Month: February 2024

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi has begun a hunger strike in prison, joining other government critics striking to protest what they see as unjust incarceration. The spokesperson for his political party Ennahda, said Monday the strike was to protest what opposition members see as a violation of their freedoms and demand

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — A student was arrested Monday on murder charges over the shootings of two people who were found dead in a dorm room last week at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs, police said. The Colorado Springs Police Department said they arrested Nicholas Jordan, 25, without incident

BROCKTON, Mass. (AP) — Officials have asked Gov. Maura Healey to send in the Massachusetts National Guard to quell violence and address security concerns at a troubled high school in a city south of Boston. Four of the seven members of the Brockton School Committee backed the National Guard request amid teacher shortages and budget

ENGLEWOOD, Fla. (AP) — A Florida sheriff’s deputy says he was just doing his job when he quickly came to the aid of a mom and two children in a car crash and performed chest compressions until the infant resumed breathing. Charlotte County Deputy Sgt. Dave Musgrove’s heroics on Feb. 8 were captured on body

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has mentioned Alexei Navalny’s death in a social media post more than 72 hours after the Russian opposition leader died in an Arctic penal colony. Trump made no mention of Russian President Vladimir Putin or Navalny’s family in his post Monday morning

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States has circulated a rival U.N. Security Council resolution that would support a temporary cease-fire in Gaza after rejecting an Arab-backed resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in the conflict-wracked territory. The U.S. draft resolution, obtained Monday by The Associated Press, would underscore

WELCH, W.Va. (AP) — Eleven suspects have been arrested in an investigation into illegal drugs allegedly delivered by drones into a federal prison in southern West Virginia. McDowell County Sheriff James Muncy says his office was contacted in November by officials at the medium-security Federal Correctional Facility, McDowell in Welch to help with increased drone

By MELANIE LIDMAN and ELEONORE HUGHES Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s foreign minister said Monday that Brazil’s president would not be welcome in Israel until he apologizes for comments he made comparing Israel’s war in Gaza to the Holocaust, accusing him of a “very serious antisemitic attack.” On Sunday, President Luiz Inacio Lula da

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A drunken driver who sped through a red light in Wisconsin and smashed into another vehicle, killing five of her passengers including four children, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office says Anteyona Sandifer was driving at about 80 mph last May when she drove

By EDGAR H. CLEMENTE Associated Press TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — Mexican authorities have detained a Guatemalan man wanted by the United States for allegedly participating in the importation of the precursor chemicals used by the Sinaloa cartel to make fentanyl. Two officials in the Chiapas state prosecutor’s office who requested anonymity said Monday that immigration

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Five Argentines and one Mexican are dead following an accident on a highway that links beach resorts on Mexico’s Caribbean coast. Mexico’s president said Monday the crash was “ugly, very ugly.” Prosecutors in the coastal state of Quintana Roo said the accident occurred Sunday on the highway between the resorts of

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A Virginia bank says it will delay plans to auction off land at West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice’s posh resort in an attempt to recover more than $300 million on defaulted business loans by the governor’s family. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports that in a court filing Friday, Carter Bank & Trust

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Aid organizations fear a new humanitarian crisis in the restive eastern Congo region, where the renowned armed rebel group M23 is in the midst of a new advance that threatens to cut off a major city and leave millions of people struggling for food

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Investigators are still piecing together what happened when two police officers and a firefighter were slain while responding to a domestic incident at home in suburban Minneapolis. Investigators say the three were killed early Sunday by an armed man who opened fire from the home.

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Lionel Messi has made another conciliatory gesture to fans in Hong Kong and mainland China by releasing a video on social media to explain why he didn’t play in an exhibition match this month, and insisted that there were no political reasons behind his decision. Messi

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers have discovered what may be the brightest object in the universe, a quasar with a black hole at its heart growing so fast that it swallows the equivalent of a sun a day. The record-breaking quasar shines 500 trillion times brighter than our

By TORRENCE BANKS and ANDREW CHODES / Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism and the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism and the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism Tackle football offers children as young as 5 the chance to make friends, learn teamwork and maybe win a college scholarship. But

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s Democratic governor, Tony Evers, has signed new legislative district maps into law that he proposed and that the Republicans who control the Legislature passed to avoid having the liberal-leaning state Supreme Court draw the lines. Democrats are hailing it as a major political victory in

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Nikki Haley is using the closing days of the South Carolina GOP primary matchup with Donald Trump to hone her argument that she is the lone remaining candidate who can unite Americans. It’s a tall order for Haley as her home state prepares to vote on

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Times was honored Monday with George Polk Awards for Foreign Reporting and Photojournalism for its coverage of the war between Israel and Hamas. Photographers Samar Abu Elouf and Yousef Masoud captured “gripping and unforgettable images” as they chronicled the conflict from its opening hours on Oct. 7 until

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities say Mexican soldiers have killed 12 gunmen in a shootout near the Texas border. The security department of the northern border state of Tamaulipas said late Sunday the confrontation took place in the township of Miguel Aleman, across the border from Roma, Texas. The department wrote on its social media