By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — A trial is opening soon against two police officers charged in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain. The Black man was put in a neck hold and injected with the powerful sedative ketamine while walking home in a Denver suburb. His death later became a rallying
Continue ReadingBy Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Biden administration is canceling nearly $37 million of federal student loan debt for more than 1,200 borrowers who attended the University of Phoenix because it found that the for-profit school misled students about job prospects. Taking a narrower approach to student debt forgiveness, the Biden administration has
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — Normal operations are back at all of the casinos and hotels run by MGM Resorts International in the U.S., the company said Wednesday, 10 days after a cyberattack led the company to shut down reservation and credit card processing in an effort to protect its data. In statements posted to X,
Continue ReadingBy FARNOUSH AMIRI and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans clashed with Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday, accusing him and the Justice Department of the “weaponization” of the department’s work in favor of President Joe Biden ‘s son Hunter. Garland’s appearance before the House Judiciary Committee was his first in two
Continue ReadingSANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — Kevin Costner and his wife of nearly 19 years, Christine Baumgartner, have reached a settlement in their divorce. “Kevin and Christine Costner have come to an amicable and mutually agreed upon resolution of all issues pertaining to their divorce proceedings,” the couple said in a joint statement released Tuesday by
Continue ReadingSANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — Kevin Costner and his wife of nearly 19 years, Christine Baumgartner, have reached a settlement in their divorce. “Kevin and Christine Costner have come to an amicable and mutually agreed upon resolution of all issues pertaining to their divorce proceedings,” the couple said in a joint statement released Tuesday by
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s debate over abortion access is heating up the governor’s race. Democrat Gov. Andy Beshear continues to criticize Republican Daniel Cameron’s support for the state’s existing abortion ban. But this week Cameron signaled new willingness to accept abortion exceptions for rape and incest. Beshear’s campaign is
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN HAIGH and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A former top federal prosecutor who helped investigate the origins of the Trump-Russia probe says she left the team because of her concerns with then-U.S. Attorney General William Barr’s public comments about possibly releasing an interim report before the 2020 presidential election. She
Continue ReadingBy HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Budweiser parent company Anheuser-Busch InBev announced Wednesday that its iconic Clydesdales will no longer have their tails shortened using a common, yet controversial, procedure that has drawn the ire of animal activists. The brewer said in a statement that the change was made earlier this year, stressing that the safety
Continue ReadingBy ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A military medical panel has concluded that one of the five 9/11 defendants held at Guantanamo Bay has been rendered delusional and psychotic by the torture he underwent years ago while in CIA custody. Ramzi bin al-Shibh has long complained he was under attack by invisible rays
Continue ReadingBy MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s state Senate wants to move up the state’s 2024 primary election by five weeks to March 19. Lawmakers touted the move as a way to avoid a conflict with the Jewish holiday of Passover and to give voters more of a say in deciding presidential
Continue ReadingBy STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The man charged with murder in the ambush killing of a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity on Wednesday. Officials say Kevin Cataneo Salazar fatally shot 30-year-old Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer, who was sitting in a patrol car,
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Lawyers for three Georgia Republicans who signed a certificate falsely claiming that then-President Donald Trump won the state are arguing that their clients were not fake electors but rather a “contingent” slate in case the 2020 election results were tossed out. U.S. District Judge Steve Jones heard
Continue ReadingBy JOSEF FEDERMAN and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden raised “hard issues,” including protecting the “checks and balances” in a democracy, in a Wednesday meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, pushing the Israeli leader to find a compromise on a judicial overhaul that has set off months of mass
Continue ReadingBy JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Redistricting Commission is getting back to business. The panel will meet Wednesday after two Republican legislative leaders who may be rivals for the House speakership next year settled a political dispute. Senate President Matt Huffman and House Speaker Jason Stephens’ lack of agreement
Continue ReadingBAGLEY TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A woman was rescued Tuesday from an outhouse toilet in northern Michigan after she climbed in to retrieve her Apple Watch and became trapped. State police say Wednesday that the woman lowered herself inside the toilet after dropping the watch at the Department of Natural Resources boat launch at Dixon
Continue ReadingBy JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court says a portion of the description of a ballot question enshrining abortion rights in the state constitution is misleading. In a ruling late Tuesday, the court ordered the state ballot board to rephrase the wording. It suggested the amendment headed to
Continue ReadingBy KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Several Catholic priests have held a ceremony blessing same-sex couples outside Cologne cathedral in a protest against the city’s conservative archbishop Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki. Their protest service on Wednesday night was triggered by Cologne church officials’ criticism of a priest from the town of Mettmann near
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are mixed Wednesday after the Federal Reserve said it may not cut interest rates next year by as much as it earlier thought, regardless of how much Wall Street wants it. The S&P 500 was 0.1% higher in afternoon trading after briefly turning
Continue ReadingBy THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledged $200 million to help save the lives of mothers and children during child birth. The largest American philanthropic donor its throwing its weight behind the issue during its annual Goalkeepers conference on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly.
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