By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Around an hour after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a ban on bump stocks, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul wrongly said a gunman who carried out a racist massacre in her hometown of Buffalo had used the gun accessory that can allow semiautomatic rifles to shoot
Continue ReadingAUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Mainers are going to decide in November whether to adopt a new flag, but the state needs to settle on a design first. Secretary of State Shenna Bellows announced Friday a contest in which anyone can submit a proposed design. However it must be based on the state’s first flag, featuring
Continue ReadingBy KIM CHANDLER and JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama jury has convicted a state trooper of sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl. An Associated Press investigation found Christopher Bauer landed the trooper job even after he was kicked out of the FBI’s New Orleans office amid earlier claims he raped a
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks hung around their record levels on Friday as Wall Street remained relatively quiet following another slide in Europe. The S&P 500 edged down by less than 0.1%, marking the first time this week where it did not set an all-time high. The Dow
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — Milan Fashion Week of mostly menswear previews has opened with two co-ed collections, underlining that the old calendar rules no longer apply. The week usually reserved for menswear is a lighter one, featuring just 20 runway shows and allowing time for reflection amid the usual hubbub.
Continue ReadingBy ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Around an hour after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a ban on bump stocks, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul wrongly said a gunman who carried out a racist massacre in her hometown of Buffalo had used the gun accessory that can allow semiautomatic rifles to shoot
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The US State Department on Friday designated a Nordic neo-Nazi group and three of its top officials as terrorists. It’s the second time in history that the US has designated a foreign White supremacist organization and its leaders as terrorists. The department designated the Nordic Resistance Movement (NRM) and three
Continue ReadingBy ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press SAVANNAH, Tenn. (AP) — Seven years after a man was convicted of killing nursing student Holly Bobo, the case is returning to the Tennessee courtroom where his intense, highly publicized murder trial unfolded. With Bobo’s parents sitting in the courtroom, a judge heard legal arguments Friday as part of an
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On Wednesday, the Coachella Valley Violent Crime Gang Task Force (CVVCGTF) was called by the U.S. Border Patrol Blythe Station to confiscate 25 rifles and two handguns at the California-Arizona border. Border Patrol contacted the driver, Jose Palma Almendarez, a 25-year-old from Calexico, and his 17-year-old brother in a Honda HRV. The investigation uncovered a
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — A highway accident involving an SUV carrying aides to Claudia Sheinbaum, who won Mexico’s June 2 presidential elections, has resulted in at least one fatality. Sheinbaum’s spokesman said the advance car hit another vehicle on a highway in the northern state of Coahuila on Friday, and that one person in the
Continue ReadingBy ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press Donald Trump’s campaign has found itself defending a Supreme Court decision to strike down a ban that he himself had hailed as an achievement on gun control six years ago. He now almost denies it ever happened. The ruling on Friday draws attention to Trump’s record on gun rights
Continue ReadingBy JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Members of a legislative review panel agree that two aging prisons need to be replaced. But they contended on Friday that Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration needs to provide details. The bipartisan commission couldn’t vote on its concerns because it lacked a quorum, with just three
Continue ReadingEL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Veteran safety Tony Jefferson has come out of retirement to sign with the Los Angeles Chargers, the team announced Friday. The 32-year-old Jefferson had a tryout during the Chargers’ minicamp, which concluded Thursday. The Chargers will be the fifth team for Jefferson. He made the Arizona Cardinals’ roster as an
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Considered the nation’s most important civil rights legislation since Reconstruction (1865-1877), it prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin. Following that law, US President Lyndon B. Johnson signed landmark civil
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of George W. Bush, the 43rd president of the United States. Personal Birth date: July 6, 1946 Birth place: New Haven, Connecticut Birth name: George Walker Bush Father: George Herbert Walker Bush, 41st President of the United States Mother: Barbara (Pierce) Bush Marriage: Laura
Continue ReadingBy JOEY CAPPELLETTI and ALI SWENSON Associated Press BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. (AP) — The Republican National Committee on Friday launched a swing state initiative to mobilize thousands of polling place monitors, poll workers and attorneys to serve as “election integrity” watchdogs in November — an effort that immediately drew concerns that it could lead to
Continue ReadingBy DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer MUNICH (AP) — Notable figures from the worlds of politics and soccer are at the opening match of the European Championship in Munich. Host nation Germany plays Scotland in the tournament curtainraiser at Allianz Arena on Friday. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Scotland First Minister John Swinney, and Hungarian Prime
Continue ReadingST. LOUIS (AP) — The Army Corps of Engineers has determined that soil is contaminated beneath some suburban St. Louis homes near a creek where nuclear waste was dumped decades ago, but the contamination isn’t enough to pose a health risk. Soil beneath six homes at the Cades Cove subdivision in Florissant “will not need
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY and MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was expected to be reelected for a second term Friday after his African National Congress party signed a last-minute coalition agreement with its long-time political rival as the new Parliament convened to choose the country’s leader.
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are drifting around their record levels on Friday as caution creeps into financial markets heading into the weekend. The S&P 500 was edging 0.1% lower in late trading and on track for its first day this week where it did not set an
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