Month: May 2023

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Africa’s Sahel region has become a hot spot for violent extremism, but the joint force set up in 2014 to combat groups linked to the Islamic State, al-Qaida and others has failed to stop their inroads, and a senior U.N. official warned Tuesday that without

By AAMER MADHANI and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has decided to curtail an upcoming visit to the Indo-Pacific to focus on the debt limit standoff at home. He’s canceling what was to be a historic visit to Papua New Guinea and a stop in Australia, where he was to

By SCOTT SONNER and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press RENO, Nevada (AP) — The Biden administration says it has completed a court-ordered review that should ensure construction continues at a Nevada lithium mine, despite legal challenges brought by conservationists and tribal leaders. At the same time, in a broader response to recent U.S. court rulings that

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A federal judge blocked part of New Jersey’s new handgun carry law that barred weapons from being carried in so-called sensitive places and halted a new insurance mandate the law sought to institute. Second Amendment rights groups that brought the suit challenging the law hailed the opinion as a victory, while

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has announced that he plans to send over 1,100 National Guard soldiers and law enforcement officers to Texas to assist with border security between the United States and Mexico. The Republican governor said Tuesday that he’s sending 800 soldiers, 200 Florida Department of Law Enforcement officers, 101

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Pat McAfee’s show is moving to ESPN as part of a new multiyear deal. McAfee first joined ESPN as a college football analyst for its Thursday night games in 2019. He returned to the network last year and became part of the “College GameDay” crew as well as hosting

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judge has declined to let a former Tennessee state senator withdraw his guilty plea on federal campaign finance charges. On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw in Nashville declined the request by former Republican Sen. Brian Kelsey. Kelsey’s attorneys had argued he should be allowed to withdraw his guilty

By BEATRICE DUPUY Associated Press There are plenty of alligators in Alabama. But how many enjoy a day at the beach? One such unlikely critter was spotted riding the waves recently on Dauphin Island, bobbing calmly near the human beachgoers. Matt Harvill was among those who saw the gator casually swimming in the ocean last

By MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America SCHOHARIE, N.Y. (AP) — A jury has gone home for the evening after beginning deliberations in the trial of a limousine company manager accused of deadly indifference to safety rules before a crash that killed 20 people in upstate New York. Nauman Hussain is charged with criminally negligent

By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Body-camera footage released Tuesday shows a Baltimore police officer shot an armed teenager from behind during a foot pursuit. The chase lasted less than a minute before the officer fired four shots, leaving the teen hospitalized in critical condition. The officer who pulled the trigger was later

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press New York (AP) — New York City has begun housing asylum seekers in public school gymnasiums. The move marks its latest effort to shelter a growing migrant population that has overwhelmed the shelter system and stoked tensions with city residents and neighboring officials. Twenty school gyms are currently being considered

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Service was temporarily halted on a line of Mexico City’s subway system after a chicken got loose on the tracks. Video distributed by the city’s Metro system showed the electricity cut off at a station near the city’s center. The video showed maintenance personnel and civil defense officers in hard hats

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Federal fishing managers say a staple seafood species caught by East Coast fishers for centuries is experiencing overfishing. They’re cutting fishing quotas for Gulf of Maine haddock by around 80% to prevent a collapse of the population. Haddock are one of the most popular fish species

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Disney is asking a state judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a governing board appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis to oversee Disney World. The company claimed in its motion on Tuesday that Disney has been the victim of the “weaponizing” powers of government aimed at

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins will resign following a monthslong investigation by the Justice Department’s inspector general into her appearance at a political fundraiser and other potential ethics issues, her attorney said Tuesday. The Justice Department’s watchdog has yet to release its report

By GREGORY GONDWE Associated Press BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — Authorities in southern Malawi say a 1-year-old child died and 23 people are missing and feared dead after a hippopotamus charged into and capsized a canoe. The long wooden canoe was carrying 37 people across the Shire River on their way to neighboring Mozambique when it

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Authorities say a girl who was allegedly abducted in suburban Chicago in 2017 by her noncustodial mother has been found safe in North Carolina after she was spotted at a business. Asheville, North Carolina, police say officers found the child safe Saturday after they were called to a business by someone

By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press Prosecutors say Jackson Mahomes, the brother of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, grabbed and kissed a Kansas woman three times without her consent earlier this year. A partially redacted affidavit released Monday provides new details about the alleged assault at a Kansas restaurant in February. The owner of Aspens

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The cost of attending Georgia’s public universities and colleges will remain mostly flat in the 2023-2024 academic year. Regents voted Tuesday to increase tuition or fees at only four of the system’s 26 schools — Middle Georgia State University, Georgia College and State University, the University of

By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Embattled St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, who this month announced she would resign effective June 1, says she is leaving office immediately, ending a turbulent tenure marked by frequent criticism, especially from Missouri’s Republican leaders. The sudden announcement Tuesday created confusion about who is running

By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Republican-controlled South Carolina House has tabled debate until later Wednesday on a bill that would ban abortion as soon as cardiac activity is detected. The debate that began Tuesday comes after the state Senate rejected a proposal to nearly outlaw the procedure as

PARIS (AP) — France’s first lady  has issued a rare statement condemning a physical attack on her great-nephew that took place on the sidelines of a demonstration against her husband’s pledge to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 contested pension reform. Police said eight people were arrested in the northern French city Amiens

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Lawyers for Tesla have asked a federal appeals court to reconsider its ruling that CEO Elon Musk unlawfully threatened employees with a loss of stock options in a 2018 Twitter post amid a union organizing effort. Three judges on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press PACARAIMA, Brazil (AP) — More than 7.2 million people have left Venezuela since the country’s political, economic and social crisis began last decade. Most have gone to Spanish-speaking countries of South America — with 2.4 million in Colombia alone — and many to the U.S. and Spain. Further down