By ALI SWENSON Associated Press Moms for Liberty has reported $2.1 million in total revenue in 2022. That’s more than five times what the conservative “parental rights” nonprofit made in its inaugural year in 2021, according to a tax filing provided to The Associated Press on Friday. The dramatic increase was made possible primarily through
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Federal safety officials have started an investigation into a Chicago commuter train crash that left almost 40 people injured. Jennifer Homendy, chairperson of the National Transportation Safety Board, said during a news conference Friday that a team of seven investigators from her agency has started documenting the scene of the crash. She
Continue ReadingBy SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala’s Attorney General’s office has formally requested that President-elect Bernardo Arévalo and his vice president be stripped of their immunity so it can investigate them for allegedly encouraging the student occupation of the country’s only public university. Cultural Heritage prosecutor Ángel Saúl Sánchez had announced
Continue ReadingBy HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Two transgender boys are suing the University of Missouri over its decision to stop providing gender-affirming care to minors over concerns that a new state law could create legal issues for its doctors. The lawsuit was filed Thursday in federal court. It alleges that the university is discriminating against the
Continue ReadingBy ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas education board has approved new textbooks but called on some publishers to change their depictions of fossil fuels in the U.S.’s biggest oil and gas state. The vote Friday came after Republicans on the Texas State Board of Education said the books were too
Continue ReadingBy JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer U.S. health officials said at least 43 people have been sickened in 15 states by salmonella linked to certain whole and cut cantaloupes and pre-cut fruit products. Seventeen people have been hospitalized. Officials in Canada are investigating an outbreak involving the same strain of salmonella in cantaloupe. Several brands
Continue ReadingBy ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Court records say an Indiana man accused of intimidating and harassing GOP U.S. Rep Jim Banks and his family has been sentenced to probation. Aaron L. Thompson has pleaded guilty to a felony charge of intimidation with the threat to commit a forcible felony and one misdemeanor
Continue ReadingBALLSTON SPA, N.Y. (AP) — The man accused of kidnapping a 9-year-old girl from a state park in upstate New York park has been charged with sexually assaulting her. Craig N. Ross Jr. was initially charged with first-degree kidnapping in the abduction of the girl on Sept. 30. An indictment made public Friday adds four
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The judge in Donald Trump’s civil fraud case has denied his bid for a mistrial. In a ruling Friday, Judge Arthur Engoron rejected claims from the former president’s lawyers that the proceedings are infected with political bias. Trump’s lawyers had argued that
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Dewberry and Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — A 52-year-old man was shot outside a mosque while selling goods in Providence on Friday, according to Rhode Island officials. Patricia Socarras, the city’s director of communications, told CNN the shooting happened at the Islamic Center of Rhode Island. She added the victim appeared to have
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The manager of the long-troubled water system in Missisisppi’s capital city has proposed a slight rate increase. It comes alongside what he said is a first-in-the-nation proposal to reduce water bills for some low-income people. Jackson interim water manager Ted Henifin introduced the proposal
Continue ReadingTOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A Roman Catholic priest has received a life sentence for his convictions on five counts related to sex-trafficking charges in the molestation of three boys who prosecutors say he met at an Ohio preschool and coerced to continue sexual activity as adults. Rev. Michael Zacharias was sentenced Friday. Prosecutors have said
Continue ReadingBy RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Four of the eight Las Vegas high school students accused of beating their schoolmate to death in an alley around the corner from campus made their first appearances Friday in the adult court system. In separate hearings, the two 16-year-olds and two 17-year-olds were ordered to
Continue ReadingBy Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor Karim Khan says his office has received a referral from five countries to investigate whether crimes have been committed in the Palestinian territories as part of Israel’s response to the October 7 Hamas terror attacks. South Africa, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Comoros and Djibouti submitted the
Continue ReadingBy JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — WhatsApp has chosen the Mercedes Formula One team for its first sports sponsorship, a multi-year agreement that will give followers of the eight-time world champion exclusive team content and in-race updates through the Meta-owned private messaging service. The deal announced Friday is the first
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The families of two Americans detained in Afghanistan hope to ratchet up pressure on the Biden administration to do more to get their loved ones home after more than a year. Ryan Corbett and Mahmood Shah Habibi were both detained in Afghanistan in August 2022, a year after the
Continue ReadingCONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Police say the suspect is dead in a shooting at a New Hampshire state psychiatric hospital. New Hampshire police say there were “multiple victims” late Friday afternoon. Further details weren’t immediately available. New Hampshire Hospital is the state’s only psychiatric hospital, located near state’s capital city. Republican Gov. Chris Sununu says
Continue ReadingBy Rob Frehse and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — A security guard working at a New Hampshire psychiatric hospital was fatally shot Friday and a suspect was shot dead by a state police trooper assigned to the facility, authorities say. The incident happened at the New Hampshire Hospital in Concord Friday afternoon, the New Hampshire
Continue ReadingBy JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A 35-year-old Texas woman found guilty in the May 2022 shooting death of rising professional cyclist Anna “Mo” Wilson has been sentenced to 90 years in prison. Kaitlin Armstrong was sentenced Friday. Investigators say Armstrong gunned down Wilson in a jealous rage, then fled the country
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is cutting hundreds of jobs in the unit that handles its popular voice assistant Alexa as it plows more resources into artificial intelligence. In a note to employees on Friday, an Amazon executive wrote that the company is is ditching some initiatives within Alexa. He says Amazon is shifting some
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