Month: September 2023

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press The second Republican presidential debate is drawing near with a smaller onstage lineup than the first event last month. Here’s all of the information on how to watch: TUNING IN The two-hour debate will start at 9 p.m. ET on Wednesday. It’s being moderated by Fox Business Network host Stuart

MEXICO CITY (AP) — As many as a dozen bodies have been found scattered around the northern Mexico industrial hub of Monterrey and its suburbs. Prosecutors in the state of Nuevo Leon did not give a final tally of the number of dead because some of the bodies had been found in pieces or were

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s Republican attorney general is suing a school district for secretly discussing transgender student bathroom access. The Tuesday lawsuit claims a suburban St. Louis school board violated open-meeting laws. Two Wentzville school board members say the board unlawfully discussed public policy during a closed meeting. The

By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Donatella Versace slammed the Italian government for what she described as anti-gay policies in a heartfelt and personal speech that referenced her late brother, Gianni Versace, while receiving a fashion award this weekend.  Versace said in the speech Sunday evening that “our government is trying to take

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — On the same day Alabama Black voters scored a victory in the U.S. Supreme Court, a federal trial opened in Florida in which lawyers say Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis violated the U.S. Constitution by deliberately dismantling a congressional district that favored Black candidates. It’s one of

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma City Council has set a citywide vote for Dec. 12 on a proposed 1% sales tax for six years to help fund a new $900 million downtown arena for the NBA’s Thunder. The council voted 7-2 on Tuesday to send the proposal to a vote of the people. The

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A judge ruled Tuesday that Donald Trump committed fraud for years while building the real estate empire that catapulted him to fame and the White House, and he ordered some of the former president’s companies removed from his control and dissolved. Judge Arthur Engoron, ruling

By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Tens of thousands of hospitality workers in Las Vegas have voted to authorize a strike that could disrupt dozens of hotels and casinos. The Culinary Workers Union, which represents 60,000 workers, says 95% of members who voted Tuesday approved the authorization. The union is still holding

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A coalition of anti-abortion organizations is urging two Wisconsin prosecutors to pursue charges against abortion providers in their counties despite a court’s ruling that abortion is legal. Wisconsin Right to Life, Wisconsin Family Action and Pro-Life Wisconsin held a news conference Tuesday to urge Dane County

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin woman convicted of killing and dismembering a former boyfriend and scattering his body parts at various locations has been sentenced to life in prison without parole in the grisly case. A Brown County judge sentenced 25-year-old Taylor Schabusiness on Tuesday in the February 2022 killing of 24-year-old Shad

ATLANTA (AP) — Herschel Walker’s wife is seeking to sell the Atlanta house that the football great listed as his residence when he ran for U.S. Senate last year as a Republican. A real estate listin g shows the home, which has three bedrooms and almost 3,000 square feet of living space (280 square meters),

LEBANON, Ind. (AP) — A judge has sentenced a central Indiana man to 195 years in prison on his convictions of three counts of murder in the 2021 execution-style slayings of three people. A jury on Aug. 29 found 42-year-old Chad Grimball of Thorntown guilty in the slayings of 42-year-old Larry Stogsdill Jr.; Stogsdill’s 20-year-old

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Vatican’s top diplomat is urging world leaders to put a pause on lethal autonomous weapons systems for long enough to negotiate a legally binding agreement on them. Archbishop Paul Gallagher spoke Tuesday at the U.N. General Assembly’s big annual meeting. He joined a series of

BOSTON (AP) — Officials say the crew of a commercial fishing boat recovered a man who fell overboard from a tanker and began CPR while rushing him to shore. Officials said the crew of America hauled the man from the water Tuesday morning. Boston Fire paramedics and Coast Guard personnel came aboard to assist as

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A teenager accused of intentionally driving a stolen vehicle into a bicyclist in Las Vegas, killing him, told a police officer after his arrest that he expected nothing more than a “slap on the wrist” as a juvenile. The admission was recorded the day of the

BROCKTON, Mass. (AP) — A judge has revoked bail for a man who has been on home confinement while awaiting trial for driving his SUV into a Massachusetts Apple store, killing one and injuring 22 others. Officials say Tuesday that Bradley Rein, of Hingham, has been ordered to jail for 60 days after police went

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond is running for governor in 2026. If elected, he would be the first Black person to hold the job. He has served as a school board member, on the Richmond City Council and in the state Assembly. Thurmond has pushed for legislation to ban

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The top state prosecutor in Memphis says no criminal charges will be brought against a Memphis police officer who fatally shot a Black man after a high-speed chase and an attempted traffic stop. Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy said his office’s Justice Review Unit looked

By SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge in Atlanta is allowing a venture capital firm to continue offering a grant program only to Black women entrepreneurs. Senior U.S. Judge Thomas Thrash on Tuesday denied a preliminary injunction that would have blocked the grants by the Atlanta-based Fearless Fund. The judge said

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Officials say the Amazon rainforest in Brazil is facing a severe drought that may affect around 500,000 people by the end of the year. Many are already struggling to access essential supplies such as food and water. The principal means of transportation in the region is waterways and river levels

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a 14-year-old is involved in the weekend shooting that killed three teenagers and wounded a fourth in South Carolina’s capital city. It was apparently the culmination of a yearslong squabble involving a burglary. The youth and two 17-year-old suspects all face three counts of murder and other charges. The

By FABIANO MAISONNAVE Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Luzineide Marques da Silva knows the location of each of the 748 rubber trees in the Brazilian Amazon that she and her family have rights to tap for latex. That’s why she watched in pain and anger last week as two of them were badly damaged

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press A California man whom prosecutors say was fixated on arresting Democratic leaders and training for combat with paintball fights after the 2020 presidential election has been sentenced to more than four years in prison for his role in the U.S. Capitol riot. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson on Tuesday

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer It’s highly unlikely any player other than Lionel Messi could have brought Prince Harry, Selena Gomez and Leonardo DiCaprio out to a regular-season Major League Soccer match. But there they were — very noticeable in fact — in the crowd when Messi’s Inter Miami squad took on LAFC