Month: June 2023

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves traveled to Alabama for a Republican fundraising event as people in his state were still reeling from back-to-back tornadoes that killed one person, injured dozens and destroyed homes and businesses, and in the midst of lingering power outages from severe thunderstorms.

By PIERRE-RICHARD LUXAMA Associated Press JEREMIE, Haiti (AP) — The executive directors of two U.N. agencies are warning that Haiti’s humanitarian crisis has reached unprecedented levels amid reports of widespread hunger and gang violence. Cindy McCain, executive director of the World Food Program, said that per capita, the number of Haitians facing emergency-level food insecurity

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden says the consequences for women of losing the constitutional right to an abortion “go far beyond the right to choose.” The first lady spoke at the White House on Tuesday as she hosted women who shared their emotional stories of being denied reproductive care. The

By ED WHITE Associated Press Eight people have been charged in the death of a Michigan prison inmate who lost 50 pounds over two weeks and died of dehydration while being restrained. Jonathan Lancaster died in 2019 at the Alger prison in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Attorney General Dana Nessel says it was a “preventable tragedy

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Abortion-rights groups have filed a motion to dismiss their lawsuit challenging Kentucky’s near-total abortion ban. But they say the legal fight is far from over. They’re asking a judge to dismiss the suit. They said Tuesday that strategy will now focus on having a legal challenge

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas officials have agreed, for now, not to enforce a new restriction on medication abortions. The agreement announced Tuesday means that enforcement won’t begin July 1 as planned but will wait at least five weeks. Providers have asked a state court judge in Johnson County

By SEUNG MIN KIM The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s son Hunter is by no means the first presidential relative whose personal troubles have caused headaches for a White House. The twin daughters of President George W. Bush — Jenna and Barbara — were each busted for underage drinking. Billy Carter, the