Year: 2024

AP Health Writer Federal health officials say a Florida cucumber grower that used untreated water is one likely source of salmonella food poisoning that sickened nearly 450 people this spring. Officials said Tuesday that the water used by Bedner Growers Inc. of Boynton Beach, Florida, matched a strain of the bacteria that caused some but

Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Delaware judge has refused to a dismiss a lawsuit involving the death of a mentally ill woman who was killed by a state trooper in 2021 after she fired a shotgun at him. The lawsuit alleges that state police used excessive force in shooting 51-year-old Kelly Rooks, and

Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi is revising the restrictions it set last year on absentee ballot assistance to voters who have disabilities or cannot read or write. A short list of allowable helpers was blocked by a judge who said it violated the federal Voting Rights Act. An updated state law took effect

Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — For those of you who don’t celebrate World UFO Day, consider this: A former U.S. Air Force intelligence officer told Congress last summer about a government program that retrieves and reverse engineers unidentified flying objects. The Mexican Congress held an unprecedented session in September during which supposed mummies were

Associated Press Known for darker roles in Ryan Murphy’s “American Horror Story” franchise, Emma Roberts relished a change in tone for her new rom-com “Space Cadet,” which debuts July 4 on Prime Video. Roberts plays a bartender in Florida who receives a surprise acceptance to a NASA training program. The film’s director, Liz W. Garcia,

More than 100 people have been killed in a stampede in northern India following a Hindu religious gathering. Thousands had gathered Tuesday at a makeshift tent for an event in Hathras district in Uttar Pradesh state and were crushed to death as they rushed to leave afterward. The incident echoes other crowd disasters in India

BENTON HARBOR, Mich. (AP) — A man has pleaded guilty in a wild scheme to steal 123 handguns by kidnapping the manager of a Michigan sporting goods store. Darnell Bishop admits he threatened the manager at gunpoint to reveal how to turn off the alarm at Dunham’s Sports near Benton Harbor last November. Bishop pleaded

CINCINNATI (AP) — The FBI and police are investigating the damaging of nearly 180 gravestones at two Jewish cemeteries in Cincinnati. The Jewish Federation of Cincinnati says the tombstones likely were knocked over between June 25 and Monday. It says some of the gravestones date back to the late 1800s. The damage was found in

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump and the conservative interests that helped him reshape the Supreme Court got most of what they wanted this term, from substantial help for Trump’s political and legal prospects to sharp blows against the administrative state they revile. The decisions reflected a deep and sometimes bitter divide on a

Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to consider the case of a Black man on death row in Georgia who says his trial was unfair because the prosecutor improperly excluded Black jurors. A jury found Warren King guilty of murder and other crimes and sentenced him to die for the

Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri judge has set an Aug. 21 date for a hearing to determine if Marcellus Williams is innocent of the murder that landed him on death row — a hearing that comes just over a month before Williams is scheduled to die. Williams was hours away from execution

SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego County will pay nearly $15 million to settle a lawsuit by the family of a 24-year-old pregnant woman who died in jail after a sheriff’s deputy and medical worker watched her collapse in a cell five years ago. The settlement between the county and relatives of Elisa Serna comes

LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Utah State has informed football coach Blake Anderson he will be fired for cause. The school made the announcement Tuesday, saying it made the move after external review of allegations that Anderson hadn’t complied with Title IX policies regarding the reporting of sexual misconduct cases. Defensive coordinator Nate Dreiling will serve

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is telling emergency room doctors they must perform emergency abortions when necessary to save a pregnant woman’s health. That’s following last week’s 6-3 Supreme Court ruling that failed to settle a legal dispute over whether state abortion bans override the federal law that requires hospitals to stabilize