Month: June 2023

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — President Joe Biden fell on stage at the U.S. Air Force Academy graduation Thursday and the White House said he was “fine” after tripping over a sandbag. Biden had been greeting the graduates in Colorado Springs, Colorado, at the front of the stage with salutes

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers passed a bill Thursday to comply with a voter ID requirement mandated by voters in November. The vote came on the last day of the 2023 legislative session and despite a filibuster effort by conservative Sen. Julie Slama, who was the only lawmaker

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A federal jury in Florida awarded $63.5 million on Thursday to a pair of businessmen who claimed a city of Miami commissioner used his office to harass them after they supported the commissioner’s political opponent. Miami City Commissioner Joe Carollo was found civilly liable in Fort Lauderdale federal court of

By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece is famous for its ancient sites. But the country’s Culture Ministry says the oldest of them all, dating to the time of modern humans’ hominin ancestors, has been discovered in an open coal mine in the southern Megalopolis area. The find announced Thursday would drag

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday thanked U.S. Air Force Academy graduates for choosing “service over self” but said they now have the “great privilege” of leading in a world that will only get more confusing in the years to come. His appearance was punctuated by

By KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago woman facing federal conspiracy charges in the 2014 killing of her mother during a luxury vacation in Bali plans to plead guilty, her attorney said Thursday. The details of any plea agreement or potential penalties under discussion by Heather Mack and U.S. prosecutors remain unclear.

By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Customers of Venmo, PayPal and CashApp should not store their money for the long term with these apps since their funds may not be covered by deposit insurance, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau warned on Thursday. The alert comes several weeks after the failure of

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and CHRISTOPHER L. KELLER Associated Press COUNSELOR, N.M. (AP) — One of the top oil producing states in the U.S. is imposing a moratorium on new drilling on state trust land within a mile of schools. New Mexico Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard announced the pause Thursday after hearing from environmental

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Prosecutors have dropped murder charges against a man who spent nearly 21 years in prison for the slayings of two Michigan hunters. Jeff Titus was released from prison in February when authorities acknowledged that critical information about another prime suspect — an Ohio serial killer — was

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — President Joe Biden has delivered a commencement address at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado, thanking graduates for choosing “service over self.” But Biden said they now have the great privilege of leading in a world that will only get more confusing. The president

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s police have arrested a top official in former premier Imran Khan’s political party as authorities move to rein in the outspoken politician’s supporters and allies. Pervez Elahi, who is the president of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, was arrested in a raid in the eastern city of Lahore.