By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The rare special session Republican Gov. Mike DeWine called to pass legislation ensuring President Joe Biden appears on Ohio’s fall ballot could take several days. Due to differing interpretations of the proclamation DeWine issued Thursday, the Ohio Senate scheduled a single day of activity for
Continue ReadingFORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — American Airlines is changing law firms after a controversial filing in a lawsuit brought by the family of a 9-year-old girl who was recorded using an airplane lavatory. A spokesperson for American confirmed the change in lawyers on Friday. A former flight attendant has been charged with recording young girls
Continue ReadingBy MATT O’BRIEN and ALI SWENSON Associated Press Google’s search engine used to spit out a ranked list of websites that might help you figure out an answer to your question. Now it provides instant answers generated by artificial intelligence that might tell you that cats have visited the moon. While the silliest answers shared
Continue ReadingBy Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN Piper HudspethBlackburn and Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — Louisiana Republican Gov. Jeff Landry signed a bill Friday classifying the abortion-inducing drugs misoprostol and mifepristone as Schedule IV controlled dangerous substances, a first-of-its-kind law that places them in the same category as narcotics and depressants. “Requiring an abortion inducing drug to be obtained with a
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A New Jersey electrician who repeatedly attacked police officers during the Jan. 6, 2021, siege at the U.S. Capitol has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. Christopher Joseph Quaglin argued with and insulted U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden on Friday before and after the judge handed
Continue ReadingBy JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The families of a group of victims from the Uvalde school shooting announced new lawsuits Friday against Instagram parent company Meta Platforms, the maker of the video game “Call of Duty” and the gun company that made the assault rifle used in the shooting. The lawsuits
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A former CIA officer and contract linguist for the FBI accused of spying for China for at least a decade has pleaded guilty in a federal courtroom in Honolulu. As part of an agreement with prosecutors, Alexander Yuk Ching Ma has pleaded guilty to a count
Continue ReadingBy Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump on Thursday during his campaign rally in the Bronx invited up on stage two rappers who have been indicted over an alleged conspiracy to commit murder. During his campaign speech, Trump introduced rappers Sheff G and Sleepy Hallow, whose legal names are Michael Williams and Tegan
Continue ReadingBy JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Efforts to unionize college athletes will continue, advocates said Friday, even with the NCAA’s landmark agreement to allow players to be paid from a limited revenue-sharing pool. “With this settlement, the NCAA continues to do everything it can to avoid free market competition, which is most
Continue ReadingBy JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Efforts to unionize college athletes will continue, advocates said Friday, even with the NCAA’s landmark agreement to allow players to be paid from a limited revenue-sharing pool. “With this settlement, the NCAA continues to do everything it can to avoid free market competition, which is most
Continue ReadingBy MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press A new South Dakota Board of Regents policy keeps employees from including their gender pronouns in school email signatures and other correspondence. That was adopted after Gov. Kristi Noem railed against “liberal ideologies” on college campuses. But the new policy is also keeping Native American employees from including their
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A campus safety officer at a public college in New York City has been suspended after footage circulated online showing him cursing at pro-Palestinian protesters saying he supported killing them all. The officer was filmed at a graduation event Thursday saying, “I support genocide.” College of Staten Island officials confirmed the
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has signed a first-of-its-kind bill classifying classify two abortion-inducing drugs as controlled and dangerous substances. The Republican governor announced his signing of the bill Friday, a day after it gained final legislative passage in the state Senate. Opponents of the measure included
Continue ReadingBy PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press MASSAPEQUA PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Investigators in the New York City suburbs continue to scour the home of a Manhattan architect charged in a string of slayings known as the Gilgo Beach killings. Friday marked the fifth straight day of the renewed search at Rex Heuermann’s dilapidated, single-family home in
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The San Bernardino County District Attorney officially charged an 18-year-old accused in a violent crime spree that ended up with the murder of a Marine at a park in Twentynine Palms. Rudy Garcia Jr., a Twentynine Palms resident, was charged with murder, attempted murder, attempted carjacking, attempted second-degree robbery, and assault with a semiautomatic firearm,
Continue ReadingBy KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In the early days of Donald Trump’s hush money trial it was possible for members of the public to snag a seat without spending days lining up. But more would-be spectators are showing up as the first-ever criminal trial of a former U.S. president nears its
Continue ReadingBy CLAUDIA LAUER and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The judge overseeing Hunter Biden ’s federal firearms charges trial agreed Friday to block prosecutors from telling jurors about some other unflattering episodes from his personal life, but left the door open to allowing them in if the president’s son testifies. It’s unclear
Continue ReadingBy CLAUDIA LAUER and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The judge overseeing Hunter Biden ’s federal firearms charges trial agreed Friday to block prosecutors from telling jurors about some other unflattering episodes from his personal life, but left the door open to allowing them in if the president’s son testifies. It’s unclear
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — NaVorro Bowman was able to see as a player how quickly Jim Harbaugh could turn a team into a Super Bowl contender. Bowman has reunited with Harbaugh, albeit in a different capacity. Harbaugh hired Bowman in February to be the Los Angeles Chargers’ linebackers
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL HILL Associated Press Prosecutors in New York have accused Harvey Weinstein’s lead defense lawyer of making public statements intended to intimidate a potential witness ahead of the fallen movie mogul’s retrial and asked a judge to take action. The Manhattan district attorney’s office sent a letter to the trial judge Thursday criticizing comments
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