EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Young climate activists in Oregon are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to revive their long-running lawsuit against the federal government. The Oregonian reports that the petition filed Thursday asks the high court to reverse a rejection of the lawsuit issued by a federal appeals court panel earlier this year. The petition
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Walgreens agreed to pay $106 million to settle lawsuits that alleged it submitted false payment claims with government health care programs for prescriptions that were never dispensed. The settlement announced on Friday resolves lawsuits filed in New Mexico, Texas and Florida on behalf of three people who had worked in Walgreens’ pharmacy
Continue ReadingWINDER, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia county’s emergency call center was overwhelmed by calls on Sept. 4 about a school shooting at Apalachee High School, records released Friday by Barrow County show. Local news organizations report many of the 911 phone calls were not released under public record requests because state law exempts from release
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Miami Beach residents and visitors can feel it coming in the air tonight — and the rest of the weekend— as “Miami Vice” cast and crew gather to celebrate the iconic television series’ 40th anniversary. The show premiered on NBC on Sept. 16, 1984, and ran for
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — A spectacled bear was born in a rescue center built by a Peruvian farming community that has protected these animals for more than two decades. The bear cub, which does not yet have a name, was discovered after park rangers in the farming community of Santa Catalina de Chongoyape,
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Thursday night’s game between the Buffalo Bills and Miami Dolphins averaged 14.96 million viewers, making it Amazon Prime Video’s third most-watched game since taking over the prime-time package in 2022. The first Prime Video game of the season maintained strong viewership despite the Bills jumping out to a big lead in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Group of 20 leaders have agreed to join efforts to fight disinformation and set up an agenda on artificial intelligence as their governments struggle against the speed, scale and reach of misinformation and hate speech. The ministers, who gathered this week in Maceio, the capital of the northeastern state
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A military court in Congo has convicted dozens of people, including three Americans, for a coup attempt. The court handed down death sentences to 37 defendants. The charges included terrorism, murder and illegal possession of weapons. The lawyer for the three Americans and three other foreigners said they would
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A police lieutenant has testified that three former Memphis police officers broke department rules when they failed to say that they punched and kicked Tyre Nichols on required forms submitted after the January 2023 fatal beating. Lt. Larnce Wright offered the testimony Friday during the federal trial of Tadarrius
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration has asked an appeals court to revive a Trump-era rule that lifted remaining Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves in the U.S. If successful, the move would put the predators under states’ oversight and would allow hunting in the Great Lakes region, which had been
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A former security guard at a federal building in New York City where the FBI has its offices has been sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to a charge related to the sexual assault of an asylum seeker. Forty-two-year-old Jimmy Solano-Arias of the Bronx was sentenced Friday in
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Govs. Mike DeWine, R-Ohio, and Maura Healey, D-Mass. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Ohio Sen. JD Vance, the Republican vice presidential nominee; Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. ___ CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Vance; Gov. Wes Moore, D-Md.; Gary Cohn, former director of the U.S. National Economic Council.
Continue ReadingTWO RIVERS, Wis. (AP) — Police say a hunter in northeastern Wisconsin has discovered the skeletal remains of a 3-year-old boy who vanished in February. Two Rivers Police Chief Benjamin Meinnert said Friday remains discovered in the town of Two Rivers are that of Elijah Vue. Court documents say Elijah’s mother, Katrina Baur, took the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Donald Trump and his running mate continue to disparage Haitian migrants in an Ohio community, further fueling false claims the Republicans have promoted even as the city has seen bomb threats and school evacuations and local officials called for a cooling of the anti-immigrant rhetoric. Trump said during a news conference Friday that
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DETROIT (AP) — A woman has lost a legal battle over surplus money from the sale of a foreclosed house. It means a Michigan county gets a $21,810 windfall. On Thursday, the state Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Iron County. The case involved cash from the sale of a property with
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — The government in South Sudan has postponed elections scheduled for December for two years citing the need to complete processes such as a census, the drafting of a permanent constitution and registration of political parties. The Presidential Adviser on National Security Tut Gatluak on Friday said the extension
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court is siding with lower court decisions to block two third-party presidential candidates from the battleground state’s ballot in November’s election. Friday’s decisions hand a win apiece to each major party. Democratic and Republican party loyalists are working to fend off third-party candidates for fear of siphoning
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury has convicted a Southern California couple of running a business that helped pregnant Chinese women travel to the United States without revealing their intentions to give birth to babies who would automatically have American citizenship. Michael Liu and Phoebe Dong were found guilty Friday of one count
Continue ReadingHONOLULU (AP) — An investigation commissioned by Hawaii’s attorney general has found that officials didn’t prepare for dangerous fire weather in the days before flames incinerated the historic Maui town of Lahaina last year even though they were warned by meteorologists. The finding came in a 518-page report released Friday. It was drafted for the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A narrow strip of scrubland and sand dunes on the Gaza side of the border with Egypt has emerged as a major obstacle in talks aimed at halting the Israel-Hamas war and freeing scores of hostages. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel must maintain control over the so-called Philadelphi corridor to prevent
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