Woman awarded $431,000 for Occupy Wall Street police actions
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Manhattan woman has been awarded over $400,000 by a jury after suing New York City and its…
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Prosecutors seek to keep charges alive in Flint water crisis
By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Prosecutors are signaling that they want to pursue the same charges against former Michigan Gov. Rick…
Continue ReadingCalifornia man will plead guilty in cannabis pen fraud
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California man who once competed on the Philippines national decathlon team has agreed to plead guilty to bilking…
Continue ReadingAir France-KLM latest airline to settle US mail allegations
WASHINGTON (AP) — Air France-KLM has agreed to pay $3.9 million to settle charges that it falsified records about international deliveries of U.S.…
Continue ReadingExperts: California lacked safeguards for gun owner info
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Cybersecurity experts say the California Department of Justice apparently failed to…
Continue ReadingJudge: Arizona violates prisoners’ rights with poor care
By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A federal judge has ruled Arizona has been violating the constitutional rights of incarcerated…
Continue ReadingOfficials: Girl seriously injured in shark attack in Florida
PERRY, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a teenage girl was seriously injured when a shark attacked her off Florida’s Gulf Coast. The Taylor County…
Continue ReadingDaughter of slain Mexico reporter dies of wounds from attack
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The daughter of a Mexican reporter slain earlier this week in the northern Mexico border state of Tamaulipas has died of wounds…
Continue ReadingEx-Louisiana officer pleads guilty in excessive force case
MONROE, La. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a former north Louisiana police officer pleaded guilty Friday to kicking a man in the face as he lay on…
Continue ReadingUN urges world action to cut 1.3 million road deaths in half
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly’s first high-level meeting on road safety is calling for…
Continue ReadingBiden offshore drilling proposal would allow up to 11 sales
By JANET McCONNAUGHEY and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Biden administration is proposing up to 10 oil and gas lease sales…
Continue ReadingTexas inmate asks to delay execution for kidney donation
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas inmate who is set to be put to death in less than two weeks has asked that his execution…
Continue Reading$1.2M spent on search for Puerto Rican man found hiding
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — For three days, authorities combed the turquoise waters north of Puerto Rico searching for 23-year-old Harold…
Continue ReadingProtesters storm into parliament building in eastern Libya
By RAMI MUSA Associated Press BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — Protesters in the Libyan city of Tobruk have broken into the eastern Libya-based parliament…
Continue ReadingAmazon bars off-duty warehouse workers from its buildings
By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Amazon is barring off-duty warehouse workers from the company’s facilities, a move organizers say can hamper…
Continue ReadingMexico launches new oil refinery, denies solar permits
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s office says the new Gulf coast refinery is “a dream come true” for…
Continue ReadingPolice: Child left in hot car by father dies in N. Carolina
MEBANE, N.C. (AP) — Police say a 1-year-old infant has died in North Carolina after being left inside a hot car by the father after he went to…
Continue ReadingDemocrats swiftly raised $80M after court overturned Roe
By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats and their aligned groups raised more than $80 million in the week after the Supreme…
Continue ReadingToddler found dead in canal near Florida apartment complex
BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a toddler has been found dead in a canal near a Florida apartment complex. Bradenton police say someone…
Continue ReadingKerry: Despite setbacks at home, US to make climate goals
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said Friday that setbacks for President Joe Biden’s…
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