Month: September 2023

BOSTON (AP) — Law enforcement officials are investigating an episode in which passengers complained of a camera allegedly placed in a bathroom on American Airlines passenger jet. Passengers aboard American Airlines flight 1441 from Charlotte to Boston told local media that a woman reported her teenage daughter found a camera in the first-class lavatory. Law

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A state lawmaker in Ohio says he’ll step down next month following a pair of arrests in less than two months in an ongoing domestic violence case. Republican Rep. Bob Young notified GOP House Speaker Jason Stephens on Friday that his resignation will take effect Oct. 2. The announcement came several

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A south Alabama woman has been sentenced to a year in prison for hanging racially offensive homemade dolls on her Black neighbors’ fence in an attempt to get them to move. U.S. Attorney Sandra Stewart said Thursday in a news release that 64-year-old Cheryl Lynn Pytleski, of Chancellor, pleaded guilty to

By JAKE BLEIBERG and PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A former Texas lawman says he told Attorney General Ken Paxton in 2020 that he was risking indictment by by helping a donor under FBI investigation. David Maxwell’s testimony on Friday came as as Paxton’s impeachment trial on abuse of office charges

By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s leaders appear to agree with Justice Department findings that state-run veterans homes failed residents during COVID-19 and continue to violate their constitutional rights, but there’s little clarity on how exactly they’ll address the issues. The Democrat-led Legislature and Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy gave the

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The pilot of a Florida medical rescue helicopter has told investigators he heard a loud bang before a fire broke out onboard and the aircraft crashed, killing two people. A National Transportation Safety Board preliminary report released Friday says pilot Daron Roche told investigators after the Aug. 28 crash that

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s attorney general has concluded there was no criminal conduct when four law enforcement officers used a stun gun and beat a handcuffed man in the head with a flashlight while facedown on a porch that was determined to be a homicide. State police say 46-year-old

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A fourth man has been charged in connection with threats and vandalism targeting two public radio journalists in New Hampshire. The U.S. attorney’s office in Massachusetts says 46-year-old Eric Labarge of Nashua was arrested Friday. He and three others who were previously arrested have been indicted

WASHINGTON (AP) — Investigators say one of the engines on a United Airlines jet broke up over Denver in 2021 because of wear and tear on a fan blade that wasn’t adequately inspected for signs of cracking. The National Transportation Safety Board said Friday that manufacturer Pratt & Whitney didn’t call for inspections frequently enough.

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Oregon State and Washington State on Friday filed a complaint in Washington state court against the Pac-12 and Commissioner George Kliavkoff, seeking to prevent departing members from getting in the way of their efforts to rebuild the disintegrating conference. The breach of bylaws complaint was filed in

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is being asked to reverse an appellate ruling that would cut off mail-order access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion in the United States. The case would be the first major abortion dispute decided by the Supreme Court since

By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill aimed at clearing the way for construction of a controversial student housing project in a historic Berkeley park. The legislation Newsom signed on Thursday reaffirms that residential noise will not be considered a significant environmental effect under the

By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — The perjury and mortgage fraud trial of Baltimore’s former top prosecutor is being moved outside the city due to potential juror bias. A federal judge ruled Friday that local jurors may have been influenced by extensive media coverage of Marylin Mosby’s case. As the Baltimore state’s attorney,

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Officials say they’ve identified the remains of two people who died in the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center have been identified. The positive identification of a man and a woman was confirmed by the New York City medical examiner days ahead of the 22nd

By MEG KINNARD and KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis pursued charges against roughly half of the people recommended to her by a special grand jury tasked with investigating efforts to overturn Georgia’s 2020 presidential election. The decision to seek charges against 19 people, as opposed to the

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer The world is far off track on its 2015 pledge to curb global warming. A new United Nations report central to upcoming climate negotiations details how deeply energy and financial systems must change to get back on a safer path. Friday’s global stocktake report says the world needs to

PLUM, Pa. (AP) — Investigators say the location of an explosion that killed six people and destroyed three houses near Pittsburgh last month was inside one of the homes, and they’re ruling out an outside cause. The Allegheny County fire marshal’s office said Friday all potential outside factors were eliminated, including wells, pipelines and other

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press The Kroger Co. has agreed to pay up to $1.4 billion to settle lawsuits over the toll of opioids. The supermarket chain announced the plan on Friday. State and local governments would get the bulk of the money, though pieces are carved out for Native American tribes and to pay

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A retired pediatrician from Pittsburgh who helped create the ‘Mr. Yuk’ poison warning for kids has died. Dr. Richard W. Moriarty was 83. The funeral home handling arrangements says he died Thursday. Moriarty was involved in establishing and developing the Pittsburgh Poison Center, where he served as director. He has said children

By EVA VERGARA Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — When Augusto Pinochet installed himself as Chile’s dictator in 1973, the age of majority was set at 21 years. But being a minor was no protection from the military dictatorship’s crackdown. Children were killed, detained, tortured, and even used as decoys to detain their parents in

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Authorities have upgraded murder charges against the man accused of fatally shooting three University of Virginia football players last year. The new aggravated murder indictments against Christopher Darnell Jones Jr. would result in a mandatory life sentence if he’s convicted. The 23-year-old was a UVA student in November 2022 and a

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations has doubled down on its pledge to revive stalled negotiations over the disputed Western Sahara in a visit to the region this week in which its top negotiator met with officials on all sides. U.N. envoy Staffan de Mistura made his first visit to the disputed territory this

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A mother has filed a lawsuit against Peloton over the death of her son, who was killed when his exercise bike fell on his neck during a workout in his New York City apartment. Johanna Furtado’s lawsuit alleges that her 32-year-old son, Ryan, was doing a

By SARA CLINE and KEVIN McGILL Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that incarcerated youths be removed from a temporary lockup at a former death row building in Louisiana’s adult maximum-security prison by Sept. 15. Juvenile detainees and advocates allege that youths have been held in harmful conditions, suffering through

By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Lawyers for two Kentucky men exonerated for a decades-old killing have settled with the city of Louisville for $20.5 million after spending more than 20 years in prison. A judge dismissed murder charges against Garr Keith Hardin and Jeffrey Dewayne Clark in 2018 for the 1990s

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indianapolis police officer who pleaded guilty to kicking a handcuffed man in the face during a 2021 arrest has been sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison. A federal judge also ordered Sgt. Eric Huxley on Friday to two years of supervised release after he completes his prison

By BEATRICE DUPUY Associated Press Luxury fashion house Dior has confirmed that longtime former artistic director Marc Bohan has died at 97. The couturier served as a designer for the brand for nearly three decades. His designs have been worn by the likes of Grace Kelly and Elizabeth Taylor. Bohan was known for crafting Dior’s

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin sawmill has agreed to pay about $191,000 and submit to multiple sanctions after a 16-year-old boy was killed on the job this past summer. Michael Schuls died in July after he became pinned in a wood-stacking machine at Florence Hardwoods. He died two days

Associated Press The Federal Aviation Administration is considering requiring that all planes be equipped with technology designed to prevent close calls around airports. The FAA said Friday that it asked an internal rulemaking panel how to go about requiring technology to tell pilots, for example, when they are lined up to land on the wrong

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama says it will increase deportations and infrastructure in the area of the Darien jungle along its shared border with Colombia. Officials want to contain a record-breaking flow of migrants passing through there this year. Immigration chief Samira Gozaine said President Laurentino Cortizo has authorized hiring charter flights to increase deportations.

By TERRY TANG Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Collaboration between art and government sometimes breeds conflict. The postponement of a Mesa, Arizona, art exhibition over a perceived anti-police work by artist Shepard Fairey is the latest in a recent series of conflicts in city-run art shows. Artists expect autonomy over what they display, even in

By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Friday released its draft environmental impact statement of the Dakota Access oil pipeline, but said it’s waiting for more input before deciding the future of the line’s controversial river crossing in North Dakota. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe has

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy named Secretary of State Tahesha Way to be the state’s next lieutenant governor, a month after the death of Sheila Oliver. Way’s appointment takes effect immediately because the state constitution doesn’t require Senate approval for the nomination. Chief Justice Stuart Rabner swore her in Friday outside

SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania man has pleaded guilty to federal charges stemming from the theft and sale of human body parts taken from Harvard Medical School and an Arkansas mortuary. Jeremy Pauley of Thompson pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiracy and interstate transportation of stolen property. The 41-year-old Pauley now faces up to 15

By The Associated Press The Russian foreign ministry has summoned the ambassador from longtime ally Armenia to protest upcoming joint military exercises with the United States and other complaints highlighting growing tensions that are straining traditionally close relations. The ministry said in a statement Friday that “the leadership of Armenia has taken a series of

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she will run for reelection to another term in Congress in 2024. This as Democrats work to win back the majority in the House. Pelosi made the announcement Friday. First elected to Congress in 1987, the Democratic leader made history

LONDON (AP) — A main route between England and France was shut for several hours while British Army bomb-disposal experts examined a vehicle near the entrance to the Channel Tunnel. However, authorities later decided it posed no safety risk. The Kent Police force said one man was arrested and later released pending further inquiries. It

MARQUETTE, Mich. (AP) — Military scientists have identified the remains of a U.S. Army airman from Michigan who died along with 10 other crew members when a bomber crashed in India following a World War II bombing raid on Japan. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said Friday that the remains of U.S. Army Air Forces

BERLIN (AP) — Germany pulled off the biggest upset of its basketball existence and hardly anyone back home seemed to notice. The Germans held on to beat the United States 113-111 in the Basketball World Cup semifinals in Manila and reach the final for the first time. The Germans will face Serbia on Sunday for