Month: June 2024

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors at the trial of Sen. Bob Menendez are using the testimony of his former campaign manager to try to link alleged bribes of the Democrat to the appointment of New Jersey’s top prosecutor. Testimony Tuesday by Michael Soliman, a former top Menendez political adviser, came

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Republicans have settled two U.S. House nominations in runoffs. In the 2nd Congressional District, former U.S. Education Department official Wayne Johnson beat Chuck Hand, who was convicted for illegally demonstrating inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. And in the 3rd District, former Donald Trump

By SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A report released by Human Rights Watch says authorities in China’s western Xinjiang region have been systematically replacing the names of villages inhabited by Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities to reflect the ruling Communist Party’s ideology. The report released Wednesday says the policy is part of

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California state trial is wrapping up for the conspiracy theorist charged with breaking into former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s home in 2022. Defendant David DePape’s former partner, a well-known pro-nudity activist in the Bay Area, was banned from the court’s public gallery Tuesday. The

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer The Federal Trade Commission has referred a complaint against TikTok and its Beijing-based parent company to the Department of Justice. The FTC said in a statement on Tuesday that it investigated the two companies and “uncovered reason to believe” TikTok and ByteDance are “violating or are about to violate”

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A proposed amendment to New York’s constitution to prohibit discrimination based on “gender identity” and “pregnancy outcomes” has been restored to the November election ballot by a state appeals court. A panel of midlevel appellate judges on Tuesday overturned an earlier decision by an upstate judge to strike the proposed Equal

By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — The pastor of a Texas megachurch has resigned after a woman said he had sexually abused her on multiple occasions in the 1980s, beginning when she was 12. Gateway Church’s board of elders said in a statement Tuesday that they’d accepted the resignation of Robert Morris, the

By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new Biden administration policy announced Tuesday will give roughly half a million immigrants who are married to American citizens but lack legal status in the United States a pathway to citizenship for them and their children. It is one of President Joe Biden’s most sweeping immigration

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Medical marijuana patients and advocates are upset that the Florida Department of Health emailed its patient registry to praise Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis for signing the state budget. The email went out last week to the state’s more than 700,000 medical marijuana patients, as well as

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The federal judge presiding over the class-action lawsuit filed by “Sunday Ticket” subscribers against the NFL voiced frustrations Tuesday with the way the plaintiffs’ attorneys have handled their side of the case. Before Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones took the stand Tuesday for a second

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is seeking to put the brakes on releasing a woman from prison in a 1980 killing that her attorneys allege was committed by a now-discredited police officer. Bailey said his office intends to ask an appeals court to review Judge Ryan Horsman’s ruling last week

By CHRISTINE FERNANDO and JILL COLVIN The Associated Press RACINE, Wisconsin (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has insisted he loves the city of Milwaukee as he returned to the critical battleground state of Wisconsin just weeks before it hosts the Republican National Convention. “I love Milwaukee,” Trump told the crowd. Trump was playing cleanup

ATLANTA (AP) — An Alabama man has pleaded guilty to leaving threatening phone messages for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and a county sheriff last summer because of the pending indictment of former President Donald Trump. Arthur Ray Hanson II entered his plea in Atlanta on Tuesday. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Hanson of

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans blocked bipartisan legislation Tuesday that would have outlawed bump stocks after the Supreme Court struck down a ban on the rapid-fire gun accessory used in the deadliest shooting in modern U.S. history. Democrats tried to force a voice vote on the bill to ban

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Ethics Committee on Tuesday gave an unusual public update into its long-running investigation of Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., saying its review now includes whether Gaetz engaged in sexual misconduct and illicit drug use, accepted improper gifts and sought to obstruct government investigations of his conduct.

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Noam Chomsky’s wife, Valeria Wasserman Chomsky, says reports Tuesday that the famed linguist and activist had died are untrue. “No, it is false,” she wrote Tuesday in response to an emailed query from The Associated Press. Noam Chomsky, 95, had been hospitalized in Brazil while

Associated Press Nvidia’s startling ascent in the stock market reached another milestone Tuesday as the chipmaker rose to become the most valuable company in the S&P 500. Investors now value the company at over $3.3 trillion. Nvidia has seen soaring demand for its semiconductors, which are used to power artificial intelligence applications. The company’s revenue

By JAIMIE DING Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal authorities say they’ve uncovered a complex scheme between one of Mexico’s most notorious drug cartels and Chinese individuals in the U.S. who laundered millions of dollars from illicit drug sales. Federal prosecutors announced Tuesday that two dozen people have been charged after a five-year investigation.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A newly released autopsy report says the University of Missouri student whose body was recovered from a river after going missing in Tennessee’s capital for nearly two weeks died from accidental drowning and intoxication. News outlets report that Davidson County Medical Examiner’s office released Riley Strain’s autopsy report Tuesday. The autopsy

STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — Three-time Olympic gold medalist Misty May-Treanor is heading back to the Summer Games — as a beach volleyball analyst for NBCUniversal. May-Treanor will work on beach volleyball coverage along with former Olympians Chris Marlowe, Dain Blanton and Kevin Wong. May-Treanor won beach volleyball gold medals with Kerri Walsh Jennings in 2004,

By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday that he wants to restrict students’ usage of smartphones during the school day, citing the mental health risks of social media. The announcement, which was first reported by Politico, comes a day after U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California has fined Amazon a total of $5.9 million, alleging the e-commerce giant worked warehouse employees so hard that it put their safety at risk. Officials said Tuesday that the two citations issued in May by the California Labor Commissioner’s Office allege that Amazon.com Services LLC

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — An attorney for the Republican primary winner for North Dakota’s only U.S. House seat has filed complaints with federal authorities regarding text messages that falsely stated Julie Fedorchak had dropped out of the race. Fedorchak went on to win the June 11 primary, but attorney Shane Goettle said the misleading messages

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer Sprinting great Michael Johnson is launching a track league that looks to assemble nearly 100 of the sport’s top performers four times a year to compete for $12.6 million in prize money over the season. The league, Grand Slam Track, will launch next April with plans for one event