Month: April 2023

By PATRICK ORSAGOS and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Social justice activists are calling for police reforms and marching through the streets of Akron, Ohio, a day after a grand jury declined to indict eight police officers in the shooting of Jayland Walker. The 25-year-old Black man was shot 46 times in

By DENISE LAVOIE AP Legal Affairs Writer RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A grand jury in Virginia has indicted multiple people on felony charges for carrying flaming torches with the intent to intimidate during a rally at the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville nearly six years ago. The Albemarle County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office said in

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans blocked a Democratic request to temporarily replace California Sen. Dianne Feinstein on the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday, leaving Democrats with few options for moving some of President Joe Biden’s stalled judicial nominees. South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee,

By PATRICK WHITTLE and DAVID SHARP Associated Press BOWDOIN, Maine (AP) — Four people were fatally shot at a house in Maine on Tuesday shortly before gunfire wounded three others on a busy highway, in a pair of crimes that are linked, authorities said. Hours later, a man was charged with murder. Police closed a

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The roster of Republican presidential hopefuls who flocked to the National Rifle Association’s annual convention reflects the political potency of gun rights, despite the group’s eroding revenues and an opposition movement that’s growing increasingly vocal as the drumbeat of mass shootings marches on.

LONDON (AP) — A Paris publisher says one of its managers has been arrested in London after being questioned by police about participating in France’s protests against pension reform. Editions La Fabrique says Ernest Moret was arrested on suspicion of obstructing an investigation Tuesday after being stopped on his way to the London Book Fair.

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Netflix is poised to shut down the DVD-by-mail rental service that set the stage for its trailblazing video streaming service. The move will end an era that began a quarter century ago when delivering discs through the mail was considered a revolutionary concept. The DVD

By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Four Americans affiliated with a Black empowerment and political organization have been charged along with three Russians with conspiring to covertly sow discord in U.S. society, spread Russian propaganda and interfere in U.S. elections. An indictment unsealed Tuesday adds the new defendants to an existing

BERLIN (AP) — German police say at least four people have been severely injured in an attack at a gym in the western city of Duisburg. Tuesday evening’s incident occurred in the old city of Duisburg and police asked residents to stay at home and avoid the area. “According to current information, one person has

By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The opposition-run city of Buenos Aires has announced that its police will start using stun guns. That matches a similar move at Argentina’s national level, as officials throughout the country seek to address an election year preoccupation with crime. City safety official Eugenio Burzaco says

By JOSH FUNK Associated Press Federal investigators say BNSF railroad is analyzing a section of fractured rail found after last month’s fiery derailment that prompted evacuations in southwest Minnesota. But the National Transportation Safety Board didn’t say in its preliminary report Tuesday that the broken rail caused the crash near Raymond, Minnesota. No one was