Month: January 2023

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — On the eve of Tyre Nichols ‘ funeral, his family plans to gather Tuesday with the Rev. Al Sharpton and attorney Ben Crump at the historic Mason Temple in Memphis, where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his final speech the night before he was assassinated,

By STEPHEN GROVES and STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Former U.S. Senator David Durenberger has died at age 88. Durenberger was a Minnesota Republican who espoused a progressive brand of politics. His longtime spokesperson says his health has declined in recent months and he died Tuesday morning at his St. Paul

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A political newcomer who lost his bid for the New Mexico Statehouse has been indicted on charges of allegedly orchestrating a series of drive-by shootings at the homes of Democratic officials. Prosecutors say a Bernalillo County grand jury returned a 14-count indictment against Solomon Peña

By JOHN SEEWER Associated Press Mark Gillispie, a veteran journalist who wrote about many of Ohio’s biggest stories during a four-decade career primarily with The Associated Press and The Plain Dealer in Cleveland, has died. He was 63. His children, Sam Gillispie and Martha Hanna Gillispie, say he died Sunday after being diagnosed with cancer

By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A U.N. expert says the countries where Bangladeshi migrant workers are employed, including former World Cup host Qatar, should thoroughly investigate all cases of deaths and human rights violations. Asked about the reported deaths of at least 450 Bangladeshi workers involved in construction projects in Qatar

By TOM KRISHER and MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writers The U.S. Justice Department has requested documents from Tesla related to its Autopilot and “Full Self-Driving” features, according to a regulatory filing. “To our knowledge no government agency in any ongoing investigation has concluded that any wrongdoing occurred,” Tesla said in the filing Tuesday with the

By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko says his country is willing to offer more assistance to close ally Russia in its war against Ukraine but added that Russia does not need “any help” right now. Lukashenko did not say what that help would entail. Belarus allowed Russia to

DETROIT (AP) — Prosecutors say a Detroit-area man who was captured on a Syrian battlefield in 2018 has been convicted on charges of providing support to the Islamic State group and attending one of the group’s training camps. A federal jury in Detroit convicted 32-year-old Ibraheem Izzy Musaibli on Monday of charges of providing and