accounts since its 2018 launch. Officials have seized 11 domain names tied

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — An appliance delivery man has been sentenced to life in prison for beating a 75-year-old woman to death and setting her on fire at her Florida home. Court records show that a Palm Beach County circuit judge gave Jorge Dupre Lachazo two life sentences, plus another 30-year sentence on

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Bob Lee, a technology executive who created Cash App and was currently chief product officer of MobileCoin, was fatally stabbed in downtown San Francisco early Tuesday, according to the cryptocurrency platform and police. The San Francisco Police Department said in a statement that officers responded to a report of a stabbing

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Police say SWAT officers are responding to a domestic incident at the Trump International Hotel and Tower, located in the city’s central Loop near the Chicago River. The large police presence outside the condo-hotel quickly drew attention from workers and tourists in the busy area. Chicago Police media representatives said they

By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — An atheist and secular humanist is suing the agency that runs West Virginia’s correctional facilities. Andrew Miller, who is currently incarcerated at Saint Marys Correctional Center and Jail, is accusing the state of violating his constitutional rights by requiring Christian-affiliated programming as a release condition. His

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — In 2022 Los Angeles police shot and killed 14 people — 60% of everyone struck by officers’ bullets. That’s according to the Los Angeles Police Department’s annual Use of Force report that was released Wednesday. LAPD officers opened fire 31 times last year, striking 23 people

By JILL COLVIN and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A spokesman for Mike Pence said Wednesday that the former vice president will not appeal a judge’s order compelling him to testify in the Justice Department’s investigation into efforts by Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 election. The