Month: February 2022

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld a prison sentence of more than 13 years for a former Coast Guard officer accused of stockpiling weapons and plotting politically motivated killings inspired by a far-right mass murderer. Christopher Hasson argued that a federal judge in Maryland improperly

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Elon Musk and his lawyers are escalating their fight with U.S. securities regulators. A Musk lawyer has accused regulators of leaking investigative information, and Musk is alleging on Twitter that government corruption is being exposed. Musk’s tweet early Tuesday and a Monday letter from lawyer Alex

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man convicted of killing his wife and lying about the whereabouts of her body has pleaded guilty to abuse of their young daughter. KMIZ-TV reports Joseph Elledge pleaded guilty Tuesday to child abuse, child endangerment and domestic assault. Elledge was sentenced to 10 years in prison, to be served

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Candidates in Missouri are signing up to run for Congress without knowing exactly who they will represent. The candidate filing period opened Tuesday without new maps in place for U.S. House districts. Missouri also lacks new districts for its state Senate. Missouri is one

By PETER DEJONG Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) — An hours-long hostage standoff at the Apple Store in Amsterdam has ended with police in a car driving into the hostage taker as he ran from the store. Police say his hostage is safe. Police added Tuesday night that the suspect was checked for explosives after being

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A U.S. House candidate in Oklahoma has apologized after reports that she became intoxicated, berated several middle-school aged girls at a sleepover party and vomited in a clothes hamper. Democrat Abby Broyles told television station KFOR that she had an adverse reaction after drinking wine and

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A judge has declined efforts by attorneys for Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson to delay all his depositions in connection with lawsuits filed by 22 women who have accused him of sexual assault and harassment. During a court hearing Monday, defense attorney Rusty Hardin asked that

By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Two Blackhawk helicopters crashed near a Utah ski resort Tuesday morning, forcing the closures on part of the mountain but leaving no crew members seriously hurt. The Utah National Guard says the crash occurred during a standard training exercise on U.S. Forest Service land just

By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A retired U.S. Army soldier was arrested and has been in detention in Zimbabwe for a week charged with trying to board a plane with a loaded and unregistered pistol. State media reports that Ronald Leon Johnson was arrested Feb. 15 as he checked in at

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds will deliver the Republican response to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on March 1. GOP congressional leaders made the announcement Tuesday. Reynolds is being praised by Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell as fighting COVID “without forgetting common sense” by protecting