Month: June 2023

By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — An attorney for a Pennsylvania coal exporter says West Virginia Gov. James Justice is refusing to pay a balance of $1.9 million on a judgment against him and one of his family-owned coal companies. The attorney for Xcoal Energy & Resources also told a federal judge

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Turner Sports has had its share of significant sports events. The Stanley Cup Final, though, will be the first time a champion from one of North America’s four major pro sports will air on TNT. Saturday’s Game 1 between the Florida Panthers and Vegas Golden Knights also marks the

By PAUL J. WEBER and JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Police in Texas say they are looking into “potential investigative lapses” following the arrest of a convicted child murderer who is now in jail on two other murder charges. Raul Meza Jr. walked out of a Texas prison in 1993 after serving

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A judge has sentenced a Milwaukee teen to more than two decades in prison for his role in the fatal shooting of a 12-year-old girl last year. Prosecutors say either Benjamin Garrett or Cornell Henard opened fire on Olivia Schultz and her mother, Celeste Wilson, as the family was unloading groceries outside

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The city of Portland, Oregon, will take steps to remove tents blocking sidewalks under a tentative settlement announced Thursday in a lawsuit brought by people with disabilities. The federal class action lawsuit alleged that the city violated the American with Disabilities Act by allowing

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press A building under construction near the Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut, partially collapsed Friday when a concrete pour went awry, injuring eight people including two critically, city officials said, adding there were no fatalities. City firefighters and other authorities were called to Lafayette Street shortly after 12:30

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador’s president Guillermo Lasso says he will not run for presidential reelection in the early elections that were called after his decision to dissolve the National Assembly two weeks ago. Surrounded by his entire cabinet and members of his family, Lasso said he had long reflected about the decision and concluded

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The company that makes the opioid addiction treatment drug Suboxone has reached a $102.5 million settlement of antitrust claims with 41 states and the District of Columbia. Attorneys general sued Indivior and claimed the company schemed to keep generic competitors off the market. The deal was announced Friday. It averts a trial

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court chief justice cannot be sued over a state law that requires him to appoint some judges in the capital city of Jackson. That’s according to a ruling Thursday from a federal judge. U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate did not address residents’

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI has offered to show top lawmakers next week a bureau document that purports to relate to President Joe Biden and his family following weeks of demands by congressional Republicans and a contempt threat against Director Christopher Wray. In a statement, the FBI said it would

By SARA BURNETT Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The first Republican presidential debate of the 2024 election cycle will be held Aug. 23, and candidates participating must pledge to support the eventual GOP nominee. The Republican National Committee on Friday announced the requirements to take part in the debate in Milwaukee. The organization says a

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A European spacecraft around Mars has sent its first livestream from the red planet to Earth to mark the 20th anniversary of its launch. But rain in Spain interfered at times. The European Space Agency broadcast the livestream Friday of Mars Express. It took

By JUAN ZAMORANO Associated Press NICANOR, Panama (AP) — Panama has launched a security operation along its shared border with Colombia to combat organized crime groups and migrant smugglers involved in record-setting migration through the perilous Darien Gap this year. Security officials said Friday that Operation Shield is part of the agreement reached with the

By FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — It’s time for residents along the southeastern U.S. coastline to get plans in place as the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season gets underway on Thursday. Forecasters and experts are predicting a “near-normal” hurricane season. The director at the National Hurricane Center stressed during a Wednesday news conference that

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer PARIS (AP) — Two years after Naomi Osaka withdrew from the French Open when she was fined, then threatened with disqualification, for skipping news conferences, another top tennis player — No. 2 seed Aryna Sabalenka, the Australian Open champion — was allowed to avoid the traditional postmatch session open