Month: September 2023

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Ex-President Bill Clinton is eulogizing former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson as a groundbreaking Latino politician and unorthodox master diplomat who could coax good things out of dictators and despots. Clinton was among those paying homage to Richardson during his funeral Mass on Thursday at

By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — David McCormick plans to run for U.S. Senate for a second time in Pennsylvania. According to people familiar with his plans who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity to avoid disclosing private conversations, he plans to announce his candidacy next week for the

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A college philosophy professor is fighting to be allowed back on campus more than a year after his comments about adult-child sex led to calls for his removal. The lawsuit was before a federal judge Thursday. Stephen Kershnar is a tenured professor at the State University

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Casino company Caesars Entertainment has joined Las Vegas gambling rival MGM Resorts International in reporting a recent cyberattack. But while some MGM Resorts computer systems were still down, Caesars told federal regulators on Thursday that its casino and online operations were not disrupted. The Reno-based company

By LISA RATHKE Associated Press Counting nose hairs in cadavers, repurposing dead spiders and explaining why scientists lick rocks, are among the winning achievements in this year’s Ig Nobels, the prize for humorous scientific feats. The winners were announced Thursday in the 33rd annual prize ceremony. Since the coronavirus pandemic, the ceremony has been a

By STEPHEN GROVES and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected on Capitol Hill next week as he visits the U.S. during the United Nations General Assembly. Zelenskyy’s trip comes as Congress is debating providing as much as $21 billion in military and humanitarian aid for Ukraine as it

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A jury has found an Iowa teenager guilty of second-degree murder and voluntary manslaughter in the deaths of two students that he shot at a Des Moines alternative school earlier this year. Jurors on Thursday found 19-year-old Preston Walls guilty of two counts of first-degree

By MARTÍN ADAMES ALCÁNTARA and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press DAJABON, Dominican Republic (AP) — The Dominican Republic’s president has announced he will close all borders with neighboring Haiti starting Friday in a dispute over a canal on the Haitian side that would divert water from a border river. His announcement signals that last-minute talks between

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A fifth former Memphis police officer has pleaded not guilty to federal civil rights charges in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols after a traffic stop. Emmitt Martin made his first federal court appearance Thursday since he and four former collagues were charged this week with

By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Three families and a pediatrician in North Dakota are seeking to block the state’s ban on gender-affirming health care for minors. The law passed overwhelmingly earlier this year through the state’s Republican-controlled Legislature, and took effect in April when Republican Gov. Doug Burgum signed the bill.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Criminal prosecutions have more than doubled in St. Louis since the city’s progressive prosecutor resigned under fire. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch found that St. Louis Circuit Attorney Gabe Gore filed more than 1,400 case over the three-month period that started with his May 31 swearing-in. That compares to 620 cases filed

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Sixty years ago, a bomb planted by Ku Klux Klan members ripped through a Birmingham church, killing four little girls as they prepared for Sunday services. Lisa McNair’s sister Denise was one of the girls who lost their lives. Tammie Fields’ father was questioned as a

By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer The Internal Revenue Service said Thursday it will pause accepting claims for a pandemic-era tax credit until 2024 due to rising concerns that an influx of applications are fraudulent. The tax credit, called the Employee Retention Credit, was designed help small businesses keep paying their employees during the height

By BOB SMIETANA of Religion News Service Stephen Mason’s life has been shaped by guitars, barber shears and the Bible. And then there was the dad joke that landed him on ESPN. Three years ago, the former Christian rocker turned barber was talking to a friend and fellow fan about the opening of the Major

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The wife of Republican gubernatorial nominee Daniel Cameron has dismissed the Democratic governor’s proposal for an 11% pay raise for public school personnel as unfeasible. Makenze Cameron’s comments came Thursday as she promoted her husband’s education plan. She chatted about motherhood, her husband, her faith and

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Thirty Seconds to Mars is back with a new clutch of songs born from the pandemic collected under a very long title. “It’s the End of the World But It’s a Beautiful Day” is exactly what it sounds like — optimistic, despite the doom. Despite

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A Detroit-area businessman has been sentenced to more than two years in federal prison for bribing the head of a Michigan marijuana licensing board. John Dalaly admits he provided at least $68,200 in cash and other benefits to Rick Johnson. Johnson was chairman of the marijuana board for two years

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press They caught him just in time. After eluding a police dragnet in southeastern Pennsylvania for two weeks, escaped murderer Danelo Cavalcante could sense authorities were closing in. He knew he had to make a break for it or face capture. So he formulated a plan: The 34-year-old fugitive would carjack

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Megyn Kelly has welcomed Donald Trump for an interview eight years after he erupted at her over her debate question. Kelly sat down with Trump for a satellite radio interview that aired Thursday. It was a long way — in time and circumstance — from

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Increases in federal flood insurance premiums that are projected to surpass 700% over the coming years are already leading people to back out of home purchases and will likely lead to an exodus of residents and businesses from southern Louisiana, officials told a federal judge Thursday

By JOSH FUNK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An explosion inside a shipping container at the world’s largest railyard prompted evacuations in western Nebraska Thursday because of the toxic smoke generated when one of the chemicals aboard caught fire. The explosion occurred around noon inside an intermodal shipping container on a railcar at Union

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press New England is in the crosshairs of Hurricane Lee but is usually protected from the worst of a hurricane’s wrath by the cold waters of the North Atlantic. That’s expected to help reduce Lee to a tropical storm by the time it arrives this weekend. A number of factors determine

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has signed a new law that will restrict the release of her travel and security records. The Republican governor signed the measure after lawmakers wrapped up a special session that’s focused on a fight to scale back the state’s open-records

BY EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Democratic nominees for two statewide offices are saying that Mississippi should stop defending a Jim Crow-era portion of its state constitution that permanently strips voting rights from people convicted of certain felonies. Greta Kemp Martin faces first-term Republican Attorney General Lynn Fitch and Ty Pinkins

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — A northeastern Indiana man faces felony charges after he was shot in the back by a 2-year-old boy who found the weapon on a bed. Justin T. Wiley of Fort Wayne was charged this week with neglect of a dependent resulting in serious bodily injury and unlawful possession of a

MIAMI (AP) — Officials say a city of Miami commissioner accused of bribery and money laundering has been arrested on multiple corruption charges. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement says Miami Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla and a co-defendant, Miami attorney William Riley Jr., were both booked Thursday into the Miami-Dade county jail. Investigators

By STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — Britain, France and Germany have announced that they will keep their sanctions on Iran related to the Mideast country’s atomic program and its development of ballistic missiles. The measures were to expire in October under a timetable spelled out in the now defunct nuclear deal between Tehran

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Three artworks believed to have been stolen during the Holocaust from a Jewish art collector and entertainer have been seized from museums in three different states by New York law enforcement authorities. The artworks by the Austrian Expressionist Egon Schiele were seized Wednesday from the Art

Associated Press By JULIA FRANKEL JERUSALEM (AP) — Jordan rejected a U.S. request to release a former top Jordanian official imprisoned in an alleged plot against the Western-allied monarchy in September, the official’s lawyer and family say. In March, the U.S. asked Jordan to release Bassem Awadallah, who is a dual Jordanian-American citizen, on humanitarian

BEDFORD PARK, Ill. (AP) — Police say a tent collapse in suburban Chicago injured at least 26 people. Bedford Park Police Chief Tom Hansen says five of those hurt have serious injuries. Hansen says the tent collapsed around 10:45 a.m. in the parking lot of a business. He says the tent was being used for

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunter Biden was indicted Thursday on federal firearms charges, the latest and weightiest step yet in a long-running investigation into the president’s son. Biden is accused of lying about his drug use when he bought a firearm in October 2018, a period when he has acknowledged struggling

By MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s Supreme Court has handed a 17-year prison sentence to a supporter of former President Jair Bolsonaro who stormed top government offices on Jan. 8 in an alleged bid to forcefully restore the right-wing leader to office. Aécio Lúcio Costa Pereira, 51, is the first of

By KEVIN McGILL and SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, LA. (AP) — A federal appeals court has temporarily halted a judge’s order to remove juvenile detainees by Friday from a former death row building at an adult penitentiary in Louisiana. Attorneys for the youths have until noon Friday to file any opposition to the

By COLLEEN LONG and EMILY SWANSON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — About half of Americans say they have little or no confidence that the Justice Department is handling its investigation into Hunter Biden in a fair and nonpartisan way, and 1 in 3 are highly concerned about whether President Joe Biden may have committed wrongdoing

By JACK DURA Associated Press The last of four men charged in a scheme to steal millions of dollars worth of crude oil in western North Dakota’s oil field has been sentenced. Authorities in 2022 said the oil skimming scheme involved $2.4 million in crude oil. Darrell Woody Merrell on Thursday pleaded guilty to felony

By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet billionaire businessman Elon Musk during a trip to the United States next week, the Israeli leader’s office said Thursday. Netanyahu’s office said their meeting, which is scheduled for Monday, will include discussions about artificial intelligence. It comes at a time when

By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Delaware woman who pleaded guilty to killing her 3-year-old daughter and dumping her burned remains on a softball field has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. Thirty-one-year-old Kristie Haas was sentenced Thursday. She pleaded guilty earlier this year to murder by abuse or neglect and abuse

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The United States Federal Aviation Administration has returned Mexico’s aviation safety rating to the highest level two years after downgrading it. The change will allow Mexican airlines to add new routes to the United States and U.S. airlines will once again be able to sell tickets on Mexican airline-operated flights. In