YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — A crew working in the basement area of an Ohio building intentionally cut a gas line not knowing it was pressurized before a deadly explosion this week, the National Transportation Safety Board said Friday. NTSB board member Tom Chapman said preliminary investigation shows workers were in the basement to clear out
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and allies South Korea and Japan have clashed with China and Russia over North Korea’s latest satellite and ballistic missile launches and threats to use nuclear weapons that have escalated tensions in northeast Asia. The scene was an emergency open meeting of
Continue ReadingCNN By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Friday congratulated the Kansas City Chiefs on their second Super Bowl victory in two years, joking, “back to back … I like that.” “When the doubters question whether you could pull it off again — believe me, I know what that feels like,” the
Continue ReadingCORVALLIS, Oregon (AP) — Caden Kendle’s two-out, two-run single with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth lifted second-seeded UC Irvine to a wild, 13-12 victory after Nicholls State wiped out a 9-1 deficit and led 12-11 in the top of the inning at the Corvallis Regional in the NCAA Tournament on Friday.
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Relatives of passengers who died in two Boeing Max crashes are pushing federal officials to prosecute the company, but they’re not getting any promises from the Justice Department. The families made their case in a meeting Friday in Washington. The Justice Department determined two weeks ago that Boeing violated terms of a
Continue ReadingCNN By Kevin Liptak and Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Marian Robinson, the mother of former first lady Michelle Obama, has died, according to a statement from the Obama and Robinson families. She was 86. “As a sister, aunt, cousin, neighbor, and friend to so many, she was beloved beyond words by countless others whose
Continue ReadingYOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board says a crew working in the basement area of an Ohio building intentionally cut a gas line not knowing it was pressurized before a deadly explosion this week. NTSB board member Tom Chapman said Friday workers were in the basement to clear out piping and other
Continue ReadingBy TERRY SPENCER Associated Press A Florida sheriff on Friday fired a deputy who fatally shot an airman at his home while holding a handgun pointed to the ground, saying the deputy’s life was never in danger and he should not have fired his weapon. The Okaloosa County Sheriff on Friday fired Deputy Eddie Duran,
Continue ReadingOregon utility regulators have rejected a request from PacifiCorp that sought to limit its liability in wildfire lawsuits. KGW reports that under the proposal, PacifiCorp would only have been responsible for paying out actual economic damages in lawsuit awards. In its rejection of the proposal, the Oregon Public Utility Commission said such a move would
Continue ReadingBy DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Marian Shields Robinson, the mother of Michelle Obama, has died at age 86. The former first lady and her brother Craig Robinson said their mother passed away peacefully on Friday morning. Mrs. Robison had moved with the first family to the White House after son-in-law Barack Obama
Continue ReadingBy JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Staff members for the Illinois House speaker on Friday filed a lawsuit demanding the right to negotiate working conditions as a union, something the speaker has said he supports. The action by members of the Illinois Legislative Staff Association in Cook County Circuit Court seeks
Continue ReadingBy Sabrina Souza, CNN (CNN) — A key witness in the federal corruption trial of Sen. Bob Menendez testified Friday that the New Jersey Democrat told him to “stop interfering” when he raised concerns about a newfound food industry monopoly by a constituent of the senator’s. Ted McKinney, a former US Department of Agriculture official,
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI, MARK VANCLEAVE AND JOSH FUNK Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The shooting death of a Minneapolis police officer has stunned a department that has struggled to fill its ranks since the murder of George Floyd and the ensuing turmoil. Officer Jamal Mitchell’s death Thursday came days after the fourth anniversary of Floyd’s
Continue ReadingBy DAVID HAMILTON AP Business Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal officials say a former technology executive has pleaded guilty to fraud involving a scheme to artificially boost the share price of photo and video distributor Getty Images. Robert Scott Murray was charged with securities fraud for announcing a phony takeover of Getty in order
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Coachella Valley High School was evacuated Friday morning evacuated after a suspicious device was found on campus. The device was later found to be a hoax. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to News Channel 3 that at around 8:11 a.m., deputies were dispatched to location of Coachella Valley High School regarding a bomb threat.
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith has once again asked the federal judge overseeing the classified documents case against Donald Trump to impose a gag order against the former president, barring him from making statements about the law enforcement officers who searched his Mar-a-Lago resort. The gag order
Continue ReadingBy MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press The Kansas Supreme Court’s majority has held that there is no state constitutional right to vote in the state. The assertion came in the court’s opinion on a ballot signature verification measure in a 2021 election law. It drew fiery protest from three dissenting judges. The Kansas Supreme Court
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — At a bribery trial, a former top U.S. agricultural official has cast Sen. Bob Menendez as a villain who tried to stop him from disrupting an unusual sudden monopoly that developed five years ago over the certification of meat exported to Egypt. Ted McKinney testified Friday
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Pro-Palestinian protesters have marched on the Brooklyn Museum, setting up tents in the lobby and unfurling a “Free Palestine” banner over the building. Social media posts show New York City police confronting, tackling and arresting some of the protesters. Other posts show supporters holding banners, waving Palestinian flags and chanting boisterously
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — The British foreign ministry apparently has removed its ambassador to Mexico, Jon Benjamin, following controversy generated by a video in which he jokes while pointing a high-powered rifle gun at staff inside a vehicle. The UK government’s official website described the seasoned diplomat on Friday as a former ambassador. It declined
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