Inmate who was beaten in back of patrol car in Arkansas has filed federal lawsuit
Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas inmate who was beaten by a police officer in the back of a patrol car has sued the former…
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A city proud of its role in facing down hatred confronts a new wave of violence
Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — There was a time when the city of Birmingham, Alabama, earned the nickname “Bombingham,” renowned for…
Continue ReadingUS Treasury sanctions a chain of ice cream shops and a pharmacy tied to the Sinaloa Cartel
Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned a Mexican ice cream shop chain and a local pharmacy used as…
Continue ReadingMan who staked out Trump at Florida golf course charged with attempting an assassination
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A man who authorities say staked out Donald Trump for 12 hours on his golf course in Florida and wrote of his…
Continue ReadingJudge suspends arrest order of a top Brazilian country music star amid money laundering probe
Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A Brazilian judge has suspended the preventive arrest of one of the country’s most popular country music…
Continue ReadingSepsis and malnutrition stalk the new mothers and babies of South Darfur
CAIRO (AP) — The humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders says new mothers and their children in the Sudanese region of South Darfur are…
Continue ReadingEPA data make it hard to know the extent of the contamination from last year’s Ohio derailment
Associated Press The way the Environmental Protection Agency has reported its test results since the disastrous East Palestine, Ohio, train…
Continue ReadingAccused drug dealer arrested in killings of 2 confidential police informants, police in Indiana say
RICHMOND, Ind. (AP) — An accused drug dealer has been arrested in the killings of two confidential police informants whose bodies were stashed in…
Continue ReadingIn effort to refute porn-site message report, Mark Robinson campaign hires a law firm
Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson says his campaign has hired a law firm to…
Continue ReadingWhat to know as Tropical Storm Helene takes aim at Florida
Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Another storm system is taking aim at Florida. Tropical Storm Helene, soon to be a hurricane, is…
Continue ReadingEx-officer charged with couple’s death in Houston drug raid awaits jury’s verdict
Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A jury is deliberating the fate of a former Houston police officer accused of being responsible for the 2019 deaths…
Continue ReadingJudge lets over 8,000 Catholic employers deny worker protections for abortion and fertility care
Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge is allowing more than 8,000 Catholic employers nationwide to reject government regulations…
Continue ReadingA year ago Kevin McCarthy was booted as House speaker. Mike Johnson is trying to avoid that fate
AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — One year since House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was booted from office after Congress voted to fund…
Continue ReadingBiden is making his long-awaited visit to Africa in October. He’ll stop in Germany, then Angola
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Joe Biden will make his long-awaited visit to Africa next month. He will travel…
Continue ReadingNYC schools boss to step down later this year after federal agents seized his devices
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The head of New York City’s public schools system says he will step down at the end of the calendar year,…
Continue ReadingSuit seeks to overturn Georgia law on homeless voter registration and voter challenges
Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A new lawsuit seeks to overturn two provisions of a Georgia election law related to voter challenges. The Georgia…
Continue ReadingSenate chairman demands answers from emergency rooms that denied care to pregnant patients
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hospitals are facing questions about why they denied care to pregnant patients and whether state abortion bans…
Continue ReadingEx-NYC COVID adviser is fired after video reveals he attended parties during pandemic
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former New York City official who helped coordinate the city’s response to the pandemic was fired from his…
Continue ReadingVideo game actors’ union calls for strike against ‘League of Legends’
AP Technology Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — “League of Legends” is caught in the middle of a dispute between Hollywood’s actors union and an…
Continue ReadingSt. Lucia’s first Olympic medalist returns home to cheers and calypso
Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — As the first St. Lucian to win an Olympic medal, sprinter Julien Alfred already has poetry, paintings…
Continue ReadingSurvivors of sex abuse at Illinois juvenile detention facilities hope for justice
Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Survivors of child sex abuse at juvenile detention facilities in Illinois are hoping for justice. Hundreds of…
Continue ReadingWoman alleges Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs raped her on video in latest lawsuit
AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Another woman sued Sean “Diddy” Combs on Tuesday, alleging that the music mogul and his head of…
Continue ReadingHaitian group in Springfield, Ohio, files citizen criminal charges against Trump and Vance
Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The leader of a nonprofit representing the Haitian community has invoked a private-citizen right to file…
Continue ReadingInvitation Homes agrees to pay $48 million to settle claims it saddled tenants with hidden fees
AP Business Writer The nation’s largest owner of single-family homes for rent has agreed to pay $48 million to settle claims by the Federal Trade…
Continue ReadingGOP governor halts push to prevent Trump from losing one of Nebraska’s electoral votes
Associated Press An effort to prevent Donald Trump from losing a potentially crucial electoral vote from Nebraska appears dead. Republican Gov. Jim…
Continue ReadingBoeing gives union more time to vote on an offer that’s getting poor reviews from striking workers
Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Boeing is giving the union representing striking factory workers more time to consider a revised contract offer…
Continue ReadingHouse Republicans advance contempt charges against Secretary Blinken over Afghanistan testimony
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans on the House Foreign Affairs Committee have advanced contempt of Congress charges against Secretary…
Continue ReadingDangerous chemical leak spurs evacuation order in Ohio town
CLEVES, Ohio (AP) — Students in school buildings and residents in nearby homes have been told to evacuate near Cincinnati after a dangerous…
Continue ReadingUS appeals court says man can sue Pennsylvania over 26 years of solitary confinement
Legal Affairs Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A U.S. appeals court has ruled that a man who spent 26 years in solitary confinement in Pennsylvania can…
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Policing group says officers must change how and when they use physical force on US streets
Associated Press An influential group of law enforcement leaders is pushing police departments across the U.S. to change how officers use force when…
Continue ReadingUS company accuses Mexico of expropriating its property on the Caribbean coast
MEXICO CITY (AP) — An American quarry company says the Mexican government has carried out a de facto expropriation of its properties on…
Continue ReadingCapitol rioter mistakenly released from prison after appeals court ruling, prosecutors say
Associated Press The federal Bureau of Prisons mistakenly released an Iowa man from custody before he finished serving his 30-month sentence for…
Continue ReadingQatar is the second Muslim nation whose citizens can travel to the US without a visa
AP Diplomatic Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Gulf nation of Qatar has become just the second Muslim-majority country to be admitted into a program that…
Continue ReadingEx-officer testifies in tears he’s sorry for Tyre Nichols beating. ‘I made his child fatherless’
Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A former Memphis police officer who has pleaded guilty to violating Tyre Nichols’ civil rights testified…
Continue ReadingCalifornia judge charged in wife’s death is arrested on suspicion of drinking alcohol while on bail
Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California judge was taken into custody Tuesday after another judge contended that he lied about drinking…
Continue ReadingTrump mixes up the name of Charlottesville, Virginia, during his speech in Georgia
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump flubbed the name of Charlottesville, Virginia, while going off script during a speech on Tuesday otherwise focused…
Continue ReadingDepartment of Justice sues Visa, alleges the card issuer monopolizes debit card markets
AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Visa, alleging that the financial services…
Continue ReadingA junior party in the Czech government is set to leave the Cabinet over the dismissal of its leader
PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic’s government was in crisis Tuesday after a junior party in the ruling coalition said it would leave the Cabinet…
Continue ReadingKey takeaways from AP’s interview with Francis Ford Coppola about ‘Megalopolis’
AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Francis Ford Coppola believes he can stop time. It’s not just a quality of the protagonist of Coppola’s new film…
Continue ReadingPac-12 files a federal lawsuit against Mountain West over $43 million in ‘poaching’ penalties
AP College Football Writer The Pac-12 is suing the Mountain West over what it calls an unlawful and unenforceable “poaching penalty” that would…
Continue ReadingOhio sheriff deletes online post about Harris supporters and their yard signs after public outcry
Associated Press An Ohio sheriff has deleted a social media post in which he said people with Kamala Harris yard signs should have their addresses…
Continue ReadingSri Lanka’s new president calls a parliamentary election for November to consolidate his mandate
Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has dissolved parliament and called for a…
Continue ReadingTwo powerful unions join protests in Martinique over the high cost of living
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Two powerful unions on the French Caribbean island of Martinique have joined protests against high living costs that…
Continue ReadingUS is sending $375 million in military aid to Ukraine and will announce billions more
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has announced the U.S. will send Ukraine an undisclosed number of medium-range cluster…
Continue ReadingGeorgia court could reject counting presidential votes for Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz
Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Supreme Court justices are expressing skepticism that votes for presidential candidates Cornel West and…
Continue ReadingGuatemala to send 150 military police officers to help fight gangs in Haiti
GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala (AP) — Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo says his country will send 150 military police officers to help Haiti fight…
Continue ReadingIn the gateway to the Arctic, fat, ice and polar bears are crucial. All three are in trouble
AP Science Writer ON HUDSON BAY (AP) — Searching for polar bears where the Churchill River dumps into Canada’s massive Hudson Bay, biologist…
Continue ReadingA Texas county has told an appeals court it has a right to cull books on sex, gender and racism
Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Lawyers for a Texas county that wants to keep 17 books off its library shelves went before 18 federal appeals…
Continue ReadingDior’s sporty elegance and urban grit hits Paris Fashion Week
AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Maria Grazia Chiuri’s Dior collection took a sporty turn, blending athletic prowess with an urban menace on…
Continue ReadingItaly’s automotive workers plan to strike on Oct. 18 over a fall in output at Stellantis
ROME (AP) — Italy’s main metalworkers union says workers in the automotive sector will go on strike on Oct. 18 in protest of declining output…
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