PETERSBURG, Va. (AP) — A grand jury has indicted two federal Bureau of Prisons employees for allegedly failing to provide medical care for an inmate in Virginia who had a serious medical emergency and later died. The Justice Department announced Wednesday that Lt. Shronda Covington and registered nurse Tonya Farley face charges of violating the
Continue Reading By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball has postponed games in New York and Philadelphia on Wednesday night because of poor air quality caused by smoke from Canadian wildfires. A National Women’s Soccer League game in New Jersey and an indoor WNBA game set for Brooklyn were also called
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will host a Juneteenth concert in a “celebration of community, culture and music.” The White House says the concert will be held June 13 on the South Lawn. The artists who’ll be featured include Tony Award-winner Audra McDonald, singer and talk show host Jennifer
Continue Reading By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. investigators are compiling evidence on the development and use of chemical weapons by Islamic State extremists in Iraq after they seized about a third of the country in 2014. And they are advancing work on the militant group’s gender-based violence and crimes against children,
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Cooler than normal temperatures will continue through at least early next week where afternoon highs will top out in the mid and upper 90s.
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By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday defended his state’s decision to fly migrants from the U.S.-Mexico border to California, arguing that the state had essentially invited the migrants with its welcoming policies toward immigrants. DeSantis, a Republican presidential candidate, spoke at a meeting with
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president has described the slayings of five men caught on security camera footage as an apparent “execution” by soldiers, and has vowed that the perpetrators would face justice. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is a staunch supporter of the armed forces who has insisted that
Continue Reading PHOENIX (AP) — A man convicted of sexually attacking and fatally stabbing two young Phoenix women in separate killings in the early 1990s was sentenced to death by a judge Wednesday. Bryan Patrick Miller, 50, was convicted in April on two counts of first-degree murder, kidnapping and attempted sexual assault. He had waived his right
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The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) initially reported the victim was conscious, but died while crews attempted to free the worker, CBS News Los Angeles reported.
Continue Reading By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Most transplanted hearts are from donors who are brain dead, but new research shows a different approach can be just as successful and boost the number of available organs. It’s called donation after circulatory death, a method long used to recover kidneys and other organs but
Continue Reading By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Richard Snyder, a visionary and imperious executive at Simon & Schuster who in bold-faced style presided over the publisher’s exponential rise during the second half of the 20th century and helped define an era of consolidation and growing corporate power, has died. He was 90.
Continue Reading By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Republican lawmakers rallied with more than one hundred Bible-toting parents and children at Utah’s Capitol on Wednesday to protest a school district’s decision to remove the Bible from middle and elementary school libraries in the wake of a GOP-backed “sensitive materials” law passed two years
Continue Reading By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Brandon Montour took a baby break between the first two games of the Stanley Cup Final. With wife Ryian going into labor earlier than expected, the Panthers defenseman left Las Vegas not long after the series opener and flew back to Florida on a private
Continue Reading By AYANNA ALEXANDER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans who control the U.S. House of Representatives are making a pitch to overhaul how elections are run in the District of Columbia. They are employing a conservative playbook to tighten voting rules that has been used in Georgia, Texas and other GOP-controlled states. Democrats characterized the
Continue Reading By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge is weighing whether to break up a spat between two Republican officials over whether a proposed abortion rights amendment would cost the state billions of dollars in lost revenue from people who otherwise would be born. Cole County Presiding Judge Jon Beetem
Continue Reading By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — In fallout from the debt ceiling deal, Speaker Kevin McCarthy is suddenly confronting a new threat to his power as angry hard-right conservatives bring the House chamber to a halt, reviving their displeasure over the compromise struck with President Joe Biden and demanding deeper spending cuts
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer MIAMI (AP) — Lionel Messi has pulled off his latest stunning feat: He is headed to Major League Soccer and joining Inter Miami. After months — years, even — of speculation, Messi on Wednesday finally revealed his decision to join a Miami franchise that has been led by another
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Experts say the air is especially harmful for more vulnerable populations, including older people and those with lung or heart issues.
Continue Reading WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A South Florida jury agreed Wednesday that a former Florida State football player acted in self-defense when he fatally shot one man and injured another several hours after he scuffled with his girlfriend. Travis Rudolph, 27, was found not guilty of one count of first-degree murder and three counts
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He announced his run in a Wall Street Journal op-ed. The seven-year leader of the Peace Garden State said the U.S. needs “a change in the White House and someone new to handle the changing economy.”
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