By LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials tell The Associated Press that the Pentagon will lift the ban on flights by the grounded V-22 Osprey next week. The decision follows a high-level meeting where Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin endorsed the military services’ plans for a safe and measured
Continue ReadingBy Jay Croft and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — Florida investigators say they dug up the remains of a teenager missing for 20 years and hidden underneath the trailer where she was killed. “At least she can be buried with dignity now,” Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood said at a news conference Thursday. Chitwood said investigators
Continue ReadingBANGOR, Maine (AP) — Officials say a United Airlines flight from London to Newark, New Jersey, had to divert to Bangor International Airport because of unruly passengers. An airline spokesperson says two passengers who appeared to be intoxicated became disruptive, and both were removed from United Airlines Flight 883 upon landing late Friday morning in
Continue ReadingBy SEAN MURPHY and JIM VERTUNO Associated Press STINNETT, Texas (AP) — As the largest wildfire in Texas history engulfed his town, Danny Phillips was left helpless. “We had to watch from a few miles away as our neighborhood burned,” he said, his voice trembling with emotion. In his hard-hit town of Stinnett, population roughly
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Irish President Michael Higgins is expected to spend the weekend in the hospital as a precaution after he felt ill. Higgins’ office said Friday that he was admitted to St James’s Hospital after feeling unwell on Thursday. He underwent tests and was to remain in the hospital to monitor his blood pressure.
Continue ReadingBy SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A Turkish official has rejected allegations by a human rights group that Turkey bears responsibility for some of the abuses and possible war crimes carried out mostly against Kurdish residents in northern in Syria. Human Rights Watch said in a 74-page report released Thursday that the
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI and COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Friday that the U.S. will begin air-dropping humanitarian assistance into Gaza, a day after dozens of Palestinians were killed during a chaotic encounter with Israeli troops.The president announced the long-considered move after at least 115 Palestinians were killed and more
Continue ReadingBy SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV (AP) — A Ukrainian official says Russia is accumulating large forces around Chasiv Yar as it seeks to make a push on the key eastern city to the west of Bakhmut, which fell to Moscow last May. Troops from a tank unit defending that direction say they face constant
Continue ReadingBy Isabel Rosales and Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — Florida officials mislabeled the remains of two Irish nationals who died of drug overdoses, leading to a mix-up of their autopsies and the “highly probable” cremation of the wrong body, authorities said. Kane Mitchell, 30, and Luke Comiskey, 31, died in April 2022 after consuming fentanyl-laced
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday signed a short-term spending measure that keeps one set of federal agencies operating through March 8 and another set through March 22 — officially staving off a partial government shutdown that would have started on Saturday. The measure gives lawmakers some more time to draft and pass
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday signed a stopgap bill into law to avert a partial government shutdown at the end of the week. Congress had been confronting a pair of shutdown deadlines on Friday and March 8. To provide additional time for full-year funding bills to be finalized and passed, the stopgap measure
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler and Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — The United States will begin air dropping food aid to the people of Gaza, President Joe Biden announced Friday, as the humanitarian crisis deepens and Israel continues to resist opening additional land crossings to allow more assistance into the war-torn strip. Speaking in the Oval Office,
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — The family of a 70-year-old man who died after a Detroit police officer punched him in the face, causing him to fall to the ground, is suing the former officer and the city of Detroit. The Detroit News reports the federal lawsuit filed Thursday on behalf of Daryl Vance’s family names former
Continue ReadingBy JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer Yogurt sold in the U.S. can make claims that the food may reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes, based on limited evidence, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Friday. The agency agreed that there is some evidence, but not significant scientific agreement, that eating at least 2
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry has scored a tactical victory in his battles with British tabloids. Government ministers on Friday said he could use confidential documents that show payments by the publisher of the Daily Mail to private investigators who allegedly snooped on him and several celebrities. The Duke of
Continue ReadingBy Arlette Saenz, Kevin Liptak and MJ Lee, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden is expected to huddle with his senior advisers at Camp David in the coming days to fine tune and rehearse his State of the Union address, a high-stakes moment as he looks to convince voters to give him a second
Continue ReadingBy Afia Barrie, CNN (CNN) — Two people have been charged after they allegedly dumped a “fine red powder” over the US Constitution’s display case at the National Archives, the Justice Department announced Friday. Donald Zepeda, 35, and Jackson Green, 27, were charged with felony destruction of government property, according to a department news release.
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Not removing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump and others over her romantic relationship with a top prosecutor would undermine public confidence in the legal system, a lawyer for one of Trump’s co-defendants told a judge Friday. After
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New Jersey businessman pleaded guilty Friday to trying to bribe U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, after signing a cooperation deal with prosecutors. Jose Uribe entered the plea in Manhattan federal court to seven charges, including conspiracy to commit bribery, honest services wire fraud, obstruction of justice
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Quarterback Jordan Travis walked to the podium Friday at the NFL’s annual scouting combine in regular shoes, the next step in his recovery from the fractured left leg that ended his final college season and severely damaged Florida State’s playoff hopes. For Travis, Friday’s appearance was
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