SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Haiti is cracking down on a state environmental department whose heavily armed agents have grown more powerful in recent months and were blamed for violent clashes with police last week. The government on Monday ordered all workers with the National Agency for Protected Areas to report themselves to authorities
Continue ReadingBy MARK VANCLEAVE Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota state trooper accused in the fatal shooting of motorist Ricky Cobb II can remain free without bail while awaiting trial, a judge ruled Monday during a brief court hearing. Trooper Ryan Londregan must surrender his passport and avoid contact with witnesses and Cobb’s relatives, the
Continue ReadingBy GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina has joined a new nationwide effort to improve outcomes for more prisoners who return to society through an approach focused on education, health care and housing. Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper signed an executive order Monday that seeks to reduce recidivism through formal training
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South Palm Canyon Drive between Camino Parocela and Sunny Dune was reopened to traffic Monday morning at 5:00 a.m. after being closed Sunday night due to a fatal traffic collision. KESQ News Channel 3 has learned a pedestrian was killed after being hit by a car shortly before 7:00 p.m. Sunday. Investigators said the driver,
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — Toyota and General Motors are telling the owners of about 61,000 older Corolla, Matrix, RAV4 and Pontiac Vibe models to stop driving them because their Takata air bag inflators are at risk of exploding and hurling shrapnel. The urgent warning Monday covers certain Corolla compact cars and Matrix hatchbacks from the 2003
Continue ReadingBy ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana senators have voted to advance a measure that would allow some statewide officials and their staff members to carry handguns inside the state Capitol. Indiana lawmakers and their staff already have the right to carry inside the complex. The new bill would allow the state attorney
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rose Monday to kick off a week where Wall Street’s most influential stocks may show whether the huge expectations built up for them are justified. The S&P 500 gained 36.96 points, or 0.8%, to set another record at 4,927.93. The Dow Jones Industrial
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — Toyota and General Motors are telling the owners of about 61,000 older Corolla, Matrix, RAV4 and Pontiac Vibe models to stop driving them because their Takata air bag inflators are at risk of exploding and hurling shrapnel. The urgent warning Monday covers certain Corolla compact cars and Matrix hatchbacks from the 2003
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Two New York City brothers are accused of stockpiling an arsenal of explosive devices and ghost guns in their family’s home. Prosecutors said Monday that Andrew and Angelo Hatziagelis were indicted on 130 counts of an array of crimes, including criminal possession and sale of weapons, and detained. Authorities say they
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press A counselor has testified that he was “caught off guard” when the parents of a Michigan teenager refused to voluntarily take him home from school when confronted with a violent drawing he had made hours before he opened fire and killed four students. The meeting occurred on the morning of
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The company behind a global recall of sleep apnea machines says it will stop selling the devices in the U.S., under a tentative agreement with regulators. Philips has recalled more than 5 million pressurized breathing machines due to risks that their foam can break down over
Continue ReadingBy REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado says the court ruling blocking her presidential candidacy represents “judicial criminality. Machado has vowed to stay in the race. She said Monday that last week’s decision shows the ruling party’s fear of having to face her at the polls.
Continue ReadingPRINCETON, Ky. (AP) — Police say a 5-year-old western Kentucky girl reported missing after her mother was found slain was found unharmed with her father. He was taken into custody Monday. The afternoon update came hours after Kentucky State Police issued an Amber Alert for Lela Black. Troopers were called to the child’s home in
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Los Angeles Lakers guard D’Angelo Russell has been fined $15,000 for kicking the ball into the stands following a victory against Golden State, NBA executive vice president Joe Dumars said Monday. Russell booted a desperate heave by Steph Curry that came up well short after LeBron James’ two free throws with
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SHARP Associated Press SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The diversity, equity and inclusion coordinator of public schools in South Portland, Maine, has resigned and left the state, saying he fears for his family’s safety after receiving a threatening letter from a white supremacist. The attack on Mohammed Albehadli, who came to the U.S.
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The leader of an Iranian criminal network that targets dissidents, along with two Canadian nationals, including a member of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, have been charged with plotting to murder two people who fled Iran and lived in Maryland, federal prosecutors announced Monday. The three men named in the
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are ticking upward Monday ahead of a week where Wall Street’s most influential stocks may show whether the huge expectations built up for them are justified. The S&P 500 was 0.5% higher in late trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 109
Continue ReadingBy BILL BARROW Associated Press CONWAY, S.C. (AP) — For South Carolina’s conservatives, deciding whether Nikki Haley ’s record warrants a promotion to the Oval Office seems less about her experience and abilities and more about the man standing in her way: Donald Trump. “Ms. Haley did some fine things as governor — but Donald
Continue ReadingANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Outfielder Aaron Hicks has agreed to a one-year, $740,000 contract with the Los Angeles Angels. The Angels announced the deal with the Los Angeles-area native on Monday. Hicks’ salary is the major league minimum and will be offset against the $9.5 million he was guaranteed by the Yankees, who released him
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has made some strong claims over the past few days about shutting down the U.S.-Mexico border as he tries to salvage a border deal in Congress that would also unlock money for Ukraine. The deal had been in the works for months and seemed
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