Month: September 2023

By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has asked Vice President Kamala Harris to lead the first-ever federal office of gun violence prevention, which will seek to find ways around congressional inaction to stem rising violence. Harris, a former prosecutor and state attorney general, has years of experience on the issue

By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will travel to Arizona next week to deliver a democracy-focused address that will also pay tribute to the late John McCain, the 2008 Republican presidential candidate who represented the state in the U.S. Senate for more than three decades. Biden’s speech, which is

By TED ANTHONY AP National Writer UNITED NATIONS (AP) — China is telling assembled world leaders at the United Nations that it considers itself part of the Global South. It says it identifies with the goals and challenges of less-developed nations. The message came from a second-tier official after the country’s powerful president, Xi Jinping,

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A new plan from California’s insurance commissioner aims to keep the nation’s top insurers from leaving the wildfire-prone state. California tightly restricts how insurance companies can price policies. Insurers can only look to the past when deciding how to set rates. They can’t consider current or

By HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press/Report for America MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Several Republican Wisconsin lawmakers have proposed impeaching the state’s top elections official. The move came Thursday as Democrats are fighting to keep Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe in office. Democrats say the GOP-led Senate acted illegitimately last week when it voted to fire

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule soon on Alabama’s request to let it keep new GOP-drawn congressional lines in place as it fights a three-judge panel’s plan to create a second majority-Black district, or something close to it, in the state. The decision could

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A 16-year-old who opened fire at a Dallas-area school earlier this year, killing one student and injuring another, was sentenced Thursday to 40 years in prison for capital murder and attempted capital murder, prosecutors said. The teen, who was 15 at the time of the shooting, had admitted to being

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s firefighters in the northeastern state of Bahia are battling wildfires, fanned by strong winds and abnormally high temperatures for the season. While it is still technically winter in Brazil, with spring due to start in a couple days, a heat wave prompting record temperatures has swept across much of

By JAMES POLLARD and TARA COPP Associated Press NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A military pilot whose advanced fighter jet went temporarily missing over the weekend is heard repeatedly requesting an ambulance in a perplexing 911 call from the South Carolina home where he had parachuted to safety. His voice is heard on an audio

By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The departure of Rupert Murdoch as the leader of Fox’s parent company and his News Corp. media holdings after decades at the helm is unlikely to have as much of an impact on conservative media overall as it would have a decade ago. That’s because

By COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — Designers Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons have achieved an unbearable lightness in a series of translucent chiffon dresses that gently cosseted the form, trailed by wispy strands of the finest organza. The series of dresses dubbed “Haze” previewed during the runway show Thursday for Prada Spring-Summer

TORONTO (AP) — Former Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard has pleaded not guilty to all charges against him in his Toronto sexual assault case, as jury selection for his trial gets underway. The 82-year-old is facing five counts of sexual assault and one count of forcible confinement. He originally faced 11 charges, but they were

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Actor Sophie Turner has sued her estranged pop star husband Joe Jonas to force him to turn over the passports of the couple’s two young daughters so she can take them to England. Turner was served with divorce papers this month after four years of marriage

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The former chair of Mississippi’s Democratic Party is suing to reinstate himself as its leader. Tyree Irving is a former appellate judge who chaired the state party since 2020. He was voted out by a majority of party officials at a July 6 emergency

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves has released a plan to try to ease some financial problems for hospitals. The hospitals would pay higher taxes as a way to collect substantially more federal money. Reeves says Thursday that the plan needs federal approval. The Democratic nominee

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Police say the owners of a New York City day care center where a toddler died and three others were sickened by opioid exposure last week were hiding bags of fentanyl concealed by plywood and tile flooring. Photos shared by investigators show bags full of powder

The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Media magnate Rupert Murdoch is stepping down as the leader of both Fox News’ parent company and his News Corp media holdings, with his son, Lachlan, set to take his place. In addition to the multi-billionaire’s legacy, Murdoch’s family has risen into the spotlight over the years, accompanied

DETROIT (AP) — The remains of an 18-year-old Army corporal from Detroit who was killed in the Korean War in 1950 have been identified. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Thursday that Cpl. Lewis W. Hill was accounted for on May 22 after agency scientists identified his remains using dental and anthropological analysis and other

PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — The South Florida school building where 14 students and three staff members were fatally shot in a 2018 massacre will be demolished next summer. Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School’s 1200 building has remained closed and locked behind a fence since the shooting. Broward County Public Schools announced Thursday that demolition will

By CLAUDIA LAUER and SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — When an Ohio father learned that his 11-year-old daughter had been manipulated into sending explicit photos to an adult, he turned to the police for help. But instead of treating the girl as a crime victim, an officer seemingly threatened to charge her

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota officials have approved plans for the expansion of a solar energy project that a utility says will be one of the largest in the country with the capability of powering more than 150,000 homes. The state Public Utilities Commission on Thursday approved Xcel Energy’s expansion of the Sherco Solar project, adding

Russia has announced a ban on exports of gasoline and diesel fuel, aiming to stabilize rising domestic prices and improve the country’s fuel supply. The government decree says the restrictions would be temporary but did not give a date for them ending. The move is expected to lead to increased fuel prices on the world