A second ex-Arkansas deputy was sentenced for a 2022 violent arrest
Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A former Arkansas deputy has been sentenced to a year in prison for a civil rights violation related to a…
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Condemned inmate Richard Moore wants someone other than South Carolina’s governor to decide clemency
Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina inmate scheduled to be executed in just over three weeks is asking a federal judge to take…
Continue ReadingNew Zealand ship didn’t sink because its captain was a woman, the ‘appalled’ defense minister says
Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s Defense Minister Judith Collins has decried what she called misogynistic online…
Continue ReadingNCAA pilot study finds widespread social media harassment of athletes, coaches and officials
AP Sports Writer COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — An NCAA study on social media abuse of athletes, coaches and other officials during championship events…
Continue ReadingA Mississippi officer used excessive force against a man he arrested, prosecutors say
Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A new federal indictment accuses a Mississippi law enforcement officer of using excessive force against a…
Continue ReadingA new mayor takes office in southern Mexico after his predecessor was beheaded
Associated Press CHILPANCINGO, Mexico (AP) — A new mayor has been sworn in a city in southern Mexico where his predecessor was killed and beheaded…
Continue Reading1 person dies and 12 are rescued after elevator malfunctions at Colorado gold mine tourist site
Associated Press DENVER (AP) — One person was killed and 12 people were rescued after being trapped for about six hours at the bottom of a former…
Continue ReadingBestselling author Brendan DuBois indicted for possession of child sexual abuse materials
BRENTWOOD, N.H. (AP) — A best-selling mystery writer who was arrested this summer in New Hampshire for alleged possession of child sexual abuse…
Continue ReadingTrump insults Detroit while campaigning in the city
Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Donald Trump has criticized Detroit while delivering remarks to an economic group in the very same city. In remarks…
Continue ReadingWhy Milton’s ‘reverse surge’ sucked water away from flood-fearing Tampa
Associated Press In the days before Hurricane Milton hit Florida, forecasters worried it could send as much as 15 feet of water rushing onto the…
Continue ReadingA hurricane scientist logged a final flight as NOAA released his ashes into Milton’s eye
Associated Press As an award-winning scientist, Peter Dodge had made hundreds of flights into the eyes of hurricanes — almost 400. On Tuesday, a…
Continue ReadingHISA, Jockeys’ Guild partner with mental-health company to offer jockeys access to care and support
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Horse racing’s federal oversight agency and the Jockeys’ Guild are collaborating on an initiative to support jockeys’…
Continue ReadingChicago man charged with assaulting two officers during protests of Netanyahu address to Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) — An Illinois man has been arrested on charges that he attacked two police officers during protests in Washington, D.C., against…
Continue ReadingA federal judge rejects a call to reopen voter registration in Georgia after Hurricane Helene
Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge won’t order the state of Georgia to reopen voter registration for November’s elections in the…
Continue ReadingNorth Dakota’s abortion ban will remain on hold during court appeal
Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota judge won’t let the state’s near total ban on abortions stand while the state appeals a…
Continue ReadingTeen held in fatal 2023 crash into Las Vegas bicyclist captured on video found unfit for trial
LAS VEGAS (AP) — One of two teenagers charged with murder in the fatal video-recorded crash of an allegedly stolen car into a bicyclist in Las…
Continue ReadingNorth Carolina maker of high-purity quartz back operating post-Helene
SPRUCE PINE, N.C. (AP) — One of the two companies that manufacture high-purity quartz used for making semiconductors from mines in a western North…
Continue ReadingMissing Mexican human rights activist and lawyer regularly received threats
Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — A human rights lawyer and activist missing for nearly a week in southern Mexico regularly received threats…
Continue ReadingIndependent in key House race suspends campaign, saying he was ‘pawn’ in election fraud scheme
Associated Press A congressional candidate who says he was tricked by Democrats into running as a spoiler in a competitive House race in Minnesota is…
Continue ReadingAfter a 2-year investigation, South African president won’t be charged over $580K hidden in a couch
Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Prosecutors say South African President Cyril Ramaphosa won’t face criminal charges over a hidden…
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