MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president is calling on citizens not to support drug cartels or oppose the installation of National Guard barracks, after a number of videos surfaced showing residents cheering convoys of cartel gunmen. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Friday he understood that the gangs may be pressuring civilians to appear in
Continue ReadingBy Nadeen Ebrahim and Vasco Cotovio, CNN (CNN) — Divisions within the Israeli government are deepening after war cabinet minister Gadi Eisenkot suggested the key war aim of defeating Hamas is unrealistic and called for elections within months. “Those who say that there was a major blow and demolition of the capabilities in the north of the strip
Continue ReadingFORT EDWARD, N.Y. (AP) — An upstate New York man on trial for the shooting death of a 20-year-old woman who was with a group of friends who mistakenly drove up his backcountry driveway testified that he believed he was under siege that night and now feels “like my soul is dead.” But he maintained
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump renewed his motion for a mistrial of the defamation case brought by former magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll after she acknowledged deleting some emails. Trump’s attorney Alina Habba asked for a mistrial earlier this week in the middle of cross-examination of Carroll when Carroll testified
Continue ReadingBy Jason Morris and Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The special prosecutor hired by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to pursue the criminal case against former President Donald Trump bought tickets for Willis to accompany him on at least two out-of-state trips, records released Friday show. A Friday motion filed in Cobb County Superior
Continue ReadingBy TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Assembly Republicans have introduced a bill that would set up a binding statewide referendum on whether abortion should be banned after 14 weeks of pregnancy. Current Wisconsin law bars abortions after 20 weeks. The bill introduced Friday would outlaw abortions after 14 weeks if voters
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan has become the fifth country in history to reach the moon. Its spacecraft, which wasn’t carrying astronauts, landed on the lunar surface early Saturday. But an issue with the power supply means that the mission could be in jeopardy. Officials say they need more time to
Continue ReadingCHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Federal search warrants have revealed new details about a shooting in August on the University of North Carolina’s flagship campus that left a professor dead. Warrant documents state the graduate student charged in the shooting had visited a gun range the day before Zijie Yan was killed inside a laboratory
Continue ReadingPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Religious leaders say six nuns have been kidnapped in Haiti as they traveled on a bus through the capital. The Haitian Conference of the Religious said in a statement that the nuns were accompanied by an undetermined number of unidentified people on the bus who also were kidnapped on Friday. It
Continue ReadingBy MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A U.S. company’s failed moonshot ended with a fiery plunge over the South Pacific, officials confirmed Friday. Astrobotic Technology said contact and then tracking was lost as its lunar lander reentered Earth’s atmosphere Thursday, 10 days after launching from Florida. It received confirmation Friday
Continue ReadingDULLES, Va. (AP) — A small passenger plane made an emergency landing on a northern Virginia highway after taking off from nearby Washington Dulles International Airport on Friday afternoon, but no injuries were reported, authorities said. Police responded to a call just before 1 p.m. about a small aircraft making an emergency landing on Loudoun
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — Manslaughter charges have been dismissed against a former Detroit police officer who punched a 71-year-old man in the face, causing him to fall to the ground and later die. The Wayne County prosecutor’s office says a district court judge cited insufficient evidence during a preliminary hearing on Thursday. The prosecutor’s office announced
Continue ReadingBy MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A grand jury indicted Alec Baldwin on Friday on an involuntary manslaughter charge in a 2021 fatal shooting during a rehearsal on a movie set in New Mexico, reviving a dormant case against the actor. Special prosecutors brought the case before a grand jury in
Continue ReadingBy MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A grand jury indicted Alec Baldwin on Friday on an involuntary manslaughter charge in a 2021 fatal shooting during a rehearsal on a movie set in New Mexico, reviving a dormant case against the actor. Special prosecutors brought the case before a grand jury in
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A group of sixteen Latino elected officials from across California will tour the Salton Sea to witness the polluted, shrinking body of water and be in the presence of arsenic-infested waters. Some elected officials have never seen the Salton Sea or smelled of hydrogen sulfide, which smells like rotten eggs. The environment and conditions have
Continue ReadingBy PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s mayor has vetoed bills aimed at banning solitary confinement in city jails and requiring more transparency in police encounters with civilians. Democratic Mayor Eric Adams’ Friday vetoes set up a faceoff with the City Council, which has said it has enough votes to
Continue ReadingBy Pete Muntean and Gregory Wallace, CNN (CNN) — A small commuter plane, which took off from Dulles Airport near Washington, DC, has landed on a Virginia roadway, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation in a post on social media. In a statement, the Federal Aviation Administration said Southern Airways Express Flight 246 made
Continue ReadingDULLES, Va. (AP) — Authorities say a small aircraft made an emergency landing on a northern Virginia highway after taking off from nearby Washington Dulles International Airport. Virginia State Police say they received a call just before 1 p.m. Friday about a small aircraft making an emergency landing on Loudoun County Parkway. A Metropolitan Washington
Continue ReadingBy NICK PERRY and KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press THORNTON, N.H. (AP) — An experienced hiker who had accomplished the “Triple Crown” of challenging cross-country trails died in New Hampshire’s White Mountains during a solo hike in brutal conditions, including single-digit temperatures, harsh winds and waist-deep snow. Christopher Roma, 37, was an expert hiker who ran
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer The publisher of Sports Illustrated has notified employees it is planning to lay off a significant portion — possibly all — of the outlet’s staff after its license to use the iconic brand’s name in print and digital was revoked. In an email to employees Friday morning, the Arena
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