STARKE, Fla. (AP) 鈥� A man convicted of the 1994 machete killings of his wife and two children was set to be put to death Thursday evening in what would be a record ninth execution in Florida this year and its highest single-year total since the Supreme Court restored the death penalty in 1976. Edward […]
The National Transportation Safety Board enters a second day of public hearings Thursday on the January midair collision between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and a passenger plane that killed all 67 people aboard the aircrafts. The focus will be on air traffic control. On the first day, investigators highlighted a number of factors that […]
NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� A New York City police officer who was among the four people shot and killed by a gunman during a rampage at a Manhattan office tower will be laid to rest Thursday. Officer Didarul Islam, 36, was fatally shot Monday in a midtown building that houses the National Football League鈥檚 headquarters. […]
HONOLULU (AP) 鈥� David Sun-Miyashiro was at home on the 31st floor of a Honolulu apartment building, high above danger, when his phone alerted him to a possible tsunami from a massive earthquake far across the Pacific Ocean. With plenty of time to spare before any surging waters might possibly reach Hawaii, he did something […]
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) 鈥� In a period when retail beef prices are at an all-time high and consumers are still willing to pay, South Dakota rancher Calli Williams would love to cash in. But it’s not so simple. Williams and her husband, Tate, raise about 70 cow-calf pairs near Letcher in southeastern South Dakota, roughly 18 […]
KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) 鈥� Texas lawmakers will take their search for answers following the deadly July 4 floods to the heart of the devastation in Kerr County, where local officials were expected to face questions over their response to the disaster that swept away homes and campers along the Guadalupe River. The hearing Thursday is […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� The Senate rejected an effort Wednesday from Sen. Bernie Sanders to block the sale of U.S. bombs and firearms to Israel, though the vote showed a growing number of Democrats opposed to the arms sales amid widespread hunger and suffering in Gaza. Sanders, an independent from Vermont, has repeatedly tried to block […]
ATLANTA (AP) 鈥� Georgia’s Ethics Commission says a political action committee linked to what federal investigators have called a Ponzi scheme illegally sought to influence elections. The complaint, filed Wednesday, says the spending came from the now-dissolved Georgia Republican Assembly PAC between 2021 and 2024. The committee was headed by Edwin Brant Frost V, the […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� President Donald Trump lashed out at Sen. Josh Hawley on Wednesday after the Republican’s proposal to ban stock trading by members of Congress 鈥� and the president and vice president 鈥� won bipartisan approval to advance in a committee vote. It鈥檚 the second time in as many days that Trump laid into […]
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) 鈥� A New Mexico judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by actor Alec Baldwin for malicious prosecution and civil rights violations in the 2021 fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of the Western movie 鈥淩ust.鈥� The judge in a ruling made public Wednesday dismissed the case without prejudice for […]
OLD ORCHARD BEACH, Maine (AP) 鈥� The police officer arrested by immigration authorities in a Maine town was a trusted member of the force who is missed by his colleagues, officials said Wednesday, expressing frustration with the lack of information about the case from the federal government. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Old Orchard […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� The Senate confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the National Counterterrorism Center, Joe Kent, on Wednesday evening as Republicans looked past his connections to right-wing extremists and support for conspiracy theories about the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. Kent won confirmation on a 53-44 party-line vote. He had […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� President Donald Trump has been getting his way on trade, strong-arming the European Union, Japan and other partners to accept once unthinkably high taxes on their exports to the United States. But his radical overhaul of American trade policy, in which he’s bypassed Congress to slam big tariffs on most of the […]
NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Businesses around the country are reevaluating security after a brazen shooting at a New York City office building raised questions about what it takes to keep workplaces safe. The attack on a seemingly secure building 鈥� in a gilded part of Manhattan where the rich live in sprawling apartments and tourists […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) 鈥� California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order Wednesday aimed at supporting men and boys and improving their mental health outcomes, in an effort to lower suicide rates among young men and help them feel less isolated. The order directs the state Health and Human Services Agency to recommend ways to […]
A dozen Democratic members of Congress who have been blocked from making oversight visits at immigration detention centers filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against the Trump administration that seeks to ensure they are granted entry into the facilities, even without prior notice. The lawsuit, filed in the District of Columbia鈥檚 federal court, said the Department […]
MODESTO, Calif. (AP) 鈥� Energy drinks that mistakenly contain vodka are being recalled in half a dozen states. High Noon is recalling two production lots of High Noon Beach Variety packs because some packs include cans containing vodka that were mislabeled as Celsius Astro Vibe Energy Drink, according to a U.S. Food and Drug Administration […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� Brown University on Wednesday said it reached a deal with the Trump administration to regain access to federal research funding and end investigations into alleged discrimination. The Ivy League school agreed to pay $50 million in workforce development grants in Rhode Island over 10 years as part of the agreement. ____ The […]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) 鈥� Authorities have released a photo and a composite sketch of a person they are trying to question as they investigate the fatal attack of a married couple in front of their children at Devil’s Den State Park in Arkansas. The search for the man who killed the hikers at a […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� A longtime close aide to President Joe Biden on Wednesday denounced Republican investigations into the former president as 鈥渂aseless鈥� in testimony to lawmakers and defended Biden as capable of carrying out his presidential duties 鈥渁t all times.鈥� Steve Ricchetti, a senior advisor to Biden during his presidency, wrote in his opening statement […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) 鈥� A Tennessee hospital says it never agreed to a request by state officials who face a court order to turn off a death row inmate’s heart-regulating implant before his execution next week. After a Nashville judge ordered the deactivation of Byron Black’s device, a Tennessee Department of Correction official said in […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) 鈥� President Donald Trump has downplayed the influence of Laura Loomer, a right-wing provocateur known for her incendiary social media presence, in his administration’s decision-making. But the list of administration officials who have drawn Loomer’s ire and swiftly thereafter gotten the axe from Trump has been growing. Among the latest is Dr. […]
NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� U.S. fashion retailer American Eagle Outfitters wanted to make a splash with its new advertising campaign starring 27-year-old actor Sydney Sweeney. The ad blitz included 鈥渃lever, even provocative language鈥� and was 鈥渄efinitely going to push buttons,鈥� the company鈥檚 chief marketing officer told trade media outlets. It has. The question now is […]
DENVER (AP) 鈥� The city of Colorado Springs has agreed to pay $3.2 million to settle a lawsuit in the death of a man who was repeatedly hit by a Taser while resisting being handcuffed in 2018. City councilors met in closed session to discuss a settlement in the lawsuit over the death of Jeffrey […]
