SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say a police officer in Pennsylvania was shot and critically wounded early as he helped investigate two other shootings. State police say the shooting in Scranton occurred around 4:30 a.m. and also left a suspect wounded. Both were treated at a hospital and were listed in critical but stable condition,
Continue ReadingBy KYLE HIGHTOWER and JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writers FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Bill Belichick had a vision of building the kind of sustained championship football team that had rarely been seen before in the NFL when he was hired by the New England Patriots. He walks away feeling like it was a job well
Continue ReadingBy Haley Britzky and Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — The Pentagon did not properly track $1 billion worth of military equipment sent to Ukraine, according to a watchdog report released on Thursday. The report from the Pentagon Inspector General says that while the Defense Department has improved its ability to track military aid sent to Ukraine, it “did not fully comply”
Continue ReadingBy TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon’s internal watchdog says he will review the secrecy surrounding Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s hospitalization and why the Defense Department waited days to inform the White House that he had transferred authority to his deputy. Austin is still in the hospital being treated for complications from
Continue ReadingBRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Thousands of people have taken to the streets of major cities in Slovakia to renew their protests against plans by the new government of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico to amend the country’s penal code. The changes proposed by the three-party coalition government include abolishing the special prosecutors’ office that handles serious
Continue ReadingBy BROOKE SCHULTZ Associated Press/Report for America Philadelphia’s two-term elected progressive district attorney is suing to halt the appointment of a new special prosecutor for crimes that occur on the city’s trains. An attorney for Krasner said the lawsuit was being filed on Thursday. It’s not the first time District Attorney Larry Krasner has taken
Continue ReadingBy JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Now that Bill Belichick is out as coach of the New England Patriots after 24 seasons, the question turns to where will the six-time Super Bowl champion go next. The 71-year-old Belichick needs just 15 wins to surpass Don Shula’s all-time record of 347 in the regular season
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — A skier said she would be back on the slopes Thursday, a day after she was buried by an avalanche that roared down a mountain at a California resort near Lake Tahoe, leaving several people trapped and a 66-year-old man dead. It was the first U.S.
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Shohei Ohtani visited the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, where Ambassador Rahm Emanuel presented the new Los Angeles Dodgers star with a supersized visa for his dog. Emanuel posted photos of the visit on social media Thursday, with the embassy saying it occurred recently when Ohtani was back in Japan. Emanuel and
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Shohei Ohtani visited the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, where Ambassador Rahm Emanuel presented the new Los Angeles Dodgers star with a supersized visa for his dog. Emanuel posted photos of the visit on social media Thursday, with the embassy saying it occurred recently when Ohtani was back in Japan. Emanuel and
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz and Ethan Cohen, CNN (CNN) — A member of Maryland’s Board of Elections has resigned after being charged with taking part in the mob during the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol and jabbing an officer during the melee with a flagpole. Carlos Ayala, a 52-year-old from the Eastern Shore
Continue ReadingWBAL, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, MARYLAND REPUBLICAN PARTY, CNN By Katelyn Polantz and Ethan Cohen, CNN (CNN) — A member of Maryland’s Board of Elections has resigned after being charged with taking part in the mob during the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol and jabbing an officer during the melee with a flagpole.
Continue ReadingBy STEVE PEOPLES and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan stepped down last month from the leadership of the third-party movement No Labels. Hogan’s move could signal that one of the Republican Party’s most prominent Donald Trump critics is preparing to run for president. Hogan did
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Barred from giving a formal closing argument, Donald Trump still got a brief chance to speak in court at the conclusion of his New York civil trial Thursday, calling the proceedings “a fraud on me” before the judge cut him off. “We
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL HILL Associated Press FORT EDWARD, N.Y. (AP) — An attorney for an upstate New York man accused of fatally shooting a 20-year-old woman who was with a group of friends who accidentally turned into his backcountry driveway called it a “terrible accident” involving a defective gun as arguments in his murder trial began.
Continue ReadingBy DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to Serbia says the United States has received Kosovo’s request for the purchase of Javelin anti-tank missiles. Serbia’s president has expressed “deep disappointment.” Serbia’s presidency says the U.S. ambassador told the president that the State Department will send Kosovo’s request to the U.S.
Continue ReadingJERUSALEM (AP) — In a story published Dec. 21-22, 2023, The Associated Press reported that an analysis of satellite imagery from the Gaza Strip had found that two-thirds of all structures in northern Gaza and a quarter of buildings in the southern area of Khan Younis were destroyed. It should have clarified that those measurements
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating whether Boeing failed to make sure a panel that blew off a jetliner in midflight last week was safe and manufactured to meet the design that regulators approved. The FAA investigation announced Thursday is focusing on plugs used to fill spots for extra
Continue ReadingBy JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Now that Bill Belichick is out as coach of the New England Patriots after 24 seasons, the question turns to where will the six-time Super Bowl champion go next. Belichick needs just 15 wins to surpass Don Shula’s all-time record of 347 in the regular season and playoffs
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee lawmakers have hit an impasse after studying whether the state should forgo more than $1 billion in federal K-12 education funding annually. Senators on a panel studying the issue this week cautioned that the rejection would be unprecedented and raise more questions than answers. They
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