Month: November 2023

By DANIEL SHAILER Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — A manhunt is ongoing in northern Mexico after state police were ambushed driving out of Santa Ana, Sonora. No officials were reported wounded and the injured assailants fled onto a nearby mountain, where the search continues. It is the second shootout in two days in the

By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A series of court challenges seek to upend longstanding real estate industry practices that determine the commissions agents receive on the sale of a home — and who foots the bill. One case ended Tuesday with a federal jury in Missouri ordering the National Association

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Joe Biden will visit Maine later this week to mourn with the community of Lewiston. That’s where 18 people were killed and 13 others were injured in a shooting at a bar and a bowling alley last week. It was the deadliest

By DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says armed forces will boost security at some of the country’s most important airports, ports and along its international borders to tackle organized crime. The decision comes days after members of a criminal gang set fire to dozens

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Politico reports New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy tapped into a taxpayer-financed expense account for nearly $12,000 at MetLife Stadium, including almost $1,000 for a Taylor Swift concert in 2018. Murphy has asked the Democratic State Committee to reimburse the state for the purchases. The news agency cites records showing the Democratic

ATLANTA (AP) — A jury has been selected for the trial of Atlanta-based rapper Young Thug and several others accused of participating in a criminal street gang responsible for violent crimes. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that a panel of 12 jurors and six alternates was seated Wednesday, nearly 10 months after jury selection began. The

By ISABEL DEBRE and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — More than 3,600 Palestinian children were killed in the first 25 days of the war between Israel and Hamas, according to Gaza’s Hamas-run Health Ministry. They were hit by airstrikes, smashed by misfired rockets, burned by blasts and crushed by buildings,

By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — New Speaker Mike Johnson says the U.S. House will consider a fresh aid package for Ukraine, but he wants to link it to more money at home for the U.S. border with Mexico. That’s the message Johnson delivered Wednesday to a private meeting

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis says he will go to Dubai for three days during the COP28 climate conference hosted there. Francis said that during an interview on Italian television network RAI that he would be in Dubai on Dec. 1 through Dec. 3. The interview was broadcast on Wednesday

By TERRY SPENCER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge in Florida has indicated she may delay the start of former President Donald Trump’s trial on charges that he hid classified documents at Mar-a-Lago. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon questioned prosecutors Wednesday about whether starting the trial in May

By SAM METZ Associated Press RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Arab nations that have normalized or are considering improving relations with Israel are coming under growing public pressure to cut those ties because of Israel’s war with Hamas. Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Rabat and other Moroccan cities in support

By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — As the first blast of wintry weather hit Chicago, dozens of migrant families without a place to live were moved off snowy city streets and into the basement of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in a nearby suburb. The last-minute, temporary solution around 1 a.m. Wednesday, coordinated by

By WILL WEISSERT and JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is 80 and Donald Trump is 77, and they are prone to making gaffes. But polls show that voters view age as more of a liability for Biden than they do for Trump. An August poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia says it will appeal a judge’s order to redraw some congressional and state legislative districts, but that it won’t fight in court to pause the order for now. That means a special session later this month to draw new lines is likely to proceed. The filing

By JIM MUSTIAN and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors played wiretaps in federal court in New York showing a federal narcotics agent leaked sensitive case information about one of Washington’s top criminal targets in Venezuela — Alex Saab. The leak, not previously made public, marks yet another embarrassing case of high-profile

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press An Idaho woman and son have been charged with kidnapping after prosecutors say they took the son’s minor girlfriend out of state to get an abortion. Court documents show Idaho police began investigating the mother and son earlier this summer after a 15-year-old girl’s mother told authorities that her daughter

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A former Memphis police officer is changing his plea from not guilty on federal charges that he violated Tyre Nichols’ civil rights when he was fatally beaten after a traffic stop in January. Court documents show a change of plea hearing has been scheduled for Thursday