SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California man convicted of killing his mother as a teenager was captured in Mexico a week after he walked away from a halfway house, violating the conditions of his probation, authorities said. Ike Nicholas Souzer, 20, was arrested Wednesday in the coastal city of Rosarito by U.S. Customs
Continue ReadingSANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California man convicted of killing his mother as a teenager was captured in Mexico a week after he walked away from a halfway house, violating the conditions of his probation, authorities said. Ike Nicholas Souzer, 20, was arrested Wednesday in the coastal city of Rosarito by U.S. Customs
Continue ReadingBy STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A decade after two firefighters died when they became trapped in a brownstone in Boston’s historic Back Bay neighborhood by a fire caused by sparks from welders working next door, the Massachusetts Senate passed a bill Thursday aimed at toughening oversight of so-called “hot work.” The fire
Continue ReadingBy JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Lawyers for Alex Murdaugh say an FBI agent conducting a polygraph test the agency says the convicted killer flunked had asked odd questions, throwing the test’s results off. The lawyers say the agent confided to Murdaugh he had just examined the notorious Dutch killer of an
Continue ReadingBy KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge in Texas has accused the major banking industry groups and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce of forum shopping in their lawsuit against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. It’s a major win for the federal regulator, who had argued the only reason banks
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Authorities say a bus carrying worshippers headed to an Easter festival plunged off a bridge on a mountain pass and burst into flames in South Africa, killing at least 45 people. The only survivor of Thursday’s crash was an 8-year-old child, who was receiving
Continue ReadingBy ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — For Cameron Brink, one benefit to playing near her hometown in the NCAA Tournament is grandma’s cooking. The Stanford All-American is back in the Portland area where she won a pair of state championships in high school. The second-seeded Cardinal face No. 3 North
Continue ReadingBy BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — From a pregame moment of silence to Fernando Tatis Jr.’s custom cleats and a large heart in center field with the initials PS, the memory of late Padres owner Peter Seidler was everywhere at Petco Park. The Padres ultimately honored Seidler the best way they
Continue ReadingBy KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s governor has named a whole new board of trustees to the state’s only publicly funded historically Black university. Republican Gov. Bill Lee signed legislation Thursday vacating the board of Tennessee State University and unveiled the new appointees moments after. The selections must now be confirmed
Continue ReadingBUENOS AIRES (AP) — Simmering spats between Latin American populist leaders have intensified in the past days, with Argentina’s President Javier Milei needling his leftist counterparts in Mexico and Colombia. The mudslinging came to a head earlier this week, after Milei lashed out at Petro in an interview with CNN, prompting the Colombian government to
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani cracked a line drive to right field and sprinted past second base, confident he could leg out a triple that would thrill his new fans in his first home plate appearance for the Los Angeles Dodgers. The $700 million slugger didn’t realize Mookie
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi lawmakers will try to negotiate on expanding Medicaid in one of the poorest states in the U.S. after the Senate voted Thursday for a vastly different plan than one proposed by the House. The upper chamber’s proposal would insure fewer people and bring
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Authorities say a bus carrying worshippers headed to an Easter festival plunged off a bridge on a mountain pass and burst into flames in South Africa, killing at least 45 people. The only survivor of Thursday’s crash was an 8-year-old child, who was receiving
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Thursday signed off on the repeal of police traffic stop reforms made in Memphis after the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols by officers in January 2023, despite pleas from Nichols’ parents to GOP lawmakers and the governor to give them a
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press A media freedom organization says that Russian authorities have detained six journalists across the country. Reporters Without Borders said Thursday that the journalists include one who covered Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny’s trials for several years. Russian human rights group OVD-Info said that Antonina Favorskaya was detained and accused by Russian
Continue ReadingBy GENE JOHNSON and MARK THIESSEN Associated Press A fourth person has been charged in connection with an ambush that allowed a white supremacist Idaho prison gang member to escape as he was being discharged from a Boise hospital. Tia J. Garcia, 27, of Twin Falls, owned the car that inmate Skylar Meade and his
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer The Oscar-nominated documentary “Food, Inc” helped change the way many consumers think about the systems behind the things we eat. But in the 16 years since it came out, new problems have arisen and old problems got worse, magnified in part by shortages during the pandemic. They’re given a
Continue ReadingBy SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has vetoed two top Democratic legislative priorities. He announced vetoes Thursday to bills that would have allowed the recreational retail sales of marijuana to begin next year and measures mandating a minimum wage increase. Youngkin said the marijuana bill would create
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Strauss, CNN (CNN) — Top Republican officials have begun making some of their most overt calls yet for the party to better embrace early voting and vote-by-mail options. In recent TV appearances, memos to keyed-in party officials and public statements, GOP operatives and party leaders have pushed to clear the fog of past statements by Donald Trump casting doubt and discouraging Republicans from voting any other way but on Election Day. “We’ll have early
Continue ReadingBy NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — Corbin Burnes’ debut in Baltimore was everything his new team could have wanted. The Orioles’ new ace was excellent — and their offense showed why they’re the reigning AL East champions. “One bad pitch through six innings. Just awesome, awesome performance,” manager Brandon Hyde said. “That’s
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