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By ERIC TUCKER Associated Pres WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal judge presiding over the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump and two of his associates has struck a paragraph from the indictment but denied a defense request to dismiss some of the charges. The paragraph concerns allegations that Trump, in 2021 while no
Continue ReadingBAKER COUNTY, Ore. (AP) — A dog has helped his owner get rescued after a car crash in a steep ravine in mountainous northeastern Oregon. The Baker County Sheriff’s Office said a man was driving with his four dogs on a remote road just over a week ago when he crashed into the ravine. One
Continue ReadingTRISTAN LAVALETTE Associated Press PERTH, Australia (AP) — Mohammed Rashid once worked as a forklift driver in a Chicago warehouse. Fast forward to these grim times and Rashid and his Palestinian soccer teammates carry a heavier weight. They know success on the field offers a little respite from the war raging in Gaza. Amid the
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The head of New York’s transit authority says the agency will have to cut back its plans for maintaining and improving its subways, buses and commuter rail. Janno Lieber’s announcement came Monday in response to the governor abruptly halting a scheme that would have funded those plans by charging most motorists
Continue ReadingBy MORGAN LEE and SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico judge has cleared the way for a landmark lawsuit to proceed over allegations that the state has failed to meet its constitutional obligations for protecting against oil and gas pollution. Environmental groups and Native Americans who live near
Continue ReadingBy BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A judge has ruled that Alaska elections officials did not violate state law or regulations when they let the sponsors of a measure aimed at repealing Alaska’s ranked choice voting system correct errors in petition booklets after they were turned in. The decision Friday by Superior
Continue ReadingBy ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Library of Congress is unveiling an eclectic new exhibit drawing on the institution’s vast historical archives and designed to make the library a more popular and accessible destination for visitors and tourists. “Collecting Memories” — which opens to the public on June 13 — is an
Continue ReadingBy GREGORY GONDWE and GERALD IMRAY Associated Press BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — Soldiers are searching mountainous forests near a city in northern Malawi after a military plane carrying the country’s vice president and a former first lady went missing in the area Monday, President Lazarus Chakwera said. The plane carrying 51-year-old Vice President Saulos Chilima,
Continue ReadingBy ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Rudy Giuliani, a former New York City mayor and Donald Trump attorney, was processed Monday in the criminal case over the effort to overturn Trump’s Arizona election loss to Joe Biden, the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office said. The sheriff’s office provided a mug shot but no other
Continue ReadingBy STEPHANY MATAT Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A teenager who lost both a leg and one of her hands in a Florida shark attack has this to say of her ordeal: “I made it.” That’s according to Lulu Gribbin’s mother, Ann Blair Gribbin, who wrote about the Friday ordeal in a
Continue ReadingBy WILL WEISSERT and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — After back-to-back trips to Europe, President Joe Biden plans to head to the presidential retreat at Camp David next week to prepare for his first 2024 debate with Republican Donald Trump. The woodsy Maryland hideaway has been used by a number of past presidents
Continue ReadingBy LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — The main shipping channel into Baltimore’s port has fully reopened to its original depth and width following the March 26 collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which blocked most maritime traffic into the harbor. Officials announced the full reopening in a news release Monday evening. It
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A former police officer will serve life in prison for overseeing the murder of four people in upstate New York. Prosecutors say Nicholas Tartaglione tortured and killed one man over stolen drug money and killed three witnesses with the help of criminal associates. Tartaglione had served as a police officer on
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER Associated Pres WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal judge presiding over the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump and two of his associates has denied a request to dismiss some of the charges in the indictment. But U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon did agree to strike a paragraph from the indictment
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Authorities say four people were hospitalized in serious to critical condition after a small plane crashed into the front yard of a suburban Denver home after trying to land in the street. The NTSB says the plane burst into flames after crashing, and the injuries to the
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A district attorney who brought charges that were ultimately dismissed against a Colorado man accused of killing his wife is facing a discipline hearing that could lead to her disbarment. The two-week hearing is being held to determine if 11th Judicial District Attorney Linda Stanley violated attorney
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump will meet with Senate Republicans Thursday, speaking to the group just two weeks after he was convicted on 34 charges in his hush money trial and as GOP senators have increasingly rallied around him. The invitation was issued by GOP Conference Chairman
Continue ReadingBy MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A landslide has wiped out a vital two-lane road in western Wyoming. It’s causing a mountain of headaches for thousands of commuting tourist town workers at the outset of the Yellowstone region’s busy summer season. Wyoming Highway 22 is expected to remain closed for weeks after
Continue ReadingDENVER (AP) — In a story published June 7, 2024, about a small plane crash in Colorado, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Deanna Harrington was the spokesperson for Aurora Fire. She is the spokeperson for the Arvada Fire Protection District.
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer TEL AVIV (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has urged top Israeli officials to accept a plan for postwar Gaza as he pushed for more international pressure on Hamas to agree to a cease-fire proposal newly endorsed by the U.N. Security Council. On his eighth urgent mission
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