Month: June 2023

By BEN FINLEY Associated Press The first-grade teacher who was shot by her 6-year-old student in Virginia has resigned from her position, school officials said Tuesday, more than two months after she sued the district for $40 million. The last day of Abby Zwerner’s contract was Monday, Newport News Public Schools said in a statement.

By ERIC TUCKER, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Donald Trump became the first former president to face a judge on federal charges as he pleaded not guilty in a Miami courtroom Tuesday to dozens of felony counts accusing him of hoarding classified documents and refusing government demands to

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The weapons supervisor on the film set where Alec Baldwin shot and killed a cinematographer was drinking and smoking marijuana in the evenings during the filming of “Rust,” prosecutors are accusing, saying she was likely hungover when she loaded a live bullet into the revolver

By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo has signed two bills related to transgender rights and vetoed another, partially bucking trends from other Republican governors who have pushed anti-transgender rhetoric and policies throughout the country. His signature requiring health insurance companies including Medicaid to cover all

By JAVIER CORDOBA Associated Press SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Costa Rica and the U.S. government have agreed to open potential legal pathways to the United States for some of the Nicaraguan and Venezuelan migrants among the 240,000 asylum seekers already awaiting asylum in the Central American country. The agreement – announced by Costa

By STEFANIE DAZIO and MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors charged a Los Angeles city councilman with 10 counts, including embezzlement and perjury, Tuesday in the latest criminal case to upend the scandal-plagued governing board of the nation’s second-largest city. Curren Price, Jr. faces five counts of embezzlement of government funds,

By PETER SMITH Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Longtime pastors of two churches — one massive and one modest-sized — made their final appeals to Southern Baptists on Tuesday, asking to have their churches returned to the denomination’s fold after being ousted for having women pastors. Rick Warren, the retired founding pastor of Saddleback

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin made extensive comments about the war in Ukraine, alternating threats of a new Russian offensive to grab more Ukrainian land with statements about the Kremlin’s readiness for peace talks. He spoke Tuesday during a far-ranging meeting with Russian military correspondents and war bloggers. Putin said Moscow could respond

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press A lawyer for Donald Trump entered a not guilty plea for him during his first appearance in a Miami federal court. The former president is facing 37 counts related to the mishandling and retention of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate. He appeared alongside his co-defendant, valet Walt Nauta, and

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge says a columnist who won a $5 million sexual abuse and defamation jury award against Donald Trump can update a similar lawsuit in a bid for over $10 million more in damages from the ex-president. Judge Lewis A. Kaplan granted the request by

By FARNOUSH AMIRI and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans passed a resolution that would repeal a Biden administration rule tightening federal regulations on stabilizing braces for firearms, an accessory that has been used in several mass shootings in the U.S. over the last decade. The resolution passed 219-210 on party lines