Month: May 2023

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Navy investigation prompted by a spate of suicides is recommending widespread improvements in housing, food, parking and internet for sailors as well as changes to mental health and other personnel programs. The much-anticipated report lays out a sweeping condemnation of living and working conditions at

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee says he is pausing an effort to hold Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt of Congress now that the State Department is letting him view a redacted classified cable from U.S. diplomats in Kabul sent shortly before the

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — St. Paul police say they have arrested a 42-year-old suspect in an arson that extensively damaged a mosque and a community center. Muslim leaders say the fire early Wednesday at the the Oromo American Tawhid Islamic Center of Minnesota was the sixth act of arson or vandalism against Muslim houses

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Supreme Court has ruled the government cannot simply decree that tourist trains or other public work projects are issues of “national security,” because that violates the public’s right to information. The ruling Thursday is the latest in a string of setbacks for President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who has sought

By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The man who killed five co-workers at a Kentucky bank had made plans for the shooting, according to police. Some recently released search warrants in the case also say he had placed his phone in a front shirt pocket to livestream the killings. The search warrants

By JUAN LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Attorneys for the man accused of killing five of his neighbors after storming into their Texas home are suggesting not all has been revealed about what led up to the deadly shooting. They also say the suspect was someone who was generous and well liked. Francisco Oropeza

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press A group led by a Nebraska state lawmaker plans to again try to put the question of legalizing medical marijuana before state voters in November 2024. It will be the third time Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana try for a medical marijuana petition effort after two previous efforts failed. In

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are pushing to keep AM radio in the nation’s cars. A bipartisan group in Congress has introduced the “AM for Every Vehicle Act.” The bill calls on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to require automakers to keep AM radio in

By LUCA BRUNO Associated Press FAENZA, Italy (AP) — Rescue crews are working to reach towns and villages in northern Italy that were cut off from highways, electricity and cell phone service following heavy rains and flooding. Farmers are warning of “incalculable” losses and authorities have begun mapping out cleanup and reconstruction plans. The death