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By DEVI SHASTRI AP Health Writer The U.S. Food and Drug Administration took 15 months to act on a whistleblower complaint about the Abbott Nutrition factory at the center 2022’s nationwide infant formula shortage. That’s according to an audit by the inspector general of Health and Human Services. It’s just the latest evidence that federal
Continue ReadingBy SEAN MURPHY Associated Press Attorneys for the two remaining survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre say they will petition the Oklahoma Supreme Court for a rehearing in their reparations case. In an 8-1 decision on Wednesday, the state’s highest court upheld the decision of a district court judge last year to dismiss the
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. says the Iranian-backed Houthis launched two anti-ship cruise missiles and struck a commercial ship in the Gulf of Aden off Yemen, setting it on fire and severely injuring one civilian mariner. U.S. Central Command says the M/V Verbena was still ablaze and
Continue ReadingANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Republican former Gov. Larry Hogan, one of former President Donald Trump’s fiercest critics in the GOP, has received Trump’s endorsement in his Maryland Senate bid. In an interview on Fox News, Trump said he’d like to see Hogan win. He also said he believes Hogan “has a good chance to win.”
Continue ReadingBy NICK PERRY Associated Press MEREDITH, N.H. (AP) — Cannabis regulators in Massachusetts have issued an administrative order that will allow pot to be transported to Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket islands for the first time. The order Thursday comes as Martha’s Vineyard was about to run out of pot, with one dispensary temporarily closing in
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Tesla shareholders on Thursday voted to restore CEO Elon Musk’s record $44.9 billion pay package that was thrown out by a Delaware judge earlier this year. Vote totals were not immediately announced. The favorable vote doesn’t mean CEO Musk will get the all-stock compensation anytime soon.
Continue ReadingBy JOSH BOAK and JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has told an influential group of CEOs that he would further cut the 21% corporate tax rate to 20%. But President Joe Biden’s chief of staff Jeffrey Zients separately told them that the Democratic incumbent’s emphasis on global alliances would
Continue ReadingBy DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — An attorney for a Louisville, Kentucky, police major says the force’s police chief mishandled his client’s sexual harassment complaint. The attorney says that’s what led to Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel’s suspension this week. Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg suspended Gwinn-Villaroel this week in a surprise move. The mayor
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Most U.S. stocks slipped Thursday, but hopes for coming cuts to interest rates and Wall Street’s continued frenzy around artificial-intelligence technology nudged indexes to more records. The S&P 500 added 0.2% to its all-time high set the day before, even though the majority of stocks
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares has expressed dissatisfaction at the operation of some U.S. plants on Thursday as the automaker struggles with lower shipments and falling revenues. He took responsibility for not reacting quickly enough to address that issue, the problem of inventory backup, and tackling a “suboptimal”
Continue ReadingBy SEUNG MIN KIM and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will host a White House event next week celebrating an Obama-era directive that offered deportation protections for young undocumented immigrants, as his own administration prepares potential new benefits for others without legal status but with long-standing ties in the United
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Wall Street has rallied as Argentina’s president traveled to Italy for the Group of Seven summit buoyed by his first legislative victory. The Senate passed sweeping proposals to slash state spending and boost his powers. The legislation aimed at overhauling Argentina’s long-troubled economy during its
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK Associated Press A watchdog group says the Environmental Protection Agency should conduct additional soil studies around the site of a toxic train derailment in Ohio after independent testing found high levels of chemicals in locally grown garlic. The Government Accountability Project filed a formal petition on Thursday with the EPA. The EPA
Continue ReadingBy HOLLY MEYER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — U.S. bishops want to assure Native Catholics that they don’t need to feel torn between their Native identity and their Catholic one. “You do not have to be one or the other. You are both. Your cultural embodiment of the faith is a gift to the
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI Associated Press Authorities say a shootout at a New Jersey hotel ended with a murder suspect dead and two police officers wounded. The shooting occurred late Wednesday at a complex in Woodbridge that houses the Raritan Hotel and the Royal Albert’s Palace Banquet Hall. The suspect, whose name was not released, was
Continue ReadingBOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A Colombian military hospital would offer medical treatment to Palestinian children injured in the Israel-Hamas war under a plan from the South American country’s Foreign Ministry. The government of President Gustavo Petro announced the plan Thursday. Deputy Minister of Multilateral Affairs Elizabeth Taylor Jay told reporters the children would travel with
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has made a triumphant return to Capitol Hill to meet with House and Senate Republicans for the first time since the Jan. 6, 2021 attack. GOP lawmakers find themselves newly energized and reinvigorated by Trump’s bid to retake the White House. This is despite
Continue ReadingBy JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s chief of staff has argued to an influential group of CEOs that the Democratic incumbent’s emphasis on global alliances would help their businesses. That’s even as the group rolls out an effort to preserve tax cuts that former President Donald Trump signed into law.
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — School districts in California would be barred from requiring teachers to notify parents if their child asks to go by a new pronoun at school under a bill the state Legislature is weighing amid legal battles over the rights of parents and gender-nonconforming students.
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN LONG and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press FASANO, Italy (AP) — President Joe Biden and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a 10-year security agreement Thursday that they hailed as a milestone in relations between their countries, but that alone was not enough to stop Zelenskyy from wondering how much longer he could count on
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