Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Tressa Honie is caught between anger and grief in the lead-up to Utah’s first execution since 2010. That’s because her father Taberon Dave Honie is the person set to die by lethal injection and her grandmother is the person he brutally murdered in 1998. The heinous intrafamilial crime
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden has tasked his team with coming up with an agenda for his final six months in office, defining key priorities for the administration as he looks to secure a one-term legacy – including a robust schedule on the world stage. On a call with political appointees across agencies
Continue ReadingSANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Forensic authorities in the Dominican Republic are working to identify the remains of at least 14 mostly decomposed bodies found on an abandoned vessel 10 nautical miles of its northern coast. The Dominican Republic Navy said the 14 skeletons appeared to belong to individuals from Senegal and Mauritania, according
Continue ReadingTULSA, Okla. (AP) — A dog chomping on a lithium-ion battery sparked a serious house fire in Oklahoma, and video of the moment the sparks began to fly has been enlisted by a fire department to show the potential dangers of those batteries. The footage taken from the home and posted last week on the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Zach Neto hit his first career grand slam in a six-run second inning off rookie Will Warren and drove in a career-high six runs as the Los Angeles Angels beat the New York Yankees 8-2 for a doubleheader split on Wednesday night. In the first game, New York rookie
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The Coachella Valley Scorpions of the National Pickleball League announced a pair of roster moves today, including the addition of former tennis pro-Vince Van Patten. Van Patten, who notably defeated then-world No. 1 John McEnroe in 1981, is also a longtime commentator on the World Poker Tour and made regular appearances on “The Real Housewives
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Medical marijuana remains unavailable in Alabama amid an ongoing legal fight over licenses. State lawmakers approved the creation of a medical marijuana program in 2021. However, the program remains on hold. Companies have challenged the process used by the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission to award and contest licenses. The
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Four years after the 2020 election, a newly GOP-aligned election board in Georgia is pushing to reinvestigate the state’s largest county for its handling of the vote. Georgia’s State Election Board voted 3-2 Wednesday to ask the state’s attorney general to investigate the Fulton County government. The majority seeks to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press The world is falling well short of a promise made at global climate talks last year to triple the amount of wind power, according to a report by an energy think tank released Thursday. Last December, countries at the U.N. COP28 climate conference committed to tripling all renewable electricity by 2030. Wind power
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEATTLE (AP) — One of the last remaining U.S. House Republicans who voted to impeach Donald Trump and a candidate endorsed by the former president have advanced to the November general election in Washington state’s 4th Congressional District race. U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse advanced in Tuesday’s primary election in his bid for a
Continue ReadingCNN By Donald Judd, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he doesn’t have confidence there’ll be a peaceful transition of power if former President Donald Trump loses in November, pointing to comments from the Republican nominee suggesting the only way he’d lose is if the election is stolen from him. “If Trump
Continue ReadingBy Alayna Treene, Michael Williams and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Republicans are attacking Tim Walz’s response to unrest in Minneapolis in 2020, but at the time, then-President Donald Trump said he “fully” agreed with how the Minnesota governor handled rioting in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder, undercutting a key line of GOP attack
Continue ReadingAssolciated Press Rapper Nelly was arrested early Wednesday at a St. Louis-area casino, and the Missouri Highway Patrol said an officer found four illegal ecstasy pills on him. The rapper’s attorney said an “overzealous” officer targeted him and conducted an improper search. The arrest occurred about 4:45 a.m., and Nelly, 49, was held and then
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — A U.S. federal judge in Massachusetts has again dismissed a $10 billion Mexican government lawsuit against six U.S. gun manufacturers. Mexico had argued the companies knew weapons were being sold to traffickers who smuggled them into Mexico and decided to cash in on that market. However, the judge ruled that Mexico
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press/Report for America It was a weekend to celebrate a beloved family matriarch, surrounded by generations of her loved ones at her disco-themed 80th birthday party. But it ended in absolute tragedy, after an SUV carrying 10 family members through South Florida careened off a two-lane country road and into a canal, killing
Continue ReadingBy Donald Judd, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he doesn’t have confidence there’ll be a peaceful transition of power if former President Donald Trump loses in November, pointing to comments from the Republican nominee suggesting the only way he’d lose is if the election is stolen from him. “If Trump wins,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Residents of a southwest Baltimore neighborhood are outraged after police officers shot and killed a fleeing teenager. Authorities have released few details about the Monday night shooting and have not publicly identified the teen. Officials say he ran away when officers tried to engage with him. Police caught up to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Armando Alvarez and Zack Gelof hit RBI singles and Lawrence Butler knocked in a run with a sacrifice fly — all in the seventh inning — as the Oakland Athletics rallied past the Chicago White Sox 3-2 on Wednesday. The White Sox lost their 10th straight series, one day
Continue ReadingRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Roxane Gilmore, a teacher and professor who served as first lady of Virginia during her husband Jim Gilmore’s term as governor from 1998 to 2002, has died. She was 70. The former governor said on social media that she died Wednesday morning after a long illness. He did not disclose the
Continue ReadingFORT NOVOSEL, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama coroner says a helicopter crash at a military base has killed one person and injured another. Dale County Coroner John Cawley says an AH-64 Apache helicopter crashed during routine flight training on Fort Novosel Army base on Wednesday afternoon. The base is the Army’s primary training facility for
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