Month: May 2023

By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The mother of one of the three soldiers killed last week when two U.S. Army helicopters collided in a remote part of Alaska says her son lifted others up. Stacie Weaver says her son, Warrant Officer 1 Stewart Duane Wayment of North Logan, Utah, had a

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The manager appointed by the U.S. Department of Justice to oversee reforms to the beleaguered water system in Mississippi’s capital city says he won’t have enough money to cover expenses until more federal funds arrive. Ted Henifin was appointed in November after the Justice Department won a federal judge’s approval to

By JOHN O’CONNOR Associated Press DIVERNON, Ill. (AP) — A windstorm in central Illinois kicked up dangerous clouds of blinding dust off farm fields Monday, causing numerous crashes that killed at least six people on Interstate 55, police said. The late morning crashes involved 40 to 60 cars and multiple tractor-trailers, two of which caught

OTTAWA, Canada (AP) — The Canadian government is proposing a ban on assault-style firearms that would apply once legislation now before Parliament comes into force. Under the scheme announced Monday, the government would make regulations through the Firearms Act to ensure that guns are classified correctly before entering the Canadian market. Public Safety Minister Marco

By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Gwyneth Paltrow will not recoup the attorneys’ fees she paid to successfully defend herself against a lawsuit from a 76-year-old retired optometrist who claimed she was at fault for crashing into him at a posh Utah ski resort in 2016. In a ruling published on

By PETER SMITH Associated Press A powerful Southern Baptist committee was looking to appoint a new leader Monday who could navigate controversies over its handling of sexual-abuse reforms and the ousting of churches with women serving as pastors. Instead, the Executive Committee found itself tangled in yet another dispute, voting down a recommendation to make

BELMONT, Mass. (AP) — Prosecutors say a Massachusetts man has been convicted of murder in the 2021 death of a Black man after a road rage encounter in which he yelled a racial slur. The Middlesex District Attorney’s office said Monday that Dean Kapsalis, of Hudson, was convicted of second-degree murder, violation of constitutional rights

WAHPETON, N.D. (AP) — Court documents show a North Dakota man accused of intentionally running over an 18-year-old has had his charges reduced from murder to manslaughter. The new charge was filed Monday. Shannon Brandt, 42, of Glenfield, North Dakota, initially said he hit and killed Cayler Ellingson in McHenry, about 150 miles northeast of

By FARNOUSH AMIRI and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration will continue to allow tens of thousands of Afghans who fled Taliban control more than two years ago to stay and work in the U.S. That is according to two White House officials familiar with the plan, who spoke to The

By HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A group of lawmakers are asking the Securities and Exchange Commission to stop an initial public offering by the fast fashion retailer Shein until it verifies it does not user forced labor from China’s predominantly Muslim Uyghur population. Shein hasn’t said whether it plans to go