WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland has told lawmakers President Joe Biden has shown no signs of cognitive impairment while defending Biden’s ability to serve as commander in chief. Garland appeared Tuesday before a House committee overseeing funding for the Justice Department and answered questions on the report from special counsel Robert Hur about
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Prosecutors in New Jersey say Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small and his wife disapproved of their teenage daughter’s boyfriend, who secretly recorded an incident of him allegedly assaulting the girl over a video chat. Small and his wife LaQuetta, Atlantic City’s superintendent of schools, were
Continue ReadingBy RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Michigan was given three years of probation, fined and hit with recruiting limits by the NCAA on Tuesday after football coaches and staff had impermissible contact with recruits and players under then-coach Jim Harbaugh while access was restricted during the COVID-19 pandemic. The NCAA said it had
Continue ReadingBy JOHN ANTCZAK and JULIE WATSON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The University of Southern California has canceled a commencement speech by its 2024 valedictorian, a Muslim student who has expressed support for Palestinians, citing “substantial” security risks for the event that draws 65,000 people to campus. Andrew T. Guzman, provost and senior vice
Continue ReadingBy REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro ordered the closure of his country’s embassy and consulates in Ecuador on Tuesday in solidarity with Mexico in its protest over a raid by Ecuadorian authorities on the Mexican embassy in Quito. Maduro and other presidents participating in a virtual meeting
Continue ReadingBy HOWARD FENDRICH and EDDIE PELLS AP National Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Athletes in plenty of sports compete for plenty of cash. Olympians? Not so much. The International Olympic Committee has always resisted that sort of thing. But after more than 100 years of striving to earn Olympic gold track and field athletes at
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A congressional committee is accusing China of fueling the fentanyl crisis in the U.S. A report released Tuesday by a House select committee says China is directly subsidizing the manufacturing of materials used by drug traffickers to make fentanyl outside the country. Committee investigators said they accessed
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press BARNESVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Students will pay more to attend Georgia’s public universities and colleges in the the 2024-2025 academic year. Officials say schools face rising costs and must charge more to maintain a quality education. Regents voted Tuesday to increase tuition and fees at the system’s 26 schools. The
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer The Biden administration is enlisting the help of officials in 15 states to enforce consumer-protection laws covering airline travelers, a power that by law is limited to the federal government. The U.S. Department of Transportation said Tuesday that the states, which include California, New York and Illinois, will help
Continue ReadingBy JOEY CAPPELLETTI and ED WHITE Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A lawyer says prosecutors plan to file charges of financial crimes against the former leader of the Michigan House. An announcement by the state attorney general is scheduled for this afternoon. But Mary Chartier tells the Associated Press that Lee Chatfield will be
Continue ReadingBy JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A judge has recommended that the conviction and death sentence of Texas inmate Melissa Lucio should be overturned. Lucio’s execution was delayed in 2022 amid growing doubts she fatally beat her 2-year-old daughter. Friday’s recommendation by senior state District Judge Arturo Nelson comes amid findings by prosecutors
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press VENICE, Italy (AP) — The artist and curators representing Israel at this year’s Venice Biennale announced on Tuesday they won’t open the Israeli pavilion exhibit until there is a cease-fire in Gaza and an agreement to release hostages seized by Hamas on Oct. 7. Their decision, praised as courageous by
Continue ReadingALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — An Algerian journalist is decrying his expulsion from the country after flying in from France and not being allowed to leave the airport last weekend. Jeune Afrique writer Farid Alilat’s expulsion is the latest instance of the government restricting press freedoms in Algeria, where high profile journalists remain behind bars after
Continue ReadingALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s highest court is set to hear a lawsuit that seeks to throw out a regulation requiring health insurance policies to cover medically necessary abortions. If successful, the case could jeopardize a similar state law. The Court of Appeals is set to take up the case Tuesday afternoon. The lawsuit
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a petition by MyPillow founder and election denier Mike Lindell to consider his challenge to the legality of the FBI’s seizure of his cellphone at a Minnesota restaurant drive-through. The high court, without comment Monday, declined to reconsider three
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Defiant and determined, House Speaker Mike Johnson pushed back Tuesday against mounting Republican anger over his proposed U.S. aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other allies, and rejected a call to step aside or risk a vote to oust him from office. “I am not resigning,”
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Update 4/16/24 CAL FIRE announced that a suspect were arrested in connection with the fire. The suspect, whose identity has not been released, is facing multiple charges including arson. They have been booked by CAL FIRE Prevention Officers into the Smith Detention Center in Banning. Original Report 4/15/24 Several locals are in shock after discovering
Continue ReadingRAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — One of three people convicted of carjacking and kidnapping an FBI employee in South Dakota has been sentenced to 37 years in prison. The Rapid City Journal reports that Juan Alvarez-Sorto was sentenced Friday in federal court. Alvarez-Sorto and Deyvin Morales were found guilty in January. Alvarez-Sorto also was convicted
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump returned Tuesday to a New York courtroom as the jury selection process in his historic hush money trial enters a second day. The former president and presumptive GOP nominee began the day by railing against the trial and complaining about a gag order that bars
Continue ReadingLANSING, Mich. (AP) — Prosecutors plan to announce charges Tuesday in an investigation of the former leader of the Michigan House. Attorney General Dana Nessel will speak to reporters this afternoon. No other details were announced. Lee Chatfield’s lawyer says she hasn’t been informed of charges. Mary Chartier says Chatfield has done nothing wrong. Chatfield
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