Month: July 2023

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM and GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Three U.S. Marines found unresponsive in a car at a North Carolina gas station had died of carbon monoxide poisoning. Deputies from the Pender County Sheriff’s Office found the three men Sunday morning in a privately owned car outside a

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG AND HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The death of a 16-year-old in a Mississippi poultry plant earlier this month offered another reminder that children remain vulnerable to exploitation in the workplace in the United States, senior Labor Department officials said Wednesday. Duvan Perez became the third teenager

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — British billionaire Joe Lewis has been released on a $300 million bond after pleading not guilty to insider trading and conspiracy charges in New York. Lewis’ family trust owns the Tottenham Hotspur soccer team. The 86-year-old businessman appeared Wednesday in a federal court in Manhattan. U.S.

By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Occasionally, the best things in life really are free — especially if you’re a dance fan in New York, where some of the world’s best dancers are performing at a free festival under the stars. The five-day BAAND Together festival was born during the heart

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The trainer of racehorse champion Maximum Security has been sentenced to four years in prison for his role in a widespread international scheme to drug horses to make them race faster. Jason Servis was sentenced Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil after pleading guilty

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump wants to see President Joe Biden impeached, and the former president’s allies in Congress and his 2024 GOP presidential rivals are eager to join that fight as his own legal challenges mount. Trump’s chief opponent, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, this week said the House

By The Associated Press NATO says it’s stepping up surveillance of the Black Sea region as it condemned Russia’s exit from a landmark deal that allowed Ukrainian grain exports through the Black Sea. The announcement came Wednesday after a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council, which was launched at a NATO summit in Lithuania earlier this

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer The federal government is requiring that more new planes have lavatories big enough for wheelchair users. The Transportation Department announced the final rule Wednesday. The rule will cover new single-aisle planes with at least 125 seats, so smaller planes operated by regional airlines won’t be covered, and there’s no

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — “Super” Paul Mullin is hurt. It’s the latest drama with Wrexham AFC, the Welsh soccer club made famous by its celebrity owners, actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney. Wrexham had been enjoying a mini tour of the United States until its star striker suffered a

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A jury in London acquitted Kevin Spacey of sexual assault Wednesday, sparing him a prison term and offering the actor hope of a career comeback after six years without a job. Tears rolled down Spacey’s cheeks as the final “not guilty” verdict was read. The Oscar winner

By PATRICK ORSAGOS, BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI and SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio police department has fired an officer who released his police dog on a surrendering truck driver even after state troopers told him to hold the dog back. A statement issued Wednesday by Circleville police said Ryan Speakman “did not