South Carolina man pleads guilty to ambush that killed 2 officers and wounded 5
AIKEN, S.C. (AP) — A 79-year-old South Carolina man has avoided a possible death sentence by agreeing to plead guilty to ambushing police officers…
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Pence will skip the Nevada GOP caucus and instead run in the primary, giving up chance for delegates
By MICHELLE L. PRICE and GABE STERN Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence will skip the Nevada caucuses run by the…
Continue ReadingRepublican challenger uses forum to try to nationalize Kentucky governor’s race
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron has tried pushing national politics to the forefront of the…
Continue ReadingMan pleads guilty, gets 7 years in prison on charges related to Chicago officer’s killing
CHICAGO (AP) — A man has pleaded guilty to charges in connection with the fatal 2021 shooting of Chicago police officer Ella French and was…
Continue ReadingEx-IRS contractor pleads guilty in leak of tax return information of Trump, wealthy people
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A former contractor for the Internal Revenue Service charged with leaking tax information…
Continue Reading17 Florida sheriff’s deputies accused of stealing about $500,000 in pandemic relief funds
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Seventeen Florida sheriff’s deputies have appeared in court on charges that they stole about half a million dollars…
Continue ReadingColombian serial killer who confessed to murdering more than 190 children dies in hospital
Authorities in Colombia say a prolific serial killer who confessed to murdering more than 190 children during the 1990s has died in a hospital where…
Continue ReadingIn its quest to crush Hamas, Israel will confront the bitter, familiar dilemmas of Mideast wars
By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — As Israel pounds Gaza with airstrikes, prepares for a possible ground invasion and escalates a…
Continue ReadingFrance has banned pro-Palestinian protests and vowed to protect Jews from resurgent antisemitism
By ANGELA CHARLTON and JEFFREY SCHAEFFER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s interior minister ordered local authorities to ban all…
Continue ReadingMadagascar postpones presidential election for a week after candidates are hurt in protests
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — Madagascar’s highest court has ruled that next month’s presidential election be postponed for a week to allow…
Continue ReadingArkansas lawmakers OK plan to audit purchase of $19,000 lectern for Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders
By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers are delving into the unusual controversy over the purchase a $19,000…
Continue ReadingJudge scolds prosecutors as she delays hearing for co-defendant in Trump classified documents case
By TERRY SPENCER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — A judge has scolded federal prosecutors in the classified documents case…
Continue ReadingA doctors group calls its ‘excited delirium’ paper outdated and withdraws its approval
By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer A leading doctors group on Thursday formally withdrew its approval of a 2009 paper on “excited delirium,” a…
Continue ReadingDonald Trump returning to civil trial next week with fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen set to testify
By MICHAEL R. SISAK and JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump will be back in court next week for his New York civil fraud…
Continue ReadingDouglas Clark, convicted murderer and half of the Sunset Strip Killers, dies of natural causes
SAN QUENTIN, Calif. (AP) — Officials say serial killer Douglas Daniel Clark has died of natural causes. He was 75. Clark was sentenced to death for…
Continue ReadingMigrants flounder in Colombian migration point without the money to go on
By ASTRID SUÁREZ Associated Press NECOCLI, Colombia (AP) — In Necocli, Colombia, the local economy has shifted, revolving around the migrants who…
Continue ReadingFrench police are probing possible poisoning of Russian journalist who denounced Ukraine war on TV
PARIS (AP) — French prosecutors are investigating a suspected poisoning of a Russian journalist who fled Russia after denouncing the war in Ukraine…
Continue ReadingCalifornia governor signs 2 major proposals for mental health reform to go before voters in 2024
By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed two major pieces of legislation to transform…
Continue Reading2nd grand jury indicts officer for involuntary manslaughter in Virginia mall shooting
By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press McLEAN, Va. (AP) — A special grand jury in Virginia has indicted a former police officer for involuntary…
Continue ReadingZimbabwe opposition leader demands the reinstatement of party lawmakers kicked out of Parliament
By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader has urged the Parliament speaker to reinstate 15 of…
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