Month: October 2023

HOUSTON (AP) — Flights were delayed and canceled Tuesday evening at Houston’s William P. Hobby Airport as crews cleaned up after two private jets clipped wings when they were moving on the airfield, officials said. No injuries were reported and the city fire department said there was no risk of fire after the collision around

By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A poison specialist and former medical resident at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota is charged with fatally poisoning his wife, a 32-year-old pharmacist who died days after she went to a hospital in August with stomach distress. Authorities say Connor Bowman, 30, tried to stop the autopsy on

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has struck down recent provisions of New York City’s gun restrictions as unconstitutional, saying officials have been allowed too much discretion to deny gun permits to people deemed “not of good moral character.” The ruling made Tuesday pertained to a lawsuit filed in

By MATT O’BRIEN and HALELUYA HADERO AP Technology Writers NEW YORK (AP) — A new report warns that the proliferation of child sexual abuse images on the internet could become much worse if something is not done to put controls on artificial intelligence tools that generate deepfake photos. The U.K.-based Internet Watch Foundation this week

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A September 2024 date has been set for two teenagers to be tried as adults on murder and other charges in the fatal video-recorded crash of an allegedly stolen car into a bicyclist in Las Vegas. The teens have each pleaded not guilty to multiple felonies in a series of car

By LEA SKENE and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — The Maryland judge who was shot to death in his driveway last Thursday heard testimony from the wife and daughter of his suspected killer during a divorce hearing hours earlier. Judge Andrew Wilkinson called the testimony “shocking” before ruling against Pedro Argote, whose

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Democrat who’s trying to unseat Mississippi’s Republican governor says the state should set a minimum wage higher than the federal $7.25 an hour. Brandon Presley did not propose a specific new wage in his comments Tuesday. He said he would work with leaders in

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A trial is underway for a Hawaii couple accused of fraudulently living for decades under stolen identities of dead babies. Polaroids of the couple wearing jackets that appear to be authentic KGB uniforms were introduced early on by prosecutors, who suggested the case was about more

By VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Texas sued the Biden administration on Tuesday, seeking to stop federal agents from cutting the state’s razor wire that has gashed or snagged migrants as they have attempted to enter the U.S. from Mexico at the Rio Grande. In the lawsuit filed in federal court in

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press Scientists, lawmakers and those who make their living from Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay are teaming up to hunt for the reason why quahogs appear to be on the decline. On Tuesday a special commission held a hearing to study the reduced catch. The panel is looking at a range of

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — With millions of families behind on utility payments and more people seeking heating aid, many could soon see a welcome reprieve: The federal government says the cost of heating a home with natural gas this winter is projected to decrease. Heating with electricity is expected to

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government is sending 300 National Guard troopers to bolster the southern state of Guerrero, where a local police chief and 12 officers were shot dead in a brutal ambush Monday. It was just one of three attacks that day in an increasingly violent region of the country. Announcing the

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The state of Florida is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to block lower court rulings that prohibit the enforcement of a new law targeting drag shows. Florida officials filed an application with the nation’s highest court on Friday asking that the prohibition against enforcing the anti-drag show law only be limited

Associated Press AMIZMIZ, Morocco (AP) — In a town near the epicenter of the earthquake that struck Morocco last month, residents are protesting as they await emergency aid and assistance. Many in the town of Amizmiz and the surrounding villages have relocated to tents after seeing their neighbors die and their homes leveled by the

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House scrapped plans to have the new wave band the B-52s perform at Wednesday’s state dinner for Australia’s prime minister after deciding that it would be inappropriate at a time when “so many are facing sorrow and pain,” in the words of first lady Jill

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Oregon State University officials say a person suspected of threatening to place a bomb in a robot that delivers food orders on campus has been arrested. Officials around lunchtime Tuesday sent out what they called an urgent alert on X, formerly known as Twitter, that there was a bomb threat in

By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s government escalated attacks Tuesday on the past weekend’s opposition primary to choose a challenger for President Nicolás Maduro next year. It says the voter turnout claimed by organizers was fraudulently inflated and amounts to a crime. Maduro’s government and its allies have spent months

By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The first major snowstorm of the season is expected to hit the northern Cascades and Rockies and North Dakota this week, sending residents searching for their winter coats and facing much different driving conditions after a warm fall in many places. The National Weather Service

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Dozens of U.S. states, including California and New York, are suing Meta Platforms Inc. for harming young people and contributing to the youth mental health crisis by knowingly and deliberately designing features on Instagram and Facebook that addict children to its platforms. A lawsuit filed by 33 states in