Month: September 2024

Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge says stricter cash bail measures that voters approved last year will stand despite procedural flaws. The decision Monday  from Dane County Circuit Judge Rhonda Lanford came in a lawsuit filed by criminal justice advocates over two constitutional amendments, State elections officials and the Legislature say the

OCEAN CITY, Md. (AP) — Officials are warning people to stay out of the ocean at several beaches in Maryland, Delaware and Virginia after they say medical waste, including hypodermic needles, washed ashore. Assateague Island National Seashore closed all ocean-facing beaches in Maryland and Virginia to swimming and wading. The Maryland Department of Natural Resources

Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge has ruled that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s name will stay on the presidential ballot in the swing state of Wisconsin. Kennedy suspended his campaign in August and endorsed Republican candidate Donald Trump. He’s now trying to get his name off the ballot in battleground states. Kennedy sued

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — A tribe in Oregon whose culture is tied to the ocean is suing the U.S. government over plans to hold an offshore wind energy auction next month, saying the environmental analysis underpinning the sale was too narrow and based on a “predetermined political decision.” The lawsuit, filed by the Confederated Tribes

Associated Press/Report For America Award-winning, world renowned artist Fred Nall Hollis has died. Hollis was 76 years old and a local arts center in his home state of Alabama says he died on Saturday. The visual artist had work shown in famous venues including the Menton Museum of Art in France and the Basilica of

AP Technology Writer Elon Musk has deleted a post on his social media platform X in which he said “no one is even trying to assassinate” President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in the wake of an apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump while he was playing golf. Musk, who has

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Marine Corps in a ceremony at the commandant’s headquarters has presented their highest noncombat medal to the parents of Cpl. Spencer Collart, who died last year after his V-22 Osprey crashed in Australia. Collart survived the crash but then went back into the burning aircraft to try to save

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Ohio state police will help protect schools in a city at the center of a political furor over Haitian migrants, the governor announced Monday, while local officials canceled an annual celebration of cultural diversity in the fallout over former President Donald Trump’s false claims about pet-eating. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, a

Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Firefighters have battled flames spreading through a national park in Brazil in the latest wildfire in the country which is experiencing an historic drought. More than 90 firefighters on Monday were trying to extinguish blazes that have already burned through 700 hectares or 1,700 acres of the conservation

Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court refused Monday to revive a defamation lawsuit that former NFL quarterback Brett Favre filed against a fellow Pro Football Hall of Fame member — former tight end Shannon Sharpe. Favre’s filed the lawsuit over comments Sharpe made in 2022 on a Fox Sports show amid

Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The good news for Atlantic City’s casino industry is that internet gambling had its best month ever in August, bringing in more than $198 million. The bad news is that most of the city’s nine casinos are still winning less from in-person gamblers than they did before the

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A U.S. Defense Department official says the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Niger is complete. A Pentagon spokesperson said Monday that a small number of troops assigned to guard the U.S. Embassy remains. Niger’s ruling junta earlier this year ended an agreement that allowed American troops to operate in the West

Associated Press Postmaster General Louis DeJoy says he’ll work with state election officials to address concerns about mail-in ballots after they warned of persistent problems during the primary season. But he reiterated in a letter Monday that the Postal Service will be ready for the flood of mail-in ballots ahead of the November election. Election

Associated Press A district attorney reviewing the case of a Massachusetts State Police recruit who died after a boxing training exercise says he needs to turn it over to another agency because the man once worked in his office as a victim witness advocate. Twenty-five-year-old Enrique Delgado-Garcia died at a hospital last week, a day

Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Venezuela’s main opposition coalition has urged the U.S. to cancel licenses for Chevron and other energy companies. The coalition aims to pressure President Nicolás Maduro to negotiate a transition from power. An adviser to Edmundo González Urrutia’s campaign made the appeal Monday. González represented the Unitary Platform coalition in

AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Some food lovers celebrate vegetables or rice or chicken. Steve Sando celebrates beans. He’s found a flourishing national appetite for his dried heritage beans. The beans are native to the Americas and he loves their flavor, variety and even the broth they kick off. Sando’s latest cookbook, “The

LAURINBURG, N.C. (AP) — Police in North Carolina say a Waffle House customer fatally shot an 18-year-old worker. Laurinburg police say officers responding to a report of shots fired at the restaurant early Friday found Burlie Dawson Locklear of Red Springs suffering from a gunshot wound. He later died at a hospital. Police say the

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Voting rights groups have filed a lawsuit against  Alabama’s secretary of state over a policy they said is illegally removing naturalized citizens from voting rolls. Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen announced last month that 3,251 people who had been previously issued noncitizen identification numbers will have their voter registration status

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is placing new sanctions on a spyware firm and its executives after its tools were used to spy on journalists, dissidents and public officials around the world. The new penalties announced Monday by the Treasury Department target the Intellexa Consortium, a network of companies created by a

HARLAN, Ky. (AP) — Authorities say a Kentucky lawmaker was critically injured when the lawn mower he was riding plunged into an empty swimming pool at his home. State Sen. Johnnie Turner, a Republican from Harlan, is in critical but stable condition at the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville after the Sunday evening

Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — In yet another reversal, votes in Georgia for presidential candidates Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz will count for now. The Georgia Supreme Court on Sunday paused orders that had disqualified both. The move comes as Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s office says military and overseas ballots will be

CLEVELAND (AP) — A woman who authorities say fatally stabbed a 3-year-old boy as he sat in a grocery cart outside an Ohio supermarket and wounded his mother has been found incompetent to stand trial. Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge John Russo issued the ruling Friday. He says 33-year-old Bionca Ellis will remain hospitalized indefinitely

BOSTON (AP) — The alternative rock band Jane’s Addiction has scuttled its latest tour following an onstage scuffle between lead singer Perry Farrell and guitarist Dave Navarro. Farrell later apologized for “inexcusable behavior.” “The band have made the difficult decision to take some time away as a group. As such, they will be cancelling the

Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The federal government is warning that allowing people to bet on the outcome of U.S. elections poses too much of a risk to be allowed in the United States. A court filing warns that bad actors will try to manipulate the markets for these bets and threaten the

Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Republican Sen. Susan Collins is introducing a bill prompted by the state’s deadliest shooting that requires the Army to use state crisis intervention laws to remove a service member’s access to weapons if deemed to pose a serious treat. The Armed Forces Crisis Intervention Notification Act, which is being

Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s new reformist president is insisting that Tehran didn’t want to enrich uranium at near-weapons grade levels but had been forced by the U.S. withdrawal from its nuclear deal with world powers. The comments Monday by President Masoud Pezeshkian in response to a question by The Associated Press at

AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — New York rapper Lil Tecca will release his fourth studio album, “Plan A,” on Friday. He tells the Associated Press that “‘Plan A’ summarizes my plan for life.” There is no Plan B. The album, his most vulnerable to date, demonstrates growth for the young MC who first

AP Science Writer A new study offers the first detailed map of the human brain throughout and after pregnancy. It was published in the journal Nature Neuroscience on Monday. The study looks at one woman’s brain but kicks off a large international research project that aims to scan the brains of hundreds and could one

BEDFORD, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say an 8-year-old girl took an SUV from her Ohio home and drove for miles to a store where she was later found unharmed. The girl and the vehicle were reported missing around 9 a.m. Sunday. Bedford police say family members told them they had last seen the girl at

Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has pardoned 37 people serving prison sentences for what his office described as “extremist” crimes. It is the fourth time since July that the authoritarian leader has pardoned dozens of political prisoners in what some observers see as an attempt to soften his image. Lukashenko’s