Month: September 2023

By TARA COPP Associated Press NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. (AP) — The top Air Force commander for Europe and Africa says the U.S. military has resumed counterterrorism missions in Niger, flying drones and other aircraft out of Niger air bases more than a month after a coup temporarily halted all those activities there.  Since the July

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court plans to quickly consider former President Donald Trump’s claim that presidential immunity protects him from a New York writer’s assertion that he defamed her by saying she fabricated her claim that he sexually attacked her in the 1990s. The 2nd U.S. Circuit

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Skin scraped down to bloody patches. Sore bodies stinging in post-game showers. Aching shoulders, backs, hips, knees and ankles. Add in season-ending injuries like four-time MVP Aaron Rodgers tearing his left Achilles tendon in his debut with the New York Jets on Monday

By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Consumer prices in Argentina have soared 12.4% in August, compared to the previous month, a number that puts the government on the defensive a little more than a month before presidential elections in which a right-wing populist who admires Donald Trump appears the favorite to

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer The Netflix golf documentary series “Full Swing” won’t have full access at the Ryder Cup. U.S. captain Zach Johnson says he spoke to his team when concerns were raised about a film crew in the team room. He says they agreed to keep certain areas off limits. Netflix is

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Attorneys for a man accused of stabbing four University of Idaho students to death last year want cameras banned from the courtroom during his trial. Bryan Kohberger’s defense attorneys say news photos and videos have focused too closely on their client. They say the coverage threatens

By TOM KRISHER and DAVID KOENIG AP Business Writers DETROIT (AP) — With just over 24 hours left before a strike deadline, United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain said Wednesday that offers from the companies aren’t enough and the union is getting ready to strike. In an online address to union members, Fain said General

By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — On Capitol Hill, House Republicans were all-in Wednesday on House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s announcement of an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. Down Pennsylvania Avenue, the president was holding forth at the White House on the importance of bipartisanship in fighting cancer — and ignoring shouted questions

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press The director of the federal Bureau of Prisons was scolded Wednesday by members of the Senate Judiciary Committee who say her lack of transparency is hampering their ability to help fix the agency, which has long been plagued by staffing shortages, chronic violence and other problems. Senators complained that

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Sen. Tim Scott wants the Republican National Committee to change specifications for this month’s presidential debate, suggestions that could put the South Carolina Republican in a better onstage position. In a letter shared Wednesday with The Associated Press, Scott’s campaign manager Jennifer DeCasper wrote to RNC

LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Court records show a man charged with murder in the stabbing death of his Purdue University dormitory roommate has been found competent to stand trial. A Tuesday court filing shows doctors at Logansport State Hospital found Ji Min Sha competent for trial after months of treatment. Hospital Superintendent Bethany Schoenradt wrote

By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — The mother of a teenage girl killed in a Baltimore mass shooting in July is condemning the city’s police response. Krystal Gonzalez gave emotional testimony Wednesday at a city council hearing about the shooting, which left two people dead and 28 others injured at an annual block

By DAVID GINSBURG Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright will perform on an entirely different stage before bidding farewell to St. Louis fans and life on the baseball diamond. Wainwright will give a postgame concert during his final weekend playing at Busch Stadium. The 42-year-old will retire from baseball after this season,

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge in the case charging Donald Trump with illegally hoarding top secret documents at his Florida estate has directed the former president to use a secure facility to review classified evidence and has sharply restricted his ability to discuss that information with others. U.S. District

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A 19-year-old man is accused of holding his girlfriend captive in her dorm room at a university in Minnesota while he raped, beat and waterboarded her for days until she escaped. Keanu Labatte was arrested Sunday at St. Catherine University, an all-female school in St. Paul. According to a criminal

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump will give his first broadcast network interview since leaving office, sitting down this week with Kristen Welker as she debuts as host of NBC’s “Meet the Press” Sunday. The network said in a release that the interview will be pre-taped at Trump’s Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club Thursday

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press Five former Connecticut police officers arrested for allegedly mistreating a prisoner after he was paralyzed in the back of a police van have applied for a probation program that could lead to the charges being erased. The former New Haven officers are charged with misdemeanor cruelty and reckless endangerment for

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The sister of a Russian-Israeli academic at Princeton University who went missing in Iraq nearly six months ago says the United States should use its influence to help win her freedom. Elizabeth Tsurkov is a doctoral student at Princeton University whose work focuses on the Middle East.