Month: April 2023

By MAYSOON KHAN and MICHAEL HILL Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Judges in New York will be getting more discretion to jail people awaiting trial. Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday night announced that a legislative deal is in place to tweak the state’s bail laws, a policy change fiercely resisted by some of fellow

PEKANBARU, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers are searching for nine people missing in rough seas after a speedboat carrying at least 78 people sank in western Indonesia. Rescue officials say 11 bodies have been retrieved and 58 people rescued so far. Most of the boat’s passengers were people returning from visits to their hometowns to celebrate

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s navy has seized a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman amid wider tensions over Tehran’s nuclear program. Thursday’s seizure represents the latest-such capture in a waterway crucial for global energy supplies. The U.S. Navy’s Mideast-based 5th Fleet identified the vessel

By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Air Resources Board approved Thursday a first-in-the nation rule to cut emissions from diesel-powered trains. The goal of the rule is to ban the use of locomotive engines more than 23 years old by 2030 and increase zero-emissions technology to transport goods

By The Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The NFL draft has begun! The Carolina Panthers kicked off Thursday night’s proceedings by taking quarterback Bryce Young with the No. 1 pick. The events at Kansas City’s Union Station began at 1 p.m. Eastern and included a red carpet and musical acts highlighted by Fall

By DAVID RISING and LORNE COOK Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — NATO’s head says the military alliance’s members and its partner countries have delivered more than 98% of the combat vehicles promised to Ukraine during Russia’s invasion and war. The equipment gives Kyiv a bigger punch as it contemplates launching a counteroffensive. NATO Secretary-General

By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — The public Owyhee Combined School in the Duck Valley Indian Reservation called on lawmakers Thursday to provide funding for a new school. Originally built in 1953, the current school has aging infrastructure, cracked windows, spotty heating and is in close proximity to hazardous

By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy surprised Washington when he united the raucous House Republican majority to pass a sweeping debt ceiling package. Next moves are more difficult, and uncertain. McCarthy’s opening bid is awaiting President Joe Biden’s response. So far, the White House is rejecting the

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld a Florida election law that a lower court had ruled was aimed at suppressing Black voters. The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals said Thursday that U.S. District Judge Mark Walker’s March 2022 ruling was flawed. The three-judge panel said in a 2-1 split decision that

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska (AP) — Two military helicopters have crashed in Alaska returning from a training flight, the second accident involving U.S. Army helicopters in the state this year. A spokesperson for the U.S. Army Alaska says each helicopter carried two people but could not immediately provide any other information about the condition of