Month: August 2022

RICHMOND, Ind. (AP) — An eastern Indiana police officer shot in the head during a traffic stop will be taken off life support on Thursday. The Richmond Police Department said in a news release Wednesday that “Officer Seara Burton’s injuries have been determined to be unrecoverable.” The 28-year-old Burton is a four-year veteran of the

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Yet another mother searching for her disappeared son has been killed in northern Mexico. At least three volunteer search activists have been killed in Mexico since 2021. The governor of the northern state of Sinaloa said Wednesday that Rosario Rodríguez Barraza was killed, and called her “a tireless fighter.” The motive

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press A former California prison chaplain who pleaded guilty to forcing an inmate to have sex with him has been sentenced to seven years in prison. That’s more than double the recommended punishment in federal sentencing guidelines. James Theodore Highhouse is alleged to have abused several women

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — At first, Republicans were highly critical of the FBI search of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate. But as new details emerge about the more than 100 classified documents the former president haphazardly stashed at his private home office, Republicans have gone notably silent. Senate Republican leader Mitch

BY SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The body that oversees Egypt’s Suez Canal says an oil tanker ran aground in Egypt’s Suez Canal, briefly blocking the global waterway before being freed. The Suez Canal Authority says the Singaporean-flagged Affinity V vessel became wedged in a single-lane stretch of the canal on Wednesday before

By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — An assistant principal at a public elementary school in Connecticut is facing an investigation by state education officials after apparently being secretly recorded saying he’d prefer not to hire politically conservative staff, including Roman Catholics. The comments appeared in a viral video that has sparked concern

By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Democrat Mary Peltola has won the special election for Alaska’s only U.S. House seat, besting a field that included Republican Sarah Palin. Peltola, who is Yup’ik, will become the first Alaska Native to serve in the House and the first woman elected to Alaska’s House seat,

By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is pushing back on calls by Uvalde families for new gun control measures in Texas in wake of the Robb Elementary School massacre. Abbott said Wednesday that that raising the minimum age to purchase weapons like the one used in the