By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge ruled that prison staffing levels will remain an issue in the Department of Justice’s lawsuit against Alabama’s corrections system. The U.S. Department of Justice last year sued Alabama saying male inmates live in unsafe prisons with excessive levels of violence. U.S. District Judge
Continue ReadingBy Erin Jones Click here for updates on this story PLANO, Texas (KTVT) — The mother of a former Plano ISD student says two of the students who forced her son to drink urine at a sleepover last February will be facing charges. For more than seven months they’ve been waiting for criminal charges. Summer
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By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press Writer BOSTON (AP) — Kenya’s Diana Kipyogei won the Boston Marathon women’s race in a time of 2 hours, 24 minutes, 45 seconds. The elite women traversed more than half of the course in a pack, passing crowds that were smaller than normal but no less enthusiastic. Making her major
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Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Three men suspected of killing a San Jose man two decades ago have been arrested after new evidence was obtained. Police say they have been trying to identify who fatally stabbed a 22-year-old man in front of his apartment building before fleeing in an SUV the night of
Continue Reading By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — World swimming body FINA has detailed plans to reform itself aiming to win back trust and better promote the sport. In doing so FINA acknowledged it had poor or non-existent relations with many athletes. Priorities include creating an independent integrity unit to end the system of
Continue Reading By CURT ANDERSON AP Legal Affairs Writer ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — An insanity defense is being considered for an ex-Marine accused of killing four members of a Florida family under the delusion they were part of a child sex trafficking ring. A lawyer for Bryan Riley told a Polk County judge Monday more time
Continue Reading By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — The two main stars of South American soccer are in very different relationships with their fans. While Argentina is in love with Lionel Messi since the latest Copa America title, Brazil is criticizing Neymar for a below-par performance against Colombia plus controversies off the pitch.
Continue Reading TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Pima County authorities say a 71-year-old Avra Valley woman accused of shooting and wounding her son last week before barricading herself in a house has died. County sheriff’s officials say Sandra Judson was found unresponsive in a medical housing unit at the county jail around 5 a.m. Saturday. They say there
Continue Reading By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A judge has blocked Arizona from collecting $1.1 million from the city of Flagstaff to compensate for its minimum wage that is higher than the state’s rate. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge James Smith sidestepped the question of whether the assessments required under a 2019 state law
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president has presented details of a plan that is likely to squeeze out private power generating plants and may provoke complaints under the Mexico-U.S.-Canada free trade accord. The constitutional reform presented by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador would cancel contracts under which 34 private plants sell power into the national
Continue Reading By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s coronavirus death toll has reached another once-unfathomable milestone: 70,000 people. The mark recorded Monday by Johns Hopkins University is the highest in the country. Texas is about 3,000 deaths behind. The milestone comes as California is experiencing the lowest rate of new infection cases among
Continue Reading By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A central Minnesota prosecutor has decided not to charge two members of a U.S. Marshals Service task force who fatally shot Winston Smith Jr., a Black man, in Minneapolis. Crow Wing County Attorney Don Ryan said in a letter dated last week that the task force members
Continue ReadingCNN By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Amazon is shifting its approach to remote work again, giving its workers more control over how much time they spend in the office and opening the door for more corporate workers to continue working from home. The company will now allow individual teams to decide which policy works for
Continue ReadingBy Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Amazon is shifting its approach to remote work again, giving its workers more control over how much time they spend in the office and opening the door for more corporate workers to continue working from home. The company will now allow individual teams to decide which policy works for them,
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By JACK JEFFERY Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Dozens of drones have flown across Tel Aviv in an experiment that officials believe could pave the way for commercial drone use across Israel. Israel’s National Drone Initiative, a government program, believes delivering goods via aerial drones will take pressure off highly congested urban roads.
Continue Reading By JACK JEFFERY Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Dozens of drones have flown across Tel Aviv in an experiment that officials believe could pave the way for commercial drone use across Israel. Israel’s National Drone Initiative, a government program, believes delivering goods via aerial drones will take pressure off highly congested urban roads.
Continue ReadingBy Dana Kozlov Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Chicago police officers aren’t only retiring in record numbers, many are leaving the big city department for smaller ones. It’s contributing to an officer shortage that many city leaders believe will only get worse before it gets better. CBS 2 Political Investigator
Continue Reading By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — A former utility executive who lost billions on a failed nuclear project in South Carolina is heading to prison soon. A state judge Monday accepted a two-year sentence for ex-SCANA CEO Kevin Marsh. It was the last hurdle before Marsh promised to report to a federal
Continue Reading By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — A former utility executive who lost billions on a failed nuclear project in South Carolina is heading to prison soon. A state judge Monday accepted a two-year sentence for ex-SCANA CEO Kevin Marsh. It was the last hurdle before Marsh promised to report to a federal
Continue Reading BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — An early winter storm is forecast to bring the first heavy snowfall of the season to portions of the U.S. Rocky Mountains this week. The National Weather Service on Monday issued winter storm warnings for large areas of Wyoming and southern Montana. The warnings are in effect through midday Wednesday. Up
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