Month: November 2023

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press An island along the coast of Maine that was home to a mixed-race fishing community later forcibly removed by the state has been added to the National Register of Historic Places after a years-long effort. Malaga Island, a 42-acre island about a 40-mile drive up the coast from Portland, is

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Authorities say more than 100 handguns were stolen from a Michigan store after the manager was held at gunpoint and forced to reveal how to turn off the alarm. All guns except one were recovered and two men were arrested last Friday, a day after the heist

NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA, NHL and Major League Baseball have joined forces to produce a 30-second ad promoting responsible sports betting. The “Never Know What’s Next” commercial unveiled Tuesday is a coordination of the three leagues, sportsbook operators DraftKings, Fanatics, FanDuel, PENN Entertainment and the National Council on Problem Gambling. The ad’s message

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ fund to support homeless families announced $117 million in new grants on Tuesday to organizations across the U.S. and Puerto Rico. The grants are a part of a $2 billion commitment Bezos made in 2018 to support homeless families and to run free preschools. The Bezos

Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Prosecutors aren’t pursuing an assault charge against a close friend of Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant stemming from a fight during a pickup basketball game at the player’s home last year. Shelby County court records show that a misdemeanor charge of assault against Davonte Pack has been dismissed. Pack

By BILL BARROW Associated Press PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Rosalynn Carter used her powerful posts to address injustices as her husband rose in politics, especially those imposed as part of the racist Jim Crow system that prevailed in Georgia. The most personal of those cases involved Mary Prince Fitzpatrick, who went to Washington as White

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST, GENE JOHNSON, FATIMA HUSSEIN and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government dealt a massive blow to Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, which agreed to pay a roughly $4 billion settlement Tuesday as its founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao pleaded guilty to a felony related to his failure

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry plans to appeal to the British government to release evidence that is key to his phone hacking lawsuit against the publisher of the Daily Mail. An attorney for the Duke of Sussex said Tuesday at a court hearing that he would ask government ministers to

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Niger’s junta on Tuesday asked West Africa’s regional court to order the lifting of sanctions imposed on the country by its neighbors following a July coup in which the democratically elected president was deposed. The sanctions were the most stringent yet imposed by the regional bloc

By BECKY BOHRER, MARK THIESSEN and JOHN RABY Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Three people have been killed and three more are missing after a landslide ripped through a remote Alaskan fishing community. The landslide late Monday smashed into three homes in the Alaska Panhandle town of Wrangell. The state Department of Public Safety

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Firefighters responding to an early morning fire in Florida found the body of a woman who had been fatally stabbed, and her three critically injured children. The youngest child was found in a nearby crib and died after being taken to a hospital on Tuesday. Two other children _ ages

BOSTON (AP) — Boston Bruins forward Milan Lucic was released on personal recognizance bail Tuesday after pleading not guilty to assaulting his wife. According to a Boston Police Department report, Lucic appeared intoxicated when officers arrived at his North End apartment early Saturday after his wife reported that he tried to choke her. Brittany Lucic

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit by Dakota Access Pipeline protesters who alleged excessive force by law enforcement during a clash in 2016. Nine protesters filed the lawsuit alleging civil rights violations in officers’ use of tear gas, rubber

SALEM, Ind. (AP) — A Louisiana woman has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for her involvement in the death of a 5-year-old Atlanta boy whose body was found last year in a suitcase in rural southern Indiana. On Tuesday, a Washington County judge sentenced 41-year-old Dawn Elaine Coleman of Shreveport, Louisiana, to 30

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is set to attend South Carolina’s biggest athletic event of the year. Trump’s campaign said Tuesday that he will be at the Nov. 25 matchup between the University of South Carolina and Clemson University. The game, known as the Palmetto Bowl comes,

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear appeals from both a liberal group that sought to disqualify Donald Trump and the former president himself after a state judge ruled that Trump “engaged in insurrection” on Jan. 6, 2021, but can still appear on the state’s

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A defense lawyer says a Pakistani court has ruled that the ongoing prison trial of former Prime Minister Imran Khan on charges of revealing state secrets is illegal. Khan’s lawyer said the Islamabad High Court issued the decision on Tuesday. It was unclear whether the government would

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN and VANESSA GERA Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Poland is expected to receive more than 5 billion euros ($5.5 billion) in EU funds after the European Commission gave a positive assessment of the country’s revised plan for green reforms and investments. The money is part of the bloc’s program aimed at helping

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union will continue to provide millions of euros in financial aid to the Palestinians after an investigation found that no money has been diverted to Hamas. The EU commission said Tuesday that it has screened over 100 projects worth a total of around $362 million.

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K.’s chief medical adviser has told a public inquiry that Britain’s government was too late in taking action against the coronavirus during the first wave of the pandemic in 2020. Chris Whitty said he had been concerned in particular about longer-term impacts of lockdown and other