Month: February 2024

By JUAN A. LOZANO and JIM VERTUNO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Questions still remain about the motive behind a women’s shooting attack at celebrity pastor Joel Osteen’s Texas megachurch that ended when she was gunned down by security. Shooter Genesse Moreno’s Feb. 11 attack at Lakewood Church in Houston left her 7-year-old son and

By JOHN HANNA and DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Lawmakers in at least six states are considering longer prison sentences or bigger fines for harming or killing police dogs, and the idea has bipartisan support despite questions about how the animals are used and a fraught history. In Kansas on Wednesday,

By MATTHEW BARAKAT AP Business Writer ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Real estate data firm CoStar Group is moving its headquarters from Washington, D.C., to northern Virginia. CoStar operates the apartments.com and homes.com websites. It said Tuesday that it expects to move to the Rosslyn section of Arlington County by the end of the year. The

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Democratic Rep. Tom Suozzi winning back his Long Island seat could provide a blueprint for Joe Biden’s reelection campaign heading into November. His supporters say it demonstrates his party’s strength in competitive suburban territory that also happens to be where Donald Trump grew

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A lawmaker has resumed his push to limit a Kentucky governor’s pardon powers. It’s a fallout from the pardons granted by the state’s last GOP governor. The proposed constitutional change won approval from a Senate committee Wednesday. Sen. Chris McDaniel wants to guarantee what happened at

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court has set an execution date for David Hosier, who is on death row for killing a Jefferson City woman in 2009. The court on Wednesday scheduled Hosier’s execution for 6 p.m. June 11 at the state prison in Bonne Terre, Missouri. It is the second execution

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The family of imprisoned Belarusian opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova says it hasn’t received a letter from her for a year. Kolesnikova is serving 11 years for organizing anti-government protests. Other imprisoned opposition figures have been held incommunicado for months. Mass protests rocked Belarus in 2020 after

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has imposed sanctions on three people and four firms — across Iran, the United Arab Emirates and Turkey — for allegedly helping to export goods and technology purchased from U.S. companies to Iran and the nation’s central bank. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control said

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press KANSAS CITY (AP) — Minutes after Kansas City Chiefs players vowed to go for a third-straight Super Bowl title, shots were fired. Ambulances responded to the seen, and officers rushed toward the area with guns drawn. No details were immediately released. Downtown Kansas City was a sea of red Wednesday

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — One backcountry skier died and two others were injured in an avalanche on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula, as warm weather and high winds raise the risks for snowslides in the state. The avalanche occurred Tuesday afternoon between the communities of Cooper Landing and Moose Pass, about 90 miles

By TIA GOLDENBERG, SAMY MAGDY and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — International efforts to broker a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas suffered a setback on Wednesday as Israel reportedly recalled its negotiating team and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Hamas of hobbling the high-stakes negotiations by sticking to “delusional” demands. Netanyahu’s remarks came