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By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press A U.S. district judge has dismissed claims by Native American tribes and environmentalists who sought to halt construction along part of a $10 billion energy transmission line that will carry wind-generated electricity from New Mexico to customers as far away as California. Judge Jennifer Zipps said in her ruling
Continue ReadingBy RUTH ALONGA Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — The U.N. says a fire at a displacement camp in eastern Congo has destroyed around 50 makeshift tents, leaving dozens of families without shelter. On Wednesday afternoon, the tents were reduced to ashes at the Mugunga displaced people camp near the provincial capital Goma. The United
Continue ReadingBy MATILDE CAMPODONICO Associated Press MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Nearly five decades after Uruguayan security forces seized Amelia Sanjurjo from the street, disappearing the newly pregnant woman into the maw of the military’s prison system, she received a proper burial in her hometown of Montevideo. The bone fragments of Sanjurjo were exhumed exactly a year
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court says eight books dealing with subjects including racism and transgender issues must be returned to library shelves in a rural Texas county that had removed them. Thursday’s ruling by a divided appellate panel in New Orleans was a partial victory for seven
Continue ReadingBy FARNOUSH AMIRI, LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to address a joint meeting of Congress on July 24, according to a person familiar with the matter. Congressional leaders last week formally invited Netanyahu to come speak, delivering the most recent show of
Continue ReadingGUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A Guatemalan lawyer who worked closely with organizations representing farmworker and Indigenous groups has been killed in an apparent ambush. Human rights organizations said Thursday that José Domingo was with two members of the United Farmworker Committee when they were shot by a group of men Wednesday south of the capital.
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations humanitarian chief says leaders in many conflict areas are more interested in power and political rivalries than in listening to the needs of their people, improving their lives and ending the fighting. In an interview with The Associated Press, Martin Griffiths said
Continue ReadingMILAN (AP) — Amanda Knox told Italian TV that she was surprised by a Florence appeals court decision to convict her of slander for accusing a Congolese bar owner of murdering her British housemate. She pledged to appeal the ruling. Knox told Sky TG24 on Thursday that she “will fight for the truth. It’s been
Continue ReadingBy MARK SCOLFORO and MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Some Republican members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives booed and walked out this week when two former police officers who helped protect the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot were recognized on the state House floor. Witnesses said the appearance on
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN J. COOPER and MEG KINNARD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail Thursday with a trip to Arizona, his first appearance in a battleground state since he was convicted in a hush money scandal, repeating his critiques of the case against him as politically motivated and calling for
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former New Jersey attorney general has testified at Sen. Bob Menendez’s bribery trial that the Democrat twice confronted him about a pending criminal case. Gurbir Grewal told the Manhattan federal court jury on Thursday that he refused to discuss it with Menendez. He said he
Continue ReadingRICHLAND, Miss. (AP) — A white Mississippi police officer has lost his job after telling a Hispanic man “go back to Mexico” while responding to a home disturbance. Richland Police Chief Adrian Ready says the officer resigned after being “relieved of duty” over using “derogatory slurs.” Jeremy Rast and other officers had responded to a
Continue ReadingBy ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is trying to raise taxes on businesses in the city to close a big budget gap that emerged after she halted a plan to charge drivers a toll to enter the center of Manhattan. Lawmakers on Thursday detailed the governor’s behind-the-scenes
Continue ReadingBy MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Those seeking to keep military veterans out of jails and prisons are shining a spotlight on a new Nebraska law that makes judicial diversion available to veterans statewide. The law makes Nebraska the first in the nation to adopt a model recommended by the Veterans
Continue ReadingRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The wife of an Irish businessman who was beaten to death in 2015 and the woman’s father have been released from North Carolina prisons. Molly Martens Corbett and her father, Thomas Martens, served another seven months behind bars after entering pleas to voluntary manslaughter last year. They left separate prisons on
Continue ReadingPRATTVILLE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama sheriff has evacuated his county’s jail, citing a need to prevent “health and safety issues.” Autauga County Sheriff Mark Harrell says in a statement posted on Facebook that deputies began transporting inmates from the Autauga County Metro Jail to other facilities Thursday morning. His office’s website currently lists 164
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Gov. Andy Beshear says drug overdose deaths in Kentucky fell nearly 10% in 2023. It marks the second straight yearly decline, but the governor says the fight against addiction is far from over, The number of fatal overdoses statewide dropped below 2,000 in 2023. Officials on
Continue ReadingBy OLGA RODRIGUEZ and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A judge on Thursday dismissed several state charges against Paul Pelosi’s attacker, who was convicted in federal court last month, based on the argument that the counts fall under double jeopardy, according to the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office. David DePape was convicted
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press The Office of Inspector General says the Census Bureau didn’t adequately monitor contract orders worth hundreds of millions of dollars dealing with advertising to promote participation in the 2020 census. The watchdog agency said in a report last month that bureau contracting officers failed to make sure standards were followed
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican federal immigration authorities say they have cleared one of Mexico City’s largest downtown tent encampments of migrants. The National Immigration Institute said Thursday the migrants had been forced to pay bribes of between $12 and $35 for the right to pitch a tent in the tightly-packed space. Residents of the
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