FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Republicans delegates have chosen Circuit Court Judge Patrick O’Grady as their nominee to run for one of two available Supreme Court seats. In doing so, they passed over a prominent attorney charged with trying to tamper with voting machines. Matthew DePerno rose to prominence after repeatedly questioning the results of
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ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) Saturday is the final day of the Cattlemen Days Rodeo in Ashland and law enforcement is making sure people are staying safe driving to and from the day full of events. In a Facebook post, the Ashland Police Department advised drivers to plan routes accordingly for the Cattlemen Days Rodeo Parade that
Continue Reading MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A disability rights organization is challenging a suburban New York ban on wearing masks in public except for health and religious reasons. They argue in the class action lawsuit that it is unconstitutional and discriminates against people with disabilities. Filed by Disability Rights of New York on behalf of people with
Continue Reading Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanian authorities have towed away luxury vehicles from the home of the divisive social media personality Andrew Tate. The seizure on Saturday came days after he was placed under house arrest following new human trafficking allegations. Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan Tate are dual British-U.S. citizens with millions
Continue Reading AP Business Writer On a hot summer day in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, dozens of men removed pipes, asbestos and hazardous waste while working to decontaminate a nuclear facility and prepare it for demolition. Dressed in head-to-toe coveralls and fitted with respirators, the crew members toiling in a building without power had no obvious respite from
Continue Reading By Graham Hurley, CNN (CNN) — A statue honoring civil rights hero and US Congressman John Lewis was unveiled Saturday outside of Atlanta, replacing a Confederate monument that had stood there for more than a century. Renowned Jamaican sculptor Basil Watson created the statue, coined the John Lewis Memorial. It was installed August 16 in
Continue Reading Associated Press NICE, France (AP) — French acting Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin says police have apprehended a suspect who was responsible for an arson attack on a synagogue in a southwestern Mediterranean town in which a police officer has been injured. Antiterrorism prosecutors opened an investigation into the attack on charges of attempted terrorist assassination.
Continue Reading By Niamh Kennedy and Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN (CNN) — Authorities in Italy have opened a manslaughter investigation into the sinking of a superyacht, which killed British tech tycoon Mike Lynch and six others off the coast of Sicily earlier this week. Announcing the probe, prosecutor Ambrogio Cartosio said investigators found it was not the
Continue Reading Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Israeli airstrikes killed at least three dozen Palestinians in southern Gaza, health workers said Saturday, as officials including a Hamas delegation gathered for high-level cease-fire talks in neighboring Egypt. Eleven members of a family, including two children, were among the dead after an airstrike hit their home in Khan Younis,
Continue Reading By Joshua Berlinger, CNN Paris (CNN) — Police have detained a person suspected of an attempted arson attack on a synagogue in the southern French town of La Grande-Motte. CNN affiliate BFMTV reported that two elite police units detained the suspect following a raid in the nearby city of Nimes on Saturday. The suspect opened
Continue Reading Associated Press KARBALA, Iraq (AP) — Millions of Shiite Muslims have packed the streets of the Iraqi city of Karbala on their annual pilgrim to mark the death of Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, Hussein who became a symbol of resistance when he refused to pledge allegiance to the Umayyad caliphate, leading to his death in battle
Continue Reading Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia and Ukraine exchanged over 100 prisoners of war each on Saturday as Kyiv marked its third Independence Day since Moscow’s full-scale invasion. Ukraine said the 115 Ukrainian servicemen who were freed were conscripts, many of whom were taken prisoner in the first months of Russia’s invasion. Among them
Continue Reading Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine is somberly marking its 33rd year of independence as war with Russia rages on. Instead of fireworks, parades and concerts, Ukrainians on Saturday commemorated civilians and soldiers killed in the war sparked by Russia’s full-scale invasion 2 1/2 years ago. Ukrainians flooded social media with messages of gratitude
Continue Reading Associated Press ROME (AP) — Prosecutors in Italy have opened an investigation into culpable shipwreck and multiple manslaughter after a superyacht capsized during a storm off the coast of Sicily, killing seven people onboard. They included British tech magnate Mike Lynch and his daughter. Prosecutor Ambrogio Cartosio said no suspect has been identified as of
Continue Reading By Daria Tarasova Markina, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — Away from the frontlines, Ukraine is waging a different battle against Russia as it seeks to remove Moscow’s influence from religious institutions. President Volodymyr Zelensky signed into law a bill banning religious groups with ties to Russia Saturday, Ukraine’s Independence Day. The bill’s main target is the Ukrainian
Continue Reading ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s Defense Ministry says it has resumed joint military patrols with Russia in northern Syria after nearly a year’s break. Combined patrols began in a 30-kilometer (19-mile) -deep strip of land captured from Kurdish fighters by Turkish and allied Syrian forces in 2019. Turkish and Russian soldiers had conducted 344 patrols before
Continue Reading QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Officials in southwest Pakistan say a roadside bomb attached to a motorcycle went off near a police office, killing two children and a woman and wounding 15 people. No one has immediately claimed responsibility for the attack Saturday in Pishin, a district in Balochistan province. Suspicion is likely to fall on
Continue Reading OULU, Finland (AP) — Performers at this year’s Air Guitar World Championships in Finland tuned up Friday for the air guitar world’s version of the Olympics, featuring dedicated competitors like “Shred Lasso” and “Guitarantula.” This year’s championships began Wednesday with Airientation in Oulu, Finland. The Dark Horses Qualifications followed on Thursday, culminating with the World
Continue Reading Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Hundreds of police, backed by riot squads, have raided a vast religious compound in a southern Philippine city in search of a local preacher accused of sexual abuse and human trafficking. Apollo Quiboloy has denied the allegations. A supporter of the group, called Kingdom of Jesus Christ, reportedly died
Continue Reading Associated Pess MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Hundreds of mourners in southern Pakistan have attended the funerals of 28 Shiite pilgrims who were killed in a bus crash in Iran this week while heading to Iraq. The victims of the crash were later buried in various graveyards in the Sindh province, a local Shiite leader said
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