By DAVID SHARP Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Children returned to schools and went trick-or-treating on Tuesday as the community of Lewiston tried to return to normal after sheltering indoors for days while authorities hunted for the man responsible for the deadliest mass shooting in Maine’s history. Hundreds of students were back in class
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Officials say an employee at a Texas airport in Austin was fatally struck by a vehicle on the tarmac. The collision on Tuesday at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport is the second time this year a worker has died at the airport in the Texas capital. Officials identified the person as an airport
Continue ReadingBy SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri appeals court ruled Tuesday against Republican-written summaries of abortion-rights ballot measures that described several proposed amendments as allowing “dangerous and unregulated abortions until live birth.” A three-judge panel of the Western District Court of Appeals found the summaries written by Republican Secretary of State
Continue ReadingBy AUDREY McAVOY, REBECCA BOONE, GENE JOHNSON and CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — An officer sprinted from house to house in the historic town of Lahaina, Hawaii, alerting people to the approaching inferno. Another coughed and swore as he drove through thick smoke past burning buildings with people he rescued crammed in the
Continue ReadingBy JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers got some needed help for their struggling defense, acquiring edge rusher Chase Young from the Washington Commanders for a third-round draft pick. The teams reached the deal just before Tuesday’s deadline with the 49ers sending Washington the compensatory pick
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The 14th Amendment disqualification trial against former President Donald Trump continued Tuesday in Colorado, where a group of voters are trying to keep him off the 2024 ballot based on the Constitution’s post-Civil War “insurrectionist ban.” An expert on right-wing extremism dissected Trump’s history of fomenting unrest and testified that Trump’s speech on
Continue ReadingBy Morgan Rimmer, CNN Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer took procedural steps on Tuesday to advance three top military nominees whose confirmations have been delayed for months due to Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s holds. Specifically, he filed cloture on the nominations of Adm. Lisa Franchetti to be chief of Naval Operations, Gen. David Allvin to
Continue ReadingBy HOLLY RAMER Associated Press Authorities publicly identified Robert Card as a person of interest about four hours after he shot and killed 18 people and wounded 13 others during attacks last week at a bowling alley and bar in Lewiston, Maine. But Card, who was found dead two days after his rampage, had been
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russian strikes are inflicting unimaginable suffering on the people of Ukraine and more than 40% of them need humanitarian assistance, a senior U.N. official told the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday. Ramesh Rajasingham, director of coordination in the U.N. humanitarian office, said thousands of civilians
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Actor Robert De Niro shouted “Shame on you!” as he testified Tuesday in a New York courtroom, directing the comments toward his former executive assistant and vice president who seeks millions of dollars after accusing her onetime boss of being abusive. Graham Chase Robinson watched with
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Actor Robert De Niro shouted “Shame on you!” as he testified Tuesday in a New York courtroom, directing the comments toward his former executive assistant and vice president who seeks millions of dollars after accusing her onetime boss of being abusive. Graham Chase Robinson watched with
Continue ReadingBy DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Members of a U.N. body charged with protecting deep international waters are negotiating details of a proposed regulatory framework amid pressure to allow companies and countries to mine minerals from the ocean bed. The nearly two-week meeting of the International Seabed Authority began Monday
Continue ReadingBy Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Biden administration issued a $37.7 million fine against Grand Canyon University Tuesday after a Department of Education investigation concluded that the private school in Phoenix misrepresented the cost of its doctoral degree programs. The vast majority of doctoral students who graduated between 2017 and 2022 ultimately had
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer Under new ownership, the Washington Commanders are heading in the direction of a rebuild after selling at the NFL trade deadline. Washington on Tuesday sent Montez Sweat to the Chicago Bears for a 2024 second-round draft pick and fellow pass rusher Chase Young to the San Francisco 49ers for
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press LONDON, Ky. (AP) — Republican Daniel Cameron is picking apart the Democratic governor’s record in trying to energize his party’s growing base in Kentucky’s gubernatorial race. At a campaign stop Tuesday, Cameron took aim at Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto of transgender bills and handling of the pandemic. And he tried
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) – Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell bluntly warned Republican senators in a private meeting not to sign on to a bill from Sen. Josh Hawley aimed at limiting corporate money bankrolling high-powered outside groups, telling them that many of them won their seats thanks to the powerful super PAC the
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The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department’s proposed contract with an Atlanta-based tech firm to expand the department’s license plate recognition camera program got the go-ahead from County Supervisors Tuesday. The $1.67 million agreement with Flock Safety Group Inc. is for one year, with the option to extend the contract to June 2028, at a potential total
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SHARP Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Children returned to schools and planned to go trick-or-treating Tuesday evening as the community of Lewiston tried to return to normal after sheltering indoors for days while authorities hunted for the man responsible for the deadliest mass shooting in Maine’s history. Hundreds of students were back
Continue ReadingPALMYRA, Maine (AP) — Police in Maine arrested a former Walmart employee who made a threatening social media post that referenced a recent mass shooting in the state. Police in Palmyra charged the 18-year-old man with aggravated reckless conduct and domestic violence terrorizing after he photographed himself with a firearm and ammunition while sitting in
Continue ReadingBy NAJIB JOBAIN, JACK JEFFREY and LEE KEATH Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — A barrage of Israeli airstrikes leveled apartment buildings in a refugee camp near Gaza City on Tuesday, with rescuers clawing through the destruction to pull men, women and children from the rubble. Israel said the strike, which targeted a
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