Month: September 2023

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell declared again that he plans to finish his term as leader despite freezing up twice at news conferences over the summer, brushing off questions about his health as he sought to reassure colleagues he’s still up to the job. At a

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The felony convictions of four former Navy officers in one of the worst bribery cases in the maritime branch’s history were vacated Wednesday following allegations of prosecutorial misconduct, the latest setback to the government’s yearslong efforts in going after dozens of military officials tied to a defense contractor nicknamed Fat Leonard.

By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The George Washington University community in the nation’s capital has been told to shelter in place after a homicide suspect escaped custody at the university’s hospital. Police announced on the X social platform that 31-year-old Christopher Haynes had “escaped custody” at the hospital just after 3:30 p.m.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A man wanted in connection with an ambush that killed nine American citizens in northern Mexico nearly four years ago has been arrested in New Mexico, federal authorities said Wednesday. The U.S. Marshals Service said Ivan Gustavo Hernandez-Cabral, 24, was taken into custody Monday in Albuquerque after the agency acted on

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An information technology director at Mar-a-Lago struck a cooperation agreement with federal prosecutors last summer in their investigation of Donald Trump’s retention of classified documents at the former president’s Florida property, according to the worker’s ex-lawyer. Stanley Woodward, a former attorney for the IT manager, made the

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press For generations, the political face of Rhode Island was often Italian or Irish American. But that is changing. The latest shift came Tuesday when Gabe Amo, who grew up in Pawtucket the son of Ghanaian and Liberian immigrants, topped a crowded Democratic primary field in the state’s 1st Congressional District

By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas must move a large floating barrier that Gov. Greg Abbott placed on the river between the U.S. and Mexico this summer as part of the Republican’s escalating attempts to stop migrants from crossing America’s southern border, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. U.S. District Judge

By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ and MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Supreme Court threw out all federal criminal penalties for abortion Wednesday, ruling that national laws prohibiting the procedure are unconstitutional and violate women’s rights in a sweeping decision that extended Latin American’s trend of widening abortion access. The high court ordered that

By JILL COLVIN and ROBERT F. BUKATY Associated Press MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence is casting the 2024 election as a fight for the future of conservatism and the GOP. In a speech Wednesday, he called on Republicans to reject the “siren song of populism” he said is championed by former

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Alex Murdaugh’s double murder case has been full of twists and turns. But one of the biggest surprises came as his lawyers say he deserves a new trial for killing his wife and son and his life sentence tossed out because elected Colleton County Clerk of

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer A wide-ranging survey into the state of the U.S. Olympic system leveled criticism at the U.S. Center for SafeSport, with a draft report concluding that feedback collected about the 6-year-old agency “paints a picture of a center in potential crisis.” SafeSport Center CEO Ju’Riese Colon was among the Olympic

By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press A blast of late summer heat caused disruptions Wednesday for schools from Michigan to Virginia, with some districts dismissing students early and others holding classes online just days into the new academic year. While temperatures weren’t as high as last month’s triple-digit deadly heat wave, schools in states including Michigan,

JERUSALEM (AP) — Morocco’s senate president has postponed a historic visit to Israel due to health reasons. Israel officials announced the delay on Wednesday, a day before Enaam Mayara was scheduled to come Israel’s Knesset, or parliament. The visit was aimed at cementing the fledgling ties between the two countries. Israel and Morocco fully normalized

By ED KOMENDA, GABE STERN and SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — The rain clouds have passed and the temple has burned. Now it’s time to clean up what remains in the northeastern Nevada desert after heavy rain flooded the annual Burning Man festival. One of the principles of Burning Man is to

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani man whose son is being sought by Pakistani and U.K. police in connection with last month’s death of his 10-year-old daughter in the United Kingdom has issued an appeal. He urged his fugitive son to surrender and cooperate with investigators. Muhammad Sharif made his remarks Wednesday after authorities in Pakistan