Month: May 2023

By BROOKE SCHULTZ Associated Press/Report for America The Democratic mayoral primary in Philadelphia is the latest election to represent a clash between moderates and progressives on concerns such as policing and education and to show the power of union support in big city politics. Voters in Philadelphia on Tuesday chose Cherelle Parker as the Democratic

By MARK SHERMAN and EMILY SWANSON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Confidence in the Supreme Court sank to its lowest point in at least 50 years in 2022 in the wake of the Dobbs decision that led to state bans and other restrictions on abortion, a major trends survey shows. The divide between Democrats and

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press LIMASSOL, Cyprus (AP) — A U.S. Navy commander says there is “no significant change” in the conduct of Russian aircraft and warships toward Western naval and air assets in the eastern Mediterranean as Moscow’s war in Ukraine grinds on. Cmdr. Peter C. Flynn told The Associated Press on Wednesday that

HONOLULU (AP) — An energy storage farm could replace Hawaii’s last coal-fired power plant that closed in 2022 after 30 years. The AES Corporation coal plant produced up to one-fifth of the electricity on Oahu — the most populous island in the state. Taking it offline meant an end to the 1.5 million metric tons

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Prosecutors say a woman has agreed to a 52-year prison sentence after pleading guilty in the 2021 death of her boyfriend’s 5-year-old Houston son. The boy’s body had been kept hidden in a storage unit before it was discovered in an East Texas hotel. During a

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press SALAMANCA, N.Y. (AP) — A western New York school district can keep its Native American-themed logo following approval from the Seneca Nation of Indians. New York last month joined others states in banning schools from using Native American imagery and nicknames, but included an exception for districts that receive approval

MEXICO CITY (AP) — About 50 migrants have been kidnapped by a gang in northern Mexico, the latest in a series of mass abductions. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Wednesday that National Guard troops were searching for the migrants in an area around the northern city of Matehuala. He confirmed that gangs have been

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — The lawyer of a Jordanian lawmaker says he has been indicted on charges that he illegally smuggled scores of rifles and handguns into the occupied West Bank through an Israeli-controlled crossing. The alleged gun-running scandal that gripped headlines last month has threatened to further strain ties between Israel and its Arab