Month: October 2023

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri appeals court ruled Tuesday against Republican-written summaries of abortion-rights ballot measures that described several proposed amendments as allowing “dangerous and unregulated abortions until live birth.” A three-judge panel of the Western District Court of Appeals found the summaries written by Republican Secretary of State

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Authorities say a co-pilot threatened to shoot the captain if the plane was diverted to take care of a passenger who needed medical attention. The inspector general’s office of the Transportation Department said Tuesday that the co-pilot was authorized to carry a gun in the cockpit. Court records show

By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The executive director of the North Dakota Republican Party has resigned a week into the job after a media outlet publicized some of his online comments. Many of Dave Roetman’s posts and replies were about politics, but others were demeaning toward women and dismissive of concerns

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Officials say an employee at a Texas airport in Austin was fatally struck by a vehicle on the tarmac. The collision on Tuesday at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport is the second time this year a worker has died at the airport in the Texas capital. Officials identified the person as an airport

By BABACAR DIONE Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s electoral commission says that main opposition leader Ousmane Sonko should be given sponsorship forms for the upcoming presidential election in February. The move comes after the interior ministry struck him from the country’s voter rolls earlier this year after he was convicted on charges of

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press Authorities publicly identified Robert Card as a person of interest about four hours after he shot and killed 18 people and wounded 13 others during attacks last week at a bowling alley and bar in Lewiston, Maine. But Card, who was found dead two days after his rampage, had been

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russian strikes are inflicting unimaginable suffering on the people of Ukraine and more than 40% of them need humanitarian assistance, a senior U.N. official told the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday. Ramesh Rajasingham, director of coordination in the U.N. humanitarian office, said thousands of civilians

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Actor Robert De Niro shouted “Shame on you!” as he testified Tuesday in a New York courtroom, directing the comments toward his former executive assistant and vice president who seeks millions of dollars after accusing her onetime boss of being abusive. Graham Chase Robinson watched with

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Members of a U.N. body charged with protecting deep international waters are negotiating details of a proposed regulatory framework amid pressure to allow companies and countries to mine minerals from the ocean bed. The nearly two-week meeting of the International Seabed Authority began Monday