By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A former California police chief convicted of a conspiracy charge in the U.S. Capitol riot was sentenced Thursday to more than 11 years in prison after giving a speech that praised Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy’s suggestion the Jan. 6, 2021, attack could have been an “inside
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A former California police chief convicted of a conspiracy charge in the U.S. Capitol riot was sentenced Thursday to more than 11 years in prison after giving a speech that praised Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy’s suggestion the Jan. 6, 2021, attack could have been an “inside
Continue ReadingBOSTON (AP) — An official menu for a state banquet that bears the signature of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong has been auctioned for $275,000. Boston-based RR Auction said the menu auctioned Wednesday was for a banquet held in Beijing on October 19, 1956, and commemorated the first state visit to China by Pakistan’s Prime
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A survivor and family members of those killed in the deadliest mass shooting in Maine history are pressing for the Army inspector general to obtain answers about the gunman’s mental health and hospitalization. The group met privately with each member of Maine’s congressional delegation on Thursday
Continue ReadingBy TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When the U.S. military took the extraordinary step of grounding its entire fleet of V-22 Ospreys this week, it wasn’t reacting just to the recent deadly crash of the aircraft off the coast of Japan. The aircraft has had a long list of problems in its short
Continue ReadingBy JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An attorney for Jonathan Majors presented grainy security footage from a Manhattan nightclub in efforts to cast doubt on the accuser’s claim she suffered “excruciating” pain and injuries following an alleged assault by the actor last spring. The video compilation, played to a jury over several
Continue ReadingBy JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America A second-term Democratic congresswoman is not going to seek reelection to the U.S. House as long as the North Carolina General Assembly’s new redistricting maps stay in place. U.S. Rep. Kathy Manning says that she will not file under “gerrymandered” lines that state election data suggests could net
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Hackers linked with Russian military and spy agencies have been on a spree in recent months to gather up intelligence that could help the Kremlin’s war effort in Ukraine by trying to infiltrate NATO, US and European government networks, cybersecurity experts who have responded to the hacks told CNN. One Russian hacking group
Continue ReadingBy JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills edge rusher Von Miller declined to take questions at his locker a week after turning himself in to police in a Dallas suburb after allegedly assaulting the mother of his children, who is pregnant. Miller simply shook his head no and said
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press The police department in the small north woods Minnesota town of Ely faces the same challenges of recruiting and keeping officers as countless other law enforcement agencies across the country. So it’s offering a unique incentive: Ely will give free Kevlar canoes, worth $3,800, to the next officers it hires
Continue ReadingBy ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The National Retail Federation has revised a report released in April that pulls back the claim that organized retail crime accounts for nearly half of overall industry shrink, which measures overall loss in inventory, including theft. The revision of the group’s organized retail crime report
Continue ReadingBy JOHN RABY and AARON BEARD AP Sports Writers CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal lawsuit filed by a group of states alleges the NCAA’s transfer rule for college athletes violates antitrust law. The lawsuit filed in West Virginia challenges the NCAA’s authority to impose a one-year delay in the eligibility of certain athletes who
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is rising Thursday following its first three-day losing streak since Halloween. The S&P 500 was 0.7% higher in late trading and continuing to hang near its highest level since March 2022. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 62 points, or 0.2%, as
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — The U.S. Soccer Federation’s new training center will be built in Fayetteville, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta about a 30-mile drive from downtown Atlanta. The USSF announced the specific site adjacent to Trilith Studios on Thursday after saying on Sept. 15 it intended to construct a complex in the Atlanta area. Atlanta
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is encouraging Mideast allies to join the Combined Maritime Forces, a partnership that exists to counter malign action by non-state actors in international waters. The push is in light of increasing attacks by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels against ships in the southern Red Sea. The
Continue ReadingBy John Miller, Gregory Wallace and Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — A deputy US marshal was arrested in the United Kingdom, accused of drunkenness onboard a flight from the United States to the UK, according to the US Marshal Service and London’s Metropolitan Police. The Metropolitan Police said the deputy marshal was also accused of
Continue ReadingBy RIO YAMAT and BEN FINLEY Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A gunman who killed three people, including at least two business school professors, at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, before dying in a shootout with police, did not appear to be targeting students, according to two law enforcement officials with direct knowledge
Continue ReadingBy EMILIE CHETTY Associated Press VICTORIA, Seychelles (AP) — The president of Seychelles has declared a state of emergency after a huge blast at an explosives depot that followed deadly flooding in other parts of the country’s main island. President Wavel Ramkalawan says three people have died in the flooding. The health ministry says 178
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. government is entering a new era of collaboration with Native American and Alaska Native leaders in managing public lands and other resources, with top federal officials saying that incorporating more Indigenous knowledge into decision-making can help spur conservation and combat climate change. Federal
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. government is entering a new era of collaboration with Native American and Alaska Native leaders in managing public lands and other resources, with top federal officials saying that incorporating more Indigenous knowledge into decision-making can help spur conservation and combat climate change. Federal
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