Month: November 2023

By JULIA FRANKEL and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press BUREIJ REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza Strip (AP) — Airstrikes in the Gaza Strip’s Bureij refugee camp have flattened entire apartment buildings, sending scores of injured Palestinians into a hospital unable to grant them bed space. In Al-Aqsa Hospital in the central Gaza Strip, young children covered in ash

By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The CEO of the National Association of Realtors is stepping down nearly two months before his planned retirement, a move that comes just two days after the trade group was dealt a punishing judgement in federal court over its guidelines on real estate agent commissions.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal judge overseeing the 2020 election interference case against Donald Trump says those involved in the case must not disclose possible jurors’ names as she set rules around conducting research into potential members of the jury. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan said potential jurors will be brought to the courthouse in

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press SANT JOAN DESPÍ, Spain (AP) — It’s been a whirlwind last few months for newly crowned Ballon d’Or winner Aitana Bonmatí with memorable victories on and off the field. Bonmatí helped Spain win the Women’s World Cup and led Barcelona to the Champions League title. But amid the avalanche of

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is pushing ahead toward passage of $14.5 billion in military aid for Israel, but without humanitarian assistance for Gaza. But the partisan approach by new Speaker Mike Johnson is posing a direct challenge to Democrats and President Joe Biden. Johnson’s package is requiring that

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts State Police say a man killed a woman, left her body in a car in Boston, then boarded a flight for Kenya. Police say the body of 31-year-old Margaret Mbitu of Whitman was discovered about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in a parking garage at Logan International Airport. Investigators have identified the suspect

By AMY HARDER, Cipher News CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — As the United States injects hundreds of billions of dollars into clean energy through its signature climate law, known as the Inflation Reduction Act, criticism is growing louder about where, how and whether new development should be allowed. As opposition grows, once-routine regulatory processes are taking

By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The federal trial of a former Louisville police officer charged in the deadly Breonna Taylor raid has begun. Former Louisville police officer Brett Hankison fired shots during the botched raid that went through Taylor’s apartment and into her neighbor’s dwelling. Hankison is charged with two federal

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Authorities in the Seattle area are searching for a 17-year-old boy they say shot and killed a passenger on a city bus last month. Newly filed charging documents describe the killing as “the senseless execution of a total stranger.” Miguel Rivera Dominguez was charged Wednesday with first-degree

By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Biden administration officials have hosted big city mayors at the White House to discuss how to manage a growing number of migrants. The meeting came just one day after the Democratic mayors of Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles and New York sent a letter asking for help.

By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — State funds covered at least three trips to Prague by a former North Dakota lawmaker who has been charged with traveling to the city in Czech Republic to have sex with a minor, according to a group that organized the travel. Travel records from the North

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s lawmakers have approved the new government’s first supplemental budget, which includes huge allocations for SUVs and houses for the president, his wife and other public officials, sparking anger and criticism from citizens in one of the world’s poorest countries. Already, the country’s National Assembly recently

By DIDI TANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says Washington wants to build an economic relationship with Beijing that takes into account national security and human rights and is fair to both sides. In laying out the Biden administration’s economic approach toward the Indo-Pacific region, Yellen says Washington does not seek

By ISABELLA VOLMERT INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (AP) — The Indiana Supreme Court has determined the state’s attorney general engaged in attorney misconduct in statements he made about a doctor who provided an abortion to a 10-year-old rape victim. The case sparked national attention in the weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. In

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Federal agents on Thursday raided the home of a top fundraiser and longtime confidante to New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who abruptly ditched a planned White House meeting and flew home from Washington. Agents searched the home of Brianna Suggs in Brooklyn,

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York jury has begun deliberating whether FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was guilty of fraud in the disappearance of billions of dollars from his customers’ accounts on the cryptocurrency exchange. The jury began deliberating in Manhattan federal court on Thursday afternoon after a judge explained

By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The labor union representing Las Vegas hotel workers has set a strike deadline. The decision threatens major disruptions at more than a dozen resorts that could coincide with the Strip’s inaugural Formula 1 races later this month. The Culinary Workers Union said Thursday that about 35,000

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The architect of Maine’s “yellow flag law” said it was designed to stop shootings like the one that claimed 18 lives, and that the tragedy needs to be examined to see if changes are needed. Investigators are still piecing together details of what information was shared

By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Federal investigators say they found no evidence of a mechanical failure before a North Dakota state senator’s plane crashed in Utah last month, killing him, his wife and their two young children, according to a preliminary report released Thursday by the National Transportation Safety Board. Doug

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City lawmaker has been arraigned on a gun charge after prosecutors say she brought a firearm to a pro-Palestinian demonstration. Authorities say Republican City Council member Inna Vernikov was seen in photos and videos with the butt of a gun jutting out from her waistband while attending an

By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department is investigating two South Carolina jails where incarcerated people have died violently at the hands of employees or others held behind bars. Officials announced Thursday that civil rights probes will examine the conditions at detention centers in the urban hubs

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — An unarmed U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile was intentionally destroyed when something went wrong during a test launch from California. The Air Force Global Strike Command says the flight of the Minuteman 3 was “safely terminated” over the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday due to an anomaly during launch from

By EMMANUEL IGUNZA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Rwanda announced Thursday that it will allow all Africans to travel visa-free to the country, becoming the latest nation on the continent to announce such a measure aimed at boosting free movement of people. President Paul Kagame made the announcement on Thursday and highighted the potential

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to condemn the American economic embargo of Cuba for a 31st year. Thursday’s vote on the resolution in the 193-member General Assembly tied the record of support for the Caribbean island nation. The vote was 187 in favor,

By STEPHEN WHYNO and PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writers The death of American hockey player Adam Johnson from a cut to the neck in England has reignited the debate over skate blade safety. The tragedy has made many in the NHL and at other levels think differently about cut-resistant neck protection. Recent incidents of players

By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Two West Virginia corrections officers have pleaded guilty to a federal charge stemming from the fatal beating of an inmate. Southern Regional Jail officers Andrew Fleshman and Steven Wimmer entered the pleas to a conspiracy charge Thursday. They face up to 10 years in prison. The

SALEM, Mass. (AP) — A district attorney in Massachusetts says police have made an arrest in the fatal shooting of a Salem State University student just days before his first college basketball game. Essex County District Attorney Paul Tucker says 18-year-old Missael Pena Canela of Salem is charged with murder in connection with the fatal

By The Associated Press The long-awaited final installment of “Yellowstone” — featuring Kevin Costner ’s final episodes — has been delayed until November 2024, the Paramount Network announced Thursday. Originally scheduled to return this month, Paramount says production was delayed by this year’s strikes by actors and screenwriters. The first half of the fifth season

TAYLORSVILLE, Utah (AP) — A 63-year-old Utah woman had a leg amputated after being attacked by her son’s dogs in her own backyard in a Salt Lake City suburb. Officers who arrived at the home in Taylorsville had to shoot and kill one of the seven dogs when it threatened them, according to a police

By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The United Nations will cut the number of refugee families receiving cash assistance in Lebanon by nearly a third next year. That’s according to UNHCR spokeswoman Lisa Abou Khaled on Thursday. She says that due to “significant funding reductions,” UNHCR and the World Food Program will give

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Two meetings in Bismarck this week are receiving public comment on the draft environmental review of the controversial Dakota Access oil pipeline. The Bismarck Tribune reports pipeline opponents are frustrated with the format of private oral testimony in the meetings. A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers spokesperson says the meetings are

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press Federal officials say their investigation into a Colorado coal train derailment that killed a truck driver and shut down a major highway is focused on whether inspection and maintenance practices at BNSF Railway contributed to the accident. The National Transportation Safety Board on Thursday issued a preliminary report on the

By MIKE STOBBE and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Fewer high school students are vaping this year, the government reported Thursday. In a survey, 10% of high school students said they had used electronic cigarettes in the previous month, down from 14% last year. Use of any tobacco product— including cigarettes and

By MARY CLARE JALONICK, TARA COPP and LOLITA BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate circumvented a hold by Alabama Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville on Thursday and confirmed Adm. Lisa Franchetti to lead the Navy, making her the first woman to be a Pentagon service chief and the first female member of the Joint

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s election oversight body has postponed the country’s upcoming parliament elections for the second time, saying the vote will take place in February. It was originally expected in November and then scheduled for the last week of January. The Election Commission of Pakistan said on Thursday that

Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s government said Thursday that the guerrilla group National Liberation Army, known as ELN, was responsible for the weekend kidnapping of the father of Liverpool and Colombian national soccer team striker Luis Díaz. The peace delegation of the government, which is currently in negotiations with ELN, said in a

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The federal government has officially postponed a sale of Gulf of Mexico oil and gas leases amid legal fights over protections for an endangered species of whale. Bidding on the leases had been set for next Wednesday. President Joe Biden’s administration announced the sale earlier this

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A former Memphis police officer changed his plea to guilty Thursday in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, becoming the first of five officers charged to reverse course. According to a statement from the District Attorney’s office, Desmond Mills Jr. agreed to plead guilty to federal