Month: June 2023

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A lawsuit is seeking to block Mississippi’s new restrictions on absentee ballots. The suit was filed Wednesday. It argues that a law taking effect July 1 could disenfranchise voters who have disabilities by preventing them from receiving help from people they trust. The law sets

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) — Two dead humpback whales were spotted floating in the waters off New York this week. Necropsies were being performed Friday to determine what killed the two whales that were first seen Wednesday. One whale was spotted off eastern Long Island and one was seen in Raritan Bay between New Jersey and

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit to try to force a northern Wisconsin town to pay for failing to renew access easements on tribal land. U.S. Attorney Timothy O’Shea filed the action in Madison on Wednesday. The lawsuit opens another front in a dispute between the town of

By TARA COPP and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has awarded U.S. Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley France’s highest medal of honor for his role in coordinating support for Ukraine and for his more than 40-year military career spent in defense of democracy. Macron awarded Milley the order

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — In a blow to abortion opponents in Ohio, a fall ballot issue aimed at enshrining access to the procedure in the state’s constitution won’t be split into two separate issues: one about abortion and one involving other reproductive care. In a ruling Thursday, the Ohio

By GISELA SALOMON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A federal judge in Miami has sentenced a Haitian-Chilean businessman to life in prison for his role in helping a group of Colombian mercenaries obtain weapons to assassinate Haitian President Jovenel Moïse in 2021. Rodolphe Jaar had pleaded guilty in March to conspiracy to commit murder or

By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Customers of Chase’s online banking services have seen double transactions, fees and payments in their accounts. But by late Friday the bank said it had fixed the glitch. Numerous Chase customers had posted on social media that their rent or bill payments were taken out

By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. official says CIA Director William Burns went to Beijing in May to meet with Chinese counterparts. It’s the highest level visit by a Biden administration official since a suspected Chinese spy balloon was shot down by American forces. First reported by The Financial Times, Burns’