MEXICO CITY (AP) — Prosecutors in northern Mexico say they’ll investigate after the body of a long-missing man was found after months lying unidentified in a state morgue. The man’s desperate mother, Virginia de la Cruz, had approached authorities eight months ago for help in looking for her missing son. Mexico has about 115,000 missing
Continue Reading Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal appeals court panel has ruled that Tennessee does not unconstitutionally discriminate against transgender people by not allowing them to change the sex designation on their birth certificates. In a 2-1 ruling on Friday, the majority opinion of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel found, “There
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Titan Solar Power had been in negotiations with a potential buyer to point the company in a new direction, however, the negotiations fell through leading Titan to close its doors permanently.
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The suspects who are being charged of shoplifting a local Walmart began their trial hearing Friday.
Continue Reading Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge sentenced former Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine to serve three-and-a-half years in prison after Oxendine pleaded guilty to health care fraud. A U.S. District judge also ordered Oxendine on Friday to pay a $25,000 fine and to share in $760,000 in restitution with Dr. Jeffrey Gallups. Oxendine
Continue Reading Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Voting rights attorneys say Mississippi should work quickly to redraw some legislative districts to ensure more equitable representation for Black residents. In papers filed Friday, the attorneys say it’s important to hold special elections in updated districts this November. Three federal judges on July 2 ordered Mississippi legislators to
Continue Reading MAMMOTH, Wyo. (AP) — Five people were able to escape a hot, acidic pond in Yellowstone National Park after the sport utility vehicle they were riding in went off the road and into an inactive geyser. The crash happened Thursday morning. The passengers were able to get out of the 105 degree water on their
Continue Reading Associated Press British singer-songwriter Griff’s career has been an undeniable whirlwind. Less than two years after releasing her first single — and finishing her A-level exams — she won the Brit Award for Rising Star. Then she opened for Dua Lipa. Then Ed Sheeran. Then Coldplay. Then Taylor Swift. In between those gigs, solo shows
Continue Reading SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile says one of the suspects being sought in the kidnapping and killing of a dissident Venezuelan soldier on Chilean soil early this year has been arrested in Costa Rica. The slaying in February caused shock in Chile, where former lieutenant and self-described political prisoner Ronald Ojeda had sought asylum after
Continue Reading Associated Press LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man is facing trial on kidnapping and sexual assault charges after a woman said she escaped weeks in his captivity. He has now been arraigned on a new charge of murder. Authorities say they have linked him to the remains of a woman found in a barrel
Continue Reading Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A man who killed two Alaska Native women and was heard while videotaping the torture death of one say that in his movies “everybody always dies” was sentenced in Anchorage Friday to 226 years in prison. Brian Steven Smith was sentenced for the deaths of Kathleen Henry in 2019
Continue Reading Pakistan has reached an agreement for a new $7 billion loan deal with the International Monetary Fund. It’s the global lender’s latest bailout to help the cash-strapped country of 240 million people. A statement issued Friday by the IMF says the loan will last for 37 months. Its aims include strengthening fiscal and monetary policy
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Arizona players at Big 12 Media Days stress that it was the love for each other that kept them in Tucson.
Continue Reading COCOA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A 375-pound sea turtle has been released back into the Atlantic Ocean after three months of rehabilitation in Florida. Officials with the Brevard Zoo released a male loggerhead named Bubba on Wednesday afternoon in Cocoa Beach. Officials say biologists with Inwater Research found Bubba in St. Lucie County on April
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A New Mexico judge on Friday brought a sudden and stunning end to the involuntary manslaughter case against Alec Baldwin, dismissing it in the middle of the actor’s trial and saying it cannot be filed again.
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A smoking laptop in a passenger’s bag prompted an evacuation on an American Airlines flight headed to Miami from San Francisco International Airport Friday, according to the airline. One person sustained minor injuries while exiting that required transport to a hospital, the airline said. Passengers evacuated via emergency slides and a
Continue Reading SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A smoking laptop in a passenger’s bag prompted an evacuation on an American Airlines flight headed to Miami from San Francisco International Airport Friday, according to the airline. One person sustained minor injuries while exiting that required transport to a hospital, the airline said. Passengers evacuated via emergency slides and a
Continue Reading Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama has agreed to forgo an autopsy of Muslim inmate who is scheduled to be executed Thursday. Keith Edmund Gavin said the post-mortem procedure would violate his religious beliefs. The Alabama Department of Corrections said Friday that no autopsy will be performed. The 64-year-old inmate is scheduled to be
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High heat will take a brief break as winds throughout the area start to increase.
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — The Phoenix Mercury are dedicating two courts at the team’s new $70 million practice facility to star guard Diana Taurasi. The 58,000-foot facility in downtown Phoenix will be unveiled next Thursday to kick off WNBA All-Star weekend at Footprint Center. The facility, three blocks from the arena, will include two courts named
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