By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Jurors in the case of an Arizona rancher charged with fatally shooting a migrant on his property will be allowed to visit the ranch near the border with Mexico as early as this week as the trial enters its second half. Judge Thomas Fink of the Santa
Continue ReadingHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — In a story published April 6, 2024, The Associated Press did not include a statement from TikTok regarding efforts underway in states to ban the app. The story should have included the following statement: “Bans on state government devices and networks prevent state agencies from reaching a wider audience. Bills like
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes held at a virtual standstill Monday as trading calmed after a whirlwind couple of days left them a bit shy of their records. The S&P 500 edged down by 1.95 points, or less than 0.1%, to 5,202.39. It was coming off a
Continue ReadingBy Melanie Hicken and Blake Ellis, CNN (CNN) — US Coast Guard leaders illegally used nondisclosure agreements to prevent sexual assault victims from speaking out about their alleged attacks, according to a congressional inquiry sparked by a CNN report into sexual misconduct at the prestigious Coast Guard Academy. The use of the agreements appeared to
Continue ReadingBy JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has denied clemency for Brian Dorsey one day before his scheduled execution for killing his cousin and her husband. Dorsey’s attorney says she was informed Monday of the decision, calling it “devastating.” Parson’s spokesman didn’t immediately respond to messages seeking comment. Dorsey
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A shooting Monday inside a law office in the affluent Summerlin neighborhood of Las Vegas left three people dead, including the shooter, police said. Clark County Sheriff Kevin McMahill said at a news conference that investigators believe the shooter killed himself. “I want to make sure our community understands
Continue ReadingBy FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Media outlets in Mozambique say that a makeshift ferry overcrowded with residents reportedly fleeing a cholera outbreak sank off the country’s northern coast, killing at least 98 people including children. The ferry with an estimated 130 people aboard sank Sunday after it departed the southeastern African
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Billie Eilish announced that her highly anticipated third studio album, “Hit Me Hard and Soft,” will be released on May 17. The news arrived Monday via Instagram, where Eilish shared the album artwork. It features the pop singer floating in a body of water after
Continue ReadingNEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans R&B singer Clarence “Frogman” Henry has died at age 87. In 1956, he recorded “Ain’t Got No Home,” finding almost instant stardom with the song in which he imitated a frog’s voice. The song raced up the national charts. He scored another hit in 1960 with “I Don’t Know
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N,J. (AP) — Atlantic City’s casinos were less profitable in 2023 than they were a year earlier, even with help from the state’s booming online gambling market. Figures released Monday by New Jersey gambling regulators show the nine casinos collectively reported a gross operating profit of $744 million
Continue ReadingBy Christina Maxouris, Amanda Musa and Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — A man fired a gun inside a law office in the Summerlin area near Las Vegas during a child custody deposition hearing Monday morning, killing two people, Las Vegas police said. The shooter also is dead, and police believe he took his own life,
Continue ReadingBy Omar Jimenez and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Body camera footage of a deadly police-involved shooting is expected to be released Tuesday, an attorney for the slain man’s family and a source from Chicago’s Civilian Office of Police Accountability told CNN. The deadly encounter happened March 21, when Dexter Reed, 26, was shot and
Continue ReadingBy MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer MESQUITE, Texas (AP) — A chilly, midday darkness fell across North America on Monday as a total solar eclipse raced across the continent, thrilling those lucky enough to behold the spectacle through clear skies. Eclipse mania gripped all of Mexico, the U.S. and Canada, as the moon swept in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A shooting Monday inside a law office in the affluent Summerlin neighborhood of Las Vegas left three people dead, including the shooter, police said. Clark County Sheriff Kevin McMahill said at a news conference that investigators believe the shooter killed himself. “I want to make sure our community understands
Continue ReadingBy STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump still says he’s proud that the Supreme Court justices he nominated overturned Roe v. Wade. Yet he spent much of the last year avoiding tough questions about abortion, including whether he would support a national abortion ban should he return to the
Continue ReadingBy DARLENE SUPERVILLE and COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press MADISON, Wisc. (AP) — President Joe Biden said Monday that college graduates would see “life-changing” relief from his new plan to ease debt burdens for more than 30 million borrowers, the latest attempt by the Democratic president to make good on a campaign promise that could buoy
Continue ReadingVATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has met with relatives of hostages taken by Hamas on Oct. 7. The audience Monday marked the six-month anniversary of the attack in southern Israel. The Vatican released photos of the encounter, showing the relatives of several of the hostages sitting in a semicircle in front of Francis in
Continue ReadingBy AMY BETH HANSON and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Jury selection began Monday in a lawsuit against Warren Buffett’s BNSF Railway over the lung cancer deaths of two people who lived in a small Montana town near the U.S.-Canada border where thousands of people were exposed to asbestos from a vermiculite
Continue ReadingBy AMY BETH HANSON and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Jury selection began Monday in a lawsuit against Warren Buffett’s BNSF Railway over the lung cancer deaths of two people who lived in a small Montana town near the U.S.-Canada border where thousands of people were exposed to asbestos from a vermiculite
Continue ReadingBy ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics announced a policy Monday that all but bans transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports at its 241 mostly small colleges across the country. The NAIA Council of Presidents approved the policy in a 20-0 vote at its annual convention in Kansas City,
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