Month: October 2021

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A judge has set a March trial date for the Ohio police officer charged with killing Andre Hill. The 47-year-old Hill, who was Black, was fatally shot by Columbus Officer Adam Coy, who is white, on Dec. 22. Hill was shot as he emerged from a garage holding up a cellphone.

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press The Treasury Department has announced plans to start reallocating rental assistance money in a bid to get more cash into the hands of families facing eviction. The details released Monday follows the slow pace of distribution in many parts of the country. A little more than 16.5% of the tens

ISTANBUL (AP) — The Turkish Defense Ministry says its troops have captured a major base belonging to Kurdish militants in northern Iraq. Twelve members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, were “neutralized” in the operation, the ministry said in a tweet on Monday. It uses the term to describe opponents that are killed, wounded

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A powerful Philadelphia labor leader has gone on trial two years after a lengthy indictment put him at the center of a sweeping corruption case. The charges against Johnny Dougherty are being split into at least two trials. In the case starting Monday, the boss known as “Doc” is accused of keeping

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek counterterrorism police have arrested an asylum-seeker in central Athens suspected of membership of the Islamic State group. A police statement said the 34-year-old man’s arrest Monday followed cooperation with Greece’s EYP intelligence agency and information provided by foreign agencies. The suspect was due to appear before an Athens prosecutor on

LONDON (AP) — A British nurse has denied charges of murdering eight babies and trying to kill 10 more while working on a hospital’s neonatal ward. Lucy Letby, 31, appeared for a brief hearing at Manchester Crown Court by video link from prison Monday. She answered “not guilty” to eight charges of murder and 10

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida first lady Casey DeSantis has breast cancer. Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis issued a statement Monday announcing his wife’s diagnosis. Casey DeSantis is the mother of the couple’s three children, the youngest of whom was born after the governor took office in January 2019. Gov. DeSantis said his 41-year-old wife is

By DAVID EGGERT Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has vetoed several Republican-sponsored election bills. She says they would have perpetuated falsehoods to discredit the 2020 presidential election and made it tougher for people living in large senior facilities and apartment complexes to vote. Some measures would have codified existing

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China has sent 56 fighter planes toward Taiwan in the largest show of force on record, continuing the three days of sustained military harassment against the self-ruled island. The first sortie included 34 fighter jets and 12 bombers, and later four more fighters flew towards the