By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The estranged wife of a New Hampshire man accused of killing his 5-year-old daughter and hiding her body for months says she still cares about him despite the horrors she said she witnessed. Kayla Montgomery has been the star witness against her husband, Adam, who is
Continue ReadingBy JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge has extended his block on enforcement of an Ohio law that would require children under 16 to get parental consent to use social media apps while a legal challenge proceeds. U.S. District Court Judge Algenon Marbley’s grant of a preliminary injunction Monday
Continue ReadingBy BEN WALKER and RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writers NEW YORK (AP) — After nearly a decade climbing through the minor leagues, Jen Pawol is poised to break the umpiring gender barrier. “I’ve put the gas to full throttle and we are going for it. Full speed — full speed ahead,” she said Monday after
Continue ReadingBy BEN WALKER and RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writers NEW YORK (AP) — After nearly a decade climbing through the minor leagues, Jen Pawol is poised to break the umpiring gender barrier. “I’ve put the gas to full throttle and we are going for it. Full speed — full speed ahead,” she said Monday after
Continue ReadingCRESTED BUTTE, Colo. (AP) — A backcountry skier and a snowmobiler are dead after separate avalanches in the Rocky Mountains. Dangerous snow conditions persist across much of the West. The skier was buried Sunday in an area locally known as “The Playground” near Crested Butte in southwest Colorado. In southern Wyoming, a snowmobiler died Friday
Continue ReadingBy TOM ODULA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kelvin Kiptum’s family says their dreams and future hopes have been shattered following the death of the marathon record holder in a car crash on Sunday. Kiptum’s father, Samson Cheruiyot, a farmer, said in an interview with Citizen TV that he had lost his only child,
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By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump on Monday asked the Supreme Court to step into the charged dispute over whether he may claim immunity from prosecution, once again pressing the nine justices to resolve a question that could undermine his campaign for a second term. Trump asked the Supreme Court to
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — UCLA athletic director Martin Jarmond said to give him 96 hours to find a new football coach after Chip Kelly resigned on Friday. It turns out, Jarmond needed less than 72. Former UCLA great DeShaun Foster was named head coach on Monday to take over
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI and TRISHA AHMED Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Legislature has convened for its 2024 session. Lawmakers are fast-tracking legislation to fix a law that limited the powers of police who work in schools to restrain disruptive students. The change was one of several restrictions on the use of
Continue ReadingBy JULIE CARR SMYTH and SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Two fired FirstEnergy Corp. executives have been indicted in connection with a $60 million bribery scheme in Ohio. Republican Attorney General Dave Yost announced the indictments of former CEO Chuck Jones and former senior vice president Michael Dowling Monday, along
Continue ReadingBy MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to extend the delay in his election interference trial, saying he is immune from prosecution on charges he plotted to overturn his 2020 election loss. His lawyers filed an emergency appeal with the court on Monday, just four
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Federal investigators spent their first full day in the desert 75 miles northeast of Barstow and are picking up the pieces of a helicopter today that took off from Palm Springs and crashed killing six people, including an executive of a Nigerian bank, his wife and son, and the former chair of the Nigerian Exchange
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Despite their rocky start, Argentine President Javier Milei and Pope Francis appear to have hit it off. They met Monday amid speculation that the Argentine pontiff might finally go home for a visit later this year. The Vatican said the two men met for an hour and
Continue ReadingALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Businesses in New York will now be required to clearly post how much extra their products will cost if customers pay with a credit card. That’s thanks to a new state law that took effect Sunday. The law means stores can no longer post a sign on a door and at
Continue ReadingBy JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A baby girl is doing well and will be put up for adoption after being surrendered at a “Safe Haven Baby Box” at a Missouri fire house. The infant was dropped off Thursday at a Mehlville Fire District station in St. Louis County. The district installed
Continue ReadingCARMAN, Manitoba (AP) — A Canadian man has been charged with five counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of his wife, three young children and a 17-year-old female relative. Royal Canadian Mounted Police Insp. Tim Arseneault say the dead are the suspect’s 30-year-old wife, the couple’s six-year-old daughter, four-year-old son and two-month-old daughter, as
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Former professional wrestler William Albert “Billy Jack” Haynes Jr. has been taken into police custody in connection with the death of his wife in Portland, authorities said. Portland police said in a statement over the weekend that Haynes, 70, was in police custody at a local hospital, undergoing treatment “for a
Continue ReadingBy KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Usher and longtime partner Jenn Goicoechea obtained a marriage license last week in Las Vegas, just days ahead of the 45-year-old R&B superstar’s headline appearance at the Super Bowl halftime show. It wasn’t immediately clear Monday if the couple used the document to get married, said
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — Cruise, the troubled General Motors autonomous vehicle unit, has hired a veteran automotive and technology company safety official for the critical position of chief safety officer. Steve Kenner, who has held top safety positions at multiple companies over nearly four decades, started the job on Monday, Cruise said in a statement. Most
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s opposition Labour Party on Monday disowned an election candidate who claimed that Israel allowed Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack to happen as a pretext to invade Gaza. Azhar Ali was selected last month to run for Labour in a Feb. 29 special election for the House of
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