Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. prosecutors are accusing two senior Syrian officials of overseeing a notorious Syrian torture center that abused peaceful protesters, including a 26-year-old American woman who was later hanged. The indictment was released Monday, two days after a shock rebel offensive overthrew Syrian President Bashar Assad. The U.S., U.N. and others
Continue Reading Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A Ukrainian man who embarked on a perilous journey fleeing his war-torn country into Romania has been rescued from a deep mountain ravine in subzero temperatures with an unlikely companion: his months-old kitten named Peach. More than a dozen rescuers worked in harsh blizzard conditions to save Vladislav Duda,
Continue Reading The Indiana vs. Notre Dame matchup in the first round of the College Football Playoff is the most expensive ticket on StubHub, but it’s Tennessee vs. Ohio State that’s selling the fastest. StubHub spokesperson Adam Budelli said Monday that the game being hosted in Columbus, Ohio, on Dec. 21 has sold 34% more tickets than
Continue Reading Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Clarke Reed, a Mississippi businessman who developed the Republican Party in his home state and across the South starting in the 1960s, died Sunday at his home in Greenville, Mississippi. He was 96. Reed was chairman of the Mississippi Republican Party from 1966 to 1976, beginning at a time
Continue Reading Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Six Guatemalans were arrested in Guatemala and in Texas Monday on human smuggling charges linked to a 2021 semitrailer truck crash in Mexico that killed more than 50 migrants, authorities said. The truck had been packed with at least 160 migrants, many of them Guatemalans, when it crashed into
Continue Reading Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — For the first time, New Mexico’s investment income is expected to surpass its revenue from personal income taxes. A new financial forecast Monday says New Mexico will bring in a record-setting $13.6 billion in general fund income for the fiscal year that runs from July 2025 to June
Continue Reading Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California, home to some of the largest technology companies in the world, would be the first U.S. state to require mental health warning labels on social media sites if lawmakers pass a bill introduced Monday. The legislation sponsored by state Attorney General Rob Bonta is necessary to bolster safety
Continue Reading DENVER (AP) — An investigation has found a series of inadvertent and unforeseen events resulted in Colorado voting system passwords being posted on the Secretary of State’s website earlier this year. A Denver attorney did not find any intentional wrongdoing by Secretary of State Jena Griswold or her staff, but said two policies were violated.
Continue Reading Associated Press The police department in Worcester, Massachusetts, has allowed officers to engage in sexual contact with women suspected of involvement in the commercial sex trade while also allowing other civil rights violations. A 41-page report released Monday by the U.S. Justice Department found the police department has also employed excessive force, including the unjustified
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Police believe the brazen killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO was carried out with a ghost gun. The nearly untraceable weapons can be made a home. A ghost gun is a firearm without a serial number. Police said Monday that the gun used in last week’s shooting of Brian Thompson may have
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has promised to end birthright citizenship as soon as he gets into office to make good on campaign promises aiming to restrict immigration and redefining what it means to be American. But any efforts to halt the policy would face steep legal hurdles. Birthright citizenship means anyone
Continue Reading Associated Press/Report for America TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A state attorney in Florida is telling his staff he can’t help his elected replacement take over his seat because Gov. Ron DeSantis had already suspended the Democrat from the office. Judicial circuit prosecutor Andrew Bain sent the message to his staff Monday and it was obtained
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Since its inception in 2019, a U.S. development agency has created a portfolio of more than $50 billion worth of projects in 114 countries, including a trans-Africa railway corridor, a power plant in Sierra Leone, and solar panel manufacturing in India. The U.S. International Development Finance Agency was founded in
Continue Reading Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri business groups have filed a lawsuit to try to stop a voter-approved law that will raise the state’s minimum wage and require employers to give workers paid sick leave. The powerful Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry, restaurant and grocers associations say the law violates a state constitutional
Continue Reading Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans have filed a lawsuit seeking a court order to resolve a discrepancy between state and federal law about what date the state’s presidential electors must meet to cast Wisconsin’s 10 Electoral College votes for President-elect Donald Trump. State law calls for the meeting to take place on
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities say a passenger on a domestic flight in Mexico who tried to divert an aircraft to the United States by force said that he was under threat by criminals who had kidnapped one of his relatives. Videos posted on social media showed other passengers subduing the man on a
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal investigators say a lack of proper planning probably caused a deadly crash of World War II-era military planes at a 2022 air show in Texas. All six people aboard the two planes were killed. National Transportation Safety Board investigators said Monday that the paths of the two planes made it hard
Continue Reading Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge is considering whether a Minnesota law that bans religious tests for colleges that participate in a state program that allows high school students to take college courses for credit is unconstitutional. The state argued at a hearing Monday that the 2023 law rightly protects high-school students who
Continue Reading Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Wildlife rescuers are rushing to tend to dozens of geese and ducks that were soaked in oil after a spill in a Boston river. Police and fire departments were dispatched a little after noon on Sunday to the Muddy River on the border of Boston and the town of Brookline
Continue Reading Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts judge has dismissed witness intimidation and criminal harassment charges against a backer of Karen Read who admitted placing dozens of yellow rubber ducks and fake $100 bills around town. Richard Schiffer Jr. had argued he had a First Amendment right to support the defense theory that Read has
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