By MATTHEW DALY and MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency says it is conducting more on-site inspections of polluting industrial sites than at any time since the COVID-19 pandemic began. It’s part of a broader Biden administration effort to reinvigorate environmental enforcement. Budget cuts imposed more than a decade ago
Continue ReadingBy JOHN RABY AP Sports Writer CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — College athletes who have transferred multiple times but were denied the chance to compete can now play through the remainder of the academic year. A federal judge in West Virginia agreed with a motion filed last week by the NCAA and a coalition of states
Continue ReadingCNN By Andrew Kaczynski, Allison Gordon and Em Steck, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump and Donald Trump Jr. have come to the defense of a one time social media influencer who has been convicted of election interference and has a well-known history of pushing deeply racist, antisemitic, anti-Muslim and homophobic content online. In a video
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The founder of Nikola Corp. was sentenced Monday to four years in prison for his conviction for exaggerating claims about his company’s production of zero-emission 18-wheel trucks, causing investors to lose hundreds of thousands of dollars. Trevor Milton learned his fate in Manhattan federal court when
Continue ReadingBUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Authorities say a boarding school building partially collapsed in central Romania, leaving one person dead and three injured. They did not say what caused the collapse on Monday in the town of Odorheiu Secuiesc in Harghita county. Photos from the scene shared by emergency teams show a collapsed portion of an
Continue ReadingBy AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press A Utah mother of six who gave parenting advice on YouTube pleaded guilty Monday to child abuse charges and will go to prison for trying to convince her two youngest children they were evil, possessed and needed to be punished to repent. Ruby Franke stood shackled in gray and
Continue ReadingBy Brynn Gingras, CNN (CNN) — A 13-year-old Ohio boy who allegedly crafted “a detailed plan” to carry out a shooting at a synagogue in September reached a plea agreement with a juvenile court Friday, requiring him to undergo counseling and write a book report about a diplomat who organized a Jewish rescue operation during
Continue ReadingBy BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani has already notched a win for the Los Angeles Dodgers. The two-time AL MVP’s video pitch helped recruit pitcher Tyler Glasnow to reach a $136,562,500, five-year deal with the team. Ohtani agreed to his own record-breaking $700 million, 10-year contract last week. “It
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD and DAVID CRARY Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis formally approved letting Catholic priests bless same-sex couples, the Vatican announced Monday, a radical shift in policy that aimed at making the church more inclusive while maintaining its strict ban on gay marriage. But while the Vatican statement was heralded by some
Continue ReadingBy JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer A deadly outbreak of salmonella poisoning linked to contaminated whole and pre-cut cantaloupe continues to grow. Health officials in the U.S. and Canada have confirmed at least 10 deaths, dozens of hospitalizations and hundreds of illnesses since the outbreak began in mid-October. More than 36,000 boxes or cases of
Continue ReadingBy BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — France’s foreign minister urged Lebanese leaders on Monday to work on reducing tensions along the border with Israel, warning that the Israel-Hamas war could still spread to other parts of the region. Catherine Colonna’s visit to Lebanon came a day after she visited Israel, where she called
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Court of Appeals has affirmed a decision by state regulators to grant a major permit for the proposed NewRange copper-nickel mine. Monday’s ruling says the state adequately considered the possibility that developers might expand the project when they issued its air emissions permit. It was
Continue ReadingBy Donald Judd, Michael Williams and Natasha Bertrand, CNN Washington (CNN) — An aid package scheduled for Ukraine later this month will be the final one unless Congress approves additional help, the White House warned Monday. While aid provided to Ukraine thus far has been essential in resisting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the country “still
Continue ReadingBy CLAUDIA LAUER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press The U.S. Justice Department has created a database to track records of misconduct by federal law enforcement officers. The database works to prevent agencies from unknowingly hiring problem officers. Announced on Monday, the federal move is a step toward accountability amid growing calls to close loopholes
Continue ReadingBy Holmes Lybrand, Josh Campbell, John Miller and Sabrina Shulman, CNN (CNN) — More than 400 Jewish facilities across the US have received false bomb threats over email since Saturday, according to the Anti-Defamation League, an international Jewish non-profit organization. Oren Segal, Vice President of the Center on Extremism at the Anti-Defamation League, told CNN
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America A 5-year-old boy who had been living at a temporary shelter for migrants in Chicago has died. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s office said Monday that the boy had a medical emergency over the weekend. The child died after being transported to a local hospital. The shelter houses about
Continue ReadingBy AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press A Utah mother of six who gave parenting advice via a once-popular YouTube channel called “8 Passengers” has pleaded guilty to four counts of aggravated child abuse for abusing and starving two of her children. Ruby Franke’s attorney said she did so while under the influence of a relationship
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The six Nevada Republicans who served as “fake electors” for the Trump campaign in 2020 pleaded not guilty Monday to state charges. The defendants were arraigned in Clark County District Court, making their first court appearance two weeks after they were indicted by Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford. The defendants participated
Continue ReadingBy JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge has scheduled a trial in North Dakota’s lawsuit for the federal government to cover the costs of responding to the Dakota Access Pipeline protests in 2016 and 2017. The trial is set to begin Feb. 15 in Bismarck. The state filed the lawsuit
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez and Camila DeChalus, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s concessions on border policy to get Ukraine aid passed have put him at odds with key allies who will be charged with mobilizing voters, multiple sources tell CNN, underscoring the political headwinds the Biden campaign faces in the upcoming election. Border security remains a
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