Month: June 2022

By EDGAR H. CLEMENTE Associated Press VILLA COMALTITLÁN, Mexico (AP) — A group that once numbered as many as 5,000 migrants has split on whether to keeping walking through Mexico toward the U.S. border. A group of mainly younger male migrants set out walking from the southern town of Huixtla. But throngs of families with

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and STAN CHOE AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are falling on Wall Street Thursday following the latest reminder that central banks now care more about fighting inflation than propping up markets. The S&P 500 was 1% lower in afternoon trading, putting it on track for its ninth losing

By ED WHITE and SARA BURNETT Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A Republican candidate for Michigan governor and ardent defender of former President Donald Trump was charged with misdemeanors Thursday for his role in the 2021 postelection riot at the U.S. Capitol, further complicating an already messy GOP primary. Ryan Kelley, 40, was arrested in

By MARIA CHENG and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization is recommending in its strongest terms yet that a deeper probe is required into whether a lab accident may be to blame for the COVID-19 pandemic. This marks a sharp reversal of the U.N. health agency’s initial assessment of the

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judge in Tennessee has ruled that a death row inmate convicted of a 1994 slaying can pursue arguments that he is intellectually disabled and should not be executed under state law. U.S. District Judge Mark S. Norris issued an order Tuesday granting a stay

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The owner of an exotic animal breeding business in Florida has been sentenced to five years’ probation for illegally selling a capuchin monkey to singer Chris Brown. A federal indictment doesn’t name Brown, only identifying the buyer as a celebrity in California, but key details match

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Teslas with partially automated driving systems are a step closer to being recalled after the U.S. elevated its investigation into a series of collisions with parked emergency vehicles or trucks with warning signs. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Thursday that it is upgrading the

BALTIMORE (AP) — Maryland State Police officials say an investigation has found that a former agency employee created a challenge coin inscribed with the agency logo along with graphic imagery and offensive language. Col. Woodrow Jones III, the superintendent, said in a statement Wednesday that he was “disgusted” that anyone who wore the state police

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — A U.N. agency has issued a glum world forecast, saying that food import bills appear headed to a record high and food markets are likely to tighten. The Food Outlook, which is issued twice a year by the Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organization, also found that “many