Month: August 2023

By LISA BAUMANN Associated Press Authorities say a second person has died in wildfires in eastern Washington state that have burned hundreds of structures and briefly closed a section of an interstate. Fire officials said Monday that a body was found Sunday in the vicinity of the Oregon fire north of Spokane. Another person died

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas has asked five school districts offering an Advanced Placement African American Studies course to send in their materials for review. Education Secretary Jacob Oliva told the districts Monday the state is concerned the course may violate state law placing restrictions on how race is

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Knicks are suing the Toronto Raptors, the Raptors head coach and a former Knicks employee, saying the worker stole thousands of videos and other scouting secrets to give to his new Canadian employer. The lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court on Monday seeks

By The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The generic drug maker Teva Pharmaceuticals agreed Monday to pay $225 million to settle price-fixing charges related to sales of a widely used cholesterol-lowering drug. The U.S. Department of Justice said the agreement also requires Teva to divest its business making and selling the drug, pravastatin, a generic

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Environmental groups have filed a lawsuit in Virginia to try to keep the state in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. The Southern Environmental Law Center filed the long-promised lawsuit in Fairfax County Circuit Court on Monday. The initiative is an effort by mid-Atlantic and Northeast states to reduce power plants’ carbon

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Mideast envoy says the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has killed over 200 Palestinians and nearly 30 Israelis so far this year – already surpassing last year’s annual figures and the highest number since 2005. Tor Wennesland told the U.N. Security Council on Monday that the

By VALERIE GONZALEZ and PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas has moved a floating barrier on the U.S.-Mexico border closer to American soil as the Biden administration and Mexico protest the wrecking ball-sized buoys that Republican Gov. Greg Abbott authorized in the name of preventing migrants from entering the country. The

By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A judge has ruled that most of the claims of sexual abuse and other mistreatment made in a long-running civil lawsuit by dozens of former patients of a Virginia children’s hospital can move forward. Richmond Circuit Court Judge Bradley Cavedo rejected defendants’ arguments this month that

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Black FedEx delivery driver who says two white men shot at and chased him in Mississippi in 2022 has now been fired from his job. The former driver, D’Monterrio Gibson, spoke to The Associated Press on Monday, shortly after he received an email about

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Already involved in two lawsuits with Disney, Gov. Ron DeSantis’ appointees to a board that oversees Disney World’s governing district on Monday launched a battle against the company on a new front — free passes and discounts for district employees. Board members of the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District submitted

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Spanish singer Miguel Bosé says 10 armed assailants burst into his house in Mexico City and tied him, his two children and household staff for two hours while they ransacked the premises. Bosé wrote in his Instagram account on Monday that he and his children are okay following the Friday home-invasion

By LEAH WILLINGHAM and JOHN RABY Associated Press MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia University students have staged a walkout to protest the proposed elimination of academic programs while showing support for faculty and staff whose jobs are being targeted. Separate midday rallies were organized Monday by the West Virginia United Students’ Union. Organizers want

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators on Monday approved the first RSV vaccine for pregnant women so their babies will be born with protection against the scary respiratory infection. RSV is notorious for filling hospitals with wheezing babies every fall and winter. The Food and Drug Administration cleared Pfizer’s maternal

By EMMA BURROWS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Posts on Russian social media channels indicate that Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin has published his first recruitment video for the Wagner Group since organizing a short-lived mutiny against defense officials in Russia. A video posted Monday on Telegram messaging app channels which are believed to be

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico judge has set a 2024 starting date for the trial of movie armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by actor Alec Baldwin during a rehearsal on the set of a Western film. State district court Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer on Monday scheduled the

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two men remain in the hospital for serious wounds suffered at a weekend bull-running event in central Mexico that officials say had about 20 people injured. The government of the central state of Tlaxcala said in a statement late Sunday that the serious injuries involved a 31-year-old being gored in the

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans have subpoenaed several FBI and IRS agents involved in the federal investigation into Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden. Leaders of the House Judiciary and Ways and Means committees demanded testimony Monday from four agents who worked on the yearslong case as they investigate what they

By MARIA DI MENTO of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy MacKenzie Scott’s quest to give the bulk of her wealth to charity continues. So far this year, 24 nonprofits have announced they’ve received unrestricted donations from Scott through her Yield Giving fund, according to a Chronicle of Philanthropy tally. The gifts total $146

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors are objecting to the April 2026 trial date proposed by lawyers for Donald Trump in the case accusing the former president of scheming to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Members of special counsel Jack Smith’s team said in a court filing that Trump’s lawyers last week had exaggerated

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and JILL COLVIN Associated Press Former President Donald Trump says he will surrender to authorities in Georgia on Thursday to face charges in the case accusing him of illegally scheming to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state. “Can you believe it? I’ll be going to Atlanta, Georgia, on Thursday