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By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A California judge on Friday denied a petition to recall the death sentence against Richard Allen Davis, who in 1993 killed 12-year-old Polly Klaas after kidnapping her from her bedroom at knifepoint in a crime that shocked the nation. Jurors in 1996 found Davis
Continue ReadingCHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The University of Virginia will pay $9 million in a settlement related to a 2022 campus shooting that killed three football players and wounded two students. Attorney Kimberly Wald represents the family of D’Sean Perry who was killed. She said Friday that UVA will pay $2 million each to the families
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press WEST JORDAN, Utah (AP) — A Utah family whose son has been implicated in a thwarted coup in Congo says they’re unsure if he’s still alive. U.S. officials have yet to make contact with Tyler Thompson and two other Americans two weeks after their arrest. The 21-year-old had traveled to
Continue ReadingBy ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Will Donald Trump go to prison? Could he pardon himself? What about the election? The first criminal conviction of a former American president raises a host of legal and political questions. Trump was convicted by a Manhattan jury Thursday of 34
Continue ReadingBy GARY FIELDS and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is likely to remain eligible to vote in Florida despite his conviction for 34 felonies in his New York hush money trial. That highlights the confusing way Florida handles allowing people convicted of felonies to cast ballots. While many states
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Tesla is recalling more than 125,000 vehicles to fix a seat belt warning system that may increase the risk of an injury in a collision. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said that the recall includes certain 2012-2024 Model S, 2015-2024 Model X, 2017-2023 Model 3, and 2020-2023 Model
Continue ReadingBy SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The bodies of a U.S. missionary couple killed by gang members in Haiti’s capital have been returned to their family in Missouri. Natalie Lloyd’s parents announced on Facebook that the remains of their daughter and son-in-law arrived Friday in Kansas City. Natalie and Davy Lloyd’s
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI, CHRIS MEGERIAN and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday detailed a three-phase deal proposed by Israel to Hamas militants that he says would lead to the release of the remaining hostages in Gaza and could end the grinding, nearly 8-month-old Mideast war. Biden added that Hamas
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A military veteran who was convicted of injuring a police officer’s hand during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol has been sentenced to five years in prison. John George Todd III declined to address the court before U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell sentenced him
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA’s new charter flight program still has a few expected kinks but commissioner Cathy Engelbert expects everything to be running smoothly after the Olympic break. “It’s a big Rubik’s Cube,” Engelbert told The Associated Press in a phone interview Friday. “Where could we get
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s rat-hating mayor has once again been ticketed for a rat infestation at his Brooklyn property. Mayor Eric Adams’ latest ticket was issued by a city health inspector May 16 at a row house he owns in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood. He can contest the ticket in July. A spokesperson
Continue ReadingWISE, Va. (AP) — A South Carolina man has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the shooting death of a police officer in western Virginia in 2021. The Kingsport Times-News reports that Michael White entered the plea Thursday on the amended charge related to Big Stone Gap Officer Michael Chandler’s death. Chandler was shot while
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI, CHRIS MEGERIAN and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday detailed a three-phase deal proposed by Israel to Hamas militants that he says would lead to the release of remaining hostages in Gaza and could end the grinding, nearly 8-month-old Mideast war. Biden added that Hamas is
Continue ReadingBy HOLLY RAMER and RODRIQUE NGOWI Associated Press EAST GREENWICH, R.I. (AP) — As contestants from the latest Scripps National Spelling Bee head home, the oldest living champion is reflecting on his experience and the effect it had on him. William Cashore was 14 when he won the 1954 competition. Now 84, he still remembers
Continue ReadingBy KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell has announced an independent investigation following a complaint alleging the police department actively lobbied to gut the city’s community oversight board, as well as a number of other misconduct claims. O’Connell confirmed on Friday that the investigation will be led by former
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says Hamas is “no longer capable” of carrying out another large-scale attack on Israel as he urges Israelis and Hams to come to a deal to release remaining hostages for an extended cease-fire. Biden on Friday addressed the nearly eight-month Israel-Hamas
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A day after a New York jury delivered a historic guilty verdict in Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee held a press conference Friday where he spoke publicly about the conviction and his White House bid. Following his conviction on Thursday, Trump had angrily denounced the
Continue ReadingBy TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer EASTLAKE, Ohio (AP) — The last day of school has never been like this at Birmingham-Southern. The school officially closed on Friday after more than 160 years as its baseball team opened played in the Division III World Series. The Panthers have overcome obstacles in becoming one of eight
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — After Donald Trump’s historic guilty verdict, a steady flow of images showing upside-down American flags has appeared on social media as his supporters and right-wing commentators protest his felony conviction. At least one such flag was spotted Friday outside Trump Tower in New York City as the
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Craft beer pioneer Anchor Brewing Co. — maker of its famous Anchor Steam and Christmas Ale beers — has been purchased by Chobani yogurt founder and billionaire Hamdi Ulukaya. The purchase price was not disclosed. Ulukaya said in a statement issued Friday that Anchor embodies much of what makes San Francisco
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