Month: August 2023

By VICTOR R. CAIVANO and DANIEL POLITI Associated Press LOMA HERMOSA; Argentina (AP) — Argentine authorities have reported a large number of arrests for lootings and attempted lootings in recent days, raising concerns about violence ahead of October presidential elections and prompting the president to appeal for calm. The arrests have prompted some business owners

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Known as the Zorro Ranch, a high-desert property once owned by disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein has been sold after two years on the market. An attorney for Epstein’s estate, Daniel Weiner, confirmed Tuesday that the ranch had been sold for an undisclosed price, and the proceeds would be used to

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER and RICHARD VOGEL Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A longtime friend says the California woman killed for apparently refusing to remove an LGBTQ+ rainbow Pride flag from outside her store was adamant that she would never take it down. Laura Ann Carleton was fatally shot Friday outside Mag.Pi, the shop she

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The New York Giants say tight end Tommy Sweeney is stable and alert after collapsing during practice and being carted away from the field. The Giants say Sweeney “had a medical event” and was “conversant” while under the care of physicians. The former Boston College standout is now in his

BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — A 51-year-old Montana woman who pleaded guilty to torturing and killing her 12-year-old grandson more than three years ago has been sentenced to life in prison. Patricia Batts was sentenced Tuesday after pleading guilty in May to deliberate homicide and two other felonies in the death of James “Alex” Hurley at

NEW YORK (AP) — A woman who killed an 87-year-old Broadway singing coach by shoving her onto a Manhattan sidewalk has avoided a lengthy prison sentence. Lauren Pazienza pleaded guilty to manslaughter on Wednesday, and will instead serve eight years behind bars. The 28-year-old teared up in court as she admitted randomly attacking Barbara Maier

By JULIE WALKER and KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Officials in New York say a golfer beat a goose to death with a golf club  in a misguided attempt to put it out of its misery. The golfer was arrested on a misdemeanor animal cruelty charge last week at the Putnam County

By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Most octopuses lead solitary lives. So scientists were startled to find thousands of octopus huddled together, protecting their eggs at the bottom of the ocean off the central California coast. Now researchers may have solved the mystery of why these pearl octopus congregate: Heat seeping up

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former Southern California running back Reggie Bush plans to file a defamation lawsuit against the NCAA over a statement made by college sports’ governing body about the circumstances of its decision not to restore the Heisman Trophy winner’s records. Bush objects to a statement issued in July 2021 calling the star’s

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press The BTK serial killer has been named the “prime suspect” in two unsolved killings — one in Oklahoma and another in Missouri — leading authorities to dig this week near his former Kansas property in Park City, authorities announced Wednesday. Osage County, Oklahoma, Undersheriff Gary Upton told

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico judge on Wednesday rejected a request by Alec Baldwin ’s attorneys to dismiss a civil lawsuit by three “Rust” crew members who allege cost-cutting endangered the cast and crew as the actor-producer skipped his own safety training. Chief District Judge Bryan Biedscheid

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A Colorado man charged with killing 10 people at a Boulder supermarket in 2021 is mentally competent to move toward trial, prosecutors announced Wednesday, raising the possibility that criminal proceedings stalled for over 1 ½ years could resume soon. In a court filing, they wrote that experts

BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese army says an army helicopter crashed during a training mission in a forest east of Beirut, killing two crew members and injuring one. The army, in a terse statement, said the helicopter crashed Wednesday night near the mountain town of Hammana. It gave no further details. Lebanon is in the

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarusian authorities have declared the country’s oldest and most prominent human rights group an extremist organization. The move Wednesday against Viasna — founded by imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski, comes amid a yearslong crackdown on dissent in Belarus and exposes anyone involved in its

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia’s police commissioner says a police officer who shot and killed a driver sitting in his car last week is being suspended and will be fired. Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said Wednesday that Officer Mark Dial will be suspended with intent to dismiss him in 30 days for refusing to cooperate in

By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press Writer MIAMI (AP) — Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio is calling on the Biden administration to reject Colombia’s request for extradition of a former warlord after he was named a peace envoy in the South American nation. Salvatore Mancuso completed a 12-year cocaine trafficking sentence in 2020 and has been

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey will require school districts to offer free menstrual products for grades six through 12 under a new law Gov. Phil Murphy signed Wednesday. Murphy, a Democrat, said in a statement that the measure is aimed at promoting equity “at every level” in the state. “When students can’t access the

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. government officials on Wednesday started cracking down on co-founders of the virtual currency mixer Tornado Cash, just days after a federal judge decided that the government had the authority to sanction them. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has sanctioned Roman Semenov of Russia, one of

By VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press MATAMOROS, Mexico (AP) — At a massive encampment near an international bridge along the U.S.-Mexico border, migrants from Honduras, Haiti, Venezuela and elsewhere have turned scraps of plastic, poster board and rope into makeshift homes. Mexico’s immigration agency and a Catholic aid group are offering what may be at least

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Health care facilities in Oregon will be allowed to return amputated body parts to patients for cultural, spiritual or religious reasons under a new law supported by tribes. Oregon Public Broadcasting reports that some members of the tribes believe keeping a person’s body together is necessary for a smooth transition to

By HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press/Report for America MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democrats are trying to prohibit the use of expensive, sham lawsuits to deter criticism by news outlets and members of the public. Their proposal reacts to Republican state Sen. Cory Tomczyk’s ongoing lawsuit against the Wausau Pilot & Review, a local news site

EDGARTOWN, Mass. (AP) — The drowning death of former President Barack Obama’s personal chef near the family’s home on Martha’s Vineyard last month has been ruled an accident by the Massachusetts medical examiner. Tafari Campbell, 45, of Dumfries, Virginia drowned while using a paddleboard in Edgartown Great Pond on July 24, the Massachusetts State Police