BALTIMORE (AP) — Officials say two men have been indicted by a Baltimore grand jury and charged with killing at least seven people as suspected hitmen for a gang. Prosecutors said Tuesday that Cornell Moore and Keith Russell would steal cars and use those vehicles to carry out the shootings. They’ve also been linked to
Continue ReadingFORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — The last jurors are now seated for the murder trial of a man charged in the Indiana killings of two teenage girls slain in 2017 during a winter hike. With the last of the 12 jurors and four alternates seated Tuesday afternoon, opening statements are now planned for Friday. Richard
Continue ReadingAP Film Writer The Japanese entertainment giant Toho has reached an agreement to acquire the Oscar-winning animation outfit GKIDS, the companies said Tuesday. The deal gives Toho an established North American distributor and sales operation in GKIDS, which has become a force in animation since its founding in 2008. As producer and distributor of artist-driven
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is suggesting he will have significant influence on American agriculture policy if Donald Trump is elected president. On Monday, the onetime presidential candidate and anti-vaccine activist posted a video on social media that he filmed outside the U.S. Department of Agriculture headquarters. He said when Trump gets him inside
Continue ReadingAssociated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A federal judge appears unlikely to grant the request of a South Carolina inmate scheduled to be executed on Nov. 1 to take away the power of granting him clemency from the governor. Richard Moore’s lawyers said Gov. Henry McMaster can’t fairly decide whether to reduce his death sentence
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho will begin using central veins deep in the groin, neck, chest or arm for executions by lethal injection if attempts to insert standard IV lines fail, the Idaho Department of Correction announced Tuesday. Using a central venous line — which involves threading a catheter through deep veins until
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jake E. Lee, a former guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne, was shot and wounded multiple times in Las Vegas early Tuesday morning. Las Vegas police said in an emailed statement that the victim was shot around 2:40 a.m. Tuesday and was taken to a hospital for treatment. No arrests have
Continue ReadingAP Pro Football Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Tom Brady has another new role in the NFL: owner. The seven-time Super Bowl champion purchased a minority stake in the Las Vegas Raiders, a deal unanimously approved by NFL team owners on Tuesday at the league’s annual fall meeting. In a lengthy statement on X, Brady said
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican officials say companies have pledged $20 billion in new foreign direct investment in Mexico. But it is not clear how much of that was new, or certain. The projects included a plan by Mexico Pacific LLC for a LNG gas terminal on Mexico’s Gulf of California, also known as the
Continue ReadingAP Pro Football Writer NFL owners have unanimously approved Jacksonville’s $1.4 billion “stadium of the future.” The decision should keep the Jaguars in one of the league’s smallest markets for at least another 30 years. With the Jags getting ready to play the second of back-to-back games in London, NFL owners essentially ended decades of
Continue ReadingAP Basketball Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — New York Liberty star Breanna Stewart and her wife Marta Xargay received threatening homophobic anonymous emails after Game 1 of the WNBA Finals. The emails went directly to Xargay’s account which was a bit unnerving for the couple. The two-time MVP said she notified the team and they escalated
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Donald Trump seized Tuesday on an opening to sound his frequent argument that imposing huge tariffs on foreign goods would amount to an economic elixir — one that he claims would raise enormous sums for the government, protect U.S. firms from overseas competition and prod foreign companies to open factories
Continue ReadingAssociated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — French soccer star Kylian Mbappé’s representatives have rejected as “false and irresponsible” reports in Swedish media saying he is the subject of a rape investigation in the Nordic country. Without citing sources, several Swedish media including tabloids Expressen and Aftonbladet and broadcasters SVT and TV4 reported that the Real Madrid
Continue ReadingHOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. (AP) — A wild cat native to Africa and parts of Asia has been captured after roaming around a Chicago suburb. Authorities used a pole with a cord on the end to lasso and cage the caracal Tuesday in Hoffman Estates, northwest of Chicago. The large cat was first spotted in the
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer The University of Nevada has made it clear that its Oct. 26 volleyball match against San Jose State will go on as scheduled after the team’s players released an independent statement saying they would “refuse to participate in any match that advances injustice against female athletes.” Four teams had previously canceled games
Continue ReadingLAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved a one-year extension of housing help for Maui wildfire survivors. Housing has been a major challenge in recovering from the August 2023 Lahaina wildfire. The fire killed at least 102 people and displaced 12,000. Hawaii officials say that the housing assistance was set to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tim Heidecker is working through his existential dread. He’s best known for his absurdist comedy and creative partnership with Eric Wareheim that began when the pair was in college. As Heidecker has leaned more into songwriting in recent years, he has also embraced baring through music these dark meditations
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is refusing to say whether he’s spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin since Trump left the White House. But if the two did speak, Trump said on Tuesday, it would be “a smart thing.” The Republican presidential candidate was pressed on his communication with the Russian
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Federal disaster personnel have resumed door-to-door visits as part of their hurricane-recovery work in North Carolina, an effort temporarily suspended amid threats that prompted officials to condemn the spread of disinformation. Over the weekend, reports emerged that workers with the Federal Emergency Management Agency could be targeted by militia
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — At least eight people have died in a town on Puerto Rico’s north coast in recent days after authorities say around two dozen suffered from suspected overdoses linked to drugs likely contaminated with fentanyl. Police said Tuesday that the eighth victim was a 26-year-old man who died at a
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