Month: September 2023

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Authorities say a female jail inmate in Kentucky has died after jumping out of a moving vehicle in an attempted escape. A news release Tuesday from the Fayette County Coroner’s Office says 21-year-old Brianna Hollon died on Aug. 31.  The Franklin County Regional Jail inmate leaped from the transport vehicle’s window

By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press A former congressional staffer has won the Republican primary in a special election to fill a soon-to-be vacated congressional seat in Utah. Celeste Maloy defeated two others to get the GOP nod to replace Republican U.S. Rep. Chris Stewart. The reliably Republican district covers northern Salt Lake City and much

By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The politically divided Virginia General Assembly has approved long-overdue budget legislation, sending it to Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin. Legislators met in a brief special session Wednesday to sign off on the bill. The spending plan would both reduce taxes and boost spending on public education and

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Angela Bassett is going to have to wait a little bit longer to get her Oscar. The 14th Governors Awards has been delayed from November until January, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Wednesday. The Academy, which puts on the Oscars, decided to delay the event

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The judge overseeing the Georgia election subversion case involving former President Donald Trump on Wednesday denied requests by two of the 19 defendants to be tried alone, instead saying the pair would be tried together starting next month. Since lawyers Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell have both

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Soaked with sweat as the temperature neared 95 degrees Fahrenheit (35 Celsius) on the hottest day at this year’s U.S. Open, 2021 champion Daniil Medvedev walked slowly to towel off between points of his victory Wednesday, looked into a courtside camera and issued what sounded

By AMY TAXIN Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A California judge has halted a school district policy that requires parents be notified if their children change their gender identification or pronouns at school. A San Bernardino County judge issued the ruling Wednesday. California Attorney General Rob Bonta had sued Chino Valley Unified School

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A newly discovered comet is swinging through our cosmic neighborhood for the first time in more than 400 years. Stargazers in the Northern Hemisphere will want to catch a glimpse as soon as possible this week or early next week. It’ll be another 400

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America A coalition of environmental groups is suing Utah’s government, saying the state has failed to stop the Great Salt Lake from shrinking at an alarming pace. Organizations including the Sierra Club and the Center for Biological Diversity say that upstream water has been diverted for decades to farmers

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Democratic Party has launched a $4 million effort to pressure Republicans to back down from impeaching a new liberal state Supreme Court justice. Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair Ben Wikler says the effort announced Wednesday will include digital and television ads, voter outreach efforts and

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Prosecutors say a White House adviser to President Donald Trump acted as if he were “above the law” when he refused to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. The prosecutors summarized their case as trial got underway Wednesday

By MSTYSLAV CHERNOV Associated Press KOSTIANTYNIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — The Russian missile that struck in eastern Ukraine turned an outdoor market into a fiery, blackened ruin where weeping civilians looked for loved ones among the mangled, burned bodies scattered across the ground. The blast Wednesday in the town of Kostiantynivka killed 17 people and wounded

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Nia DaCosta, director of the upcoming “The Marvels,” has a diagnosis for the recent struggles of superhero movies. It basically comes down to, she says, “Mo’ money, mo’ problems.” Success inevitably breeds bigger budgets. Box-office expectations get inflated. Even superhero spandex can’t sustain endless cycles

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The head of the United Auto Workers warned Wednesday that the union plans to go on strike against any Detroit automaker that hasn’t reached a new agreement by the time contracts expire next week. “That’s the plan,” President Shawn Fain responded when asked if the union

By JIM SALTER Associated Press A man awaiting sentencing for killing a Missouri police officer is challenging the constitutionality of a state law that allows judges to hand down the death sentence. A jury in June convicted 45-year-old Ian McCarthy of first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Clinton Police Officer Gary Lee Michael Jr.

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A liberal group on Wednesday filed a lawsuit to bar former President Donald Trump from the primary ballot in Colorado, arguing he is ineligible to run for the White House again under a rarely used clause in the U.S. Constitution aimed at candidates who have supported an

By DENISE LAVOIE AP Legal Affairs Writer RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to revoke the bond for the mother of a Virginia boy who shot and wounded his first-grade teacher after she allegedly failed multiple drug tests while awaiting sentencing on felony charges. Deja Taylor pleaded guilty to having a

ATLANTA (AP) — Delta Air Lines says it’s bringing former star quarterback Tom Brady on board as a “long-term strategic adviser.” Brady is a seven-time Super Bowl winner for the New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. “Bringing a leader like Tom onto the Delta team furthers our mission to connect the world while accelerating

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Republican presidential hopeful Chris Christie says Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis had put “politics ahead of his job” by declining to meet with President Joe Biden during the Democrat’s weekend visit to survey Hurricane Idalia’s damage in DeSantis’ state. “Your job as governor is to be the

BREEZY POINT, Minn. (AP) — Three people have been found dead at a resort in northern Minnesota. Police say the bodies were discovered around 8:50 p.m. Tuesday at Whitebirch Resort in Breezy Point. Police haven’t disclosed names of the victims or how they died, but said in a statement there was “no indication of any

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A third Democratic candidate has announced that she’s running for a western Wisconsin congressional seat held by freshman Republican Rep. Derrick Van Orden in one of the presidential battleground state’s swing districts. Former La Crosse County Board Chair Tara Johnson on Wednesday announced her candidacy. She