Month: May 2023

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has signed a bill into law creating a new commission empowered to discipline and remove wayward prosecutors. Kemp said Friday that the measure will curb “far-left prosecutors” who are “making our communities less safe.” The Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission will start accepting complaints

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal civil rights group complaint says Mississippi is intentionally creating hurdles that prevent the majority-Black capital city of Jackson from receiving enough money to repair its long-troubled water system. The Southern Poverty Law Center announced Friday that it had filed the civil rights complaint

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. experts say South Sudan is facing violent clashes and increasing disillusionment and frustration as it struggles to implement the most challenging provisions of a fragile 2018 power-sharing agreement. They identified the challenges in a new report obtained Friday by The Associated Press as integrating

By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press DAVIS, Calif. (AP) — A 21-year-old former university student on Friday pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder and one of attempted murder in connection with a series of stabbings in the college community of Davis. Yolo County Superior Court Judge Daniel Wolk also denied bail to Carlos Dominguez,

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen; Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla. __ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.; former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, a Republican presidential candidate. __ CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas; Gov. Roy Cooper, D-N.C.; Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C. __ CNN’s

By MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Britain has pledged to give about $100 million to the Brazilian government’s fund to protect the Amazon rainforest, as the South American country beefs up protection of the environment under its new leadership. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva,

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — New mothers could get a full year of Medicaid health-care coverage under legislation given final approval in Missouri. The bill passed Friday would add Missouri to a growing list of states offering 12 months of coverage to lower-income women after they give birth. Supporters

By EVA VERGARA and MAURICIO CUEVAS Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile will vote Sunday to choose 50 delegates to a council that will draw up a new Constitution, after voters overwhelmingly rejected a proposed charter last year that was widely described as one of the world’s most progressive. It’s the latest step in

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan agency that investigates complaints against lawyers is taking action against nine attorneys who were allied with former President Donald Trump after the 2020 election. The Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission says the nine should be disciplined for a lawsuit that was ultimately thrown out, challenging the

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations is seeking yet again to reassure the Afghan people that it won’t abandon them. But it left in question how it was going to provide desperately needed humanitarian aid following the Taliban’s ban on Afghan women working for the world organization. Secretary-General