By DANIEL KOZIN Associated Press IMMOKALEE, Fla. (AP) — Across Florida on Thursday, workers didn’t show up at construction sites and tomato fields and scores of restaurants, shops and other small businesses never opened their doors to protest a new state law that imposes restrictions on undocumented immigrants. Organizers dubbed the protest “a day without
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — Europa League final referee Anthony Taylor and his family had to be escorted away by security at Budapest airport after outraged Roma fans directed insults at him and threw a chair in his direction. Roma has largely blamed Taylor for its penalty shootout loss to Sevilla in the final on Wednesday night.
Continue ReadingSANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A man has been acquitted of intentionally setting a fire that spread over 36 square miles and burned more than a dozen cabins in Southern California canyons five years ago. A jury on Thursday found Forrest Clark not guilty of arson. Jurors convicted him of one count of making criminal
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Mars is making its live streaming debut, and the show will reveal the red planet in a whole new light. On Friday, the European Space Agency is set to stream on YouTube an hour of the first live images directly from Mars, according to statement from the agency. The
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — A government audit has found that the U.S. agency charged with keeping the roads safe is slow to investigate automobile safety defects, limiting its ability to handle rapidly changing or severe risks. In addition, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Office of Defects Investigation doesn’t have
Continue ReadingBy DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Twins reinstated second baseman Jorge Polanco from the 10-day injured list. That brought their regular lineup nearly back to full strength. That lasted all of four innings when designated hitter Byron Buxton was hit by a pitch in the ribs. Shortstop Carlos Correa later
Continue ReadingTAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A former U.S. Air Force intelligence officer has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for keeping classified documents at his home and other unauthorized locations. Court documents show that 55-year-old Robert Birchum was sentenced Thursday in Tampa federal court. He pleaded guilty in February to unlawfully possessing and retaining
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration has finalized guidance on the maximum amount of inorganic arsenic that can be in apple juice. The announcement that came Thursday reconfirmed the level at 10 parts per billion that the agency first proposed in 2013. The goal of the guidance is to
Continue ReadingCNN By Andrew Kaczynski, CNN (CNN) — Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis is attacking former President Donald Trump for “turning the country over to [Dr. Anthony] Fauci in March 2020” but DeSantis was praising the chief public health official at the same time in previously unreported quotes, saying Fauci was “really, really good and really,
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Some tense moments in downtown Sisters ended without incident Wednesday when a Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office armored car unit helped officers arrest a Marion County fugitive, sleeping in a car parked at a gas station, after a woman – also wanted on charges — told a deputy she didn’t feel safe with him.
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America LEXINGTON, Miss. (AP) — There are 32 school districts in Mississippi still under federal desegregation orders, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division’s assistant attorney general said Thursday. Enforcing the open desegregation orders fit into a broader body of civil rights work launched in Mississippi that is
Continue ReadingBy Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Police in Austin, Texas, said a man contacted them and admitted to killing two people, which led authorities to investigate his possible involvement in up to 10 other killings. Raul Meza Jr., 62, called police on May 24 and confessed to killing his 80-year-old roommate, Jesse Fraga, and implicated
Continue ReadingKEYE, AUSTIN PD, CNN By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Police in Austin, Texas, said a man contacted them and admitted to killing two people, which led authorities to investigate his possible involvement in up to 10 other killings. Raul Meza Jr., 62, called police on May 24 and confessed to killing his 80-year-old roommate,
Continue ReadingBy RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Mark Canha hit a go-ahead, two-run homer, Max Scherzer settled down from a shaky first inning to win his third straight decision and the New York Mets completed a three-game sweep of the defending NL champion Philadelphia Phillies with a 4-2 victory. New York trailed
Continue ReadingBy CURT ANDERSON Associated Press The New College of Florida trustees dominated by conservatives appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis chose a new mascot Thursday for the Sarasota school: The Mighty Banyans. The tree mascot will replace one that has been in use since 1997, which is the mathematical formulation of the Null Set. That’s usually
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — A man pleaded guilty Thursday to assaulting Democratic Rep. Angie Craig of Minnesota in the elevator of her Washington apartment building in February, according to court records. Kendrid Khalil Hamlin, 26, pleaded guilty to charges of assaulting a member of Congress and assaulting law enforcement officers, according to the court docket. Hamlin
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — An Army veteran was sentenced to three years in prison Thursday after being convicted of seditious conspiracy in connection with the Oath Keepers’ sprawling plot to stop the certification of Joe Biden’s 2020 victory, which culminated in the January 6, 2021, riot at the US Capitol.
Continue ReadingBy David Close, CNN (CNN) — Churchill Downs, host of the famed Triple Crown horse race the Kentucky Derby, announced new safety initiatives as an ongoing investigation continues into a series of horse deaths at the track. Officials will continue to hold thoroughbred races as planned but said they would pause “track-based incentives such as
Continue ReadingBy RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — New York Mets pitcher Max Scherzer was angry he was stopped from throwing an eighth and usually last warmup pitch before the fifth inning against the Philadelphia Phillies. He said plate umpire Tripp Gibson told him the 2-minute, 15-second clock left him powerless to allow
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Washington (CNN) — Tanto el Senado como la Cámara de Representantes aprobaron un proyecto de ley para bloquear el programa de condonación de préstamos estudiantiles del presidente Joe Biden, que promete cancelar hasta US$ 20.000 de deuda a millones de prestatarios, pero que ha sido bloqueado por los tribunales. El proyecto de ley
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