By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The last time Sonia Cruz saw her 14-year-old son, it was just a few days after Christmas. He walked out onto the street at 8 p.m. in their small town in northern Mexico going to meet his girlfriend, but he was dragged into a black truck
Continue Reading MELBOURNE, Fla. (AP) — A registered sex offender in Florida has been arrested on charges that he voted illegally in the November 2020 election. Jail records show that 77-year-old Louis Palmieri was charged Tuesday with false affirmation in connection with an election and voting by an unqualified elector, both third-degree felonies. State investigators say Palmieri
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The Yuma Police Department arrested 32-year-old Ryan Quesenberry for sexually abusing two women when he was employed as a massage therapist.
Continue Reading FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — A coroner says a worker who died after being hurt at an Amazon warehouse in Indiana suffered a blunt force injury. Allen County Coroner Dr. Jon Brandenberger said Wednesday that the death of 20-year-old Caes David Gruesbeck of Fort Wayne, Indiana, has been ruled an accident. Police say emergency medical
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By JACK THOMPSON Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Jesús Sánchez hit a three-run homer and started the winning rally in the ninth with a double to lead the Miami Marlins to a 5-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday. The victory improved the Marlins to 12-0 in one-run games, the best start to a
Continue Reading By DAVID KOENIG and MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writers A Senate panel has approved a rail-safety measure in response to the train derailment earlier this year in East Palestine, Ohio. The Senate Commerce Committee voted to send the bill to the full Senate. The vote was mostly along party lines, with only two Republicans favoring
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Breezy to windy conditions continue today before winds finally calm down. Temperatures are on the rise later this week.
Continue Reading By JULIE CARR SMYTH and SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio Constitution change aimed at thwarting an abortion rights issue on the ballot this fall is headed to the August ballot. The measure cleared the politically fractured Ohio House 62-37 Wednesday, and senators agreed to its changes. The long-awaited
Continue Reading By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s Republican governor is taking applications to replace the soon-to-depart St. Louis prosecutor. Gov. Mike Parson said Wednesday that he’s looking for a St. Louis lawyer with strong managerial experience and a commitment to the rule of law to take over from embattled St. Louis
Continue Reading By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — There’s a new leader at America’s National Archives. President Joe Biden’s nominee to head the Archives was confirmed Wednesday after a partisan battle over the agency’s role in the investigation into sensitive documents seized at Donald Trump’s Florida home. The Senate confirmed Colleen Shogan as archivist in
Continue Reading By PAUL J. WEBER and ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Rare momentum in the Texas Capitol for a tougher gun law has flickered out, days after a mass shooting near Dallas left eight people dead. Republicans late Tuesday stalled a bill that would raise the purchase age for certain AR-style semiautomatic rifles
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San Luis, Mexico city officials say they don’t have enough resources to help the migrants that stay there waiting for asylum in the United States.
Continue Reading By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army has announced changes to the way it will care for the gray and black horses that carry service members’ flag-draped caskets to their final resting places in Arlington National Cemetery. This comes after the deaths last year of two horses in the ceremonial unit exposed
Continue Reading By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Google on Wednesday disclosed plans to infuse its dominant search engine with more advanced artificial-intelligence technology, a drive that’s in response to one of the biggest threats to its long-established position as the internet’s main gateway. The gradual shift in how Google’s search engine
Continue Reading By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida judge who gained a national profile while presiding over the Parkland school shooting trial announced Wednesday that she is resigning June 30 to pursue unspecified career opportunities. Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer rose in prominence when she oversaw the televised penalty trial of Nikolas
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Nicaragua has ordered the closure of the country’s Red Cross, capping a crackdown that has seen the government toss out out religious orders, charities and civic groups. The legislature voted to shutter the Nicaraguan Red Cross, accusing it of “attacks on peace and stability” for helping treat injured protesters during antigovernment
Continue Reading By ISABELLA O’MALLEY Associated Press When Joe Seaman-Graves, the city planner for the working class town of Cohoes, New York, Googled the term “floating solar,” he didn’t even know it was a thing. What he did know is that his tiny town needed an affordable way to get electricity and had no extra land. But
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Title 42 superseded Title 8 during the national health emergency declared by the federal government.
Continue Reading By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press New York City officials plan to send some asylum-seekers to an upstate hotel. That’s despite fierce resistance from suburban leaders and a judge’s order temporarily blocking the use of another hotel. Mayor Eric Adams touched off a furor north of the city by announcing last week that the city would
Continue Reading By JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — As President Joe Biden’s administration prepares for the end of asylum restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, it is offering some new legal options for people — especially families — to come to the United States. The administration said it will admit at least 100,000 Latin
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