Month: October 2023

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Two Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers indicted for shooting a Black man who was sleeping in a car outside his grandmother’s house have entered not guilty pleas. Officers Carl Chandler and Alexander Gregory entered the pleas Monday to charges of battery and criminal recklessness charges. Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears announced Friday

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Two Republican members of Congress say the federal government should investigate potential fraud in one of its largest anti-poverty programs. In a letter to Comptroller General Gene Dodoro made public Monday by Mississippi’s state auditor, U.S. Reps. Jason Smith, of Missouri, and Darin LaHood,

KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) — A 73-year-old woman was hospitalized after she was attacked by a bear west of Glacier National Park and just south of the U.S.-Canadian Border. The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks says the woman, her husband and a dog were in the Flathead National Forest Sunday afternoon when the bear

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) — European captain Luke Donald was delivering his Ryder Cup victory speech at Marco Simone when his celebrating players standing beside him started a chant that quickly swept through the grandstands. “Two more years” was the cry that was seemingly led by Rory McIlroy and

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Banners purportedly from the Sinaloa cartel have appeared in northern Mexico claiming the gang has sworn off the sale and production of fentanyl.  But experts are casting doubt on the veracity of the claim, saying fentanyl remains one of the cartel’s biggest money makers. The synthetic opioid has caused tens of

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A judge has denied requests by three former Memphis officers to have separate trials in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols after a traffic stop. Lawyers for Tadarrius Bean, Desmond Mills and Justin Smith had filed motions to sever their cases from Demetrius Haley and Emmitt

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The United Nations’ top official in divided Libya has called for a unified mechanism to lead the reconstruction a coastal city that was wrecked by devastating floods last month. U.N. Special Envoy for Libya Abdoulaye Bathily says in a statement Monday that such a mechanism is required

BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia man has been sentenced to more than five years in federal prison for organizing a scheme that stole nearly $2 million in government aid intended to help businesses during the coronavirus pandemic. A U.S. District Court judge in Brunswick sentenced 41-year-old Bernard Okojie on Monday, six months after a

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.N. Security Council voted Monday to send a multinational armed force led by Kenya to Haiti to help combat violent gangs, marking the first time in almost 20 years that a force would be deployed to the troubled Caribbean nation. The resolution drafted

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A state commission has awarded nearly $14 million in the latest round of funding to groups fighting drug abuse in Kentucky. Attorney General Daniel Cameron made the announcement Monday. A few dozen groups will receive portions of the $13.9 million, stemming from a massive settlement with

By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A judge is planning a spring trial for U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife. The couple are accused of accepting bribes of cash, gold bars and a luxury car from three New Jersey businessmen who sought the senator’s help and influence over foreign affairs. The

By TARA COPP and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When U.S. lawmakers approved a spending bill Saturday that averted a widely expected government shutdown, the measure didn’t include the $6 billion in military assistance that Ukraine said it urgently needed. Now the Pentagon, White House and European allies are urging Congress to

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Actor and disability rights advocate Selma Blair has helped President Joe Biden salute the legacy of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act, displaying a touch of the comedic timing that made her a star in Hollywood hits like “Legally Blonde” and “Cruel Intentions.” Blair,

MEXICO CITY (AP) — President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says that Andrés Roemer, a Mexican author, playwright and former diplomat, has been arrested in Israel and is awaiting extradition. Roemer has been wanted in Mexico since 2021 for allegedly abusing at least eight women. The writer was also Mexico’s UNESCO ambassador and used to host

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president says that about 10,000 migrants per day are heading to the U.S. border, and he blames U.S. economic sanctions on countries like Cuba and Venezuela for the influx. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says the surge of migrants reaching Mexico’s northern border with the United States is partly due