RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian health officials say the first case of polio has been recorded in an unvaccinated 10-month old-child in the Gaza city of Deir al-Balah. The officials say that after discovering the child’s symptoms, tests were conducted in Jordan’s capital of Amman and the case was confirmed to be polio. The
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Nearly a year after AI-generated nude images of high school girls upended a community in southern Spain, a juvenile court this summer sentenced 15 of their classmates to a year of probation. But the artificial intelligence tool used to create the harmful deepfakes is still easily accessible on the internet, promising to “undress
Continue ReadingSUDZHA, Russia (AP) — A trail of destruction lies in the path that Ukrainian forces carved on their risky incursion into Russia, blasting through the border and eventually into the town of Sudzha, where Associated Press journalists traveled Friday on a Ukrainian government-organized trip. Artillery fire has blown chunks out of a statue of Soviet
Continue ReadingReport for America/The Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The family of a man who was killed by a police dog in Alabama six years ago has agreed to settle its lawsuit against the dog’s handler. But the family of Joseph Pettaway still plans to appeal a ruling clearing the city of Montgomery and its
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko has pardoned 30 prisoners convicted for taking part in protests. Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the Belarusian opposition leader-in-exile, has welcomed the move but vowed to keep fighting until each of nearly 1,400 political prisoners in the country is set free. Lukashenko’s office said Friday that he
Continue ReadingCOVID-19 hasn’t gone away, and data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests it’s on the upswing around the country. “We’ve seen these summer increases every summer that COVID-19 has been with us,” said Dr. Amesh Adalja, a Johns Hopkins University infectious disease physician. “What’s different about these cases this summer vs. prior
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The recent collapse of a popular rock arch at Lake Powell known as the “Toilet Bowl” is a sad reminder that the spectacular geological arches that dot southern Utah’s landscape aren’t guaranteed to be there forever. Arch experts say erosion and human activity mean that arches are susceptible
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A South American crime boss wanted in the killings of at least 23 people in Peru was captured this week in New York, three months after U.S. immigration authorities arrested and then released him after he illegally entered the country at the Texas-Mexico border. The arrests Wednesday of Gianfranco Torres-Navarro and his girlfriend,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors have issued subpoenas to Mayor Eric Adams, his campaign arm and City Hall in a probe into the Democrat’s 2021 run. Adams said Friday that he’d done nothing wrong, and he reiterated that his team is cooperating with the inquiry. A person familiar with the subpoenas tells
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Kayla Reed was born in a predominantly African American section of St. Louis where, like her own kin, many Black families had been transplanted out of the Deep South. After the death of her grandmother, Reed moved with her father from the city to a St. Louis County town located within one mile
Continue ReadingDENVER (AP) — A newlywed couple and the bride’s mother were killed in a crash after a semitruck overturned on Interstate 70 west of Denver just days after the wedding. Family members identified the victims as 33-year-old Ruben Rodriguez, 37-year-old Juliana Rodriguez Plata and her mother, Luz Melba Martinez of Colombia. The bride’s father, Carlos
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — Officials say a South Florida school psychologist has been arrested and charged with possessing and distributing child sexual abuse images and videos. Miami-Dade police say 62-year-old Robert Lee Turner was arrested at his home Monday after officers conducted a search. Miami-Dade school officials said they’ve already fired Turner and barred him from
Continue ReadingGAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Spending by recently resigned University of Florida President Ben Sasse is coming under scrutiny after the student-run newspaper found that he gave high-paying jobs to former members of his U.S. Senate staff and Republican allies. Reporting by The Independent Florida Alligator shows that spending by the president’s office tripled under Sasse
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed a bipartisan package of 10 bills that aims to crack down on smash-and-grab robberies and property crimes, making it easier to go after repeat shoplifters and auto thieves and increase penalties for those running professional reselling schemes. The move comes as Democratic
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy has tapped his former chief of staff to serve temporarily as a U.S. senator to replace convicted Sen. Bob Menendez. Murphy announced George Helmy’s appointment on Friday. Helmy’s term will end when a permanent replacement is elected in November. Democratic Rep. Andy Kim
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A federal judge has struck down a Missouri rule requiring disclosure of “social objectives” in investment decisions. Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft had described the rule as a way to expose financial institutions that “put woke politics ahead of investment returns.” But a federal judge said it
Continue ReadingMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A century-old rail lift bridge near the U.S.-Canada border has collapsed. It’s unclear when water traffic can resume. No trains were involved and no one was injured in Wednesday’s collapse northeast of Fort Frances, Ontario. The bridge built in 1908 is known as the Rainy River Rail Lift Bridge and the 5
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has announced Friday that deals have been reached in principle to transition operations at four hospitals operated by Steward Health Care to new operators. The Healey administration will take control of a fifth hospital through eminent domain to help transition it to a new owner. The
Continue ReadingDENVER (AP) — A man who was convicted of pointing a gun at Burger King drive-thru worker who wouldn’t accept drugs for payment and later shooting at other people elsewhere the same night has been sentenced to 143 years in prison. Prosecutors announced the sentencing of Eugene Robertson Thursday. They say the drive-thru incident was
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Former President Donald Trump owns more than $1 million worth of cryptocurrency and up to $250,000 in gold bars along with the portfolio of golf courses and real estate properties that have made him a billionaire, according to newly released financial disclosures. The details come from documents filed by Trump as part of
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