By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama inmate set to be the nation’s first person ever put to death by nitrogen gas will ask a federal appeals court Friday to block the upcoming execution using the untested method. Kenneth Smith, 58, is scheduled to be executed Thursday, when a respirator-type mask
Continue ReadingBy JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence for a man convicted of fatally shooting three adults and a toddler. The court’s 6-1 majority ruled Friday that Kyle Trevor Flack did not clearly invoke his right to remain silent by saying he wanted to be
Continue ReadingBy PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s mayor has vetoed legislation aimed at providing more transparency in police encounters with civilians, setting up a faceoff with the City Council, which has said it has enough votes to override him. Democratic Mayor Eric Adams announced Friday that he rejected the bill
Continue ReadingBy TODD RICHMOND Associated Press The U.S. Department of Defense plans to install more groundwater treatment systems at a former Michigan military base to control contamination from so-called forever chemicals. DOD officials said Thursday that they planned to install the filtration systems in a lagoon and drainage ditch on the now-shuttered Wurtsmith Air Force Base
Continue ReadingMEXICO 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 TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — On the surface, the platform beneath a new generation of automobiles has little to do with politics and elections. But at Stellantis, new large vehicle underpinnings announced Friday are key to the company’s ability to adjust to European and U.S. government electric vehicle requirements that could
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak and MJ Lee, CNN Washington (CNN) — A black and white milkshake in Raleigh. A mango smoothie outside Allentown. Soul food in Charleston. Back on the campaign trail, President Joe Biden is sidling up to take-out counters, introducing himself to restaurant workers and slipping into booths as he searches for votes, a return to
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Two weeks of storms that have turned roads into icy death traps, frozen people to death from Oregon to Tennessee and caused power outages that could take weeks to fix continued to sock both coasts with another round of weather chaos on Friday. The rain, snow,
Continue ReadingBy MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The South African government says it will challenge an auction of artifacts belonging to the country’s anti-apartheid stalwart Nelson Mandela. Friday’s announcement comes ahead of the auction of 75 artifacts belonging to Mandela, the country’s first democratically elected president who spent 27 years in jail for fighting
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s spacecraft arrived on the surface of the moon early Saturday, but it wasn’t immediately clear if the landing was a success, because the Japanese space agency said it was still “checking its status.” More details about the spacecraft, which is carrying no astronauts, would be given
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Jack Burke Jr. loved to play golf as much as he enjoyed teaching it. In a golfing life that spanned just over a century, he delivered the largest comeback in Masters history, built the fabled Champions Golf Club in Houston and left everyone he met with homespun wisdom on
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is rising Friday and may break past its all-time high set two years ago, before the highest inflation and interest rates in decades sent financial markets tanking worldwide. The S&P 500 was up 1.2% at 4,835 in afternoon trading, on pace to surpass
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s secretary of state is appealing a judge’s ruling that put on hold her removal of former President Donald Trump from the ballot. Democrat Shenna Bellows concluded last month Trump didn’t meet ballot qualifications under the insurrection clause in the U.S. Constitution, citing his role in
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Jesse Eisenberg had not seen “Succession” when he was writing his new film “A Real Pain,” but his sister knew from watching Roman Roy over the years that Kieran Culkin would be perfect. The film, which premieres at the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday,
Continue ReadingGRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — Authorities say people who were cleaning out a recently sold home in western Colorado found a human head and hands in a freezer. The Mesa County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday that the remains were found in a home in Grand Junction, about 200 miles west of Denver, on Jan. 12,
Continue ReadingCNN By Pete Muntean, LJ Spaet, Holly Yan and Paul P. Murphy, CNN (CNN) — An Atlas Air cargo flight en route from Miami to Puerto Rico made an emergency landing late Thursday after a reported engine failure, the Federal Aviation Administration said. According to FlightAware, the plane was in the air for 14 minutes.
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You’re invited to a Palm Springs party celebrating young leaders across the Coachella Valley. The Palm Springs Chamber of Commerce is hosting a party at the end of January, which will coincide with the release of the upcoming edition of the “PS I ❤ U” magazine. The magazine is set to spotlight EMERGE Palm Springs, a new
Continue ReadingWe’re just months away from hundreds of thousands of people visiting our desert region for this year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. A lot of music lovers have January 19 penciled in their calendars because pre-sale tickets to this year’s world renowned festival go on sale. The festival’s website says the sale starts at
Continue ReadingBy Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN (CNN) — Italy’s high court has ruled that fascist salutes are legal at rallies unless they threaten public order or risk reviving the country’s outlawed fascist party. Several members of Italy’s opposition parties and Jewish community leaders have criticized the ruling and plan to rally against it, according to local
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Anyone who has lived through a natural disaster and then applied to the federal government for assistance knows that it can be a lengthy, frustrating and bureaucratic process. New rules announced Friday by the federal agency in charge of emergency management aim to simplify and speed up
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