Month: September 2022

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un stressed his country will never abandon the nuclear weapons it needs to counter the United States, which he accused of pushing to weaken the North’s defenses and eventually collapse his government, state media said Friday. Kim made the comments

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — On her 21st birthday in 1947, Princess Elizabeth went on the radio and made a promise to Britain and its Commonwealth nations: She pledged that “my whole life, whether it be short or long, will be devoted to your service.” Over her very long life, Queen Elizabeth

NEW YORK (AP) — In a new book, the man who was U.S. attorney in Manhattan during over half of Donald Trump’s presidency says he was repeatedly pressured by Justice Department officials to use his office to aid them politically. The assertion was described by The New York Times in an article published Thursday based

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — One year after saying virtual life sentences are unconstitutional for teenage killers, the Washington Supreme Court changed course Thursday in a split ruling that drew irate dissents from four justices. Last year, the court struck down a 46-year sentence for a man who was 17 when he

By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES (AP) — A judge in Argentina has indicted 19 people for their alleged involvement in a yoga school in Buenos Aires that operated like a sect and coerced female members to have sex with rich and powerful men in order to obtain money and other benefits. Judge Ariel

By AMY TAXIN and DON THOMPSON Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — An oil company has pleaded guilty in federal court to negligently discharging crude off the Southern California coast when its underwater pipeline ruptured last year. Houston-based Amplify Energy and two of its subsidiaries each pleaded guilty Thursday to a misdemeanor charge in

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The leader of Republicans in the South Carolina Senate concedes a bill to ban almost all abortions in his state may not pass despite significant support from his party. The roadblock to enacting the South Carolina measure, which would have included exceptions for pregnancies caused by

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The DNA of a jailed elected official who was angered by past and upcoming newspaper stories was found on the hands of a Las Vegas investigative reporter who fought for his life while being stabbed to death outside his home, authorities said Thursday. County Public Administrator

By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The U.S. government has renamed hundreds of peaks, lakes, streams and other geographical features that carry a racist and misogynistic term for a Native American woman. New names for nearly 650 places bearing the offensive word “squaw” include the mundane, peculiar and Indigenous language terms. Interior