OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — In a story published June 22, 2023, about the NTSB hearings on the Ohio train derailment, The Associated Press quoted National Transportation Safety Board chairwoman Jennifer Homendy saying that Norfolk Southern sent details of what was on the train to its contractor within 10 minutes. Norfolk Southern said that was erroneous
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A new report by the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) reveals alarming findings about pedestrian safety in the U.S.
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The search for a missing submersible with five people aboard took a bleak turn Thursday when the U.S. Coast Guard said a debris field was found at the bottom of the ocean near the Titanic, and the critical 96-hour mark passed when breathable air could have run out.
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The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a law criminalizing per-signature payment is constitutional, possibly complicating efforts for groups trying to get initiatives on the ballot.
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A widespread Arizona Medicaid scam that has left an unknown number of Native Americans homeless on the streets of metro Phoenix is being declared a public health state of emergency by the Navajo Nation as fraudulent sober living homes lose their funding and turn former residents out onto the streets.
Continue Reading By AHMED AL-HAJ Associated Press SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemen’s warring sides have exchanged 64 bodies of their fallen, the latest in reconciliation efforts amid the country’s yearslong conflict. The rare exchange between the country’s Houthi rebels and Saudi Arabia took place on Wednesday near the Saudi border town of Nahran. That’s according to the
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By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer Former LSU and current McNeese State men’s basketball coach Will Wade received a two-year show-cause penalty and a 10-game suspension Thursday for multiple rules violations, ending a slow-moving case originally rooted in a federal corruption investigation into the sport. The ruling came from a panel of the Independent Accountability
Continue Reading By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A new survey says America’s honeybee hives just staggered through the second highest death rate on record, with beekeepers losing nearly half of their managed colonies. But using costly measures to create new colonies, beekeepers are somehow keeping afloat. Thursday’s University of Maryland and Auburn University
Continue Reading By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The desperate search for a submersible that disappeared while taking five people to view the Titanic wreckage has drawn attention to other deep-sea rescues. Those rescue efforts — from a submersible off Ireland to a submarine off the New Hampshire coast — offer some measure of hope
Continue Reading By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The government’s traffic safety agency says it will require that heavy trucks and buses include potentially life-saving automatic emergency braking equipment within five years. Automatic braking systems in heavy vehicles would prevent nearly 20,000 crashes a year and save at least 155 lives, the National Highway Traffic
Continue Reading By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate fell for the third time in as many weeks, a welcome boost for homebuyers facing a housing market that’s been held back this year by a tight inventory of homes for sale. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that
Continue Reading By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — History, fashion, and star power came together at Givenchy’s latest menswear show at Les Invalides in Paris. Steeped in the martial aura of the former military hospital, the show was the first of its kind in this storied location — on the resplendent balcony. Among the
Continue Reading ASCOT, England (AP) — King Charles III has claimed his first Royal Ascot winner as the reigning monarch. The king watched the race from the Royal Enclosure alongside Queen Camilla and they saw Desert Hero win by a short head in the King George V Stakes. Desert Hero wore the royal silks and was an
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A politician considered to be the mother of the modern Scottish independence movement has died at the age of 93. Winnie Ewing’s relatives announced Thursday that she died on Wednesday “surrounded by her family.” Ewing was elected to the U.K. Parliament in 1967 for the pro-independence Scottish
Continue Reading By DÁNICA COTO and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Attorneys for the widow of slain Haitian President Jovenel Moïse have filed a lawsuit in Florida against those accused in the assassination. The lawsuit was filed Thursday and first shared with The Associated Press. It seeks unspecified damages and a trial
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press SAN JUAN COMALAPA, Guatemala (AP) — Just days away from electing a new president, many Guatemalans remain undecided, unimpressed by the leading candidates and even considering casting a protest vote to express their disapproval. Concerns about extortion and violent crime cross class lines, and rural and urban communities, perhaps explaining
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The Supreme Court ruled against the Navajo Nation on Thursday in a dispute involving water from the drought-stricken Colorado River.
Continue Reading By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes edged higher in May and the national median sale price posted its biggest annual drop in more than a decade, even as the supply of available properties sank to an all-time low. Existing home sales rose 0.2% last month
Continue Reading By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled against the Navajo Nation on Thursday in a dispute involving water from the drought-stricken Colorado River. States that draw water from the river — Arizona, Nevada and Colorado — and water districts in California that are also involved in the case had urged
Continue Reading ROME (AP) — Pope Francis says he’s still feeling the effects of anesthesia from abdominal surgery two weeks ago and that his breathing isn’t good. Francis made the comments Thursday to explain why he chose not to deliver a prepared speech to visiting charity workers for Eastern rite churches. Instead, the speech was handed out.
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