Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia county says Black slave descendants can’t legally force a referendum that could overturn zoning changes they say threaten their island community. An attorney for McIntosh County sent a letter to a judge Monday arguing that a provision of Georgia’s constitution empowering citizens to challenge county government decisions
Continue ReadingAssociated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The majority of Houston outages that followed Hurricane Beryl should be fixed within the next two days, the city’s main utility company said Monday as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatened to punish CenterPoint Energy even after the lights come back. The Texas Public Utility Commission, the state’s regulatory agency,
Continue ReadingCNN By Michael Williams and Betsy Klein, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden sat for an interview with NBC on Monday, his first interview since the attempted assassination of his political rival former President Donald Trump. Speaking with Lester Holt, Biden reiterated that he was grateful Trump survived the shooting, but also pointed toward
Continue ReadingSACREMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California governor signs law barring school requirement to tell parents if child changes pronoun.
Continue ReadingBy John Miller, Casey Tolan and Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — In the 48 hours before he opened fire on former President Donald Trump, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks made a series of stops in and around his suburban Pittsburgh hometown. On Friday, he went to a shooting range where he was a member, and practiced
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — Loved ones of the man killed when a sniper opened fire at a rally for former President Donald Trump describe him as a beloved family man and girl dad who served his community with “quiet resilience.” An obituary released Monday for 50-year-old Corey Comperatore says he had worked as
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Democrats are challenging efforts to place Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and three other candidates on the state’s presidential ballots It’s part of a nationwide effort to block candidates who could siphon votes from incumbent President Joe Biden. Besides Kennedy, Democrats are targeting independent Cornel West, Green Party candidate Jill
Continue ReadingBy Michael Williams and Betsy Klein, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden sat for an interview with NBC on Monday, his first interview since the attempted assassination of his political rival former President Donald Trump. Speaking with Lester Holt, Biden reiterated that he was grateful Trump survived the shooting, but also pointed toward his
Continue ReadingBy Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Paris (CNN) — A French soldier deployed in the country’s anti-terrorism force was stabbed at a train station in central Paris on Monday evening, French government officials said, a little more than a week before the Paris 2024 Olympics’ opening ceremony is due to take place. “A soldier with Operation Sentinelle
Continue ReadingBy Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — The Senate is narrowly divided and Democrats hold a slim majority. But there’s no need for Ohio Sen. JD Vance, whom former President Donald Trump selected as his running mate Monday, to leave the chamber during the campaign. It makes sense to look to a senator as vice
Continue ReadingA judge’s ruling keeps an abortion-rights question on the South Dakota ballot in November. A judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit filed by an anti-abortion group seeking to have it removed. Supporters of the measure gathered enough valid signatures to put it before voters and turned them in earlier this year. South Dakota is slated
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — Officials in France say a French soldier has been stabbed outside a big train station in Paris, and the attacker has been arrested. Paris is under a high security alert 11 days before the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympics. A French military official says that the soldier is hospitalized but is
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — The judge overseeing the long-running racketeering and gang prosecution against Young Thug and others has been removed from the case after two defendants sought his recusal, citing a meeting the judge held with prosecutors and a state witness. Fulton County Superior Court Chief Judge Ural Glanville had put the case in Atlanta
Continue ReadingAssociated Press The recent stranding of more than 100 dolphins on Cape Cod is the largest such event involving dolphins in U.S. history. The stranding is partly due to the peninsula’s geography which includes gently sloping sand flats, tidal fluctuations and proximity to productive feeding grounds. Those challenges plus the the hook-like shape of the
Continue ReadingFRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Fresno State coach Jeff Tedford announced Monday he’s stepping down because of health concerns. Tedford, 62, led the Bulldogs to a 44-22 record in five seasons, including two Mountain West Conference championships and four bowl victories. The Bulldogs finished in the AP Top 25 twice during his tenure. “It is with
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — Signs of trouble were evident in the minutes before shots rang out at Donald Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania: Police had a report of a suspicious man pacing near the magnetometers and were apparently exchanging photos of the suspect. Witnesses pointed and shouted at an armed man on a nearby
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Colombia’s soccer federation president and his son were among 27 people arrested during the crowd control issues that broke out at the Copa America final between Argentina and Colombia, police said Monday. Ramón Jesurún, 71, and his son Ramon Jamil Jesurún were detained and charged after the
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — One of the two Americans convicted in the 2019 stabbing death of an Italian plainclothes police officer has been granted house arrest after an appeals court significantly reduced his original life sentence. Gabriel Natale-Hjorth can serve his 11-year, four-month sentence at the home of a grandparent in the seaside town of Fregene,
Continue ReadingCNN By Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — With Donald Trump’s choice to make JD Vance his running mate, he adds to the ticket an author and senator once known as a “Trump whisperer” for his understanding of the former president’s voter base. The onetime “Never Trump” Republican, Vance, 39, shot to fame over his 2016
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Federal authorities have charged a former Loretto Hospital executive in a scheme to embezzle $15 million from the health care facility. Anosh Ahmed is charged with eight counts of wire fraud, four counts of embezzlement, 11 counts of aiding and abetting embezzlement and three counts of money laundering. He was chief financial officer
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