Month: March 2024

By JIM SALTER Associated Press The husband and wife owners of a Missouri boarding school for boys are jailed and facing felony charges after a lengthy investigation by a county sheriff. Wayne County Sheriff Dean Finch says in a news release that Larry Musgraves Jr. was arrested Friday evening on the ABM Ministries campus in

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — This weekend’s suspension of a troubled congressional campaign in Ohio has eased the minds of establishment Republicans hopeful they can flip a Democratic seat this fall by defeating the longest-serving woman in Congress. J.R. Majewski paused his campaign Saturday in the race for Ohio’s 9th

By BROOKE LEFFERTS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Children’s author Kate DiCamillo, known for “The Tale of Despereaux” and “Because of Winn-Dixie,” has a new book debuting this week called “Ferris.” It has all the hallmarks of an inventive, funny DiCamillo story, with well-drawn characters. But for the first time, its nucleus is a

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A U.S. Postal Service plan to downsize a regional mail hub in Reno and move package and letter processing to Sacramento, California, has officials in Nevada worried about delays and mail-in ballot handling. They say the blizzard that dumped up to 10 feet of snow atop the Sierra and shut down

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. envoy focusing on sexual violence in conflict said in a new report Monday that there are “reasonable grounds” to believe Hamas committed rape, “sexualized torture,” and other cruel and inhumane treatment of women during its surprise attack in southern Israel on Oct. 7.

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey voters may get the chance in November to weigh in on whether new power plans that burn fossil fuels should be banned. But if they do, any ban would come with a big loophole that would still permit emergency backup plants that burn fossil

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER, VANESSA GERA and STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — On the day that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was laid to rest in Moscow, Russian state media leaked an audio recording of German military officers discussing the hypothetical use of Taurus long-range missiles in Ukraine. The conversation on a sensitive subject

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer Dartmouth basketball players remain on schedule to vote on whether to form the nation’s first-ever college athletes’ labor union after a National Labor Relations Board official rejected the school’s request to reopen the case. NLRB regional director Laura Sacks denied the school’s request, saying there was no new evidence

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A federal agency is asserting legal rights to waters that feed the Okefenokee Swamp and its vast wildlife refuge, setting up a new battle with a mining company seeking permits to withdraw more than 1.4 million gallons per day. Twin Pines Minerals is in the final

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jason Kelce needed only seconds to burst into tears. Kelce’s eyes flooded each time he relayed a story about backyard football games with his brother, the love he felt from his parents and the devotion of his coaches — even a band teacher — that shaped

By PETER SMITH Associated Press A far-right, unofficial Catholic media website has agreed to pay $500,000 to a New Hampshire priest who sued for defamation over a 2019 article that it now disavows. The website also is planning to shut down soon, the priest’s attorney says. The apology by Church Militant came after the organization