Month: June 2023

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A former security guard told jurors that a Florida sheriffs deputy’s face went “blank” as shots rang out during a 2018 school massacre. Kelvin Greenleaf testified Tuesday at the trial of former Broward County Deputy Scot Peterson, who’s charged with failing to confront the shooter

By STEFANIE DAZIO AND MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Attorney John Eastman, a lead architect of some of former President Donald Trump’s efforts to remain in power after the 2020 election, faces possible disbarment in disciplinary proceedings that began Tuesday in Los Angeles. Eastman faces 11 disciplinary charges stemming from his

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A lawyer for one of the last remaining suspects accused of orchestrating brutal killings during the Rwandan genocide nearly 30 years ago says his client will apply for political asylum in South Africa. Fulgence Kayishema is a former police officer in Rwanda who was

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli medics say that a Palestinian attacker has opened fire at a gas station near an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, killing at least four people and wounding several others, as violence continued to roil the occupied territory. Israeli security forces said they also shot and

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — A leading anti-discrimination group in soccer says there is an “urgent crisis” in the game because of racial and offensive abuse. Two international soccer games were stopped Monday because of racial abuse between players. New Zealand refused to continue playing against Qatar. Ireland’s under-21 team stopped

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has signed a bipartisan bill that sends more money to Milwaukee and gives both the city and county the ability to raise the local sales tax in an effort to avoid bankruptcy. The measure also sends more money to every other

By BEN FINLEY and HOLLY RAMER Associated Press Rescuers in a remote area of the Atlantic Ocean raced against time Tuesday to find a missing submersible before the oxygen supply runs out for five people who were on a mission to document the wreckage of the Titanic. Authorities reported the carbon-fiber vessel overdue Sunday night,

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Marking World Refugee Day, Kenya’s president has met with a top U.N. official to discuss a new plan to integrate refugees into host communities. The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi visited the east African country on Tuesday and met with President William Ruto to

By SHEIKH SAALIQ and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi leads foreign dignitaries and bureaucrats in a session for International Yoga Day on Wednesday at the United Nations’ Secretariat in New York, millions of Indians will take note. Yoga is an ancient discipline first practiced by Hindu