By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan says it will not participate in this week’s U.S.-led Summit for Democracy, a move seen in part as an effort by the impoverished Islamic nation to assuage longtime ally China, which was not invited. The Biden administration has invited 120 global leaders to the summit being
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By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Embattled Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder could very well sell the franchise before an investigation into his organization’s conduct can be complete. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said even if that’s the case, any report will be made public. “Yes, we’ve committed to releasing the findings,” Goodell
Continue Reading By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Two survivors of a 2015 racist massacre that killed nine of their friends at a Charleston church say South Carolina’s lack of a hate crimes law is an insult to what they suffered through at their Bible study. Polly Sheppard and Felicia Sanders told a group
Continue Reading PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed a food tax bill Tuesday that would have prevented cities and municipalities from taxing groceries. In a letter sent to the Legislature, Hobbs said she believed the bill wouldn’t eliminate costs onto consumers and instead shift the responsibility to the state. “The bill, originally unveiled as a
Continue Reading By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A new indictment charges FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried with directing $40 million in bribes to one or more Chinese officials to unfreeze assets relating to his cryptocurrency business. The rewritten indictment unsealed Tuesday adds a charge of conspiracy to violate the anti-bribery provisions of the Foreign
Continue Reading By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Manhattan grand jury that has been hearing testimony about hush money paid on Donald Trump’s behalf will not take up that inquiry again this week, further delaying a potential vote on an indictment until next week at the earliest. That’s according to two people
Continue Reading By MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Texas companies have resolved Clean Air Act violations with the Environmental Protection Agency by agreeing to reduce emissions of planet-warming methane and other harmful pollutants wafting from the nation’s largest oil and gas producing region. EPA announced Monday that Matador Production Company has agreed to pay
Continue Reading By JILL COLVIN and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that former Vice President Mike Pence will have to testify before a grand jury in the Justice Department’s investigation into efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 election. That’s according
Continue Reading By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s largest electric provider wants the state’s highest court to overturn a 2021 decision by regulators who rejected a proposal to transfer its shares in a coal-fired power plant to a Navajo energy company. The state Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a case
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Mexicali, B.C. (Telemundo) – A woman accused of leading a group of human smugglers is now behind bars after being sought after by International Police (Interpol) for several years. The Baja California Secretary of Security says Ofelia Hernandez, nicknamed “La Guera” has been involved with a smuggling operation since the 1990’s. They say she had the backing of
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Nearly 100 House Democrats are urging President Biden not to restart migrant family detentions.
Continue Reading RON TODT PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia water officials say they continue to see no sign of contamination following a chemical spill into the Delaware River, and they’re confident that drinking water will be unaffected as the pollution flows by. Health officials just upstream in Bucks County said a burst pipe late Friday evening at the
Continue Reading By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — A $2.4 billion bankruptcy plan for the Boy Scouts of America has been upheld by a federal judge, clearing an important hurdle in the legal challenge by certain insurance companies and dissenting sex abuse survivors. The plan would let the Texas-based organization keep operating while it
Continue Reading By BRIAN WITTE and LEA SKENE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A Maryland appellate court on Tuesday reinstated Adnan Syed’s murder conviction and ordered a new hearing in the case, marking the latest development in the protracted legal odyssey chronicled in the hit podcast “Serial.” Though Syed’s conviction has been reinstated, he will not
Continue Reading BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — The brother of the late New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez is facing criminal and motor vehicle charges in Connecticut. Dennis Hernandez, who has been known as D.J. and Jonathan, was issued a misdemeanor summons by Bristol police over allegations he threw a brick onto the ESPN headquarters campus on Thursday.
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YUMA, Az. (KYMA, KECY) – United States Border Patrol agents in the Yuma sector shut down an attempted human smuggling operation over the weekend. According to a tweet from the Yuma chief patrol agent, the attempted smuggling took place near County 14th Street. The agents then arrested the smuggler, a U.S. citizen, saying he put the
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Luego de un grande decomiso de más de un millón de pastillas de fentanilo que realizo la Secretaría de la Defensa nacional en conjunto con elementos de la Fuerza de Seguridad Ciudadana e Baja California en Tijuana este mes, se ha reforzado los operativos de seguridad para evitar el contrabando de mulas ciegas por las fronteras del Estado, que refiere a automovilistas que cruzan a Estados Unidos desconociendo que llevan cargas de droga, así lo manifestó el Secretario de Seguridad Ciudadana en Baja California Leopoldo Tizoc Aguilar.
Continue Reading By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — MLB The Show has broken a video game barrier: For the first time, the franchise will insert some of the greatest Negro League players — from Satchel Paige to Jackie Robinson — into the 2023 edition of the game as playable characters. Video gamers
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Yuma Police they’re still looking for at least one suspect who was shot early Saturday morning.
Continue Reading By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. Senate staffer remained hospitalized Tuesday after police say he was attacked leaving a restaurant in Washington this weekend by a man who had been released from federal prison a day earlier. Authorities say 42-year-old Glynn Neal was arrested in the attack a day after he was
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