BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A judge has ruled that the death penalty will remain a possibility for a man charged with murder in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students. KBOI-TV reports Judge Steven Hippler in his Wednesday order was not swayed by legal arguments made by Bryan Kohberger’s defense team to remove
Continue Reading Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Republican Nick Begich has won the state’s U.S. House race, defeating Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola. Begich was endorsed by former President Donald Trump and won the seat that Republican Rep. Don Young held for 49 years before his death in March 2022. The GOP was eager to reclaim the
Continue Reading Republican Nick Begich won election to a U.S. House seat representing Alaska on Wednesday, defeating Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola and flipping a seat for the GOP. Begich, who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump, was among the opponents Peltola defeated in 2022. Peltola, who is Yup’ik, was the first Alaska Native in Congress. Earlier
Continue Reading Russia has sent a gift of more than 70 animals to North Korea for the Pyongyang Zoo, including bears, yaks, ducks and cockatoos. A Russian government statement says the animals were flown to Pyongyang aboard a government plane, and escorted by a group of officials and experts from the Moscow Zoo. Russia’s Natural Resources Minister
Continue Reading Associated Press/Report for America A federal judge has signed off on a settlement agreement Wednesday in a class action lawsuit alleging that an algorithm designed to score rental applicants discriminated on the basis of race and income. Plaintiffs argue that the algorithm designed by SafeRent Solutions unfairly discriminated against Black and Hispanic applicants with housing
Continue Reading Nvidia has once again turned out quarterly results that exceeded Wall Street’s forecasts. The company has seen soaring demand for its semiconductors, which are used to power artificial intelligence applications. Revenue nearly doubled in the latest quarter from the same period a year earlier, Nvidia said Wednesday. The company expects further strong revenue growth in
Continue Reading DALLAS (AP) — The family of a man shot and killed by a Dallas police officer who said she mistook his apartment for her own has been awarded nearly $100 million in a federal civil trial. Capping a three-day trial, the jury on Wednesday found that now-former officer Amber Guyger used excessive force in the
Continue Reading Associated Press According to the FBI, a Florida man has been arrested and charged in a plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange this week. The FBI says Wednesday that 30-year-old Harun Abdul-Malik Yener of Coral Springs, Florida, has been charged with attempt to use an explosive device to damage or destroy a building
Continue Reading Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Legislation for the world’s first legal ban on children under 16 using social media has been introduced in Australia’s Parliament. Communications Minister Michelle Rowland said TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, X and Instagram are among the restricted platforms that could be fined up to $33 million for systemic failures to prevent
Continue Reading AP Auto Writer Even though sales of electric vehicles aren’t growing as fast as in past years and President-elect Donald Trump may ditch tax credits for EV buyers, automakers are moving ahead with new models that should appeal to mainstream buyers. Family haulers are the latest to see a new entry, with Hyundai unveiling the
Continue Reading SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Health Secretary Patrick Allen is leaving after less than two years on the job. Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham made the announcement Wednesday, saying Allen would be stepping down at the end of the day. She did not give a reason for his departure. He is the latest
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has rejected attempts by Sen. Bernie Sanders to block the sale of offensive weapons to Israel. Senators were voting Wednesday on measures that would have blocked the sale of mortar and tank rounds and smart-bomb kits to Israel. The first attempt to block the sales was rejected overwhelmingly,
Continue Reading Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union lawmakers have rubber-stamped a new team of policy commissioners for the next five years to head one of the bloc’s most rightward-leaning executive branches ever. The lawmakers ended a week of bickering on Wednesday over the of 26 nominees to the new European Commission. Since Nov. 4, they’ve
Continue Reading Associated Press A Philadelphia jury has awarded $11 million to a man whose holstered Sig Sauer pistol went off by itself while he was going down the stairs. Wednesday’s jury award was the second major verdict this year against the embattled gun manufacturer over its P320 model. The jury concluded that New Hampshire-based Sig Sauer
Continue Reading Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Thousands of University of California workers on Wednesday began a two-day strike to protest what they say are unfair bargaining tactics by the university system and staff shortages. The university denies the allegations. The strike by 37,000 service and patient care workers represented by the American Federation of State,
Continue Reading Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Wednesday welcomed China’s President Xi Jinping for a state visit at the Alvorada Palace in Brasilia, the latest sign of deepening ties between the two countries that analysts say may accelerate as Donald Trump returns to the White House in
Continue Reading Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega is proposing a constitutional reform that would officially make him and his wife, current Vice President Rosario Murillo, “copresidents” of the Central American nation. The proposal, seen by The Associated Press, also seeks to extend the presidential term to six years from five. The proposals
Continue Reading AP Baseball Writer Chris Sale was one of the ace left-handers Tarik Skubal idolized as a teenager. Now the two will be linked forever after winning their first Cy Young Awards on Wednesday. Skubal was a unanimous pick for the American League honor following a brilliant season with the Detroit Tigers. Sale’s selection in the
Continue Reading HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Police are searching for a man believed to have shot to death a woman and her infant son in a dispute over a vehicle. The acting Hartford police chief on Wednesday urged the suspect, Lance “Macho” Morales, to turn himself him to authorities. He was recently released from prison for an
Continue Reading Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (AP) — A new study has found that systemic barriers to voting on tribal lands contribute to substantial disparities in Native American turnout, particularly for presidential elections. The study, released Tuesday by the Brennan Center for Justice, looked at 21 states with federally recognized tribal lands that have a population
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