Month: October 2023

By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press A Montana man who was mauled by a grizzly bear that bit off the front of his lower jaw is ready to return home after five weeks in a Utah hospital, a physician and his family said Friday during a news conference. Rudy Noorlander, who answered most questions at

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The toll of heat-associated deaths in Arizona’s most populous county has now soared over 360. The deaths are still being tallied after the area’s hottest summer on record. Public health officials are alarmed. They say the final count will surely set a new record. Maricopa County is

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Court records filed Friday indicate the chief suspect in Natalee Holloway’s 2005 disappearance intends to plead guilty in an extortion case. Joran van der Sloot is accused of trying to extort money from the missing teen’s mother. A federal judge set an Oct. 18 plea and sentencing hearing for Van der

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi sheriff who leads the department where former deputies pleaded guilty to a long list of state and federal charges for the torture of two Black men has asked a federal court to dismiss a civil lawsuit against him. Michael Corey Jenkins and

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho law restricting which bathrooms transgender students can use in schools will go into effect while a court challenge plays out. Chief U.S. District Judge David Nye on Thursday denied a request by a plaintiff who is challenging the law to keep it from being enforced until the lawsuit is

By ISABEL DEBRE and FATIMA SHBAIR Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Watching the pulverized alleys of Jabaliya refugee camp in northern Gaza empty of people, Naji Jamal was frozen with indecision. Should he heed the Israeli army’s demand that all Palestinians evacuate and make the risky trip to Gaza’s south, where his

By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — U.S. officials can continue to refuse asylum-seekers at border crossings with Mexico if they don’t have appointments on a mobile phone app. A federal judge made the ruling Friday in San Diego to the chagrin of immigration advocates. The ruling is a victory for the Biden

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is stepping back from his pointed criticism of Israel. He said Friday he stands with the nation and its prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, after drawing unusually pointed denouncements from his GOP rivals for lashing out at Netanyahu days after Hamas’ deadly attacks. The

By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A local Democratic official in Connecticut’s largest city has invoked her 5th Amendment right against self-incrimination rather than answer questions in court about allegations of illegal ballot box stuffing during a mayoral primary. Wanda Geter-Pataky is the vice chair of the Bridgeport Democratic Town Committee. She

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Lexi Thompson looked to be on the verge of becoming the first woman in 78 years to make the cut on the PGA Tour. Two late bogeys stopped her. She missed a 6-foot birdie chance at the end. The 28-year-old American shot 69 in the Shriners Children’s Open. She finished two

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Environmentalists  are poised to return to court in an ongoing legal battle with the Biden administration over a Nevada lithium mine. Their latest argument accuses federal wildlife officials of dragging their feet on a year-old petition seeking endangered species protection for a tiny snail that lives

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — Next week the U.S. military plans to begin draining fuel from World War II-era underground fuel tanks in Hawaii. Work to drain the 104 million gallons remaining in the tanks is scheduled to begin on Monday. The operation comes nearly two years after the facility sickened

WOODSTOCK, Ill. (AP) — A judge has convicted a former state child welfare worker of child endangerment in connection with the 2019 beating death of a 5-year-old suburban Chicago boy by his mother. Carlos Acosta was found guilty Friday of the child endangerment charge but acquitted of a reckless conduct charge. Acosta was a case

By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia state lawmakers are required to live in the district they represent, as well as in any district they may be seeking to represent. Those requirements, combined with new political maps in effect for the first time this year, have created a headache for some candidates.

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer After two years co-piloting the biggest acquisition in video game history past an onslaught of challenges, Xbox CEO Phil Spencer now moves on to his next quest: making Microsoft’s takeover of Activision Blizzard worth the hassle. Microsoft, which owns the Xbox gaming system, closed its $69 billion deal to

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The race to replace Democratic Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards tops the list of contests voters will decide Saturday in one of only three gubernatorial elections scheduled this year. Fourteen candidates are competing to succeed Edwards under a primary system in which all candidates appear together on

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan; Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus, a spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces. __ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Sullivan; Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.; Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. __ CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Sullivan; Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican presidential candidate;

By COLLEEN SLEVIN and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Jurors delivered a split verdict against two officers charged in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain during the first of several trials over the Black man’s fatal confrontation with police while walking home in suburban Denver, convicting one and clearing the other. A second

ENFIELD, England (AP) — Ravens outside linebacker Odafe Oweh will miss his fourth straight game because of an ankle injury when Baltimore plays the Tennessee Titans on Sunday at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Rookie running back Keaton Mitchell (shoulder) was the only other player on Baltimore’s injury list on Friday. Coach John Harbaugh says: “We’re very

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s top corporate deputies considered adding a “presidential premium” to his Trump Tower penthouse, Mar-a-Lago resort and other assets during his White House years, a gambit that would’ve padded his net worth by nearly $145 million, an executive at the former president’s company testified

DETROIT (AP) — Florine Mark, a Michigan business icon and former owner of Weight Watchers franchises in Michigan and Ontario, Canada, has died. She was 90. Mark died Friday morning, says Kelly Woerner, a staff member with Ira Kaufman Chapel in the Detroit suburb of Southfield. Mark established the Michigan Weight Watchers franchise in 1966,

By GENE JOHNSON, CLAUDIA LAUER, REBECCA BOONE and AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Hawaii’s Maui County has released audio of 911 calls made during a deadly August wildfire in response to a public records request from The Associated Press. The two hours of recordings obtained late Thursday add another layer to what

By MIKE CORDER and JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The deadly attacks by Hamas on Israeli civilians and the devastating Israeli airstrikes and blockade of Gaza have raised accusations among international legal experts that both sides were violating international law. A United Nations Commission of Inquiry said it has been “collecting

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Chinese disposable e-cigarettes from Elf Bar remain widely available in the U.S. more than four months after U.S. health regulators moved to ban their importation. The company behind the fruity-flavored vapes appears to have maneuvered around U.S. restrictions by simply renaming its products. Stores throughout the

SELLS, Ariz. (AP) — The Tohono O’odham Nation in southern Arizona is blasting the decision by the U.S. Attorney’s Office not to prosecute Border Patrol agents who shot and killed a member of the tribe after tribal police summoned them. The tribe’s executive office called the decision not to file charges “a travesty of justice.”

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Five men are dead following a fight between inmates at a prison in Mexico’s Gulf coast state of Tabasco. The state police department says that four of the five inmates killed were on trial or serving sentences for rape, homicide or other violent crimes. Police have said nobody else has been

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Open enrollment for Medicare opens Sunday, and seniors could have dozens of options to choose from. During the enrollment period, which ends Dec. 7, people will have the opportunity to choose between traditional Medicare and privately run Medicare Advantage plans in their area, as well as prescription drug plans.

DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — A suburban Atlanta woman has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for the 2021 murder of a 4-month-old who died after she placed him to sleep on his abdomen. A judge sentenced 48-year-old Amanda Hickey on Friday after families of children she abused gave emotional testimony against her. Charlie Cronmiller

By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — In Israel’s call for the evacuation of half of Gaza’s population, many Palestinians fear a repeat of the most traumatic event in their tortured history, their mass exodus from what is now Israel during the 1948 war surrounding its creation. Palestinians refer to it as the Nakba,

SAN DIEGO (AP) — An advocacy group says a migrant died this week after having a medical emergency in an area where people wait to be processed outdoors by Border Patrol agents. U.S. authorities confirm a death but give few details. The American Friends Service Committee’s US-Mexico Border Program says the migrant was a 29-year-old

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Nobel laureate Louise Glück, a poet of unblinking candor and perception who wove classical allusions, philosophical reveries, bittersweet memories and humorous asides into indelible portraits of a fallen and heartrending world, has died. Glück’s death was confirmed Friday by Jonathan Galassi, her editor at Farrar,

By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota lawmakers are scrambling to fill a giant hole in state government operations left by a surprising state Supreme Court ruling that voided a major budget bill, leaving uncertainty until a resolution is reached. Lawmakers might be back at the state Capitol as soon as

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Police in New York, Los Angeles, and other U.S. cities increased patrols, authorities put up fencing around the U.S. Capitol and some schools closed Friday amid fears of violence inspired by the Israel-Hamas war. But law enforcement officials stressed there were no credible threats in the

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Jurors have cleared an Iowa man charged with murder in the shooting deaths of two students at a Des Moines alternative school, a month after another man was convicted for his role in the killings. Jurors acquitted 20-year-old Bravon Tukes of two counts of first-degree murder and single counts of

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Because of the fracture in her leg, Karin Journo had talked herself out of going to the Tribe of Nova music festival and sold her ticket. But a week before Hamas militants turned the party into a killing ground, she bought another. The 24-year-old French-Israeli airport worker

By BROOKE LEFFERTS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — During the pandemic, a friend sent Sharon Stone a paint-by-numbers set to keep her busy, a gesture that has led to a new path of creative expression for the actor. Known best for roles in films like “Casino” and “Basic Instinct,” Stone has discovered a love

BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania lacks federally recognized tribal nations, leaving it with an incomplete picture of its Indigenous culture. But a new grant announced Friday is designed to start changing that. Over the next two years, the Pennsylvania Tourism Office, in partnership with Lehigh University’s Institute for Indigenous Studies and  federally recognized tribes, will