Month: December 2023

By CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America Waukegan, Ill. (AP) — The man accused of killing seven people at a Fourth of July parade in suburban Chicago last year has fired his public defenders and told the judge he plans to represent himself at trial. A Lake County judge questioned his decision several times before

NEW YORK (AP) — SmileDirectClub is shutting down — just months after the struggling teeth-straightening company filed for bankruptcy protection. That leaves existing customers in limbo. The Nashville, Tennessee, company says its aligner treatment through its telehealth platform is no longer available and customer-care support has also ceased. Little information about refund requests is available

By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The mother of convicted drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán has died in the northern state of Sinaloa, a federal official confirmed Monday. The official was not authorized to speak on the record, but President Andrés Manuel López Obrador acknowledged her death and offered his

By JOSH FUNK Associated Press FORT CALHOUN, Neb. (AP) — The fatal stabbing of a Catholic priest inside the church rectory where he lived has rocked the eastern Nebraska community of Fort Calhoun, a one-stoplight town where people tend not to worry if they forget to lock their doors at night. The Rev. Stephen Gutgsell,

By MARK VANCLEAVE and STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press BAYPORT, Minn. (AP) — A 35-year-old man who was sent to prison for the 2004 killing of a man in a Minneapolis flower shop was released after a judge ruled the eyewitness evidence on which his conviction rested was unreliable. Marvin Haynes, who was 16 at the

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Abraham Lincoln’s top hat is missing from a bronze sculpture along the Ohio River in Louisville, Kentucky. Sculptor Ed Hamilton posted photos of his artwork at Waterfront Park on Facebook on Saturday and said someone had to “be strong and determined to pry bronze from a base.” Metro Louisville Police said

By MARK SHERMAN and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Jack Smith is asking the Supreme Court to take up and rule quickly on whether former President Donald Trump can be prosecuted on charges he plotted to overturn the 2020 election results. A federal judge had ruled the case could go forward,

By MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press The International Union for Conservation of Nature, the leading tracker of global biodiversity, released their new Red List of Threatened Species on Monday at the United Nations climate conference in Dubai. They evaluated about 157,000 species and found that a little over 44,000 are threatened with extinction. That’s an increase