Month: August 2023

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States, Japan and South Korea are expected to announce plans for expanded military cooperation on ballistic missile defenses and technology development when their leaders meet at Camp David for a summit Friday. That’s according to two senior Biden administration officials who spoke on the condition

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas education officials say an Advanced Placement course on African American studies won’t count toward a student’s graduation, prompting criticism from Black lawmakers. The Arkansas Department of Education stopped short of barring schools from offering the course, but said it can’t include the course as

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration has agreed to investigate how California manages its water. Some Native American tribes and environmental groups say the state has discriminated against them. They say the state’s outdated water quality rules prevent tribes from performing their religious and cultural practices in the

By JAKE BLEIBERG and PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Police video released Monday shows U.S. Rep. Ronny Jackson of Texas being taken to the ground by officers, profanely berating them and threatening to report them to the governor during an altercation at a rodeo last month. In body camera video, the former

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Clarence Avant, the judicious manager, entrepreneur, facilitator and adviser who helped launch or guide the careers of Quincy Jones, Bill Withers and many others and came to be known as the “Black Godfather” of music and beyond, has died. He was 92. Avant, inducted into

By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah man accused of making violent threats against President Joe Biden before a trip to Salt Lake City last week pointed a handgun at FBI agents attempting to arrest him, the agency said on Monday. Craig Robertson, a 75-year-old Air Force veteran, was killed

By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas woman was sentenced Monday to 30 years in prison for helping dispose of the body of a U.S. soldier, whose 2020 killing sparked a movement of women speaking out about sexual abuse in the military and led to changes in how they can report

By BRUCE SCHREINER and ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Students in Louisville’s public school district will return to class starting Friday as part of a staggered reopening that stretches into next week, as administrators reboot a new bus schedule after the system melted down on the first day of school, the superintendent

By MARTÍN ADAMES ALCÁNTARA and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — A powerful explosion in a bustling market area near the capital of the Dominican Republic has killed at least three people and injuring more than 30 others. The explosion occurred Monday afternoon at a bakery in the city of San

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A national political movement that could offer an independent presidential ticket in 2024 as an alternative to major-party nominees said Monday it has now won ballot access in 10 states, after North Carolina election officials formally granted official status to a “No Labels” affiliate. The

GLEN ALLEN, Mo. (AP) — A drenching storm has dropped several inches of rain in a short time in an area of southeastern Missouri, shutting down roads and prompting several water rescues. Unconfirmed reports of up to 8 inches of rain fell Monday morning in Bollinger County. No injuries or deaths were reported, but campers

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — A 45-year-old New Hampshire man will spend at least a year in jail for endangering the life of a newborn baby, after MLB Hall of Fame pitcher Dennis Eckersley’s daughter gave birth in the woods last year during subfreezing temperatures. George Theberge was sentenced on Monday after pleading guilty to the

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — CBS has appointed Wendy McMahon to a new top role supervising CBS News, its local stations and syndicated programming. For the past two years, McMahon has served as co-head of CBS News and Stations with Neeraj Khemlani. Khemlani announced on Sunday that he was taking

By MICHAEL CASEY, PAT EATON-ROBB and BEATRICE DUPUY Associated Press Wildfires devastated parts of Maui in Hawaii last week, leaving a trail of destruction and devastation, decimating a historic town. While many still wait in agony for news on whether their friends and family are safe, more than 100 people have been pronounced dead. That

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Activists and environmental groups including the Sierra Club are suing Puerto Rico’s government over the planned location of dozens of renewable energy projects meant to ease the U.S. territory’s power woes. The lawsuit filed Monday claims the projects would be built on lands that

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — There’s one college football conference sitting out the reshuffling going on among its big-money brethren: The Ivy League will start the season with the same eight members it has had since it formed in 1956. Brown coach James Perry says what’s going on in realignment is