AP National News

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A growing number of Puerto Rican government officials on Thursday demanded answers from two private electric companies as the U.S. territory struggles with persistent power outages. Tens of thousands of customers including schools, homes and businesses were left without electricity this week amid selective power cuts stemming from a

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Officials say three people who tested positive for Legionnaires’ disease have died after an outbreak at an assisted living facility in upstate New York. Albany County health officials became aware of a cluster of cases at Peregrine Senior Living at Shaker in Albany on Friday. County officials say 10 people tested

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (AP) — Gov. Bill Lee has announced that a France-based company specializing in nuclear power and renewable energy has selected a site in eastern Tennessee. Orano USA will build a multi-billion dollar centrifuge uranium enrichment facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The plans for the 750,000-square-foot center were unveiled Wednesday. State officials did

Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A woman who was severely injured when a gunman killed five girls and wounded her and four other girls during an attack on their one-room Amish schoolhouse in Pennsylvania has died 18 years later. A funeral director said Thursday that 23-year-old Rosanna King died at her home this week.

Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A white Massachusetts man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for threatening to kill a group of Asian Americans and repeatedly hitting one of them with his car. John Sullivan was sentenced Wednesday in federal court after pleading guilty in April to a federal hate crime. Sullivan is

AP National Writer Three years ago, when Team Canada appeared at the opening ceremonies of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, the athletes were dressed in sleek white jeans. They may have looked good, but for some Paralympians on the team, they were a challenge. For Alison Levine, for example. The para athlete, who competes in

WASHINGTON (AP) — Magic Johnson has bought an ownership stake in the National Women’s Soccer League’s Washington Spirit. The team announced Johnson has joined the investor group led by owner Michele Kang. Johnson most recently became part of the ownership group that bought the NFL’s Washington Commanders last year and also has shares in Major

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska prosecutor says he will not file criminal charges against an Omaha police officer who fatally shot an unarmed man while serving a no-knock warrant. Police Officer Adam Vail was part of a SWAT team serving the search warrant during a drug and firearms investigation on Aug. 28 when he

Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A Christian school at the center of a Supreme Court decision that requires Maine to include religious schools in a state tuition program is challenging a state antidiscrimination law. An attorney for Crosspoint Church in Bangor contends that state lawmakers required participating schools to abide by the state antidiscrimination

NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. (AP) — A 13-foot (4-meter) Burmese python was confiscated from an upstate New York man who was keeping the still-growing snake in a small tank. The state Department of Environmental Conservation got a complaint about an illegally owned snake in the town of New Hartford on Aug. 28. Environment Conservation Police Officer

Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s leader has condemned international human rights groups for criticizing his government’s arrests of nearly 100 people for protesting against a decades-old regional development agreement with neighboring countries. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch issued a joint statement of concern last week over what they called the arbitrary