Month: April 2024

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Nations made progress on a treaty to end plastic pollution, finishing the latest round of negotiations in Canada early Tuesday amid sharp disagreements about whether to put global limits on plastic production. For the first time in the process, negotiators discussed the text of what is

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican legislators have narrowly failed again to enact a broad package of tax cuts over Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto.  A vote Monday in the state Senate against overriding Kelly’s veto of tax cuts worth $1.5 billion over the next three years made it likely

By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — A retired Roman Catholic bishop who was famous for trying to mediate between drug cartels in Mexico was located and taken to a hospital after apparently being briefly kidnapped, the Mexican Council of Bishops said Monday. The church leadership in Mexico said in a statement earlier

By ASTRID SUAREZ Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Nine members of Colombia’s military lost their lives when their helicopter crashed in a rural area of northern Colombia. The armed forces said in a statement that the crash was an accident and said the helicopter was taking supplies to troops stationed in the municipality of

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A former National Security Agency employee who sold classified information to an undercover FBI agent he believed to be a Russian official was sentenced Monday to nearly 22 years in prison, the penalty requested by government prosecutors. U.S. District Judge Raymond Moore said he could have put

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — Yellowstone National Park officials say a man who kicked a bison in the leg was then hurt by one of the animals. Park officials said in a release Monday they got a call about the man harassing a bison herd and kicking one of them April 21. Rangers stopped

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States is imploring all countries supplying weapons to Sudan’s warring parties to halt arms sales, warning that history in the vast western Darfur region where there was a genocide 20 years ago “is repeating itself.” U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield told reporters after an

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Politicians and dog experts are criticizing South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem after she wrote in a new book about killing a rambunctious puppy. The story — and the vilification she received on social media — has some wondering whether she’s still a viable potential running mate for presumptive Republican presidential

NEW YORK (AP) — Paramount Global announced that Bob Bakish is stepping down as CEO of the film, television and multimedia company. Bakish will be replaced by a troika of executives who will form a new “Office of the CEO.” The group includes George Cheeks, the CEO of CBS; Chris McCarthy, CEO of Showtime/MTV Entertainment

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The famed burled arch finish line for the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Nome, Alaska, has collapsed. Nome’s mayor tells Anchorage television station KTUU that wood rot was likely the cause. The arch is moved onto Nome’s Front Street to serve as the end of the 1,000-mile race every March.

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Atlantic City’s main casino workers union and the state’s attorney general want a judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a different union that seeks to ban smoking at the city’s nine casinos. Local 54 of the Unite Here union says many of its 10,000

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Automatic emergency braking will have to come standard on all U.S. new passenger vehicles in five years. It’s a requirement that the government says will save hundreds of lives and prevent thousands of injuries every year. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration unveiled the new regulation

By DAVID SHARP and PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s Democratic governor says she will allow one of a final pair of gun safety bills to become law without her signature while vetoing the other. Gov. Janet Mills says she will allow a new 72-hour waiting period for gun sales that drew

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Luxury jewelry maker Cartier isn’t known for giving stuff away, but in the case of one Mexican man, they pretty much did. Rogelio Villarreal was paging through Cartier’s web page in a moment of idleness when he came upon on offer too good to be true. Cartier apparently listed gold-and-diamond earrings

By SEUNG MIN KIM and MARÍA VERZA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden spoke with his Mexican counterpart, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, about cooperating on migration policy as the U.S. leader continues to deliberate whether to take executive action that would crack down on the number of migrants arriving at the southern U.S.

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s military says one of the horses that galloped through the streets of London last week is expected to make a full recovery while another remains under observation following its injuries. Quaker, a black horse, has shown “significant improvement,” on the way to a complete recovery. Vida, a gray animal, remains under

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress has given one of its highest final tributes, a lying in honor ceremony at the Capitol, to Medal of Honor Recipient Ralph Puckett Jr. He led an outnumbered company in battle during the Korean War and was the last surviving veteran of that war to receive

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Supporters and critics of a white Minnesota state trooper charged with murder for killing a Black motorist confronted each other in an exchange that was heated but peaceful. The exchange reflects the strong emotions that the politically charged case has generated. Law enforcement officers were among the

By CLAIRE RUSH and GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — One of the winners of a $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot this month is an immigrant from Laos who has had cancer for eight years and had his latest chemotherapy treatment last week. Cheng “Charlie” Saephan, 46, of Portland, told a news conference held

By GEOFF MULVIHILL and SARA CLINE Associated Press Several Republican state attorneys general are challenging a federal regulation that seeks to protect the rights of transgender students in the nation’s schools by banning blanket policies that bar transgender students from school bathrooms aligning with their gender, among other provisions. The officials argue the new policies