Month: August 2023

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — While Republican Daniel Cameron has downplayed his support for charter schools and vouchers in his education plans, school choice advocates have pumped millions into ads attacking his opponent, Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear. School choice remains a simmering issue in Kentucky’s legislature. Democrats say the ads by

By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana is asking a federal judge to allow its law banning new downloads of TikTok to take effect while a legal challenge filed by the company and five content creators moves through the courts. Montana’s ban is set to take effect in January. The plaintiffs

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — The Dominican government says the families of the 32 people killed in an explosion last week will receive a one-time payment of nearly $900 in economic aid. Officials said Monday that each family also will receive a monthly payment of $350 until December. The Aug. 14 explosion occurred at

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — A man charged in 2019 with planning an Islamic State-inspired attack at a Washington, D.C., area shopping and entertainment complex has pleaded guilty in a separate plot to drive a stolen van into a crowd at a Virginia airport. Rondell Henry of Germantown, Maryland, is

By The Associated Press Tropical Storm Hilary faded after delivering a drenching that ranged from Mexico’s Baja California north all the way to Oregon and Idaho. It was the first tropical storm to hit Southern California in 84 years, and dropped more than half an average year’s rain on some areas. That meant flooded roads,

By PATRICK ORSAGOS Associated Press CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio (AP) — A prosecutor in Ohio is asking a judge to dismiss charges, at least for now, against a Black truck driver who was bitten by a police dog while he was surrendering along a highway last month. A prosecuting attorney in Ross County says in a motion

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council says unauthorized construction by Turkish Cypriots inside the U.N. buffer zone dividing Cyrus is a violation of the status quo and runs contrary to council resolutions. And the council has condemned an assault by Turkish Cypriots on U.N. peacekeepers. The council statement was issued after emergency closed

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee lawmakers gaveled in for a special session stemming from a shooting at a Nashville elementary school that left six dead, including three young children. Hundreds of community organizers, families, protesters and many more have spent months asking lawmakers to consider passing gun

By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Federal agents have arrested a 41-year-old Chicago-area woman on a complaint accusing her of sending emails threatening to shoot former President Donald Trump and his son Barron. The U.S. attorney’s office in Chicago says Tracy Marie Fiorenza was arrested Monday morning on a charge of

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House conservatives in a group known as the Freedom Caucus have unveiled a list of demands that they want included in a stopgap spending measure to keep the federal government running after the end of September. It’s a smorgasbord of non-starters for the Democratic-controlled Senate and the

MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia sheriff has pleaded guilty to groping TV judge Glenda Hatchett during a law enforcement conference last year. Bleckley County Sherriff Kristopher Coody pleaded guilty Monday in Cobb County State Court to a misdemeanor charge of sexual battery. Prosecutors had accused Coody of groping Hatchett’s breast as she was being

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Vladimir Putin will be the odd one out when leaders from the BRICS economic bloc of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa meet in Johannesburg this week. While all the others are set to attend the meetings in person, Putin will dial in on a video

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus police have rescued 18 Syrian migrants after their boat started taking on water some 3.5 miles off the Mediterranean island nation’s southeastern coast. Police said Monday the 11 men, three unescorted minors one woman and her three children had set sail from Tartus, Syria and were brought ashore aboard a

By JOHN HANNA Associated Press MARION, Kan. (AP) — The initial online search of a state website that led a central Kansas police chief to raid a local weekly newspaper was legal, a spokesperson for the agency that maintains the site said Monday, as newly released video showed the publisher’s 98-year-old mother protesting a search

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is accusing Facebook of putting profits over people’s safety during Canada’s wildfire emergencies.   Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, announced earlier this summer it would keep its promise to block news content in Canada on its platforms in response

REDMOND, Wash. (AP) — Charles Martinet, the original voice of Mario in Nintendo games since the 1990s, is stepping down. Nintendo of America confirmed Monday that Martinet will now serve in the role of “Mario Ambassador,” traveling around the world to promote the beloved plumber, signing autographs and performing Nintendo character voices. “It’s been a

TJ L’HEUREUX, ADRIENNE WASHINGTON, ALBERT SERNA JR., ANISA SHABIR and ISAAC STONE SIMONELLI, The Howard Center for Investigative Journalism and Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Against the background hum of the convention center, Dar Leaf settled into a club chair to explain the sacred mission of America’s sheriffs, his bright

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The Swiss weather service says a heat wave has driven the zero-degree Celsius level to its highest altitude since recordings on it in Switzerland began nearly 70 years ago, a new ominous sign for the country’s vaunted glaciers. MeteoSwiss says the zero-degree isotherm level reached 5,298 meters,

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Heisman Trophy winner Caleb Williams of USC, Ohio State receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. and Michigan running back Blake Corum are among the returning first-team players who were selected to The Associated Press preseason All-America team announced Monday. Notre Dame offensive tackle Joe Alt and Miami safety Kam