Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats and civil rights groups are asking election officials in the states ravaged by Hurricane Helene to give voters more time to register for the Nov. 5 presidential election. A judge in South Carolina on Friday extended that state’s deadline to Oct. 14, but prospects are uncertain in the other
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday denied a request by a Black high school student in Texas for a court order that the student’s lawyers say would have allowed him to return to his high school without fear of having his previous punishment over his hairstyle resume. Darryl George had sought
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho man who prosecutors said ambushed and shot correctional officers at a Boise hospital in a plot to help a fellow white supremacist gang member escape from prison was sentenced to life behind bars. Twenty-nine-year-old Nicholas Umphenour pleaded guilty earlier this year to several felonies in connection with
Continue ReadingAssociated Press FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A jury on Friday acquitted a former police officer in Virginia of involuntary manslaughter after he fatally shot a shoplifting suspect last year outside a busy shopping mall. But the jury in Fairfax County did convict the former sergeant, Wesley Shifflett, on a charge of reckless handling of a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s top education official is seeking to purchase 55,000 Bibles that match one endorsed by former President Donald Trump. The request is part of Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters’ ongoing efforts to require Bibles in every classroom. Walters is seeking to spend $3 million in state funds for Bibles
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration will not extend a two-year program that allows migrants from certain nations into the U.S. if they came by plane with sponsorship. The program began in 2022 with Venezuelans and was an effort to provide an alternative legal pathway for migrants who were increasingly coming to the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Charles Dean loved living in his South Carolina neighborhood, with its manicured lawns and towering trees. It reminded him of his childhood growing up in a family that has run a lumber business since the early 1900s. It was one of those giant trees that ended up killing him when Hurricane Helene whipped
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency is tasked with helping states and communities hit by disasters like Hurricane Helene. With Helene hitting during the homestretch of an election year, the agency has been criticized by some residents and politicians, like Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, who question its response and are
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The trial of three former Memphis officers charged in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols ended with a mixed verdict, surprising and perplexing some observers who questioned why the jury would acquit two of the officers on the most serious charges. Verdicts came down Thursday in the trial for
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.; Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Deanne Criswell. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark.; Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif. ___ CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Sens. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., and Thom Tillis, R-N.C.; Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio; Catherine Russell, UNICEF’s executive
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge on Friday refused to stay an injunction against a portion of a new Alabama law that limits who can help voters with absentee ballot applications. Chief U.S. District Judge David Proctor denied Alabama’s request to stay the injunction ahead of the November election as the state
Continue ReadingGRAFTON, W.Va. (AP) — A coal miner has died nearly a week after being injured on the job in northern West Virginia. Gov. Jim Justice says 34-year-old Colton Walls of Bruceton Mills died Friday. Walls was injured while working as a longwall electrician at the underground Leer Mining Complex operated by Arch Resources in Grafton.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. military officials and analysts have for years warned of possible armed attacks or blockades by China on the self-governed island of Taiwan, but a new report raises a red flag about possible non-military tactics. The report by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a Washington-based research institute, warns that
Continue ReadingBRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — The New York Mets’ 4-2 comeback victory over the Milwaukee Brewers Thursday night in the deciding game of the NL Wild Card Series averaged 4,017,000 viewers on ESPN and streaming, making it ESPN’s most-watched Major League Baseball game in three years. ESPN and Nielsen reported Friday afternoon that the audience peaked
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Georgia businessman has been convicted of cheating former NBA stars Dwight Howard and Chandler Parsons of $8 million after a trial in Manhattan federal court. The jury returned its verdict on Friday against Calvin Darden Jr. The conviction has led a prosecutor to call for the immediate jailing
Continue ReadingAP Health Writer Experts say the fallout from storm damage to a North Carolina factory that makes critical hospital supplies will be felt broadly and could linger. Flooding triggered by Hurricane Helene hit a Baxter International plant in North Cove, North Carolina, that makes much of the country’s supply of sterile IV fluids. It also
Continue ReadingASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — After 1,080 days as president, Joe Biden on Friday decided to pop in and take questions in the White House briefing room for the first time, striding in with a grin after a strong monthly jobs report and the temporary settlement of a strike by ports workers. The president has
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Virginia man has been arrested on a charge that he spray-painted graffiti on a monument in the nation’s capital during protests against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress in July. Zaid Mohammed Mahdawi was arrested Friday on a charge of destroying federal property. He was among thousands
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An international yoga business founder whose chain of yoga studios promoted themselves as “Yoga to the People” has pleaded guilty to a tax charge in a New York federal court. Gregory Gumucio apologized Friday as he admitted not paying over $2.5 million in taxes from 2012 to 2020. Judge
Continue ReadingAssociated Press UMAN, Ukraine (AP) — Thousands of pilgrims have joined an annual gathering to mark the Jewish new year in the central Ukrainian town of Uman, despite the war against Russia. Uman is transformed for the celebration of Rosh Hashana. The streets are plastered with signs in Hebrew for the pilgrims who come to
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