By MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York state has sued PepsiCo in an effort to hold the soda-and-snack food giant partly responsible for litter that winds up in bodies of water that supply the city of Buffalo with drinking water. The lawsuit, filed in state Supreme Court by Attorney
Continue ReadingBy KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors say a carriage horse driver has been charged with misdemeanor animal cruelty more than a year after his horse collapsed on the streets of Manhattan. Ian McKeever was arraigned on a charge of overdriving, torturing and injuring an animal for his treatment of the horse
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Fulton County prosecutors asked a judge Wednesday to jail Harrison Floyd, who is charged in the 2020 election subversion case in Georgia, because of his alleged “effort to intimidate codefendants and witnesses,” according to court filings. This is the first time Fulton County District Attorney Fani
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju and Sam Fossum, CNN GOP Rep. Michael Guest, the chairman of the House Ethics Committee, told CNN that there would not be a recommendation on whether to expel Rep. George Santos from the House in the panel’s long-awaited report on his conduct. The decision to avoid an explicit recommendation could make it
Continue ReadingBy ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer Defensive midfielder Alex Loera has become the first player for Bay FC, the National Women’s Soccer League expansion team set to begin play next season in the San Francisco Bay Area. Loera, who played at Santa Clara, was acquired in a trade with the Kansas City Current in
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A lawyer for a former elections director charged alongside former President Donald Trump and others over efforts to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election says he released videos of prosecutors’ interviews with some of their codefendants because he thought they helped his client and the public had the right
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump has given up on his monthslong fight to move his New York hush-money criminal case to federal court. The former president’s lawyers said in court papers Wednesday they’re dropping an appeal that sought to have a Manhattan federal court take control of the case.
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Trade Commission says it issued warnings to two food and beverage industry groups, as well as to a dozen online influencers and dieticians for failing to adequately disclose paid social media posts that promoted a sweetener and sugary products. The letters point to Instagram and TikTok posts made by
Continue ReadingBy ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press New York’s highest court has heard arguments in a redistricting lawsuit that could shape congressional lines in the state, setting the stage for races that could decide which party takes control of the House. The Court of Appeals hearing took place Wednesday in Buffalo. Democrats are seeking to scrap the
Continue ReadingBy ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer Sports economist Andrew Zimbalist says the big contract buyouts paid to fired coaches will continue to grow until the college sports business model changes. Texas A&M will pay more than $75 million to fired football coach Jimbo Fisher. Other top coaches have buyouts that run into the tens
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa teen convicted in the 2021 beating death of a high school Spanish teacher was sentenced to life in prison with a possibility of parole in 25 years. A judge sentenced Jeremy Goodale for his role in the beating death of Nohema Graber, a
Continue ReadingBy BEN FINLEY Associated Press NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — The mother of a 6-year-old boy who shot his teacher in a Virginia classroom has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for using marijuana while owning a gun. Deja Taylor’s son took his mother’s handgun to school and shot and wounded teacher Abby Zwerner
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Rudy Giuliani plans to testify in his own defense at an upcoming civil trial over how much he must pay two women he defamed in Georgia while spreading disinformation about the 2020 election. Giuliani’s disclosure that he planned to take the stand in the Washington, DC, courtroom at the
Continue ReadingGRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — Law enforcement agencies say an investigation into a drug trafficking group based in Grants Pass in southern Oregon has resulted in two dozen arrests and seizures of fentanyl, meth and weapons. The Drug Enforcement Administration, Oregon State Police and the Grants Pass Police Department were among the agencies involved. The
Continue ReadingBy Nick Valencia, Jason Morris and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee said Wednesday that he plans to bar the public release of “sensitive” evidence in the Georgia election subversion case against former President Donald Trump and over a dozen others after key video evidence was leaked earlier this week.
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Jimmy Kimmel is returning as host of the Academy Awards for the second straight year and fourth time overall, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced Wednesday. ABC is turning again to its late-night host a year after bringing Kimmel back for a
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Jimmy Kimmel is returning as host of the Academy Awards for the second straight year and fourth time overall, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced Wednesday. ABC is turning again to its late-night host a year after bringing Kimmel back for a
Continue ReadingBy JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — After raiding the Gaza Strip’s largest hospital, Israel appears close to completing its takeover of the besieged territory’s northern sector, which it has described as the headquarters of the ruling Hamas militant group. But as the military sets its sights on southern Gaza in its campaign to
Continue ReadingBy MATT BROWN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Communications Commission is implementing new rules banning internet providers from discrimination in how they provide service to communities based on income level, race and other protected classes. The new rules, enacted Wednesday, are the first major use of anti-discrimination in the digital era. The independent
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Federal regulators have granted SpaceX permission to launch a long-awaited second test flight of its Starship system — the most powerful rocket ever built — following an explosive first attempt in April. The Federal Aviation Administration, which licenses commercial rocket launches, said Wednesday that SpaceX has permission to launch the
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