Month: August 2024

Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The power of former President Donald Trump’s endorsement in battleground Wisconsin will be tested in a race for an open congressional seat in primary voting. The field for the state’s closely watched U.S. Senate race also will be officially set in Tuesday’s balloting. Voters will choose a Democratic candidate

Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono and Hawaii’s incumbent congressional representatives have won their state Democratic Party primary races. Hirono is seeking a third term after first being elected to the office in 2012. Former state Rep. Bob McDermott beat five lesser-known candidates for the Republican nomination for Senate. U.S. Rep. Ed

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has shared a harrowing story about almost crashing in a helicopter he was riding in with former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown. In a news conference Thursday, Trump said Brown criticized Vice President Kamala Harris during the flight. But Brown says he’s never been in a helicopter with

PAGE, Ariz. (AP) — A large geological feature in southern Utah known as the “Double Arch,” the “Hole in the Roof” and sometimes the “Toilet Bowl” has collapsed, National Park Service officials said Friday. No injuries were reported. The popular arch in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area fell Thursday, and park rangers suspect changing

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to Mexico confirmed Friday that drug lord Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada was brought to the United States against his will when he arrived in Texas in July on a plane along with fellow drug lord Joaquín Guzmán López. Zambada’s attorney had earlier claimed the longtime chief of the

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s government has enacted a law that prevents the prosecution of crimes against humanity committed before 2002, a decision that favors former President Alberto Fujimori as well as hundreds of military personnel investigated or prosecuted for massacres and murders during the country’s internal armed conflict (1980-2000). The law, which had no

Stellantis is warning that it could lay off as many as 2,450 of the 3,700 union workers employed at a truck plant just outside of Detroit. The job cuts announced Friday would be at the Stellantis Warren Truck Plant, which builds an older version of the Ram 1500 pickup called the Tradesman, sold mainly to

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Suresh Garimella, president of the University of Vermont since 2019, has been selected to serve as the new leader of the University of Arizona. The Arizona Board of Regents voted Friday to hire Garimella to replace Robert Robbins, president of the Tucson-based university for the last seven years. He planned to

LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho judge has entered a not guilty plea on behalf of an escaped prisoner charged with killing a man while he was on the lam for 36 hours. Prosecutors have said they intend to seek the death penalty if Skylar Meade, 32, is convicted of the murder charge in connection

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Officials say a U.S. Coast Guard cutter on routine patrol south of Alaska’s Aleutian Islands came across a Russian ship in international waters but within the U.S. exclusive economic zone. The crew detected the vessel about 30 miles (48 kilometers) southeast of the Amukta Pass, the Coast Guard said in a

Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service said Friday that the Colorado wildfire that tore through 15 square miles and destroyed 48 buildings was human-caused. The Alexander Mountain Fire, started in late July, is now almost completely contained, but it joins a second that burned to its south that is also

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa can enforce a book ban this school year following a federal appeals court ruling. The U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday ruled the ban can take effect as a lawsuit seeking to overturn it plays out. The ruling upends a district judge’s December decision to temporarily halt

AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials have declined to approve the psychedelic drug MDMA as a therapy for PTSD. Drugmaker Lykos Therapeutics announced the FDA’s decision on Friday. Supporters of psychedelic therapy hoped that MDMA would make history as the first illegal psychedelic to win FDA approval, paving the way for similar

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is sending Ukraine an additional $125 million in weapons to assist in its military operations against Russia, including much-needed air defense capabilities, radars to detect and counter enemy artillery and anti-tank weapons. The package announced Friday by the White House comes as Ukraine has launched its largest ground

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Russian man is being held without bail in the United States on charges that he conspired to smuggle American microelectronics to Russia to aid its war in Ukraine. Arthur Petrov made a brief appearance Friday in Manhattan federal court, where the 33-year-old man agreed to remain detained. He

Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California bookmaker who took thousands of sports bets from the former interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani has pleaded guilty to running an illegal gambling business. Mathew Bowyer entered the plea in federal court in Santa Ana on Friday. He also pleaded guilty to money laundering

AP Sports Writer Major League Baseball is coming to Bristol Motor Speedway with the Braves and the Reds taking part in the Speedway Classic in August 2025. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee was on hand at “Thunder Valley” for the announcement Friday. The game will be held on Aug. 2, the last of three-game series where

Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The case against a man accused of killing of a Detroit synagogue leader is over. A judge dismissed a murder charge Friday, three weeks after a jury cleared Michael Jackson-Bolanos of a similar but separate murder charge. Judge Margaret Van Houten says putting Jackson-Bolanos on trial again for murder would

AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Crowds of women have shown up at Imane Khelif’s fights during the Paris Olympics to rally around the Algerian boxer as she faces online abuse over misconceptions about her sex. Hours before Khelif won a gold medal in the women’s welterweight division Friday night, women arrived at Roland Garros

Report for America/Associated Press MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — An investigation funded by the state of Alabama says the last known U.S. slave ship is too broken and decayed to be extracted from the murky waters of the Gulf Coast without dismembering it. The task force headed by the Alabama Historical Commission says the ship had

AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The union that represents train engineers says Union Pacific is holding back on its promises to make their schedules more predictable. These quality of life concerns nearly caused a nationwide rail strike two years ago. The nation’s largest railroad is telling the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen