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By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — BNSF Railway must pay nearly $400 million to a Native American tribe in Washington state, a federal judge ordered Monday after finding that the company intentionally trespassed when it repeatedly ran 100-car trains carrying crude oil across the tribe’s reservation. U.S. District Judge Robert Lasnik initially ruled
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rose to records Monday as gains for technology companies keep pushing the market higher. The S&P 500 climbed 0.8% to top its all-time high set on Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 188 points, or 0.5%, while the Nasdaq composite added 1%
Continue ReadingBy TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A man who twice brought guns to the Wisconsin state Capitol building looking for Gov. Tony Evers has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor. Prosecutors accused Joshua Pleasnick of showing up at the Capitol on Oct. 4 and demanding to see the governor while armed with a
Continue ReadingBy JACK DURA Associated Press An anti-abortion group in South Dakota has filed a lawsuit to block an abortion rights measure from the November ballot. The Life Defense Fund filed its lawsuit on Thursday. The group seeks to disqualify or invalidate the initiative. In May, Secretary of State Monae Johnson validated the measure by Dakotans
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A flashy Brooklyn preacher who played up connections to New York City’s mayor has been sentenced to nine years in prison for multiple frauds. Lamor Miller-Whitehead was sentenced Monday in Manhattan federal court. Judge Lorna G. Schofield said she didn’t see remorse from the Rolls Royce-driving
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — It’s been creative director musical chairs at some of Italy’s top fashion houses, and the pressure is showing, at least on social media. Gucci’s Sabato De Sarno presented his third collection in Milan on Monday, still the most highly anticipated runway show of the week as
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Biden administration’s effort to expand protections for LGBTQ+ students hit another roadblock Monday, when a federal judge in Kentucky temporarily blocked the new Title IX rule in six additional states. U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves referred to the regulation as “arbitrary in the truest
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge on Monday ordered BNSF Railway to pay nearly $400 million to a Native American tribe in Washington state after finding that the company intentionally trespassed when it repeatedly ran 100-car trains carrying crude oil across its reservation. U.S. District Judge Robert Lasnik initially ruled last year that the the
Continue ReadingBy COREY WILLIAMS and JIM SALTER Associated Press FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. (AP) — It’s hot and getting hotter for workers and everyone else outdoors as the first significant heat wave of the year makes its way eastward across the United States. More than 70 million people were under extreme heat alerts Monday. What’s more, the
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN GROVES, SEUNG MIN KIM and REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is planning to announce a sweeping new policy Tuesday that would lift the threat of deportation for hundreds of thousands of people married to U.S. citizens, an aggressive election-year action on immigration that had been sought by many
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s attorney general has charged Democratic power broker George Norcross with racketeering and other crimes in connection with government issued tax credits. An indictment was unsealed Monday and Attorney General Matt Platkin announced the charges at a news conference in Trenton. Norcross has been an
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are rallying toward more records Monday as gains for technology companies keep pushing the market higher. The S&P 500 was up 0.9% in late trading and on track to close above its all-time high set on Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was
Continue ReadingBy MORGAN LEE Associated Press Communities across the country are grappling with a rash of violence in the final days of spring that included at least four mass shootings in one weekend. A lone gunman opened fire at a splash pad in suburban Detroit. Seven people were shot at a “pop-up” party organized via social
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer PINEHURST, N.C. (AP) — Bryson DeChambeau climbed back into the most famous bunker at Pinehurst No. 2, this time with the U.S. Open trophy instead of his 55-degree sand wedge, filling the silver prize with grains of sand to commemorate the best shot of his life. Rory McIlroy wanted
Continue ReadingHAVANA (AP) — A fleet of Russian warships, including a nuclear-powered submarine, has left Havana’s port after a five-day visit to Cuba following planned military drills in the Atlantic Ocean. The drills have been seen by some as a show of strength by Moscow against the backdrop of tensions as U.S. and other Western nations
Continue ReadingPONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan sheriff says two of the nine people wounded in a weekend shooting at a splash pad remain hospitalized in critical condition. That includes an eight-year-old boy who authorities on Monday said has made “amazing progress” after he was shot in the head. The random attack in Rochester Hills was
Continue ReadingBy JULIA FRANKEL and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu disbanded his war Cabinet, consolidating his influence over the Israel-Hamas war and likely diminishing the odds of a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip anytime soon. Netanyahu announced the step days after his chief political rival, Benny Gantz, withdrew from
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The way the NFL can distribute its package of out-of-market games could be decided in federal court as the result of a class-action lawsuit. Subscribers to the NFL’s “Sunday Ticket” package are claiming the league broke antitrust laws by selling its package of out-of-market Sunday
Continue ReadingSPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Authorities in South Carolina say two armed men were shot and killed in separate episodes with law enforcement over the weekend. In both cases, authorities say officers responded to reports of gunfire, and in one instance the shooter fired at the officers. Deputies in Spartanburg County heard and saw shots being
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — A federal judge says a historic ocean liner that still holds the transatlantic speed record it set more than 70 years ago must leave its berth in Philadelphia by Sept. 12. The decision issued Friday culminated a years-old rent dispute between the conservancy that oversees the 1,000-foot SS United States and its
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