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By STEVE KARNOWSKI and MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A jury has ended a second day of deliberations without reaching a verdict in the trial of seven Minnesotans accused of exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic to steal more than $40 million meant to feed children. Attention has focused on the case after someone tried
Continue ReadingBUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a New York judge who was censured after being seen on video shoving a police officer during a brawl with neighbors will be replaced on the bench. Judge Mark Grisanti’s term on the Court of Claims expired last year and he has been an acting state Supreme Court justice
Continue ReadingMONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Three people have been shot and killed at a small grocery store in Montgomery. City officials say they are investigating if Tuesday night’s shooting is connected to a string of robberies targeting Latino-owned businesses in Alabama’s capital city. The shooting at Tienda Los Hermanos, a grocery store on the south side
Continue ReadingBy GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican legislators have advanced a proposed constitutional amendment to make it clear that only U.S. citizens can vote in the state. It would retool language on the books that already limits balloting to U.S.-born and naturalized citizens 18 and older. A House election-law
Continue ReadingBy ARSENE EVARISTE and MONIKA PRONCZUK Associated Press OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Russia’s foreign minister has pledged more support to Burkina Faso in fighting militant groups as he presses his whirlwind tour of West Africa in an attempt to fill a vacuum left by the region’s traditional Western partners. Sergey Lavrov told reporters on
Continue ReadingBy SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Month after month, global temperatures are setting new records. Meanwhile, scientists and climate policymakers warn of the growing likelihood that the planet will soon exceed the warming target set at the landmark Paris 2015 climate talks. Making sense of the run of climate extremes may be challenging
Continue ReadingTACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state man who made 20 false reports of bombs and shootings around the U.S. and in Canada, prompting real emergency responses, has been sentenced to three years in prison, U.S. authorities said. Ashton Connor Garcia, 21, of Bremerton, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Tacoma on Tuesday, according
Continue ReadingBy JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s campaign has begun requesting information from his potential vice presidential candidates, sending vetting paperwork to a list of top contenders in recent weeks. North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance were among those who received
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A defense lawyer is declining to comment on the case against a New York man charged in a sports betting scandal that cost former NBA player Jontay Porter his career. Attorney Michael Soshnick also wouldn’t Wednesday say whether his client, Long Phi Pham, knows the former
Continue ReadingBy RANDALL CHASE, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, CLAUDIA LAUER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Jurors who will decide whether President Joe Biden’s son is guilty of federal firearms charges are hearing deeply personal testimony about a dark period for Hunter Biden. The case stems from a gun the younger Biden bought in October 2018.
Continue ReadingBy LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Government advisers Wednesday said it’s time to update the recipe for the COVID-19 vaccines Americans will receive in the fall — targeting a version of the ever-evolving coronavirus called JN.1. While COVID-19 cases currently are low, more surges are inevitable and manufacturers need time to brew
Continue ReadingVIGO PARK, Texas (AP) — Storm trackers in the Texas Panhandle have recovered a massive hail stone that’s about the size of a pineapple. It could be a new state record. The giant hail was found along the side of the road near Vigo Park on Sunday by veteran storm chasers Val and Amy Castor
Continue ReadingSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A black bear who had ventured into a Salt Lake City neighborhood from the nearby mountains took a 20-foot tumble from a tree Wednesday morning after it was tranquilized by wildlife officials, who were unable to provide it a soft landing. The 2-year-old male black bear perched above the tree-lined
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The wife of Sen. Bob Menendez has been excused from appearing in court next week after her lawyer said she’s experiencing intense and chronic pain after surgery to treat cancer. Nadine Menendez was supposed to be on trial with the Democrat for the past month, but
Continue ReadingBy JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A day after lawmakers voted to put a border proposal on Arizona’s Nov. 5 ballot, a Latino advocacy group and a Democratic legislator filed a lawsuit challenging the measure because it contains an alleged constitutional defect. In the challenge filed Wednesday, the group Living United for Change
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens says he will support a plan to spend $5 million reimbursing businesses for losses during water outages in the city in recent days. He’s also promising a commission to examine the city’s infrastructure needs and to deploy monitors to detect leaking pipes. Dickens’
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans have blocked legislation designed to protect women’s access to contraception. They argued Wednesday that the bill was just a political stunt as Democrats mount an election-year effort to put GOP senators on the record on reproductive rights issues. The test vote came as the
Continue ReadingBy JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press Authorities say a large cargo ship lost control of its engines and went nearly full throttle through a South Carolina harbor, prompting the closure of one of the busiest bridges in the state. Harbor pilots were able to help the nearly 1,000-foot ship going nearly 20 mph get under the
Continue ReadingBy TODD RICHMOND and SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The warden of a maximum-security Wisconsin prison and eight members of his staff have been charged following investigations into the deaths of four inmates at the troubled facility over the past year. Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt said at a news conference Wednesday
Continue ReadingBy JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Professional athletes get the lecture at the start of every season, and see the warnings any time they walk into their locker room or clubhouse: If you gamble on your games, the consequences are severe. And, every once in a while, there is a more personal
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