Month: July 2023

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California Edison and two other companies have paid $22 million to settle U.S. government claims that they caused a 2016 wildfire that burned thousands of acres of national forest. The Department of Justice announced Friday that the money agreed to in May has been paid by Edison, Frontier Communications and

By SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — An electoral official in Guatemala says a court-ordered review of the country’s June 25 presidential election that included a second look at dozens of precinct tally sheets appears to have upheld the original vote totals. If candidates Sandra Torres and upstart Bernardo Arévalo remain the

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican officials say an explosion at an offshore gas platform in the Gulf of Mexico killed two workers, injured six and left one missing. The explosion and subsequent fire occurred early Friday at the Nohoch gas transfer platform. The state-owned oil company, Petroleos Mexicanos, says in a statement six workers were

By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s federal crime agency has arrested three railway officials in connection with one of the country’s deadliest train accidents, which killed more than 290 people last month. The Central Bureau of Investigation said in a statement Friday that three men have been charged with culpable homicide

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Another month, another solid gain for America’s job market. The pace of hiring by businesses and government agencies in June — 209,000 added jobs — was the smallest monthly gain in 2 1/2 years. Yet it was still a healthy increase, enough to reduce the unemployment

By ROBERT JABLON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California’s governor announced Friday that he won’t ask the state Supreme Court to block parole for Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten, paving the way for her release after serving 53 years in prison for two infamous murders. In a brief statement, the governor’s office said

By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin, a congressman from the suburbs of the nation’s capital, has announced he will not run for the U.S. Senate seat that is opening with the retirement of Sen. Ben Cardin. Raskin, the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Reform Committee who

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday rolled out a new set of initiatives to reduce health care costs: a crackdown on what he called “junk” insurance plans that play consumers as ‘suckers,’ new guidance to prevent surprise medical bills and an effort to reduce medical debt tied to

By STEVE KARNOWSKI and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press Authorities say DNA testing has led to the arrest of a Nebraska man who was repeatedly questioned over decades in the 1978 stabbing death of a woman while he was stationed with the U.S. Army in Germany. The U.S. Marshals Service said Thursday that 69-year-old Tommy Molina

By The Associated Press Skateboarding is more than just a way of life for Reese Nelson, it’s all she’s ever known. The 10-year-old Canadian can’t remember when she first started skating or when she first dropped into a halfpipe, it’s just been omnipresent. Given that, it’s no surprise she has caught the attention of skateboarding