By ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — The mother of the Michigan school shooter took the stand in her trial for involuntary manslaughter. Before she took the stand, prosecutors in Michigan rested their case against the mother of a school shooter. Jennifer Crumbley is charged with involuntary manslaughter. She’s accused of ignoring her
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN LONG, ZEKE MILLER and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday issued an executive order that targets Israeli settlers in the West Bank who have been accused of attacking Palestinians and Israeli peace activists in the occupied territory, imposing financial sanctions and visa bans in an initial round
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are gaining ground Thursday following their worst tumble in months. The S&P 500 was 1% higher in afternoon trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 279 points, or 0.7%, as of 2:43 p.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 1.1% higher.
Continue ReadingBy RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Farmers burned bales of hay, threw eggs and firecrackers at police — and wrested some promises of relief from European leaders on Thursday, the culmination of weeks of protests across the continent over excessive red tape and competition from cheap imports. Eager to reassure a key part
Continue ReadingBy ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press The failed campaign and expansive political operation to make Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis the Republican nominee for the White House cost $168 million. The sum has been reported in filings to the Federal Election Commission. The pro-DeSantis super PAC Never Back Down is reporting payments of more than $130.6
Continue ReadingFES, Morocco (AP) — Authorities in Morocco have arrested 30 people in the city of Fes on charges of blackmail, threats and trafficking of newborn babies. Morocco’s state-owned news agency reported on Wednesday that the suspects were arrested this week. They include law enforcement agents, doctors, nurses and other health professionals. They are accused of
Continue ReadingBy Zahid Mahmood and Marshall Cohen, CNN LONDON (CNN) — A London judge has dismissed Donald Trump’s lawsuit against retired British spy Christopher Steele over his controversial 2016 dossier that contained unverified and salacious allegations about Trump’s ties to Russia. A judge from the London High Court dismissed the data privacy lawsuit against Steele and his company,
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson and Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — Jennifer Crumbley, the mother of the teenager who killed four people at a Michigan high school in 2021, took the stand in her manslaughter trial Thursday and testified it was her husband’s responsibility to store their son Ethan’s gun safely. “I just didn’t feel comfortable
Continue ReadingBy ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer National Women’s Soccer League expansion team Bay FC has acquired Nigeria forward Asisat Oshoala from Barcelona. Oshoala is one of the top players in the history of Nigeria’s national team. She is the first Nigerian to score in three Women’s World Cups. Known for her bright hair colors,
Continue ReadingLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A group of employees and teachers from a Kentucky middle school have won a $1 million Powerball prize. They tucked the winning ticket in a math text book for safekeeping. The group of 30 educators are from Rector A. Jones Middle School in northern Kentucky near Cincinnati. Some are retired. They’ve
Continue ReadingBy JESSE J. HOLLAND Associated Press Black History Month begins each year on the first day of February. Considered one of the nation’s oldest organized history celebrations, the month has been recognized by U.S. presidents for decades through proclamations and celebrations. Carter G. Woodson, whose parents had been enslaved in Virginia and who founded the
Continue ReadingBy DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — An investigation into dozens of Connecticut state troopers has concluded that seven of them “may have” falsified traffic stop data they entered into a state database. A report released Thursday said those officers have been referred to state police internal affairs investigators. An audit last year
Continue ReadingBy Benjamin Brown and Ingrid Formanek, CNN (CNN) — About six million people in more than 200 towns, villages and cities in the northeastern Spanish region of Catalonia will be banned from washing their cars or filling swimming pools as the regional government on Thursday declared a state of emergency due to a water shortage
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN LONG, ZEKE MILLER and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has issued an executive order that targets Israeli settlers in the West Bank who’ve been accused of attacking Palestinians in the occupied territory. The order Thursday imposes financial sanctions and visa bans in an initial round against four individuals.
Continue ReadingFLINT, Mich. (AP) — A second contractor says it has reached a $25 million settlement over its role in Flint, Michigan’s lead-contaminated water scandal. Boston-based Veolia North America said Thursday that the class-action litigation agreement includes payments of $1,500 for individual minors. It says the agreement will resolve claims made on behalf of more than
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW WILKS Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Media outlets say two gunmen have taken seven hostages at a factory owned by Procter & Gamble in northwest Turkey, apparently in protest of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. Turkish media Thursday published an image of one of the purported suspects inside the factory, a man wearing
Continue ReadingBy ALANIS THAMES AP Sports Writer MIAMI (AP) — Some of Roberto Clemente’s most impactful career and life moments are on display at the Miami Marlins’ loanDepot Park. A traveling exhibit titled “3,000” — a nod to the day on Sept. 30, 1972, that the late Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder became the first Latin American-born major
Continue ReadingBy JIM SALTER Associated Press When two Native American boys from Nebraska died after being taken to a notorious boarding school hundreds of miles away, they were buried there without notice. Nearly 130 years later, the Winnebago Tribe wants the boys back home. So far, the Army has refused to return the remains of Samuel
Continue ReadingBy Larry Madowo and Faith Karimi, CNN Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) — It had been three months since Maggie Mbitu was found dead at Boston’s airport, and authorities seemed no closer to finding the man suspected of killing her and fleeing the country. But this week, they finally got a break. On Monday night an undercover
Continue ReadingBy ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press The new season of National Geographic’s “Genius” anthology series focuses on two civil rights legends, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. “Genius: MLK/X” is launching the fourth season of the series. “Genius: MLK/X” stars Kelvin Harrison Jr. as King and Aaron Pierre as Malcolm X. The series
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