Month: November 2023

By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America The leader of a South Dakota tribe says he will declare a state of emergency on a reservation because of rampant crime including gun violence, drug offenses and rapes. Oglala Sioux President Frank Star Comes Out says the declaration planned for Saturday on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A tropical disturbance moving across the western Caribbean knocked out power to thousands in Jamaica and caused two deaths in Haiti as it unleashed landslides and floods before dissipating late Friday. Forecasters had said earlier in the day that the disturbance had a chance to become a tropical cyclone,

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A Colorado judge on Friday found that former President Donald Trump engaged in insurrection during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol but rejected an effort to keep him off the state’s primary ballot because it’s unclear whether a Civil War-era Constitutional amendment barring insurrectionists

By DEVI SHASTRI AP Health Writer Veterinary laboratories in several states are investigating an unusual respiratory illness in dogs, and encouraging people to take basic precautions to keep their pets healthy as veterinarians try to pin down what’s making the animals sick. Oregon, Colorado and New Hampshire are among the states that have seen cases

By JOHN ANTCZAK and JULIE WATSON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California prosecutor says evidence supports involuntary manslaughter and battery charges against a college professor accused in the death of a Jewish protester after an altercation at a demonstration over the Israel-Hamas war. Ventura County District Attorney Erik Nasarenko also told a news

CHICAGO (AP) — Federal safety officials have started an investigation into a Chicago commuter train crash that left almost 40 people injured. Jennifer Homendy, chairperson of the National Transportation Safety Board, said during a news conference Friday that a team of seven investigators from her agency has started documenting the scene of the crash. She

By SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala’s Attorney General’s office has formally requested that President-elect Bernardo Arévalo and his vice president be stripped of their immunity so it can investigate them for allegedly encouraging the student occupation of the country’s only public university. Cultural Heritage prosecutor Ángel Saúl Sánchez had announced

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Two transgender boys are suing the University of Missouri over its decision to stop providing gender-affirming care to minors over concerns that a new state law could create legal issues for its doctors. The lawsuit was filed Thursday in federal court. It alleges that the university is discriminating against the

By ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Court records say an Indiana man accused of intimidating and harassing GOP U.S. Rep Jim Banks and his family has been sentenced to probation. Aaron L. Thompson has pleaded guilty to a felony charge of intimidation with the threat to commit a forcible felony and one misdemeanor

BALLSTON SPA, N.Y. (AP) — The man accused of kidnapping a 9-year-old girl from a state park in upstate New York park has been charged with sexually assaulting her. Craig N. Ross Jr. was initially charged with first-degree kidnapping in the abduction of the girl on Sept. 30. An indictment made public Friday adds four

By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The political organization No Labels has contemplated requiring a donation of at least $100 in order to cast a ballot at the group’s upcoming nominating convention. That’s according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. The idea breaks from longstanding norms and would raise a significant

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A convicted child molester has been found guilty of hacking the jumbotron at the Jacksonville Jaguars’ stadium after the team learned he was a registered sex offender and fired him. The federal jury on Friday also convicted 53-year-old Samuel Arthur Thompson of producing, receiving and possessing sexual images of children, possessing

By DIANE JEANTET and LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Welcome to Brazil, Taylor Swift, it’s been waiting for you. As her sweep of Rio de Janeiro shows got underway this week, the pop superstar and her legions of devoted fans were greeted by the wide-open arms of the world’s most-famous