By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Federal accident investigators want automakers to install systems on all new vehicles that warn drivers when they go over the speed limit, and it is asking safety regulators to figure out how states can electronically limit speeds on vehicles driven by repeat traffic offenders. The National
Continue ReadingBy COREY WILLIAMS and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan judge ruled Tuesday that former President Donald Trump will remain on the state’s primary ballot, dealing a blow to the effort to stop Trump’s candidacy with a Civil War-era Constitutional clause. Court of Claims Judge James Redford rejected arguments that Trump’s role
Continue ReadingLEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Maine’s yellow flag law has been invoked more than a dozen times since the deadliest shootings in state history. The law is used to restrict access to guns during a mental health crisis. An updated list shows the yellow flag law has been used 13 times since the Oct. 25 mass
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A congressional hearing devolved into an angry confrontation between a senator and a witness on Tuesday after Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma challenged Sean O’Brien, the president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, to “stand your butt up” and settle longstanding differences right there in
Continue ReadingCNN By Nick Valencia and Jason Morris, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — A leak of discovery materials in the Georgia election subversion case against former President Donald Trump and his co-defendants prompted the Fulton County district attorney’s office Tuesday to file an emergency motion for a protective order in an attempt to prevent other material from becoming public. Portions of proffer videos
Continue ReadingBy NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Comedian John Oliver has succeeded in his campaign to have what he describes as a weird, puking bird with a colorful mullet win New Zealand’s Bird of the Century contest. Conservation group Forest and Bird announced early Wednesday that Oliver’s favored water bird, the pūteketeke,
Continue ReadingBy Fabiana Chaparro, CNN (CNN) — The mother of a Mississippi man who was accidentally run over and killed by Jackson police is now saying she has been victimized a second time after her son’s body was exhumed without his family present. Dexter Wade’s body was scheduled to be exhumed on Monday at 12:30 p.m.
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — A Michigan judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit that tried to use the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban” to remove Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 ballot. The judge separately ruled that Michigan’s secretary of state doesn’t have the power under state law to determine the former president’s eligibility for
Continue ReadingBy JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press FELCSUT, Hungary (AP) — The captain of Israel’s soccer team displayed the shoe of a young boy that he said was kidnapped by Hamas militants during their deadly Oct. 7 raid, an act of solidarity with those Israelis still being held captive in the Gaza Strip ahead of the team’s
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Five Atlantic City casinos and a horse racing track are forfeiting over $77,000 worth of money won by underage gamblers or those who had placed themselves on a list to be excluded from gambling activities. New Jersey gambling regulators also fined DraftKings $7,500 for similar
Continue ReadingSHERMAN, Texas (AP) — A Texas school district has apologized and reversed a decision that ousted a transgender student from a part in the musical “Oklahoma!” The school board in Sherman voted unanimously Monday to reinstate the original show and cast after a meeting in which dozens criticized them and spoke in support the 17-year-old
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN GROVES and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House prepared on Tuesday for a vote to prevent a government shutdown, with new Republican Speaker Mike Johnson forced to reach across the aisle to Democrats when hard-right conservatives revolted against his plan. To keep the federal government running into the new year,
Continue ReadingBy KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City officials say retailers and food delivery companies must do more to halt the proliferation of unsafe e-bike and e-scooter batteries, after a fire blamed on an electric scooter’s lithium ion battery killed three people. Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh spoke Monday in front of
Continue ReadingBy TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The matriarch of a wealthy South Florida family has been arrested on charges that she arranged her ex-son-in-law’s murder. Authorities say 73-year-old Donna Adelson was arrested Monday at Miami International Airport and charged with the 2014 murder of Florida State University law professor Daniel Markel.
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department on Tuesday urged a Washington, DC, appeals court to uphold the gag order against Donald Trump in his federal election subversion criminal case, saying the former president’s recent attacks on special counsel Jack Smith’s family underscore why restrictions on Trump’s speech are necessary. “There has never
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Holmes, Annie Grayer and Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — Two top House Republicans asked the Justice Department to investigate Michael Cohen over whether he committed perjury to Congress, citing his testimony in the New York civil fraud trial of Donald Trump and his business, according to a copy of the letter shared with
Continue ReadingCNN By Kristen Holmes, Annie Grayer and Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — Two top House Republicans asked the Justice Department to investigate Michael Cohen over whether he committed perjury to Congress, citing his testimony in the New York civil fraud trial of Donald Trump and his business, according to a copy of the letter shared
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Caroline Kennedy, former US ambassador to Japan and current US ambassador to Australia. Personal Birth date: November 27, 1957 Birth place: New York, New York Birth name: Caroline Bouvier Kennedy Father: John F. Kennedy, 35th US president Mother: Jacqueline (Bouvier) Kennedy Marriage:
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Federal accident investigators want automakers to install systems on all new vehicles that warn drivers when they go over the speed limit, and it is asking safety regulators to figure out how states can electronically limit speeds on vehicles driven by repeat traffic offenders. The National
Continue ReadingBy KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City officials say retailers and food delivery companies must do more to halt the proliferation of unsafe e-bike and e-scooter batteries, after a fire blamed on an electric scooter’s lithium ion battery killed three people over the weekend. Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh spoke Monday
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