Month: January 2024

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal jury in Los Angeles has found a Russian man who flew on a plane from Denmark to Los Angeles in November without a passport or ticket is guilty of being a stowaway on an aircraft. Sergey Vladimirovich Ochigava arrived at Los Angeles International Airport on Nov. 4 via a

LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Navy is starting to enlist individuals who didn’t graduate from high school or get a GED, marking the second time in about a year that the service has opened the door to lower-performing recruits as it struggles to meet enlistment goals. The decision follows a

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department has reached a settlement with the state of New York to resolve a sexual harassment investigation of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The agreement reached Friday confirms allegations from the misconduct probe that led to the Democrat’s resignation. It details changes made after

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C.; Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif.; Gen. CQ Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley, a Republican presidential candidate; Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. ___ CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Sens. James

By LISA RATHKE Associated Press MIDDLESEX, Vt. (AP) — Since catastrophic flooding hit Vermont in July and waterlogged crops, some farmers are trying to figure out how to get to the next season. Water washed away seeds planted in the summer at Bear Roots Farm in Middlesex, Vermont. Farmers and co-owners Jon Wagner and Karin

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say an inmate being treated at a hospital in Ohio overpowered a sheriff’s deputy who was guarding him and took his gun before fleeing to a nearby home where he was later found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The Dayton Police Department said the unidentified inmate attacked the Montgomery

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Members of New Mexico’s legislature are the only state lawmakers in the country who aren’t paid a salary. But voters could change that, as a referendum on giving legislators a steady paycheck is gaining traction. The Democratic-sponsored initiative to provide New Mexico legislators with regular

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former Los Angeles City Council member has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for a pay-to-play bribery scandal involving real estate development projects. José Huizar also was ordered Friday to pay thousands of dollars in restitution to the city and the IRS. Huizar pleaded guilty a year ago to

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury has found that celebrity tattoo artist Kat Von D did not violate a photographer’s copyright when she gave a friend a tattoo based on a portrait of Miles Davis. The Los Angeles jury gave Von D a resounding victory in the case with

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A prominent defense attorney has pleaded guilty to leaking grand jury information to reporters about a political conspiracy case against a rapper from the Fugees. David Kenner, known for his representation of celebrities like Snoop Dogg and Tory Lanez, was sentenced Friday to a

ATLANTA (AP) — A once-prominent Atlanta attorney who fatally shot his wife in 2016 as they rode in an SUV has pleaded guilty to a charge of involuntary manslaughter. 81-year-old Claud “Tex” McIver was sentenced Friday to eight years in prison as part of a plea deal. He had been convicted of felony murder and

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s highest court has upheld a ban on running for office that the socialist-led government placed on Maria Corina Machado, a longtime government foe and the candidate of an opposition faction backed by the U.S. Machado, a former lawmaker, won the opposition’s independently run presidential primary in October with more than

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Friday it is delaying consideration of new natural gas export terminals in the United States, even as gas shipments to Europe and Asia have soared since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The decision by President Joe Biden, announced as the 2024 presidential election year

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — The Egyptian Football Association has sacrificed a cow in a bid to bring the national team better fortune at the Africa Cup of Nations. Team spokesman Mohamed Morad tells The Associated Press the federation killed the cow and distributed the meat to needy people in Cairo the day before. Egypt

By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A bill that would decriminalize all strips used to test drugs for deadly substances now goes to West Virginia’s governor. Republican Jim Justice hasn’t said publicly whether he supports the bill, which has received bipartisan support in the state with the nation’s highest overdose rate. Justice

RIFLE, Colo. (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert’s ex-husband, Jayson Boebert, has been charged with assault and other counts in connection with two domestic altercations. Authorities say the charges filed Wednesday are in connection with an argument he had with the congresswoman in a restaurant, and a physical fight with the former couple’s son.

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — When the Ravens take on the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, Baltimore will be back in the spotlight in a way that’s a bit more rare these days. It’s the first AFC title game in Baltimore since January 1971. The Colts beat the Oakland Raiders that

By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press Utah became the latest state to regulate bathroom access for transgender people when the state’s Republican-controlled Legislature passed a measure Friday that requires them to use use bathrooms and locker rooms in public schools and government-owned buildings that match their sex assigned at birth. Transgender people can defend themselves

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A military panel at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba recommended 23 years in detention Friday for two Malaysian men in connection with deadly 2002 bombings in Bali, a spokesman for the military commission said. The recommendation, following guilty pleas earlier this month under plea bargains for longtime Guantanamo detainees

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court will not consider an appeal from a former Franciscan friar who was convicted in 2022 in the 1990s sexual abuse of a student at a Catholic school. The court’s decision was announced Thursday. It means the conviction of Paul West remains in place. The Mississippi Court of

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A judge has given a green light to a controversial plan to reduce the width of Atlantic City’s main street from four lanes to two. Superior Court Judge Michael Blee rejected arguments Friday from five casinos and a hospital that the half-finished project to narrow

NORTH BELLMORE, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities have seized about a hundred animals from a Long Island home packed with exotic species — including a giant African snail, degus, a sulcata tortoise and a South American ostrich. The animals were discovered by state and local authorities Tuesday night in the basement and backyard shed of a

By SEUNG MIN KIM The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is laying out a new set of guidelines to ensure it will be informed any time a Cabinet head can’t carry out their job. The new directive comes after Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s secret hospitalization this month was kept for days from

By JOEY CAPPELLETI and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — President Joe Biden’s campaign manager has traveled to Michigan, where many Arab American leaders are enraged over the administration’s policy toward Israel, and found some top activists unwilling to meet. The backlash on Friday exposes a growing rift between the White House and

By AAMER MADHANI, MATTHEW LEE and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has spoken with his Egyptian and Qatari counterparts ahead of a trip by his CIA director meant to press toward a deal to secure the release of more hostages held by Hamas in exchange for a pause to fighting

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A super political action committee supporting President Joe Biden’s reelection is aiming to boost the Democrat’s primary campaign in lead-off South Carolina with a television ad featuring Rep. Jim Clyburn. The South Carolina congressman is one of Biden’s most dedicated backers, and his endorsement boosted Biden’s

By JAVIER CÓRDOBA Associated Press SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Many Costa Ricans are welcoming a ruling this week by the country’s Supreme Court of Justice eliminating the requirement that people use their father’s surname before their mother’s on identification documents. In Spanish-speaking nations, people usually go by two last names. In Costa Rica,

NEW YORK (AP) — A preliminary report into a collision between two New York City subway trains earlier this year says that a worker guiding one of the vehicles had lost radio contact with the driver before the crash and a message to stop at a red light was not received. The communication breakdown came

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Closing arguments are underway in the manslaughter retrial of a man who fatally shot former New Orleans Saints star Will Smith.  Thirty-six-year-old Cardell Hayes shot Smith following a traffic crash almost eight years ago. Hayes was convicted in December 2016 of manslaughter in Smith’s death and

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s Senate is backing a plan to give the state’s appointed election board the power to investigate Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s handling of elections. The bill passed 30-19 Friday despite the measure’s sponsor saying that the bill is in “murky water” when it comes to its

NEW YORK (AP) — A scourge of pornographic deepfake images generated by artificial intelligence and sexualizing people without their consent has hit its most famous victim, singer Taylor Swift, drawing attention to a problem that tech platforms and anti-abuse groups have struggled to solve. Sexually explicit and abusive fake images of Swift began circulating widely

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press New Jersey’s public transit agency is scrapping plans for a backup power plant that would have been fueled by natural gas, heartening environmental justice advocates who targeted it and several other proposed power plants in largely minority areas. NJ Transit said Friday it is redirecting $503 million that would have

By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The president of Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland has said his government will press ahead with an agreement signed earlier this month with landlocked Ethiopia to give it access to the sea. The deal has been condemned by regional and international groups, as well as Western

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer “In the Summers,” an affecting, years-spanning drama about a complicated parent-children relationship, nabbed the Grand Jury prize at the 40th Sundance Film Festival, while the top honor for documentary went to “Porcelain War,” about a Ukrainian couple who craft fragile, intricately painted ceramics while war rages around them. Those

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press An 18th century British painting stolen by mobsters in 1969 has been returned more than a half-century later to the family that bought the painting for $7,500 during the Great Depression, the FBI’s Salt Lake City field office announced Friday. The 40-inch-by-50-inch (102-cm-by-127-cm) John Opie painting — titled “The Schoolmistress”

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — The lawyer for a Canadian man accused of selling lethal substances on the internet to people at risk of self harm says he will be pleading not guilty to upgraded murder charges. Kenneth Law was charged last month with 14 counts of second-degree murder, and his lawyer

LONDONDERRY, N.H. (AP) — Authorities say a small plane crashed in a neighborhood near the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport in New Hampshire shortly after takeoff and firefighters helped remove the trapped pilot, who was taken to a hospital. The Federal Aviation Administration says the pilot was the only person on board the Wiggins Air plane. The

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A jury has found a St. Louis rapper not guilty of murder after the 19-year-old claimed he was acting in self defense during a 2022 road-rage shootout. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that CTS Luh Wick, whose legal name is Michael Henderson, was acquitted of first-degree murder and armed criminal action

By ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — Prosecutors are portraying the mother of a Michigan school shooter as an aloof parent more interested in horses than the mental health of her teenage son. They said Friday that Ethan Crumbley was apparently having hallucinations months before killing four students at Oxford High School in