Month: September 2023

BOSTON (AP) — The family of a 14-year-old girl who allegedly discovered an iPhone taped to the back of a toilet seat on a recent flight from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Boston said they believe it was put there to record her by a member of the crew. During the Sept. 2 American Airlines flight

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Experts hope the sputtering global public health system and efforts to curb global warming through collaboration can combine to create a better system for handling the problem. Leaders of both the World Health Organization and the upcoming climate negotiations said that for the first time,

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — In an effort to safeguard sacred tribal lands, federal authorities announced a plan Monday to protect more than 4,000 acres (1,619 hectares) within the Placitas area in New Mexico’s Sandoval County. The U.S. Department of the Interior and federal Bureau of Land Management said a proposed mineral withdrawal would bar new

By EDGAR H. CLEMENTE Associated Press TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — Migrants, mostly from Haiti, have burst into an asylum office in southern Mexico to demand papers. Throngs of migrants knocked over metal barricades and rushed into the office, pushing past National Guard officers and police stationed at the office. Authorities later convinced many to leave

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer The state of Florida’s big three is back in the AP Top 25. Florida State, Miami and Florida were all ranked in The Associated Press college football on Sunday. The last time that happened was briefly in September 2017. There was a time when that threesome practically

By DAVID SHARP and PATRICK WHITTLE PORTLAND, Maine A top elected Republican in Maine says he’s glad to be alive after a giant wave overturned his lobster boat ahead of the remnants of Hurricane Lee. The Coast Guard had warned mariners at midday Friday that they needed to take immediate action to avoid the onrushing

DELPHI, Ind. (AP) — Attorneys for a northern Indiana man charged with killing two teenage girls contend in new court documents that their client had nothing to do with the crimes and that the girls actually died as part of a ritual sacrifice. Attorneys Andrew Baldwin and Brad Rozzi, who represent Richard Allen of Delphi,

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Phil Mickelson won’t be betting on football this year — much less the Ryder Cup — saying in a lengthy social media post Monday that he previously crossed the line from moderation into addiction and “it wasn’t any fun.” “The money wasn’t ever the issue since our financial security

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (AP) — Bowling Green State University has announced it has put hockey team head coach Ty Eigner on administrative leave as it investigates a report of alleged hazing. It also has put three players on interim suspension. The Ohio school made the announcement in a statement posted on its website Monday. The

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Thousands of indigenous supporters have protested in Guatemala City to defend Guatemala’s president-elect as government prosecutors seek to ban his political party. Many of the protesters carried banners or chanted slogans demanding the resignation of government officials who have sought to prosecute Bernardo Arévalo and ban his Seed Movement party. Protesters

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A lawsuit filed by an Islamic civil rights group challenges the constitutionality of the government’s terror watchlist and says Muslims face negative repercussions even after they are able to clear their name off the list. One of the plaintiffs in the case is the Muslim mayor of

By KRUTIKA PATHI and ROB GILLIES Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Canada expelled a top Indian diplomat as it investigates what Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called credible allegations its government may have had links to the assassination in Canada of a Sikh activist, an accusation that India rejected as “absurd.” Trudeau said in Parliament

By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A U.S. Army combat veteran is getting into the race to represent Virginia’s battleground 7th Congressional District, a seat that could be key to determining party control of the U.S. House next year. Former special forces Green Beret Derrick Anderson announced plans to seek the GOP

By PAUL HAVEN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Iran’s president is denying his country sent drones to Russia for use in the war in Ukraine. It comes even as the United States accuses Iran of not only providing the weapons but helping Russia build a plant to manufacture them. President Ebrahim Raisi spoke as

By STEPHEN GROVES and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy was running out of options Monday as he pushed ahead with a plan to keep the federal government from shutting down, but even including hardline border security provisions wasn’t enough to appease the far-right flank in his Republican House majority. The

CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A former Missouri police officer has been sentenced to five years of probation for shooting into a fleeing vehicle several times and wounding the driver. Matthew Schanz pleaded guilty to second-degree assault and was sentenced Monday. As part of the plea agreement, Schanz must surrender his state law enforcement certification until