MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in Mexico’s border state of Sonora have arrested a local police officer in the killing of an American man in July. The Sonora state prosecutors’ office identified the victim only by his given names, Kevin Ray. The office says the man had fired a weapon at a relative of the
Continue ReadingASHBURN, Va. (AP) — Police in northern Virginia said Wednesday they were looking for a homeless man they suspect broke into an office of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office said it has issued an arrest warrant for Toby Shane Kessler, 39, of no fixed address, on a burglary charge in connection
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Kylian Mbappé has pulled on Real Madrid’s famous white jersey for the first time in a competitive match and marked the occasion with the second goal in a 2-0 win over Atalanta in the UEFA Super Cup. Mbappé started and played 82 minutes at the National Stadium in Warsaw.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DALLAS (AP) — The State Fair of Texas is laying down a new rule before millions of visitors flock through the gates for corn dogs, deep-fried delights and a friendly wave from a five-story cowboy named Big Tex: No guns allowed. But that decision by fair organizers — which comes after a shooting
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Does signing up for Disney’s popular streaming service mean you have agreed to never sue the entertainment giant over anything forever? That is what Disney argues in a wrongful death lawsuit involving a 42-year-old New York doctor whose family claims had a fatal allergic reaction after eating at an
Continue ReadingHOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Some frozen custard and mini-golf customers in Pennsylvania have made a startling discovery that elevated a humble groundhog to icon status. Some players were maneuvering a mechanical claw to pluck stuffed animals from the glass game case two weeks ago when they realized a real live groundhog was blinking back at
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An employee of the Democratic National Committee has filed a complaint seeking to remove the Green Party’s presidential candidate from the ballot in Wisconsin. The complaint filed Wednesday argues that the party is ineligible. It’s the latest move by the DNC to block third-party candidates from the ballot. Democrats
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers is urging a federal judge not to make any changes at Wisconsin’s youth prison after a counselor was killed during a fight there. Pressure has been mounting to give Lincoln Hills-Copper Lakes Schools staff more leeway in punishing incarcerated children since a 16-year-old boy was accused
Continue ReadingCAIRO (AP) — The first day of U.S.-led peace talks aimed at finding a solution to Sudan’s brutal conflict concluded in Geneva with the country’s military absent and the other warring party’s participation unclear. The talks come as the war-wrecked country faces one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. The country’s military did not send
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — Emails obtained by The Associated Press show that Delaware Lt. Gov. Bethany Hall-Long’s office staff was in regular communication last year with her husband and other people involved in her campaign for governor. The emails also show that Hall-Long staffers worked during office hours to help facilitate the use
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — A teenager on a field trip to see a Detroit court ended up in jail clothes and handcuffs because a judge said he didn’t like her attitude. Judge Kenneth King even asked other kids in the courtroom Tuesday whether the 16-year-old girl should be taken to juvenile detention, WXYZ-TV reported. King, who
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana’s Supreme Court ruled that minors don’t need their parents’ permission to get an abortion in the state. Wednesday’s unanimous opinion agrees with a lower court ruling that found the parental consent law violates the privacy clause in the state constitution. The ruling comes as an initiative to ask
Continue ReadingAP Technology Writer Cisco Systems is planning to lay off 7% of its employees, its second round of job cuts this year, as the company shifts its focus to more rapidly growing areas in technology, such as artificial intelligence and cybersecurity. The company based in San Jose, California, did not specify the number of jobs
Continue ReadingANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Anchorage police say officers fatally shot a 16-year-old girl holding a knife in the fourth deadly shooting involving police in Alaska’s largest city since mid-May. Anchorage Police Chief Sean Case told reporters that the shooting happened when officers responded to a disturbance between two family members late Tuesday. Alaska Public Media
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — UNICEF says children in West and Central Africa are increasingly exposed to extreme heat, creating health concerns. The U.N. children’s agency in a new report published on Wednesday says that the frequency of heat waves in the region has more than quadrupled since the 1960s, leaving children more vulnerable
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) — An informational pamphlet for Arizona voters, who will decide in the fall whether to guarantee a constitutional right to an abortion, can refer to an embryo or fetus as an “unborn human being,” the state’s highest court ruled Wednesday. The Arizona Supreme Court justices sided with Republican lawmakers, who drafted
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The developers of a long-delayed copper-nickel mining project in northeastern Minnesota have announced plans for a series of studies over the next year on potential ways to improve environmental safeguards and make the mine more cost- and energy-efficient. The studies could lead to significant changes to the project formerly known
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The suspected hack of Donald Trump’s campaign is the latest indication that foreign adversaries looking to meddle in the election are quickening their pace ahead of November. Trump’s campaign has blamed Iran for the incident, which saw hackers gain access to internal campaign documents that were later released to news
Continue ReadingINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s attorney general has dropped a lawsuit accusing the state’s largest hospital system of violating patient privacy laws when a doctor told a newspaper that a 10-year-old Ohio girl had traveled to Indiana for an abortion. The Indianapolis Star reported Monday that a federal judge approved Attorney General Todd Rokita’s request. Rokita
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Quotes from Wyoming’s governor and a local prosecutor were the first things that seemed slightly off to Powell Tribune reporter CJ Baker. Then, it was some of the phrases in the stories that struck him as nearly robotic. The dead giveaway, though, that a reporter from a competing news outlet was using generative
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