Year: 2024

Associated Press CALI, Colombia (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged delegates at a major biodiversity summit to follow through on pledges to help save global biodiversity and for the private sector to come on board. Guterres spoke at a U.N. biodiversity summit underway since Oct. 21 in Colombia. His comments came a day after

Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli legislation cutting ties with the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees has raised fears that the largest provider of aid to Gaza could be shut out of the war-ravaged territory, even as the implications of the new laws remain unclear. The agency known as UNRWA provides essential services to millions

RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. (AP) — Homeowners on a Southern California peninsula where worsening landslides have damaged homes and led to utility shutoffs are eligible for a $42 million voluntary buyout program offered by state and federal officials. The program was announced Monday night during a special town hall meeting for Rancho Palos Verdes residents

NEW YORK (AP) — One of NBC News’ longest-tenured correspondents, Andrea Mitchell, is switching gears. She said she’ll end her weekday MSNBC show, “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” after the inauguration of a new president in January but continue with the network in a reporting role. The 77-year-old Mitchell has been working for NBC News since 1978,

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia police department did not violate the First Amendment rights of several officers who were fired or suspended for racist and violent social media posts. That is the ruling a federal judge issued Monday, just days before the case was set to go to trial. U.S. District Judge Wendy Beetlestone determined

ATLANTA (AP) — One of the co-defendants standing trial alongside the rapper Young Thug accepted a plea deal with prosecutors Tuesday. Quamarvious Nichols, 29, pleaded guilty in Fulton County Superior Court to a single violation of Georgia’s anti-racketeering law, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. In exchange, prosecutors agreed to drop murder and weapons charges against him.

Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A lawsuit alleges U.S. immigration authorities illegally kept more than $300 million in bond payments made by tens of thousands of low-income immigrant families and U.S. citizens. Law firm Motley Rice LLC says in the federal lawsuit filed Tuesday in New York that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement kept the

RESERVE, La. (AP) — A chemical manufacturing plant west of New Orleans has agreed to pay a $480,000 federal fine and install equipment to stop the release of a cancer-causing chemical from a storage tank and pipe. The Advocate reports the consent agreement between DuPont and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was filed Sept. 25.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — An electrical system malfunctioned, the autopilot quit and some radio communications were disrupted aboard a Frontier Airlines plane before the pilots made a fiery but safe emergency landing in Las Vegas earlier this month. A preliminary report released Monday by the National Transportation Safety Board report describes the Oct. 5 flight

Associated Press A former principal at a Christian boarding school in Missouri that closed in March amid abuse allegations has been charged with sex crimes involving a former student. Court records show that Craig Wesley Smith Jr. was charged in September with forcible sodomy and attempted forcible rape. He is accused of forcing a teenage