Month: February 2023

By JIM SALTER and DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — After a teenage volleyball player from Tennessee lost both legs following an accident in downtown St. Louis, her family and those around them were wondering Thursday why the driver responsible for the wreck was able to get behind the wheels of a

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Former Wisconsin Governor Tony Earl, who couldn’t overcome a sour economy and was turned out by voters after a single term in the 1980s, has died. The Democrat was an advocate for gay rights but he also got the nickname “Tony the Taxer” from political foes

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president says he expects court challenges to a new law that would cut funding for the country’s electoral agency and weaken oversight of campaign spending.  President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Thursday he will sign the new bill into law, even though electoral authorities say it would weaken democracy in

By JOSH BOAK and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Just 40% of U.S. adults approve of how President Joe Biden is handling relations with China, a new poll shows, with a majority anxious about Beijing’s influence as the White House finds its agenda increasingly shaped by global rivalries. About 6 in 10 say

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press Disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh denied killing his wife and son but admitted lying to investigators about when he last saw them alive as he took the stand in his own defense Thursday. Murdaugh, 54, is charged with murder in the fatal shootings of his wife, Maggie, 52, and

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Federal investigators are heading to Arkansas Thursday to determine the cause of a small plane crash that killed five employees of an environmental consulting firm. The National Transportation Safety Board says its investigators plan to start documenting the crash site and examining the plane’s wreckage. The agency says a preliminary

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Supporters of South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster are setting up a nonprofit that organizers say will assist the Republican in promoting his legislative priorities over his final term. The McMaster Leadership Fund will “support the governor’s legislative agenda through political and grassroots advocacy and engagement,” according

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press PORT READING, N.J. (AP) — In New York, far from her home in northern Ukraine, Valeriya Roshkovan has tried to do what she can to bring an end to Russia’s invasion of her country. She fled soon after the fighting started to keep her daughter safe. Along with Ukrainians in