Month: July 2023

FORT BLISS, Texas (AP) — The military says a solider has been killed and five others have been hurt in the crash of a tactical vehicle at Fort Bliss in Texas. Authorities say the accident took place at about 9:30 a.m. Friday in a base training area. The name of the dead soldier, the conditions

By MOLLY LEE Associated Press BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Brazil’s players have urged their fans back in South America to stay home from work and watch them begin their Women’s World Cup campaign against Panama. The fact that their fans even have that option marks a step forward in the players’ ongoing fight for equality

MURRIETA, Calif. (AP) — Federal investigators say a single-engine plane rolled upside down before crashing near a Southern California airport, killing a father and severely injuring his three sons on the Fourth of July. The National Transportation Safety Board released a preliminary report Thursday on the crash that killed a Temecula man and injured his

By JANIE HAR Associated Press MARTINEZ, Calif. (AP) — Racist text messages between members of a San Francisco Bay Area police department were the subject of a Friday court hearing on possible violations of a state law aimed at stamping out racism in the criminal justice system. Defense attorneys for four men charged with murder

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Federal land managers have pulled the plug on a Canadian mining company’s lithium exploration project near a national wildlife refuge in southern Nevada. The decision comes after conservationists sought a court order to block the project. The Center for Biological Diversity and the Amargosa Conservancy filed

WASHINGTON CROSSING, Pa. (AP) — The body of a young girl was recovered Friday in the Delaware River and was believed to be a 2-year-old who was one of two children swept away from their family’s vehicle by a flash flood last weekend, authorities said. The body was found in the early evening near a

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia came under pressure at the United Nations Security Council on Friday from its ally China and developing countries as well as Western nations to avert a global food crisis and quickly revive Ukrainian grain shipments. Moscow was also criticized by the U.N. and council

By TERRY SPENCER and PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The coral reefs around the Florida Keys are losing their color early this summer because of record-high water temperatures. Federal scientists say they are already seeing some bleaching in the reefs. That doesn’t usually happen until August. That doesn’t mean the reefs

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A former Washington state newspaper editor was arrested on allegations of paying girls in exchange for sexually explicit images. Steve Smith, 73, was executive editor of The Spokesman-Review in Spokane from 2002 to 2008. Washington State Patrol detectives arrested Smith Thursday on 10 counts of first-degree possession of depictions of minors

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Most of the destruction from a tornado that tore through eastern North Carolina Wednesday and struck a large Pfizer pharmaceutical plant affected its storage facility, rather than its medicine production areas, the company said Friday. The drugmaker’s ability to salvage production equipment and other

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A real estate developer has been sentenced to six years in federal prison for paying a $500,000 in bribes to a Los Angeles city councilman for help with a downtown project. Prosecutors say Dae Yong Lee, also known as “David Lee,” was sentenced Friday. Prosecutors said that in 2017, Lee bribed

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired several cruise missiles toward its western sea Saturday, South Korea’s military said, marking the second launch event this week, apparently in protest of the docking of a nuclear-armed U.S. submarine in South Korea. While adding to its barrage of missile launches in

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Members of a U.N. agency that governs international waters are locked in a fierce debate amid disagreement over whether to allow deep sea mining and set a new deadline for proposed regulations still stuck in draft mode. The Jamaica-based U.N. International Seabed Authority’s two-week

By MANUEL VALDES Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Activists in Seattle climbed up a tree to prevent its removal on a construction site for new homes. The protest of the potential removal of a Western red cedar on a private lot is the latest episode highlighting tensions behind tree policy in Seattle as climate change

COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — Five members of the white nationalist hate group Patriot Front have been sentenced to several days in jail for conspiring to riot at a Pride event in Idaho. Judge James Stow sentenced each of the men on Friday to five days in jail with credit for two days already served,

By CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press Sitting in a parked car with an arsenal of weapons and ammunition, the man who fired on police officers in North Dakota earlier this month chose to use the one gun in his vehicle that was modified with a binary trigger. The device allowed the gun to fire so rapidly

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Officials say no survivors have been found after a helicopter carrying a pilot and three state workers crashed in a shallow lake in Alaska’s North Slope region. The Alaska Department of Natural Resources says in a statement Friday that it chartered the helicopter. The flight was

CAIRO (AP) — A high-profile Egyptian activist who was recently released from prison has said he plans to travel to Italy, where his case garnered significant attention, in the coming days. He also said he plans to continue to work in the field of human rights. In an interview with The Associated Press, Patrick George

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey has filed a federal lawsuit aimed at stopping New York’s plan to charge big tolls to drive into the most visited parts of Manhattan, arguing that New Jersey residents and towns will bear the brunt without benefiting. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy announced his state’s plans on Friday. The

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press LAUREL, Mont. (AP) — Tar balls have shown up 100 miles (160.93 kilometers) downstream of a railroad bridge collapse last month that sent numerous tank cars carrying petroleum products plummeting into Montana’s Yellowstone River, officials said Friday, as dropping water levels and rising temperatures hinder cleanup work. More than 66

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A security operations leader for the far-right Oath Keepers group — whose acquittal of conspiracy charges in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot marked a rare setback for prosecutors — was sentenced Friday to two years of probation. Michael Greene, of Indianapolis, was convicted on a misdemeanor

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Prosecutors say a Colorado deputy who deployed a Taser on a man on Interstate 25 who was then hit and killed by an SUV won’t face criminal charges. The district attorney said Larimer County Deputy Lorenzo Lujan’s decision to use the Taser on Brent Thompson after he

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas; Gov. Jay Inslee, D-Wash.; Palm Springs, Calif., Mayor Grace Elena Garner. __ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Preempted by coverage of the British Open. __ CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Republican presidential candidate; Gov. Phil Murphy, D-N.J.; Rep.

By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The suicide rate in Uruguay increased once again last year, reaching a new record and cementing the small country’s position as an outlier in the region. The South American country’s suicide rate reached 23.3 deaths per 100,000 people in 2022, when the number of deaths

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Artificial intelligence has surged to the forefront of Hollywood’s labor fights. Standing alongside more traditional disputes over pay models, benefits and job protections, AI technology is the wild card in the contract breakdowns that have led actors and writers unions to go on strike. The

By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden elevated CIA Director William Burns to his Cabinet on Friday, a symbolic move that underscores the intelligence chief’s influence and his work in U.S. support for Ukraine. In a statement, Biden said Burns had “harnessed intelligence to give our country a critical strategic advantage”

DEATH VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California outdoor enthusiast has died after collapsing in Death Valley following a hike amid blistering heat. The Los Angeles Times reported Friday that 71-year-old Steve Curry of Sunland, California, collapsed Tuesday after hiking from Golden Canyon to Zabriskie Point. He died of what officials believe were heat-related causes.

By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A newly released court opinion says FBI employees wrongly searched foreign surveillance data for the last names of a U.S. senator and a state senator. It’s the latest revelation of the FBI violating regulations on the usage of foreign data. The primary surveillance court said in an

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors say FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is harassing a key witness against him at his upcoming trial by publicly disclosing personal things she wrote while she was the chief executive at his cryptocurrency hedge fund trading firm. Prosecutors late Thursday asked a judge to order trial

By AHMED AL-HAJ Associated Press SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A humanitarian worker for the World Food Program has been fatally shot in an attack in Yemen. In a statement, the program said that the employee, a Jordanian, was shot on Friday by gunmen not long after he arrived in the country to assume the role

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A man accused of killing eight people after opening fire at a bar rented by a rival drug trafficker in northern Puerto Rico has been found guilty following a retrial. A federal jury also found Alexis Candelario Santana guilty on Friday of killing an unborn child and wounding 19

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — As the deadline to reach a new contract nears, a potential UPS strike feels closer than ever. The Teamsters — which represent some 340,000 UPS workers — are calling for better pay, particularly for part-time workers, and safety improvements. Following a stalemate in negotiations that started earlier this month

By GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Drake says his new album, “For All the Dogs,” may drop in “a couple of weeks.” His announcement came during a tour stop at the sold-out Barclays Center Thursday night in Brooklyn, New York. The five-time Grammy winning rapper-singer, photographed wearing a Doberman dog mask