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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A newly released autopsy report says the University of Missouri student whose body was recovered from a river after going missing in Tennessee’s capital for nearly two weeks died from accidental drowning and intoxication. News outlets report that Davidson County Medical Examiner’s office released Riley Strain’s autopsy report Tuesday. The autopsy
Continue ReadingBy JAIMIE DING Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A five-year investigation by U.S. officials has uncovered a complex partnership between one of Mexico’s most notorious drug cartels and Chinese underground banking groups in the U.S. that laundered money from the sale of fentanyl, cocaine and other drugs, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. Associates of the
Continue ReadingSTAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — Three-time Olympic gold medalist Misty May-Treanor is heading back to the Summer Games — as a beach volleyball analyst for NBCUniversal. “The beach volleyball venue is one of the most exciting of the Games at the foot of the iconic Eiffel Tower,” NBC Olympics Production vice president Rebecca Chatman said. “It’s
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday that he wants to restrict students’ usage of smartphones during the school day, citing the mental health risks of social media. The announcement, which was first reported by Politico, comes a day after U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press MINA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Muslim pilgrims have wrapped up the Hajj pilgrimage in the deadly summer heat with the third day of the symbolic stoning of the devil, and the last circumambulation around the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest site, in the city of Mecca. The three-day stoning ritual in Mina
Continue ReadingBy SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has raised $40 million in the last five days, including $8 million at a fundraiser with former President Bill Clinton that is scheduled for Tuesday evening. The $40 million total includes more than $30 million raised at a glitzy Los Angeles fundraiser with former
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN WITTE and LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — For years, a few crumbs of cannabis played an outsized role in shaping Shiloh Jordan’s life. With a stroke of a pen by Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, Jordan looks forward to that being in the past for him _ as well as tens of
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The staggering run for Nvidia’s stock carried it to the market’s mountaintop Tuesday, as it became the most valuable company on Wall Street. Stock indexes, meanwhile, ticked to more records following the latest signal that the U.S. economy’s growth may be slowing without cratering. The
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The 911 system across Massachusetts has been restored after going down for several hours. The state’s Executive Office of Public Safety and Security said Tuesday it is unclear how many communities have been affected. Authorities have advised people to either pull a fire box or call a
Continue ReadingBy GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The U.S. government has acknowledged for the first time the harms that the construction and operation of dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Pacific Northwest have caused Native American tribes. It issued a report Tuesday that details how the unprecedented structures devastated salmon runs,
Continue ReadingMONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A Republican state lawmaker from Vermont has apologized for repeatedly pouring water into a Democratic colleague’s bag, after he caught her doing it on video. State Rep. Mary Morrissey publicly apologized to state Rep. Jim Carroll, colleagues and the citizens of Vermont from the House floor on Monday. Both are from
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A man has pleaded guilty to murder for stabbing a woman to death after following her from the street into her lower Manhattan apartment building. Assamad Nash also pleaded guilty Tuesday to burglary as a sexually motivated felony in the Feb. 13, 2022, attack on 35-year-old Christina Yuna Lee. Prosecutors said
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Ten alleged members of a Minneapolis gang accused of “terrorizing” a city neighborhood have been charged with a range of federal crimes including possession of a machine gun and drug trafficking. Law enforcement officials say the charges are the latest move in an ongoing federal initiative that
Continue ReadingCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Google will invest an additional $2.3 billion to support three data center campuses in central Ohio. The tech giant made the announcement Tuesday. It has centers in New Albany and Lancaster and one under construction in Columbus to help power its services around the world. The latest investment is in addition
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Actor Ian McKellen said Tuesday he is looking forward to returning to work after he toppled off a London stage mid-performance and was hospitalized. McKellen, 85, said he was “hugely indebted” to medics who treated him after the tumble on Monday night during a performance of “Player Kings” at London’s Noel Coward
Continue ReadingBy SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has raised $40 million in the last five days, including $8 million at a fundraiser with former President Bill Clinton that is scheduled for Tuesday evening. The $40 million total includes more than $30 million raised at a glitzy Los Angeles fundraiser with former
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Justin Timberlake was arrested early Tuesday and is accused of driving while intoxicated on New York’s Long Island. The Suffolk County district attorney’s office says he was released and his next court date is scheduled for July 26. Timberlake and his representatives have not commented.
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer U.S. lawmakers grilled Boeing’s chief executive Tuesday about the company’s plans to fix its manufacturing problems and its willingness to heed whistleblowers’ warnings, while relatives of people who died in two crashes of the aircraft maker’s 737 Max jetliners were in the room to remind him of what was
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new Biden administration policy announced Tuesday will give roughly half a million immigrants who are married to American citizens but lack legal status in the United States a pathway to citizenship for them and their children. It is one of President Joe Biden’s most sweeping immigration
Continue ReadingBy SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Authorities say three young men have died in a drowning in Guatemala when two of them tried to help another. The three men are the latest in a series of deaths caused by heavy rains in Central America. Eleven people have also died since Monday
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