By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The super PAC supporting Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign has launched a television ad targeting Nikki Haley, a move her campaign called a signal that the GOP front-runner is seeking to blunt her rise, particularly in New Hampshire. Haley’s super PAC responded with a New Hampshire ad
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation Tuesday that establishes a commission to study racial justice and reparations. “This commission acknowledges the horrific injustice of slavery and will be tasked with examining the legacy of slavery, subsequent discrimination against people of African descent, and the impact these forces continue
Continue ReadingBy BROOKE SCHULTZ Associated Press/Report for America HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A new law taking aim at Philadelphia’s progressive prosecutor creates a new position that diverts some authority from the twice-elected district attorney. The measure creates a new special prosecutor role that has the authority to investigate and prosecute crimes that occur on the city’s
Continue ReadingBy JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis political leaders and people connected to a shuttered nursing home are calling for accountability after the facility’s sudden, unannounced closure. Northview Village Nursing Home shut down on Friday, with shuttle buses brought in to take residents to more than a dozen other St. Louis-area
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Germany has protested to Iran after a court ruling implicated the Islamic republic in a plan to attack a synagogue last year. The Duesseldorf state court convicted a German-Iranian man of attempted arson and agreeing to commit arson and sentenced him to two years and nine months in prison. Judges found that
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK WHITTLE, LISA RATHKE and KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Utility crews are working to restore power to hundreds of thousands of customers in Maine and some rivers continued to rise following a powerful storm that hit the northeastern U.S. At least five people were killed. Many communities were saturated by
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The city of Palm Desert is moving forward with a $4.63 million construction contract to expand a retention basin that flooded during Tropical Storm Hilary. The city approved the contract with the Van Dyke Corporation to increase the volume of a basin that runs along the 1-10 freeway and connects to a mid-valley diversion channel.
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota’s new state flag should feature an eight-pointed North Star against a dark blue background shaped like the state, with a solid light blue field at the right, a special commission decided Tuesday as it picked a replacement for an older design that many Native Americans considered
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Regulators have unanimously approved an additional 6% rate increase to pay for remaining costs at Georgia Power Co.’s Plant Vogtle. The rate increase approved Tuesday is projected to add $8.95 a month to a typical residential customer’s current monthly bill of $157. It would take effect in
Continue ReadingBy ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The White House and Mexico’s president on Tuesday came out strongly against a new Texas law that would allow police to arrest migrants who illegally cross into the U.S. and empower local judges to order them to leave the country. Also Tuesday, civil rights groups and
Continue ReadingCNN By Maria Sole Campinoti, Holly Yan and Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — An Ohio woman who had sought treatment at a hospital before suffering a miscarriage and passing her nonviable fetus in her bathroom now faces a criminal charge, her attorney told CNN. Brittany Watts, 33, of Warren, has been charged with felony abuse
Continue ReadingBy JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills opened a three-week window on Tuesday for starting defensive tackle DaQuan Jones to resume practice and be activated from injured reserve after missing nine games with a torn pectoral muscle. While Jones’ chances of being activated are promising, coach Sean McDermott
Continue ReadingBy Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — A former Proud Boys lieutenant and US Marine, whose cooperation was key to the prosecution of the far-right group’s leaders for conspiring to stop Joe Biden from becoming president on January 6, 2021, was sentenced Tuesday to 40 months in prison. Charles Donohoe, 35, was the first of the
Continue ReadingBy RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Nevada Supreme Court has denied Nathan Chasing Horse’s request to toss a sprawling indictment that accuses the former “Dances With Wolves” actor of leading a cult, taking underage wives and sexually abusing Indigenous women and girls for decades. The court’s decision means prosecutors can proceed
Continue ReadingBy Maria Sole Campinoti, Holly Yan and Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — An Ohio woman who had sought treatment at a hospital before suffering a miscarriage and passing her nonviable fetus in her bathroom now faces a criminal charge, her attorney told CNN. Brittany Watts, 33, of Warren, has been charged with felony abuse of
Continue ReadingBy ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday he’s certain the United States will make good on its promise to provide billions of dollars in further aid for Kyiv to continue its fight against Russia, and he bluntly replied “No,” to a question about whether his country might
Continue ReadingMILAN (AP) — An Italian fashion blogger-turned-businesswoman has apologized after being fined 1 million euros by Italy’s anti-trust authority for improperly communicating a charitable contribution tied to sales of a traditional Christmas cake sold with her logo. Chiara Ferragni said she would donate 1 million euros to a hospital in Turin to give “concreteness” to
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A former leader of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group has been sentenced to more than three years behind bars for joining a plot to attack the U.S. Capitol nearly three years ago. Charles Donohoe was the second Proud Boy to plead guilty to conspiring with other
Continue ReadingBRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Thousands have returned after a week to the streets in a dozen of major cities across Slovakia to keep protesting a plan by the new government of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico to amend the country’s penal code. The changes proposed by the coalition government include a proposal to abolish the special
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the Arizona rancher’s daughter who became a voice of moderate conservatism as the first woman on the U.S. Supreme Court, was memorialized by President Joe Biden on Tuesday as a pioneer in the legal world who inspired generations of
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