Month: September 2023

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press An investigation into a Minnesota trooper fatally shooting a Black man has wrapped up and now it is up to prosecutors to decide if charges are warranted. The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday that the Minnesota Public Safety Department’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension had submitted the findings of its

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press The U.S. Census Bureau is asking the Biden administration for permission to test questions about sexual orientation and gender identity for people age 15 and above on its most comprehensive annual survey of life in the country. The statistical agency publicized the request in a Federal Register notice on Tuesday.

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Organizations representing minority journalists say they’re worried that a recently-announced $500 million initiative designed to boost local news would leave them behind. The groups, representing Black, Hispanic, Asian and Indigenous journalists want the group of 20 funders, led by the Knight and MacArthur foundations, to

By PETER SMITH Associated Press The Southern Baptist Convention has ousted an Oklahoma church whose pastor defended his blackface performance at one church event and his impersonation of a Native American woman at another. The Executive Committee of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination voted Tuesday that Matoaka Baptist Church of Ochelata “be deemed not in

By The Associated Press Tensions between Canada and India have escalated over the assassination of a Sikh independence advocate in June. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his country was investigating credible allegations that Indian government agents were connected to the assassination, but India has rejected the allegations as absurd. Canada was home to about

By RON TODT Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Temple University says acting president JoAnne A. Epps has died after falling ill on stage during a memorial service. The university says Epps was transported to Temple University Hospital, where she was pronounced dead around 3:15 p.m. Tuesday. She was 72. Board chairman Mitchell Morgan says he

By JOSH FUNK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Investigators say a blast that prompted evacuations near Union Pacific’s massive railyard in western Nebraska last week appears to be accidental. But it’s not yet clear what caused it. The Nebraska State Fire Marshal’s office is working with the railroad and experts from the Federal Railroad

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisian President Kais Saied’s remarks that have been denounced as antisemitic have prompted an uproar on social media across the world. Saied’s remarks came following floods that devastated Libya’s city of Derna. He spoke during a government meeting on Monday. Saied pointed to the name “Daniel” that was chosen for the

Associated Press TikTok said on Tuesday it will begin launching a new tool that will help creators label their AI-generated content. TikTok said in a news release that the tool will help creators easily comply with the company’s existing AI policy, which requires all manipulated content that shows realistic scenes to be labeled in a

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican speaker of the Wisconsin Assembly is blocking pay raises for University of Wisconsin employees unless the university cuts diversity, equity and inclusion spending by $32 million. The move comes as Democratic Gov. Tony Evers is calling on lawmakers to spend even more on higher

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Hyundai is rushing to start electric vehicle and battery production at a $7.6 billion complex in coastal Georgia, spurred by federal electric vehicle incentives that reward domestic production. Hyundai’s Jose Munoz made the remarks Tuesday in Atlanta after signing a partnership with Georgia Tech. Munoz says Hyundai

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish police have briefly detained an opposition Polish lawmaker in violation of her parliamentary immunity after she interrupted a campaign speech by Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. Critics of Morawiecki’s right-wing government denounced the behavior of police, calling it an example of the deterioration of rule of law. The lawmaker, Kinga Gajewska,

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia police officer charged in the shooting death of a driver last month is back in custody following the revocation of his bail. Officer Mark Dial was taken into custody in the courtroom Tuesday after the ruling. He had surrendered Sept. 8 and posted 10 percent of $500,000 bail. But prosecutors

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Women who say they were abused by a once-prominent Jesuit artist say they are now being revictimized by his superiors. They said Tuesday that Pope Francis’ recent gestures and an apparent effort to exonerate the priest publicly showed church pledges of “zero tolerance” were just a

NEW YORK (AP) — Rihanna and A$AP Rocky are giving the world the first look at their second child together, a boy they’ve named Riot Rose. The 35-year-old pop star and the 34-year-old rap star dropped photos Tuesday of their family of four, including their second son, who was born Aug. 1, according to People

By HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon said on Tuesday that it will hire 250,000 full and part-time workers for the holiday season, a 67% jump compared to last year. The company wrote in a blog post that it will also raise the average pay for warehouse and transportation roles from $19

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The family of a department store worker whose body remained in a locked bathroom for days after she died is suing the company. Relatives of 63-year-old Bessie Durham say they couldn’t even hold an open casket funeral because her body was so decomposed during the four

By LISA MASCARO and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing fresh challenges to his leadership, Speaker Kevin McCarthy is trying to accomplish what at times seems impossible — working furiously to convince House Republicans to come together and pass a conservative bill to keep the federal government open. It’s a nearly futile exercise

By RANDALL CHASE AP Business Writer DOVER, Del. (AP) — Lawyers for collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX Trading are accusing Sam Bankman-Fried’s parents of exploiting their influence over their son and the company he founded to enrich themselves by millions of dollars. A lawsuit against Allan Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried was filed Monday as part

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Warner Brothers Discovery is entering the direct-to-consumer live sports market. The company has announced that it will launch a sports add-on tier on its Max streaming service on Oct. 5. The Bleacher Report Add-On package will offer any sports programming airing on TBS, TNT and TruTV. That includes baseball, NHL and