Associated Press An anti-abortion group’s lawsuit to invalidate an abortion rights measure appearing on South Dakota’s statewide ballot won’t be resolved until after the November election. In an unusual move on Thursday, the court issued a media advisory addressing apparent confusion over the timing of the trial. It was initially scheduled to begin next week.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America ATLANTA (AP) — Students as young as five demanded stricter gun laws Thursday at the Georgia Capitol, weeks after a deadly school shooting northeast of Atlanta. They marched around the building and into the a senate committee meeting on safe gun storage legislation. Sen. Emanuel Jones, a Decatur Democrat the committee’s
Continue ReadingBEAVERTON, Ore. (AP) — Nike Inc. has named Elliott Hill as its president and CEO effective, replacing John Donahoe, who will retire next month. Hill is returning to the athletic wear giant from which he retired in 2020. He previously held leadership positions with the company across Europe and North America. Before his retirement he
Continue ReadingAssociated Press QABATIYA, West Bank (AP) — Videos obtained by The Associated Press show Israeli soldiers pushing four apparently lifeless bodies from rooftops during a raid in the occupied West Bank. It was the latest in a series of suspected violations by Israeli forces since the start of the Israel-Hamas war. Rights groups say the
Continue ReadingBy Emma Tucker and Ryan Young, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department has launched a civil rights investigation into the sheriff’s department in Mississippi’s Rankin County after several of its deputies – including some who were in a self-styled “Goon Squad” – abused and tortured two Black men in a racially charged home raid last
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Prosecutors are declining to charge a Hawaii man who was arrested on suspicion of murder after shooting a neighbor who opened fire at a gathering where three women were killed. Police say prosecutors aren’t charging him because of issues of “self-defense and defense of others.” The shooting stemmed from a
Continue ReadingRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina trial judge has refused to block students and employees at the state’s flagship public university from being able to show a digital identification to comply with a largely new photo ID law. Wake County Superior Court Judge Keith Gregory denied on Thursday a temporary restraining order sought by
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CULIACAN, Mexico (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has blamed the United States in part for the surge in cartel violence terrorizing the northern state of Sinaloa which has left at least 30 people dead in the past week. Two warring factions of the Sinaloa cartel have clashed in the state
Continue ReadingBy Cindy Von Quednow and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — A Kentucky sheriff has been arrested Thursday in connection with the fatal shooting of a district judge inside a courthouse, Kentucky State Police said. District Judge Kevin Mullins, 54, was found with multiple gunshots and he was pronounced dead at the scene, state police said.
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The New York Giants seemingly have found an offensive line that can get the job done so far this season. After a shaky performance in a season-opening loss to Minnesota — Daniel Jones was sacked five times and the offense didn’t score a touchdown — the line
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service’s leader is expressing frustration with ongoing criticism of how it handles mail ballots. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said Thursday that the Postal Service is dealing with myriad state laws and local practices. He also said some election officials don’t fully understand what he called its
Continue ReadingAssociated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A judge in a rural Kentucky county was fatally shot in his courthouse chambers Thursday, and the local sheriff was charged with murder in the killing, police said. The preliminary investigation indicates Letcher County Sheriff Shawn M. Stines shot District Judge Kevin Mullins multiple times following an argument inside
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Hours before a gunman opened fire at an entrance to a Yellowstone National Park employee dining hall, authorities had been warned he planned to carry out a mass shooting at the facility. The revelation came Thursday as authorities released new video and other details about the July 4 shooting
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A broad group of civil rights organizations are calling on the CEOs and board members of major companies to maintain their commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. An open letter issued on Thursday by 19 organizations and directed at Fortune 1000 companies said companies that abandon DEI
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An appeals court has reinstated a murder charge against a New York state trooper in the death of an 11-year-old girl during a high-speed chase. The ruling came Thursday in the case against retired officer Christopher Baldner. He also faces manslaughter and other charges stemming from the December 2020
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Prosecutors charged a Columbia man Thursday with making a terrorist threat related to a school.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press An Ohio sheriff is under fire for a social media post in which he said people with Kamala Harris yard signs should have their addresses recorded so that immigrants can be sent to live with them if Harris wins. Good-government groups called it a threat and urged him to remove the post. Portage
Continue ReadingAssociated Press The city of Burlington, Vermont, has paid $215,000 to settle a lawsuit accusing a police officer of using excessive force by grabbing a man and slamming him to the ground in September of 2018. The lawsuit says Mabior Jok was standing outside with a group when a conversation became heated. It says Officer
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Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say Israel warned U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in a call Tuesday that a military operation was going to take place in Lebanon. Officials said Thursday that Israel provided no details of the attack, in which thousands of pagers belonging to Hezbollah militants exploded. The call was one
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