Month: June 2023

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas governor has named a high-ranking U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration official to head the state highway patrol. Erik Smith will replace a retiring superintendent who is facing federal lawsuits over the agency’s policing and allegations that he sexually harassed female employees. Gov. Laura Kelly’s

By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The criminal indictment unsealed by the Justice Department against Donald Trump includes allegations that the former president stored classified documents in a bathroom and shower at his Florida club and suggested his lawyers conceal the presence of some documents. The indictment also accuses Trump of showing

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health advisers are backing the full approval of an Alzheimer’s drug that received preliminary approval last year. A panel of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration on Friday voted in favor of the infused medication from drugmakers Eisai and Biogen. The FDA granted accelerated

By MEG KINNARD, CURT ANDERSON and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The historic federal criminal case against former President Donald Trump has been assigned to a judge he appointed who faced blistering criticism over her earlier pro-Trump handling of a search warrant in his case. A person familiar with the development

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and STAN CHOE AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks drifted mostly higher on Wall Street, giving the S&P 500 its fourth winning week in a row. The benchmark index edged up 0.1%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average eked out a gain of 43 points, also 0.1%, and the Nasdaq

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Starting next year, owners of electric vehicles made by General Motors and Ford will be able to charge their EVs at many of Tesla’s charging stations, the largest such network in the country. As part of their move, both Detroit-area automakers have decided to adopt Tesla’s

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Joran van der Sloot, the chief suspect in Natalee Holloway’s 2005 disappearance on the island of Aruba, walked shackled into an Alabama courtroom on Friday as her parents looked on. He pleaded not guilty to charges that he tried to extort the missing teen’s mother Although

MONTREAL (AP) — The hazardous haze from wildfires in Canada’s northeast has eased there and throughout much of northeastern United States, but Canadian officials warn it could be a marathon fire season and are welcoming the help of firefighters arriving from other countries. A contingent of 100 French firefighters landed in Canada and were en

WINONA, Minn. (AP) — The former boyfriend of a Minnesota woman whose body was found hidden in a rural area of the state is now facing charges in her death. On Friday, 29-year-old Adam Fravel was charged with second-degree murder. The charge comes two days after a deputy found the body of Madeline Kingsbury, who