Month: February 2023

By ED WHITE Associated Press Michigan fired football co-offensive coordinator Matt Weiss in January after he failed to attend a meeting to discuss whether he had gained access to computer accounts that belonged to other people. That’s according to documents released to The Associated Press. An athletic department official told Weiss that the university had

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Monday defended the shootdowns of three unidentified objects in as many days even as it acknowledged that officials had no indication the objects were intended for surveillance in the same manner as the high-altitude Chinese balloon that traversed American airspace earlier this month.

By ZEKE MILLER, COLLEEN LONG and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The downing of three unknown aerial objects in as many days by U.S. fighter jets has prompted wild speculation about what they were and where they came from. It even fell to White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Monday to announce

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — The nephew of imprisoned Utah polygamous leader Warren Jeffs will be returned to Utah to face charges that he kidnapped his niece. Heber Jeffs waived extradition at a court hearing in Minot, North Dakota, on Monday. The sheriff of Piute County, Utah, says the 10-year-old niece was apparently unharmed. It wasn’t

By DEEPTI HAJELA and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A man driving a U-Haul truck swerved onto sidewalks and plowed into scooter riders in New York City on Monday, injuring multiple people before police were able to pin the careening vehicle against a building following a mileslong pursuit through Brooklyn. At