Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission has rejected an effort to force a recall election of the state’s top Republican after determining that not enough valid signatures were collected. The vote Thursday by three Republican commissioners and one Democratic commissioner means Assembly Speaker Robin Vos will not have to stand
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson says he expects the state to put together an aid plan by the end of the year to try to keep the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals in Missouri. Parson said Thursday that Missouri’s plan likely would require legislative approval, but he doesn’t anticipate
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 200 people have been charged in a sweeping nationwide crackdown on health care fraud schemes with false claims topping $2.7 billion, the Justice Department said on Thursday. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the charges against doctors, nurse practitioners and others across the U.S. accused of a variety of scams,
Continue ReadingAP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Killer Mike is expected to avoid charges over a physical altercation that led to his arrest at the Grammys earlier this year after the rapper recently completed community service. The Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office says Thursday that Killer Mike “successfully completed the office’s hearing process, including a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland is looking to help people with a history of marijuana-related offenses to get jobs in the state’s legal cannabis industry. Gov. Wes Moore announced the new workforce development program on Thursday. It comes just a week after he signed an executive order pardoning people for more than 175,000
Continue ReadingCAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — A Florida man who is a past winner of the “American Ninja Warrior” TV reality show has been sentenced to just over 10 years in federal prison for enticing an underage girl to travel across state lines so they could have sex. Andrew Drechsel will also have to serve 15 years
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer A team of investigators led by former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch recommended Northwestern enhance its hazing prevention training in the wake of a scandal that rocked the school’s athletic department. Though the report released Thursday by the law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP stated “the results of our
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Emergency officials have ordered a brief evacuation after a freight train derailed in suburban Chicago. The Canadian National Railway train derailed in the village of Matteson on Thursday morning. The company said in a statement that 25 cars derailed but no one was hurt. One car contained residue of liquified petroleum gas leaked,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A federal bankruptcy judge has stopped an effort by the parents of a boy killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting to begin collecting on some of the $50 million they won in a lawsuit against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. Scarlett Lewis and Neil Heslin won a defamation lawsuit in Texas against
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Fredis Beleris, an ethnic Greek politician imprisoned in Albania for vote-buying, says he hopes his election this month to the European Parliament will help boost the rule of law in Albania. Beleris told The Associated Press in an interview from prison on Thursday that he would have preferred to
Continue ReadingCHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee investigators say the former Chattanooga police chief has been indicted on charges that she illegally registered to vote in the state and falsely filled out government documents. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigations said Thursday that a grand jury in Hamilton County handed down a 17-count indictment against Celeste Murphy this
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man charged with threatening the lives of presidential candidates last year has been found dead while a jury was deciding his verdict. A court filing Thursday said “the government has learned that the defendant is deceased.” The jury began weighing the case against 30-year-old Tyler Anderson
Continue ReadingAssociated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Businesses that want to sell, process or grow medical marijuana for Kentucky can start applying for permits starting Monday, part of an accelerated push to have products available in early 2025, Gov. Andy Beshear said Thursday. Doctors and advanced practice registered nurses also can begin submitting applications to let
Continue ReadingTHE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch beach volleyball player convicted and imprisoned eight years ago for raping an underage girl in Britain has qualified for the Paris Olympics. Steven van de Velde and partner Matthew Immers were one of two men’s teams from the Netherlands that qualified for the beach volleyball competition. Van de
Continue ReadingALTON, Ill. (AP) — A giant sinkhole has swallowed the center of a soccer complex that was built over an operating limestone mine in southern Illinois, taking down a large light pole and leaving a gaping chasm where squads of kids often play. But no injuries were reported after the sinkhole opened Wednesday morning. “No
Continue ReadingLANCASTER, Calif. (AP) — Two people were killed and five others injured during a gang-related shooting in Southern California’s high desert. The shooting occurred Wednesday and was announced by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department on Thursday. Deputies were called to the scene in the city of Lancaster shortly before 6 p.m. Wednesday for a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal judge presiding over the classified documents case of former President Donald Trump granted his request Thursday for a hearing on whether prosecutors had been permitted to improperly breach attorney-client privilege when they obtained crucial evidence from one of his ex-lawyers. The order from U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon
Continue ReadingBRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Officials in Slovakia say that a train traveling from the Czech capital of Prague to the Hungarian capital of Budapest collided with a bus in southern Slovakia, leaving at least seven people dead and five injured. Police and railway officials say that some 200 people were aboard the Eurocity train when
Continue ReadingCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio lawmakers are advancing a ban on transgender students using bathrooms that fit their gender identity. The late-night state House vote took place on Wednesday, just before legislators left Columbus for the summer. The Republican-backed proposal was sent to the state Senate for its consideration. The bill pertains to public K-12
Continue ReadingAssociated Press It could be another year or more before a man accused in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students goes to trial. A judge and attorneys discussed in court Thursday starting Bryan Kohberger’s trial in sometime in June 2025, nearly three years after the killings shocked the small university town. The
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