Month: June 2022

BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore is suing one of the country’s largest manufacturers of “ghost gun” kits. Mayor Brandon Scott announced the suit Wednesday, the same day Maryland’s ban on the untraceable weapons went into effect. News outlets reported that the suit was filed in Baltimore Circuit Court against Nevada-based Polymer80, which sells kits for customers

By AAMER MADHANI and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is leaning towards making a visit to Saudi Arabia — a trip that would likely bring him face-to-face with the Saudi crown prince he once shunned as a killer. The White House is weighing a visit that would also include a

WOODSTOCK, Ill. (AP) — A judge has ruled that a suburban Chicago woman who pleaded guilty in her 5-year-old son’s beating death cannot challenge her conviction and 35-year sentence. Thirty-nine-year-old JoAnn Cunningham claimed in her petition for post-conviction relief that she was suffering from postpartum depression and psychosis when she killed her son AJ. McHenry

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of students who attended the for-profit Corinthian Colleges chain will automatically get their federal student loans canceled, the Biden administration announced Wednesday, a move that aims to bring closure to one of the most notorious cases of fraud in American higher education. Under

By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — China’s carbon emissions have dipped notably over the past three quarters — but it’s not clear how long the drop will continue. An analysis of China’s economic data shows emissions dropped 1.4% in the first three months of the year, compared to the prior year, making

By R.J. RICO Associated Press As a public figure, Johnny Depp faced a high bar to win his libel lawsuit against his ex-wife Amber Heard. According to seven unanimous jurors, he cleared it. The Virginia civil jury ruled in favor of Depp on all three of his counts Wednesday afternoon, finding that Heard had not

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — There’s no mystery about how millions of fans of Netflix’s sci-fi drama “Stranger Things” spent their Memorial Day weekend. The service says seven episodes of the show’s much-awaited fourth season were streamed for 286 million hours, a record for an English-language show. It beat the

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The second of two self-described members of an anti-government extremist group accused in Minnesota of dealing firearm components to informants acting as members of Hamas is headed to prison. A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced Benjamin Ryan Teeter, of Hampstead, North Carolina, to four years behind bars. He pleaded guilty in December

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations says ahead of Thursday’s expiration of a two-month truce in Yemen that it has received “preliminary, positive indications” from the warring parties about extending the nationwide cessation of hostilities. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Wednesday that Hans Grundberg, the U.N. envoy for

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A judge in Puerto Rico has found sufficient evidence to order the arrest of the mayor and finance director of one of the U.S. territory’s largest cities accused in a multimillion-dollar corruption case. Mayaguez Mayor José Guillermo Rodríguez and the finance director of the western coastal city are accused