By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Clippers shooting guard Amir Coffey was arrested on a firearms misdemeanor in Hollywood. Coffey was a passenger in a vehicle that police pulled over for speeding shortly before 2 a.m. That is according to Los Angeles Police Officer Tony Im. Coffey was cited for
Continue ReadingBy JENNA FRYER AP National Writer AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — The United States arrived at the Women’s World Cup as the favorite to win an unprecedented third consecutive title. But after an underwhelming draw against the Netherlands, there’s a real chance the Americans could be eliminated in group play for the first time in
Continue ReadingBy RICK CALLAHAN Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana has asked the state’s high court to keep Indiana’s near-total abortion ban on hold while it pursues a narrower preliminary injunction in a trial court to address the scope of the ban’s exemption allowing women facing serious health risks to
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The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and the Lane Regional Air Protection Agency have extended an air quality advisory through at least Wednesday afternoon for Deschutes County and eastern Lane County due to intermittent smoke from the Bedrock Fire, burning between Bend and Eugene.
Continue ReadingPANAMA CITY (AP) — The number of migrants crossing Panama’s dangerous, jungle-clad Darien Gap has swelled to almost 250,000 in the first seven months of 2023, surpassing the number that crossed in all of 2022. It is a record pace of migration through the gap, which connects South America to Central America. The surge comes
Continue ReadingINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge has declined to block the enforcement of a new state law barring the teaching of human sexuality to students from pre-K through the third grade. U.S. District Judge J.P. Hanlon ruled late Friday that claims by Indianapolis Public Schools teacher Kayla Smiley that the law infringes on her First
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Big, bright lunar displays will bookend August as the moon nears its closest point to Earth. When the moon reaches this position in its orbit while also appearing full, the result is a supermoon — and there will be two this month. The first of the supermoons will peak
Continue ReadingBy SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A group of parents, faith leaders and a nonprofit public education group are suing to stop Oklahoma from funding what would be the nation’s first religious public charter school. The lawsuit has been filed Monday in Oklahoma County District Court. The group seeks to stop taxpayer
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — A 14-year-old boy who was spray painting a Seattle building was struck and killed by the Seattle Center Monorail on Sunday night, according to police. Officers responded just before 9 p.m. to reports that a person had been hit by the monorail near the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Denny Way, the
Continue ReadingHUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — An Indian-American engineer says he was fired last year from his long-time job with a missile defense contractor’s Alabama office after he was heard speaking Hindi on a video call. Anil Varshney, 78, filed a federal lawsuit against Parsons Corporation. U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin, whose department oversees the United
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s newly elected president has announced a raft of economic measures to ease growing hardship in Africa’s most populous country just as labour unions threatened protests to demand more action from the government. In a state broadcast on Monday, Bola Tinubu announced incentives and credit for
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A judge has rejected an attempt by former President Donald Trump to keep a Georgia district attorney from prosecuting him and from using certain evidence gathered in her investigation into potential illegal meddling in the 2020 election in the state. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Angus Cloud, the actor who starred as the drug dealer Fezco “Fez” O’Neill on the HBO series “Euphoria,” has died. He was 25. Cloud’s publicist, Cait Bailey, said Cloud died Monday at his family home in Oakland, California. No cause of death was given. In a statement, Cloud’s family said goodbye
Continue ReadingMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota State Patrol trooper killed a driver early Monday who tried to flee a traffic stop, and the resulting investigation kept a busy interstate closed for more than seven hours in Minneapolis throughout the morning rush hour. Authorities did not identify the driver, but family members told the Minneapolis Star Tribune
Continue ReadingBy Shawn Nottingham and Alta Spells, CNN (CNN) — Authorities shot a man after they say he fired shots at a Jewish school in Memphis, Tennessee, Monday afternoon. Memphis police were called to the Margolin Hebrew Academy-Feinstone Yeshiva of the South around 12:20 p.m. ET after an armed man tried to enter the school, according
Continue ReadingBy MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA is listening for any peep from Voyager 2 after losing contact with the spacecraft billions of miles away. Voyager 2 has been out of touch since flight controllers accidentally sent a wrong command more than a week ago that tilted its antenna away
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Add Mark Jackson to the list of ESPN reporters and commentators who have been laid off over the past five weeks. Jackson was let go on Monday with two years remaining on his contract. With Jeff Van Gundy also being laid off in late June, ESPN is expected to
Continue ReadingBy FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunter Biden’s former business partner has testified to Congress that President Joe Biden was never directly involved in their financial dealings, even though Hunter would often put his famous father on speakerphone to impress clients and business associates. The Republican-led House Oversight Committee conducted a more than
Continue ReadingBy JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Two pipeline operators have agreed to pay a $12.5 million civil penalty related to crude oil spills in 2015 in Montana and in 2016 in North Dakota. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the settlement on Monday. The 2015 Montana spill involved over 50,000 gallons of
Continue ReadingBy DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has denied a clemency request from a man scheduled to be executed for the 2002 death of a 6-year-old girl in St. Louis County. Johnny Johnson is scheduled to receive a lethal injection Tuesday for the murder of Casey Williamson.
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