Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Fifteen states have sued the Biden administration over a rule that is expected to allow 100,000 immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children to enroll next year in the federal Affordable Care Act’s health insurance. The states filed a federal lawsuit Thursday in North Dakota. It’s one of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — California’s governor flew in for the young bears’ debut. Throngs of media gathered inside the zoo, while the city of San Diego warned of traffic jams ahead of the much-anticipated event Thursday. The San Diego Zoo rolled out the red carpet for the first public showing of its celebrity
Continue ReadingVENTURA, Calif. (AP) — A 73-year-old man has been charged in the strangulation deaths of three Southern California women in 1977 after cold case detectives obtained a DNA match, authorities said Thursday, adding they believe there could be more victims. Warren Luther Alexander of Diamondhead, Mississippi, made his first court appearance Thursday but arraignment on
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — MrBeast has ordered a full assessment of the internal culture in his YouTube empire as well as an investigation into “allegations of inappropriate behavior by people in the company,” according to a confidential memo obtained by The Associated Press. Addressed to “Team Beast” employees, the message sent Wednesday outlines
Continue ReadingGRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities have recovered the body of a 20-year-old New Mexico woman in Grand Canyon National Park, the third reported death in the canyon in the past two weeks. Park officials said Thursday that the body of Leticia A. Castillo of Albuquerque was found Tuesday about 150 feet (45
Continue ReadingAssociated Press RENO, Nevada (AP) — A Nevada man charged with a hate crime acknowledged he referenced a “hanging tree” during a verbal altercation with a Black man who was gathering signatures for a proposed ballot measure southeast of Reno, according to a criminal complaint made public Thursday. Gary Miller, 74, his wife and their
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Missouri voters have narrowly passed a constitutional amendment requiring Kansas City to spend a quarter of its budget on police. Tuesday’s vote highlights tensions between Republicans in power statewide who are concerned about the possibility of police cuts and local leaders of the roughly 28% Black city who say it should be up
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Analysts are expressing shock at a decision by Mexico’s central bank to cut interest rates on the same day that official figures showed a sharp rise in domestic inflation. Almost without exception, central banks raise interest rates to make money more expensive, in order to discourage price increases. But in a
Continue ReadingASUNCIÓN, Paraguay (AP) — The government of Paraguay has effectively ordered the United States ambassador to leave the South American nation, escalating tensions between the allies in the wake of the Biden administration’s sanctions on a tobacco company linked to the country’s powerful former president. In a statement Thursday, the Paraguayan Foreign Ministry asked the
Continue ReadingAP Basketball Writer PARIS (AP) — Down by 11 in the fourth quarter, against what looked like overwhelming odds, the U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team got a spark. Six points in two seconds. Kevin Durant and Devin Booker provided that wild sequence to start the comeback, Stephen Curry had a scoring night like almost none
Continue ReadingSAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Noah Lyles said he tested positive for COVID two days before he finished third in the 200-meter final at the Paris Olympics on Thursday night. Lyles said he tested positive early Tuesday morning and quickly got into quarantine. He participated in the 200-meter semifinal on Wednesday, where he finished second. Lyles’
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Much of New Orleans was under a boil water advisory two days after a Mylar balloon struck power lines near the water plant, leading to a drop in water pressure. Utility companies nationwide have been warning for years about the hazards of Mylar balloons. The metallic, film-coated balloons have
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Two West Virginia correctional officers accused of failing to intervene as their colleagues beat an incarcerated man to death in 2022 have pleaded guilty in federal court. Former Southern Regional Jail employees Jacob Boothe and Ashley Toney admitted to violating 37-year-old Quantez Burks’s civil rights by not protecting him
Continue ReadingAP Media Writer ABC News says Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have agreed to a Sept. 10 debate. The network’s announcement came as Trump was holding a news conference Thursday, where he said he is pushing for two other debates with Harris in September, to be hold on Fox News and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A lawsuit stemming from the Titan submersible disaster felt inevitable, but winning a big judgment against the owner of the vessel could be very difficult, legal experts said on Thursday. The family of French explorer Paul-Henri Nargeolet, one of five people who died aboard the submersible in June 2023,
Continue ReadingDENVER (AP) — Denver police say three officers were fired last month after officials found they had joked about “going to newcomer shelters for target practice” in a group chat with fellow officers. Police say the messages were shared in March when Denver still operated shelters to house migrants from Venezuela and other countries who
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s government has kicked out Nicaragua’s ambassador to the nation in retaliation for a similar move by the Central American country’s President Daniel Ortega. Brazil’s foreign ministry confirmed Thursday to The Associated Press that it had decided to expel Nicaraguan ambassador Fulvia Patricia Castro Matu. It said Brazil’s ambassador
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Police are investigating how a woman died in a baggage room at O’Hare International Airport. Chicago Fire Department spokesperson Larry Langford said emergency responders called to the airport around 7:45 a.m. Thursday found the woman entangled in a conveyer belt system in a baggage room. The room was not publicly accessible, and it’s
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. jury has convicted former Mozambican Finance Minister Manuel Chang in a financial conspiracy case that welled up from from his country’s “tuna bond” scandal. A federal jury in New York delivered the verdict Thursday. Chang was accused of accepting bribes to put his African nation secretly on
Continue ReadingAP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA is wrestling over how and when to bring two astronauts back from the International Space Station, after repeatedly delaying their return aboard Boeing’s troubled capsule. Do they take a chance and send them home soon in Boeing’s Starliner? Or wait and bring them back next year
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