By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — When Hamas militants toting grenades appeared in her living room, Rachel Edri served them tea and Moroccan cookies until police stormed in and killed the attackers. Edri’s tale of quick-witted survival during the Israel-Hamas war has turned the 65-year old woman into an unlikely folk hero in
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s new police chief says the city’s use of police stations as temporary housing for thousands of migrants seeking asylum has been a “burden” on the nation’s second-largest police department. Police Superintendent Larry Snelling told The Associated Press that one of his main concerns with the housing
Continue ReadingBy MARK N. MENGONFIA Associated Press MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Liberia’s presidential election appears headed for a run-off, with the top candidates neck and neck and the votes nearly fully counted. President George Weah, who is seeking a second term, had 43.8% of the vote Wednesday with his main challenger Joseph Boakai at 43.4%, according
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An 18-year-old man suspected of fatally shooting a 19-year-old in an apartment in Indio was charged with murder today. Jacob Matthew Alvin Vargas of Indio was also charged with one felony count each of burglary and being a convicted felon and narcotic addict in possession of a firearm, according to court records. He also faces
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — A federal appeals court tossed out a lawsuit brought by former Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake that was previously dismissed, challenging the use of electronic tabulation systems and that sought to ban them in last year’s midterm elections. Lake and failed Arizona Secretary of State candidate Mark Finchem, both Republicans, filed a
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Wednesday announced $3.5 billion for 58 projects across the country to strengthen electric grid resilience as extreme weather events such as the deadly Maui and California wildfires continue to strain the nation’s aging transmission systems. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said it was the
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Wednesday announced $3.5 billion for 58 projects across the country to strengthen electric grid resilience as extreme weather events such as the deadly Maui and California wildfires continue to strain the nation’s aging transmission systems. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said it was the
Continue ReadingMALIBU, Calif. (AP) — A 22-year-old driver was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter after a crash in Malibu killed four women, who are believed to be college students, and injured two others, officials said Wednesday. The six pedestrians were struck at about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday along Pacific Coast Highway about 4 miles (6.4 km) east
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge has ruled that a former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice who fought a subpoena ordering her to appear in court in a lawsuit related to advice she gave about possible impeachment of a current liberal justice will not have to provide testimony. Dane County Circuit
Continue ReadingBy Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — Beth Holloway has waited nearly two decades for an end to her family’s “never-ending nightmare” – and while that doesn’t mean getting her daughter back, it does include getting justice for the Alabama teen who disappeared in 2005 on a graduation trip to Aruba. On Wednesday, Joran Van der
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — A Nevada district attorney cleared two police officers of any criminal wrongdoing on Wednesday after they fatally shot a man who went on a rampage with a chainsaw at a Motel 6 three years ago. Ronal Zendejas, 36, of Sparks, cut through doors and swung the
Continue ReadingBy Denise Royal and Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — Prosecutors dropped the charges against a 69-year-old Black woman arrested last month on voter fraud charges in Tallahassee, Florida. Marsha Ervin was on probation after a felony conviction when she voted in the 2020 general and 2022 primary elections. In a filing on Tuesday, State Attorney
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — In a story published October 17, 2023, about former Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake’s lawsuit, The Associated Press erroneously reported Lake was challenging the use of electronic voting machines. She was challenging the use of electronic tabulation systems.
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UPDATE SUNDAY: An arrest was made and confirmed by Indio police in this homicide investigation. An 18-year-old suspect was arrested Saturday on Sunset Drive in Coachella. There is no word of a motive as of Sunday at 9:30 p.m. INDIO, CA (KESQ) – Detectives in Indio are investigating a deadly scene at an apartment building
Continue ReadingBy SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A lawsuit filed last month relating to Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s new policies on transgender students will be dropped. That follows a move by the school board being sued to adopt guidelines consistent with the governor’s policies. Attorneys at Cooper & Kirk were representing parents
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) — Colorado authorities don’t know which of three young men accused of driving around and throwing rocks at passing cars in suburban Denver hurled a rock that killed a 20-year-old woman. That’s according to the lead investigator in the case, who testified Wednesday that the only DNA
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — A group of Republican-led states, fossil fuel industry groups and utilities filed an emergency request with the Supreme Court Wednesday, asking it to block the implementation of the Biden administration’s “good neighbor” rule – a regulation to cut down on harmful smog and air pollution that wafts downwind and
Continue ReadingBy RUSS BYNUM Associated Press WOODBINE, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia sheriff plans to release video of a traffic stop where a deputy fatally shot a Black man who three years earlier was released from prison after being wrongfully convicted. Camden County Sheriff Jim Proctor’s office said it will post dash and body camera video
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The trial of a Fugees rapper, who was convicted in multimillion-dollar political conspiracies, stretched across the worlds of politics and entertainment. Now the case is touching on the tech world with arguments that his defense attorney used an “experimental” artificial intelligence program to write his closing arguments.
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A right-wing social media influencer has been sentenced to seven months in federal prison for spreading falsehoods via Twitter, now known as X, in an effort to suppress Democratic turnout in the 2016 presidential election. Douglass Mackey posted under the alias Ricky Vaughn. His sentencing Wednesday in Brooklyn federal court followed
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