Month: August 2023

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer This may seem like a sad story because it begins with a boy with few memories of his father, who died when he was 7 years old. It’s why Mitch Goldstone cherishes his only picture with his dad — a snapshot at Disneyland taken during the late 1960s, when

By BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — For much of the Republican presidential field, Donald Trump is the candidate who must not be named — or at least not criticized too harshly. Multiple GOP White House contenders took the stage Friday in Atlanta, the city where the former president was most recently indicted and

By EDDIE PELLS and PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writers BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Olympic gold medalist Tori Bowie’s autopsy included an easy-to-overlook, one-line notation beneath the heading “Medical History:” Bipolar disorder. In and around track circles, where the champion sprinter’s absence is hitting particularly hard heading into Saturday’s opening in Hungary of the first world

By MAURICIO CUEVAS and DANIEL POLITI Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Thursday in Chile that it was imperative for the United States to declassify documents that could shed light on Washington’s involvement in the South American country’s 1973 coup. “The transparency of the United States could present an opportunity for

By ALANIS THAMES AP Sports Writer FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Fans line up outside Inter Miami’s practice facility to watch Lionel Messi’s car drive away after training sessions. Players from opposing teams wait after matches to get his signature or just a simple handshake. His No. 10 jersey is everywhere in South Florida. For

By NG HAN GUAN Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — North Korea appears to have cracked open its borders in the first significant way since they were shut at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, with the impoverished nation sending a large group of taekwondo athletes and officials through Beijing to an international

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press The Justice Department is seeking 33 years in prison for Enrique Tarrio, the former Proud Boys leader convicted of seditious conspiracy in one of the most serious cases to emerge from the attack on the U.S. Capitol. The sentence, if imposed, would be by far the longest punishment that

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Workers have begun loading radioactive fuel into a second new nuclear reactor in Georgia. Georgia Power Co. and co-owners said Thursday that they are transferring fuel into Unit 4 at Plant Vogtle, southeast of Augusta. The two-reactor project is seven years late and $17 billion over budget.

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia school board has voted to fire a teacher after officials said she improperly read a book on gender fluidity to her fifth grade class. The Cobb County School Board in suburban Atlanta voted 4-3 Thursday to fire Katie Rinderle. The board’s four-member Republican majority is

PHOENIX (AP) — An agent with the Internal Revenue Service has been shot and killed during a routine training exercise in north Phoenix. A spokesperson for the IRS Phoenix field office  confirmed special agents were participating in the exercise at a firing range Thursday when the shooting happened. The agent, whose name was not released,

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump now says he won’t be holding a news conference next week to unveil what he claims is new “evidence” of fraud in Georgia’s 2020 presidential election — even though no fraud has ever been substantiated — citing the advice of lawyers as

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A fugitive from Colorado jailed since a standoff last month that included furniture flying out of Caesars Palace on the Las Vegas Strip has taken a plea deal that is expected to send him to his home state to serve up to five years in prison.

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Officials face a formidable challenge identifying the remains of more than 100 victims of the Maui blaze as agonized loved ones yearn for information on those missing after the United States’ deadliest wildfire in more than a century. It’s a painstaking process, and a roster of

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A man convicted of killing two women he met at beach bars in the Florida Panhandle in 1996 is set to be executed. Michael Duane Zack III is scheduled to receive a lethal injection Oct. 3 at 6 p.m. under a death warrant signed Thursday by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis. It’s

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for Donald Trump have asked a federal judge to set an April 2026 trial date in the case in Washington charging the former president with conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 election. The suggested date is a counter to the Justice Department’s recommendation last

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Nine current or former Northern California police officers were charged Thursday in a federal corruption investigation that found evidence they committed civil rights violations and fraud in an effort to get a pay raise and lied on reports to cover up the use of excessive

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican immigration officials say they have found two migrants dead in the desert near the Texas border, and are looking for two more migrants that survivors said had also died. All of the migrants were Mexican citizens. The National Immigration Institute said Thursday that it received a report from U.S. Customs

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Authorities in the Dominican Republic say it could take months to identify all of the 28 victims who died in a powerful explosion near the country’s capital this week. The announcement comes as friends and family keep trying to confirm whether their loved ones died in Monday’s explosion in

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A district attorney in Tennessee has said his office has dropped 30 to 40 cases involving the five former officers who have been charged with second-degree murder in the January beating death of Tyre Nichols. In a statement Thursday, Shelby County District Attorney Steven Mulroy’s office

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) — Victims of a deadly 2016 wildfire that began in Great Smoky Mountains National Park before it burned through a Tennessee tourist town will have another chance to seek compensation from the federal government. Several lawsuits claim park employees failed to warn the city of Gatlinburg and its residents of the danger

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. rights chief says North Korea is increasing its repression of human rights and people are becoming more desperate and reportedly starving in parts of the country as the economic situation worsens. Volker Türk spoke Thursday at the first U.N. Security Council open meeting

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Lack of rain and hot conditions in central New Mexico are leaving one of North America’s longest rivers in dire shape again. Water managers warned Thursday that stretches of the Rio Grande in the Albuquerque area could dry up without any rain. The irrigation district that covers the region is working

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire attorney general says a sheriff has been arrested and charged with eight felonies as part an investigation into accusations he misused county credit cards. Attorney General John Formella announced Thursday that Strafford County Sheriff Mark Brave is charged with one count of theft by deception over accusations he

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. government says it is formally requesting a dispute settlement panel in its ongoing fight over Mexico’s limits on genetically modified corn. The U.S. Trade Representatives Office, or USTR, objected to Mexico’s ban on genetically modified corn for human consumption, and plans to eventually ban it as animal feed. The