Month: April 2024

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer The lawyers who negotiated a $600 million settlement with Norfolk Southern over that railroad’s disastrous 2023 derailment in eastern Ohio want residents to talk with them before deciding the historic deal isn’t enough. After all, they said Wednesday that this settlement for everyone within 20 miles of the East

By STEFANIE DAZIO and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A woman who authorities say fatally stabbed her partner at their Los Angeles apartment Monday then threw her two children from a moving SUV onto the freeway, killing her infant daughter, appeared to be agitated by the impending eclipse. Danielle Johnson posted on X

By ED WHITE Associated Press A judge in Wisconsin is hearing testimony to help determine whether a woman should be released from a psychiatric center, a decade after she nearly killed a girl at age 12. Two psychologists say Morgan Geyser isn’t ready yet. Geyser is now 21 years old. She told authorities that she

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Denver Mayor Mike Johnston announced a major shift Wednesday in the city’s response to the migrant crisis, extending support to six months but with only about 1,000 spaces. The mayor’s pivot follows failed attempts to get federal aid and deep cuts to the city’s budget

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — In a story published April 10, 2024, about a man being sentenced in the firebombing of an anti-abortion group office, The Associated Press erroneously reported the year of his arrest. Authorities arrested Hridindu Roychowdhury in 2023, not 1993.

By STEVE LeBLANC and NICK PERRY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A U.S. Air Force veteran who fled a charge of possessing sexually explicit images of a child told his lawyer he joined Russia’s army. And video appears to show him signing documents in a military enlistment office in Siberia. Wilmer Puello-Mota is also a

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s election interference case rejects the notion that jailed defendants charged with some of the most violent crimes of the U.S. Capitol riot are worthy of being called “hostages.” That’s a label Trump and his allies have frequently used to describe

By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Dallas police said Wednesday that Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice faces charges including aggravated assault after he and another speeding driver of a sports car caused a chain-reaction crash on a Dallas highway. Police said that arrest warrants have been issued for the 23-year-old for

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee lawmakers have killed a bipartisan bill for the year that would have let residents convicted of felonies apply to vote again without also restoring their gun rights. Democratic Rep. Antonio Parkinson and Republican Sen. Paul Bailey advanced the bill late in Tennessee’s annual legislative session.

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida cracked jokes and invoked a touchstone of American culture as he quoted from “Star Trek” at Wednesday’s state dinner, telling guests at the White House that he hoped the “unshakable relationship” between his country and the U.S. would

SALEM, Ind. (AP) — A judge has ordered a psychologist and a psychiatrist to examine the mother of a 5-year-old Atlanta boy whose body was found in a suitcase in Indiana in 2022. Washington County Circuit Judge Larry Medlock on Wednesday asked the doctors to perform mental evaluations of Dejaune Anderson to determine her competency to

By LAURA UNGAR and DEVI SHASTRI Associated Press Adrienne Mansanares expects a flurry of calls from patients in Arizona starting this week. She’s the president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains, which has clinics that provide abortions in Colorado, New Mexico and Nevada. Mansanares said the clinics should be able to accommodate

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Rescuers were searching Wednesday for a gray whale last spotted off Northern California’s coast with its tail entangled in a massive gill net. The 30-foot (9-meter) whale was spotted Tuesday near San Francisco swimming north as part of gray whales’ annual migration from Mexico to

By ANITA SNOW and MORGAN LEE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Legislature devolved into shouts of “Shame! Shame!” on Wednesday as Republican lawmakers quickly shut down discussion on a proposed repeal of the state’s newly revived 1864 law that criminalizes abortion throughout pregnancy unless a woman’s life is at risk. The state Supreme

By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania state representatives have approved a bill requiring that consumers be notified when artificial intelligence is used to generate content. The state House on Wednesday voted 146 to 54 for the measure, which was sent to the state Senate for its consideration. The bill would require

KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — A leader of the Republican Party of Florida has apologized for being excessively drunk and urinating and vomiting all over his room at a hotel last week, saying he has been dealing with alcoholism and mental health issues. George Riley, executive director of the state GOP, said Tuesday that he was

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — A former Cornell University student accused of posting violently threatening statements against Jewish people on campus last fall pleaded guilty in federal court in Syracuse. Prosecutors say Patrick Dai pleaded guilty to a charge of posting threats using interstate communications. He faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison when

By BEN FINLEY and DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A grand jury report says a former assistant principal at a Virginia elementary school ignored warnings that a 6-year-old had a gun in the hours before he shot his teacher. The 31-page report was released Wednesday. It offers fresh details about the January

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A confrontation between Argentine authorities and anti-government protesters outraged over President Javier Milei’s deep cuts to state spending has escalated, as protesters blocking the capital’s key thoroughfare were forcibly dispersed and eight of the movement’s participants arrested. In a rare move riot Wednesday police officers deployed powerful water cannons, drenching

By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — It will be a state crime for a person to be in Iowa if previously denied admission to or removed from the United States under a bill signed into law by Gov. Kim Reynolds on Wednesday. The law, which takes effect July 1, has elevated

By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Family members representing the six people killed in a Nashville school shooting last year have filed an ethics complaint against a Tennessee state senator. They claim a bill sponsored by Sen. Todd Gardenhire that would prevent people like them from intervening in public records disputes is