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By Eric Levenson and Cindy von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — The pilot of a hot air balloon that crashed in Arizona in January, leaving four people dead, had high levels of the psychedelic drug ketamine in his blood system, according to a forensic examination report from the Pinal County Medical Examiner’s Office. The autopsy report
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A retired three-star Venezuelan army general who twice tried to mount coups against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has been sentenced to over 21 years in prison after he admitted providing weapons to drug-funded rebels. Cliver Alcalá was sentenced Monday by federal Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein in Manhattan. Alcalá pleaded guilty last
Continue ReadingBy JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Politicians and news outlets have expressed outrage over the expulsion of a Colorado politics reporter from a Republican gathering over the weekend. Sandra Fish, a reporter for The Colorado Sun, was told Saturday that the state party chairman believed her reporting was “very unfair.” Journalists
Continue ReadingBy DARLENE SUPERVILLE and COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — President Joe Biden said Monday that more than 30 million borrowers would see “life-changing” relief from his new plan to ease their student loan debt burdens, a fresh attempt by the Democratic president to follow through on a campaign pledge that could buoy
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK and JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump asked a New York appeals court on Monday to move his hush money criminal trial out of Manhattan and reverse his gag order in an eleventh-hour bid for a delay just a week before the scheduled start. At an emergency
Continue ReadingBy ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Jurors in the case of an Arizona rancher charged with fatally shooting a migrant on his property will be allowed to visit the ranch near the border with Mexico as early as this week as the trial enters its second half. Judge Thomas Fink of the Santa
Continue ReadingHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — In a story published April 6, 2024, The Associated Press did not include a statement from TikTok regarding efforts underway in states to ban the app. The story should have included the following statement: “Bans on state government devices and networks prevent state agencies from reaching a wider audience. Bills like
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes held at a virtual standstill Monday as trading calmed after a whirlwind couple of days left them a bit shy of their records. The S&P 500 edged down by 1.95 points, or less than 0.1%, to 5,202.39. It was coming off a
Continue ReadingBy Melanie Hicken and Blake Ellis, CNN (CNN) — US Coast Guard leaders illegally used nondisclosure agreements to prevent sexual assault victims from speaking out about their alleged attacks, according to a congressional inquiry sparked by a CNN report into sexual misconduct at the prestigious Coast Guard Academy. The use of the agreements appeared to
Continue ReadingBy JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has denied clemency for Brian Dorsey one day before his scheduled execution for killing his cousin and her husband. Dorsey’s attorney says she was informed Monday of the decision, calling it “devastating.” Parson’s spokesman didn’t immediately respond to messages seeking comment. Dorsey
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A shooting Monday inside a law office in the affluent Summerlin neighborhood of Las Vegas left three people dead, including the shooter, police said. Clark County Sheriff Kevin McMahill said at a news conference that investigators believe the shooter killed himself. “I want to make sure our community understands
Continue ReadingBy FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Media outlets in Mozambique say that a makeshift ferry overcrowded with residents reportedly fleeing a cholera outbreak sank off the country’s northern coast, killing at least 98 people including children. The ferry with an estimated 130 people aboard sank Sunday after it departed the southeastern African
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Billie Eilish announced that her highly anticipated third studio album, “Hit Me Hard and Soft,” will be released on May 17. The news arrived Monday via Instagram, where Eilish shared the album artwork. It features the pop singer floating in a body of water after
Continue Reading By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Missouri this week plans to execute death row inmate Brian Dorsey for the 2006 murders of his cousin and her husband, but a clemency petition shows scores of people have asked Gov. Mike Parsons to spare his life, citing Dorsey’s rehabilitation and what they call an unjust death sentence.
Continue ReadingNEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans R&B singer Clarence “Frogman” Henry has died at age 87. In 1956, he recorded “Ain’t Got No Home,” finding almost instant stardom with the song in which he imitated a frog’s voice. The song raced up the national charts. He scored another hit in 1960 with “I Don’t Know
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N,J. (AP) — Atlantic City’s casinos were less profitable in 2023 than they were a year earlier, even with help from the state’s booming online gambling market. Figures released Monday by New Jersey gambling regulators show the nine casinos collectively reported a gross operating profit of $744 million
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Sofía Benavides (CNN Español) — Un juez de Nueva York sentenció a 21 años y nueve meses de cárcel al general retirado Cliver Alcalá Cordones, una figura clave de la historia reciente de Venezuela, que pasó de leal mano derecha de Hugo Chávez a enemigo acérrimo de Nicolás Maduro. Ahora puedes seguirnos en WhatsApp Channel “Como miembro
Continue ReadingBy MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer MESQUITE, Texas (AP) — A chilly, midday darkness fell across North America on Monday as a total solar eclipse raced across the continent, thrilling those lucky enough to behold the spectacle through clear skies. Eclipse mania gripped all of Mexico, the U.S. and Canada, as the moon swept in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A shooting Monday inside a law office in the affluent Summerlin neighborhood of Las Vegas left three people dead, including the shooter, police said. Clark County Sheriff Kevin McMahill said at a news conference that investigators believe the shooter killed himself. “I want to make sure our community understands
Continue ReadingBy STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump still says he’s proud that the Supreme Court justices he nominated overturned Roe v. Wade. Yet he spent much of the last year avoiding tough questions about abortion, including whether he would support a national abortion ban should he return to the
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