Month: February 2024

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Northern California judge is under investigation by a state agency for alleged ethical violations. The alleged allegations include making antisemitic remarks when addressing a deputy public defender, failing to recuse himself from cases involving attorneys and other people he socialized with, sexually harassing women

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — The driver of a stolen tow truck has led police on a chase through Maryland, using the vehicle to break through a barricade of law enforcement vehicles and ram private cars that got in its way. According to Maryland State Police, troopers from the College Park barrack responded to a

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities say they saw a huge increase in the number of migrants from Africa and Venezuela entering the country in 2023. Those migrants generally enter Mexico from Central America and cross the country in a bid to reach the U.S. border. Mexico’s Interior Department said year-end figures showed the nine

COMPTON, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a Compton man who may have been breeding pit bulls has been mauled to death in a backyard. Investigators say the 35-year-old apparently died Thursday night while feeding the dogs in a kennel area. The Sheriff’s Department tells KTLA that the dogs may have begun fighting and then turned

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A jury has awarded $10 million to a Detroit-area man who spent nearly six years in prison for the killing of a 15-year-old girl before his conviction was thrown out. Alexandre Ansari’s lawyers argued that Detroit police had crucial information about another suspect, but it was not

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice says a Ukrainian man has pleaded guilty to involvement in two separate malware schemes, including a cyberattack that temporarily shut down some vital services at a major hospital in Vermont. Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court in Nebraska to conspiracy to commit racketeering

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada regulators have issued the first license to operate a lounge where cannabis can be consumed recreationally. The state Cannabis Compliance Board announced Thursday that the license was awarded to a business in Las Vegas following an inspection by agents earlier this week. There are currently 19 lounges that have been

Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Nicaragua’s government has shut down the country’s scouting organization and seven other nongovernmental organizations, state media La Gaceta reported Friday, capping a crackdown that has seen the government toss out religious orders, charities and civic groups. Since mass social protests erupted in 2018, Ortega’s government has shut down or

By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A Venezuelan businessman who helped hide almost $17 million in bribe payments by an ally of President Nicolas Maduro was sentenced to six months in prison Friday by a federal judge who expressed frustration that his cooperation with law enforcement was undone by President Joe Biden’s recent

By MARK LONG AP Sports Writer DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Frankie Muniz was running late. Or so he thought. The 38-year-old actor-turned-race-car-driver was wandering through the Daytona International Speedway infield on Friday with no idea where to go. He was lost, essentially feeling like “ Malcolm in the Middle ” of nowhere. He asked

By JENNIFER PELTZ and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump suffered a big blow Friday as a New York judge ordered the former president and his companies to pay $355 million in penalties for what the judge described as a scheme to deceive banks and insurers by exaggerating his wealth

By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada is suing the county that includes Las Vegas over its new ban on standing or stopping while crossing pedestrian bridges on the Strip. The lawsuit was filed Friday in federal court on behalf of a woman who uses a

WINSLOW TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — A southern New Jersey school district will pay $6 million to settle a lawsuit brought by two students who claim they were sexually assaulted for years by a former high school teacher. The male students had filed separate lawsuits weeks apart alleging they were assaulted by Nicholas Zaccaria, a social

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley, a Republican presidential candidate; Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Pa. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn.; Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio. ___ CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Sens. Tim Scott, R-S.C., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C.

NEW YORK (AP) — A naturalized U.S. citizen from Minnesota is charged with providing material support to a terrorist organization. Federal prosecutors in New York City say 41-year-old Harafa Hussein Abdi of Minneapolis trained with ISIS in his native Somalia and rapped about flying to “shoot New York up.” Abdi was arrested in East Africa

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Amazon is arguing in a legal filing that the 88-year-old National Labor Relations Board is unconstitutional, echoing similar arguments made this year by Elon Musk’s SpaceX and the grocery store chain Trader Joe’s in disputes about workers’ rights and organizing. The Amazon filing, made Thursday, came in response to

GALLATIN, Tenn. (AP) — Officials say a science experiment gone wrong at a Tennessee elementary school sent 18 students and a teacher to the hospital. Sumner County Schools said in a statement that third-graders at Vena Stuart Elementary in Gallatin were conducting science experiments Friday with an outside presenter. Several said they began feeling sick

By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — City crews have taken a first step toward securing an unfinished complex of downtown Los Angeles high-rises that have been vandalized with graffiti and used for dangerous social media stunts since the developer ran out of money. Workers on Friday began removing scaffolding protecting a temporary

SCOTTVILLE, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say a 21-year-old Tennessee man traveled to Michigan and tried to enroll at a high school after meeting a minor online. A suspicious staff member at Mason County Central alerted a sheriff’s deputy who interviewed the young man Tuesday and learned that he wasn’t a teenager. The man from Fort

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Researchers are finding that record hot seawater killed more than three-quarters of human-cultivated coral that scientists had placed in the Florida Keys in recent years. It was an effort to prop up a threatened species that’s highly vulnerable to climate change. Researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Four major gambling revenue records were smashed in New Jersey in January. Internet gambling revenue, sports betting revenue, the total amount of money wagered on sports, and combined casino-sports betting-internet revenue all set new records according to figures released Friday by the state Division of

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A television station in Portland, Oregon, says it deeply regrets inadvertently showing a racist image during a program aimed at highlighting positive stories. KGW-TV displayed the image Thursday evening during a segment called “The Good Stuff,” which invited viewers to share “cheesy, silly, or memorable” photos from the past. KGW said