By TRAVIS LOLLER and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee prisons are severely understaffed, leading to unsafe conditions for both inmates and guards. That’s according to an audit of the prison system by the state comptroller’s office. It found one prison had a vacancy rate of 61%. High vacancy and turnover persists
Continue ReadingBy JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press The Louisiana State Police are reinstating a veteran trooper who had been accused of withholding graphic body-camera footage of a fatal traffic stop. The video shows another officer dragging Black motorist Ronald Greene by his ankle shackles during his deadly arrest in 2019. A state police spokesman says Lt. John
Continue ReadingBy VALERIE GONZALEZ and PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday approved sweeping new powers that allow police to arrest migrants who illegally cross the U.S. border and give local judges authority to order them to leave the country, testing the limits of how far a
Continue ReadingBy VALERIE GONZALEZ and PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday approved sweeping new powers that allow police to arrest migrants who illegally cross the U.S. border and give local judges authority to order them to leave the country, testing the limits of how far a
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — First baseman Matt Carpenter was released Monday by the Atlanta Braves, who acquired him last week from San Diego. The decision costs the Braves in effect $4 million. Atlanta obtained Carpenter along with left-hander Ray Kerr from the Padres on Friday for outfielder Drew Campbell. As part of the trade, the Padres
Continue ReadingBy TARA COPP and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — The U.S. and a host of other nations are creating a new force to protect ships transiting the Red Sea that have come under attack by drones and ballistic missiles fired from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced the
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Authorities today identified two suspects who were arrested in connection with an alleged road-rage shooting in Lancaster that left a 4-year-old boy dead. The shooting occurred at about 7:30 p.m. Friday in the area of Sierra Highway and East Avenue J, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. On Monday, the sheriff’s department identified
Continue ReadingBy NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — Maryland officials have approved a lease extension for the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards. The deal was approved Monday by the state’s Board of Public Works, which is a three-member panel chaired by Gov. Wes Moore. They unanimously voted for the lease extension, hours after it
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has delayed a vote on an Arab-sponsored resolution calling for a halt to hostilities in Gaza to allow unhindered access to deliver humanitarian aid to the massive number of civilians in need of food, water and medicine until Tuesday morning, as
Continue ReadingBy ADELLE M. BANKS, Religion News Service (RNS) — The Rev. Susan Sparks, a minister and a professional comedian, uses humor in her sermons to help her American Baptist congregation in New York City consider ways to approach those with whom they disagree. Pastor Joel Rainey, who leads a West Virginia evangelical church, hosts a
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Wander Franco will receive a bonus from Major League Baseball of more than $700,000 despite being placed on administrative leave in August while under investigation for an alleged relationship with a minor. Franco will get $706,761 as part of MLB’s pre-arbitration bonus pool, a fund agreed to by the league and
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A 21-year-old inmate from Moreno Valley died due to complications from an illness, authorities said today. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Corrections Central Investigations unit reported an in-custody death at 7:30 p.m. Friday, according to the sheriff’s department. Shaundale Booker was being held at the Southwest Detention Center in Murrieta when he was admitted to
Continue ReadingBy JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The adult son of U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer has appeared in court on a new homicide charge in connection with the crash that killed a North Dakota sheriff’s deputy earlier this month. A state district court judge did not change the $500,000 cash bond she had
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled that Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows cannot move charges related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia to federal court. Meadows had been indicted in August along with former President Donald Trump and 17 others on
Continue ReadingBROOKLYN, Ohio (AP) — A mother who shot and killed her 5-year-old son in an Ohio hotel after taking him there for a special day of fun has been sentenced to life in prison. Thirty-one-year-old Daneicha Bringht, of Parma had pleaded guilty to aggravated murder and other charges as part of a plea deal with
Continue ReadingBEIRUT (AP) — Syrian opposition activists say an airstrike believed to have been carried out by Jordan’s air force hit a southern province in Syria. The strike late on Monday night came hours after Jordan said its troops killed several smugglers in a clash along the border. Smugglers have been using Jordan as a corridor
Continue ReadingCUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — If two of the latest Apple Watches are on your holiday shopping list, don’t dawdle for much longer because the devices won’t be available to buy in the U.S. later this week if the White House doesn’t intervene in an international patent dispute. Apple plans to suspend sales of the Series
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, the two Georgia election workers who won a nearly $150 million verdict against Rudy Giuliani for defamation on Friday, have sued him again, asking a federal judge to permanently prohibit him from lying about them. The lawsuit comes as Giuliani has continued to make
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Spotty showers are possible in the mountains and for areas west of the valley today, but chances for rain will increase as the week goes on. Moderate rain and significant runoff could contribute to wash and road flooding, street closures and more as we approach busy travel days before the Christmas holiday. Locally, a few
Continue ReadingBy DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks ended mixed on Monday as Wall Street’s seven-week winning streak cooled off. The S&P 500 rose 0.5% and the Nasdaq composite picked up 0.6%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished essentially flat after most of a 0.2% gain faded by late afternoon. Retailers
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