Associated Press/Report for America PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes says she is suing a Saudi Arabian agribusiness over what she calls “excessive pumping” of groundwater. She alleges that the Fondomonte alfalfa farm in western Arizona is violating a public nuisance law even though the area has no groundwater pumping regulations. Mayes said
Continue Reading An Ohio politician has seen enough flag planting by visiting sports teams. Republican state Rep. Josh Williams said Wednesday on social media he’s introducing a bill to make flag planting in sports a felony in the state. His proposal comes after the Nov. 30 fight at the Michigan-Ohio State rivalry football game when the Wolverines
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic senators are urging President Joe Biden to extend temporary protections for migrants in the U.S. before he leaves office. They warn that millions of people could be forced to return to unsafe countries once President-elect Donald Trump retakes the White House. The senators have been quietly urging the White
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says having healthy women is as important for the U.S. economy as it is for the women themselves. Biden said it’s a “fact” that hasn’t “gotten through to the other team yet.” Biden was referring to President-elect Donald Trump and his incoming administration. When Trump was president
Continue Reading AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is not exactly thrilled about the NFL forcing the two-time defending Super Bowl champions to play three times over an 11-day span in the coming weeks. The Chiefs are among four teams along with the Texans, Steelers and Ravens who will
Continue Reading By Steve Contorno and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump once publicly speculated that Time would never name him the news magazine’s “Person of the Year.” Now, the honor has been bestowed on him twice. Time on Thursday named Trump as this year’s choice, recognizing the president-elect as the individual or group deemed to
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of media magnate Rupert Murdoch. Personal Birth date: March 11, 1931 Birth place: Melbourne, Australia Birth name: Keith Rupert Murdoch Father: Keith Murdoch, journalist and newspaper publisher Mother: Elisabeth (Greene) Murdoch, philanthropist Marriages: Elena Zhukova (2024-present); Jerry Hall (2016-2022, divorced); Wendi (Deng) Murdoch (1999-2013,
Continue Reading NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee inmate has died and five others were injured after fights erupted at a privately run state prison. CoreCivic spokesperson Brian Todd says the fights broke out early Saturday at Hardeman County Correctional Facility in Whiteville. He said the altercations were separate but likely related. Todd says six inmates were
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Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director Christopher Wray says he plans to resign at the end of President Joe Biden’s term in January. The announcement Wednesday comes a week and a half after President-elect Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate loyalist Kash Patel for the position. His impending resignation will bring him three
Continue Reading Associated Press Is he a hero? A killer? Both? About the same time the #FreeLuigi memes featuring the mustachioed plumber from “Super Mario Brothers” mushroomed online this week, commenters shared memes showing Tony Soprano pronouncing Luigi Mangione, the man charged with murdering the UnitedHealthcare CEO in Manhattan, a hero. There were the posts lionizing Mangione’s
Continue Reading CNN By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Speaking publicly for the first time since his acquittal, Daniel Penny said he restrained Jordan Neely on a subway car last May for more than five minutes because Neely was “extraordinarily strong” and Penny was worried he would get up and attack him or someone else. “Part of
Continue Reading AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple is pumping more artificial intelligence into the latest iPhones during the holiday shopping season. It comes in the form of a free software update that includes a feature that enables users to create customized emojis within a matter of seconds. The Wednesday release of the iPhone’s upgraded
Continue Reading GENESEO, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say an upstate New York man has been charged with murder after he tried to drop off his father’s bullet-riddled body at a sheriff’s office. Livingston County Sheriff Thomas Doughterty says 30-year-old Richard Fluegel Jr. called 911 late Monday to say that he had a body to turn in. The
Continue Reading David Bonderman, who managed money for one of the richest families in Texas, helped create one of the giants of the private-equity business and pushed to bring professional hockey to Seattle, died Wednesday. He was 82. Bonderman’s death was announced by TPG, the asset-management firm he co-founded, his Wildcat Capital Management investment company, the Seattle
Continue Reading Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Environmental groups are asking the U.S. government to do more to protect grizzly bears in Wyoming, Montana and Idaho. Their request filed Wednesday comes just weeks before a court-imposed deadline and political change that will chart the future of the region’s grizzlies. The groups want the U.S. Fish and
Continue Reading SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is awarding $144 million in grants to fund 13 projects in California to help the state phase out big rigs that run on diesel. The money will go to state transportation department, cities and school districts to purchase more than 480 zero-emission vehicles. It’s part of an
Continue Reading CNN By Mick Krever, CNN (CNN) — The collapse of the Assad regime has prompted a punishing military response from Israel, which has launched airstrikes at military targets across Syria and deployed ground troops both into and beyond a demilitarized buffer zone for the first time in 50 years. The Israeli military on Tuesday said
Continue Reading Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that Ohio’s product liability law prohibits counties from bringing public-nuisance claims against national pharmaceutical chains as they did as part of national opioid litigation. Tuesday’s decision could overturn a $650 million judgment against the pharmacies in a lawsuit brought by Lake and Trumbull
Continue Reading Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The Montana Supreme Court is continuing to block a law that sought to ban gender-affirming medical care for minors while it goes through the courts. Justices, in a unanimous ruling on Wednesday, say a state judge was correct in saying the law was likely unconstitutional. District Court Judge Jason
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Two luxury real estate brokers and their brother have been charged in a federal indictment with sex trafficking. The indictment unsealed Wednesday in Manhattan alleges that brokers Oren and Tal Alexander and their brother Alon Alexander worked together to lure, drug and rape dozens of women over more than
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