Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Steward Health Care said it has reached an agreement to sell its nationwide physicians network to a private equity firm. The deal comes as Steward is scheduled to go before a bankruptcy court judge Friday on its plan to sell six hospitals in Massachusetts. The Dallas-based company announced its bankruptcy
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — An 83-foot (25-meter) motor boat that was one of the first refrigerated sardine carriers during the heyday of Maine’s sardine industry is going to be scrapped after a recovery operation to retrieve the sunken vessel. The Jacob Pike fell victim to a storm last winter. The 21-year-old great-great-grandson of
Continue ReadingWEIRTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia dentist is facing invasion of privacy charges after police say a concealed camera was allegedly found in his office’s employee bathroom. Dr. Jeremy Michael Crow turned himself in Monday to police in Weirton. Police Chief Charlie Kush says an employee in May reported finding the camera inside a
Continue ReadingBy Abeer Salman, Sana Noor Haq and Vasco Cotovio, CNN (CNN) — Mohammad Abu Al Qumsan quivered and gasped in disbelief. His eyes glazed over before he fell limp in the courtyard of Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in central Gaza. “I beg you. I beg you. Let me see them,” he cried out to health
Continue ReadingFERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Police video shows protester tackling Ferguson, Missouri, officer, who suffered life-threatening brain injury.
Continue ReadingAP Golf Writer Brandt Snedeker is this year’s recipient of the Payne Stewart Award. He has an interesting connection with Stewart even though Snedeker was still in college when Stewart died in a 1999 plane crash. Snedeker’s family is from the same hometown as Stewart in Springfield, Missouri. He says his grandmother knew Stewart’s father
Continue ReadingRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A panel has laid out specifics designed to bring numerous North Carolina state government agencies together to improve outcomes for prisoners when they are released, leading to reduced recidivism. The Joint Reentry Council created by Gov. Roy Cooper’s executive order in January last week approved a plan to meet more than
Continue ReadingCANTON, Ohio (AP) — The death of an Ohio man who died in police custody earlier this year has been ruled a homicide. The Stark County Coroner’s Office issued its finding Monday on the death of Frank Tyson, a 53-year-old East Canton resident who died April 18 after he was handcuffed and left face down
Continue ReadingBy Alisha Ebrahimji and Julia Vargas Jones, CNN (CNN) — George Floyd, Elijah McClain, Daniel Prude – and now D’Vontaye Mitchell – all share something beyond being Black men who died at the hands of public safety personnel: Authorities described the possibility of “excited delirium” in connection with the victims’ behavior just before death. The
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Constitutional amendment guaranteeing abortion rights until viability qualifies for Missouri’s November ballot.
Continue ReadingOCALA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida jury will determine whether a 60-year-old white woman was justified when she fired through the door of her central Florida apartment a year ago, killing a Black mother during an ongoing dispute over neighborhood children. Jurors were told during opening statements Tuesday that shortly before Ajike “A.J.” Owens was
Continue ReadingBy Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — Traditionally, women considered “demure” behave in a way that is modest, reserved and inoffensive to the point that they’re barely visible. Jools Lebron, a makeup artist and prolific TikTok user, has appointed herself as the app’s new authority on “demure.” But her version of the term is far more
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — The former police chief who led a raid last year on a small Kansas newspaper was formally charged Monday with one count of interfering with the judicial process for actions he took after the raid, according to a criminal complaint filed in Marion County District Court. Gideon Cody is accused
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia grand jury in August 2023 accused Donald Trump and others of illegally trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election in the state. A year later, the case is largely stalled with no chance of going to trial before the end of this year. When Fulton County District Attorney
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A former commander of the Lord’s Resistance Army rebel group has been convicted of dozens of crimes against humanity in a key moment of justice for many in Uganda who suffered decades of its brutal insurgency. The trial of Thomas Kwoyelo was the first atrocity case to be tried
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s foreign minister says Ethiopia and Somalia have made “notable progress” in efforts to settle a dispute sparked by Ethiopia’s deal with the breakaway region of Somaliland. Hakan Fidan made the comments Tuesday at the end of a second round of Turkish-mediated talks. He said a third round of
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson, Sabrina Souza and Kristina Sgueglia, CNN (CNN) — A police officer in a suburb of Columbus, Ohio, was indicted by a grand jury on murder charges Tuesday in last year’s killing of a pregnant woman who was suspected of shoplifting, according to the Montgomery County prosecutor’s office. Ta’Kiya Young, 21, was fatally shot
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A former central Kansas police chief who led a raid last year on a weekly newspaper has been charged with felony obstruction of justice. Former Marion Police Chief Gideon Cody is accused of persuading a potential witness for an investigation into his conduct of withholding information from authorities. The
Continue ReadingAP Hockey Writer The St. Louis Blues are looking to salary cap-strapped Edmonton to upgrade their roster. The Blues issued offer sheets on Tuesday to Oilers defenseman Philip Broberg and forward Dylan Holloway. The rarely used move leaves the Oilers seven days to match the Blues’ contract offers to the restricted free agents or opt
Continue ReadingRED LODGE, Mont. (AP) — A black bear mauled and injured a 3-year-old girl in a tent at a private campground just north of Yellowstone National Park. The girl was attacked Sunday night at a campground south of Red Lodge and taken to a hospital in Billings. A state wildlife agency didn’t have any information
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