By MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York would create a commission to consider reparations to address the lingering, negative effects of slavery under a bill passed by the state Legislature on Thursday. “We want to make sure we are looking at slavery and its legacies,” said state Assemblywoman Michaelle
Continue Reading By MARK PRATT Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors say an 18-year-old Massachusetts man sent gift cards worth a total of $1,670 to someone he thought was a supporter of the Islamic State group that he intended to be used to fund a war on nonbelievers. Mateo Ventura, of Wakefield, is scheduled to appear
Continue Reading By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Utility regulator Brandon Presley is now uncontested for the Democratic nomination for Mississippi governor this year. The state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that another Democratic candidate waited too long to challenge being kept off the ballot. Presley is trying to block Republican Gov. Tate Reeves
Continue Reading By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer The Los Angeles county district attorney’s office said Thursday it has left Twitter due to barrage of “vicious” homophobic attacks that were not removed by the social media platform even after they were reported. The account, which went by the handle @LADAOffice, no longer exists on Twitter. “Our decision
Continue Reading By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Electric vehicles made by General Motors will be able to use much of Tesla’s extensive charging network beginning early next year. In addition, GM will adopt Tesla’s connector, the plug that links an electric vehicle to a charging station. GM joins Ford in shifting its electric
Continue Reading SURFSIDE BEACH, Texas (AP) — Nearly two dozen teenagers from a summer camp were injured when an elevated walkway collapsed Thursday in a beachside city in Texas, with five flown to the hospital by helicopter. None of the injuries were expected to be life-threatening, Brazoria County officials said. The cause of the walkway collapse in
Continue Reading By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ recruiters set their sights on Sacred Heart Catholic Church in the Texas border city of El Paso in search of asylum-seekers they could take from its bustling migrant shelter to California’s capital on taxpayer-funded private jets. Intentionally or
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The trial of the man accused of murdering another man at the Maverick bar is finally coming to an end.
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The local former horse instructor accused of sexually abusing two teenage boys in July 2022 was formally sentenced on Thursday to serve prison time.
Continue Reading By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer There were many stressful things about making “The Flash” and getting it to theaters. It was shot in the middle of a pandemic. There was isolation from friends and family for the 138-day shoot. There were A-list schedules to coordinate for cameos. There was a star in Ezra Miller
Continue Reading By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday gave whiskey maker Jack Daniel’s reason to raise a glass, handing the company a new chance to win a trademark dispute with the makers of the Bad Spaniels dog toy. In announcing the decision for a unanimous court, Justice Elena Kagan was
Continue Reading By ERIC TUCKER, JILL COLVIN and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Donald Trump said Thursday that he was indicted for mishandling classified documents at his Florida estate, a remarkable development that makes him the first former president in U.S. history to face criminal charges by the federal government that he once oversaw. The
Continue Reading NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United States Agency for International Development says it has suspended all food aid to Ethiopia after an internal investigation found donated food intended for needy people were being diverted on a “widespread” scale. USAID did not say Thursday who diverted the food aid. An internal memo prepared by a group
Continue Reading By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The family of the murder victim whose case is chronicled by the hit podcast “Serial” asked Maryland’s highest court on Thursday to give crime victims a right to be heard and challenge evidence at hearings. Young Lee, whose sister Hae Min Lee was killed in 1999,
Continue Reading By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A white Florida woman accused of shooting and killing her Black neighbor told investigators she had been threatened by the victim for months leading up to the slaying, according an arrest report released Thursday that detailed allegations of racist epithets and physical threats to the
Continue Reading By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican lawmakers and Democratic Gov. Tony Evers have reached a bipartisan deal to provide more funding to local governments across Wisconsin, including cash-strapped Milwaukee city and county. Evers and Republicans announced the deal on Thursday. The much-discussed plan has taken on urgency in the Legislature this
Continue Reading By KATHLEEN FOODY and TERESA CRAWFORD Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The family of an Illinois woman killed in a 2022 parasailing crash in the Florida Keys filed a second lawsuit connected to her death this week. Attorneys say 33-year-old Supraja Alaparthi was killed after she and two children were dragged across the water and
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By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — NCAA President Charlie Baker said Thursday he wants a federal law to regulate the way college athletes can be compensated for endorsement deals that creates a registry of deals, agent certification and uniform contract standards. Baker hopes a bill can move through the House
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The former City of San Luis Vice Mayor who left the scene of a crash in 2021 was sentenced Thursday morning to serve time in jail.
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El exvicepresidente Mike Pence compareció en un ayuntamiento en Iowa.
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