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By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The trainer of racehorse champion Maximum Security has been sentenced to four years in prison for his role in a widespread international scheme to drug horses to make them race faster. Jason Servis was sentenced Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil after pleading guilty

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump wants to see President Joe Biden impeached, and the former president’s allies in Congress and his 2024 GOP presidential rivals are eager to join that fight as his own legal challenges mount. Trump’s chief opponent, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, this week said the House

By The Associated Press NATO says it’s stepping up surveillance of the Black Sea region as it condemned Russia’s exit from a landmark deal that allowed Ukrainian grain exports through the Black Sea. The announcement came Wednesday after a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council, which was launched at a NATO summit in Lithuania earlier this

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer The federal government is requiring that more new planes have lavatories big enough for wheelchair users. The Transportation Department announced the final rule Wednesday. The rule will cover new single-aisle planes with at least 125 seats, so smaller planes operated by regional airlines won’t be covered, and there’s no

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — “Super” Paul Mullin is hurt. It’s the latest drama with Wrexham AFC, the Welsh soccer club made famous by its celebrity owners, actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney. Wrexham had been enjoying a mini tour of the United States until its star striker suffered a

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A jury in London acquitted Kevin Spacey of sexual assault Wednesday, sparing him a prison term and offering the actor hope of a career comeback after six years without a job. Tears rolled down Spacey’s cheeks as the final “not guilty” verdict was read. The Oscar winner

By PATRICK ORSAGOS, BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI and SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio police department has fired an officer who released his police dog on a surrendering truck driver even after state troopers told him to hold the dog back. A statement issued Wednesday by Circleville police said Ryan Speakman “did not

By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut’s public safety commissioner says state lawmakers should expect a federal investigation into a recent audit’s findings, which showed hundreds of state troopers provided false information from 2014 to 2021 on at least 26,000 traffic stops. That information was ultimately reported to a racial profiling board.

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Members of Niger’s presidential guard surrounded the presidential palace Wednesday in what African organizations called an attempted coup against the country’s democratically elected leader. The U.S. said the rebelling soldiers had detained President Mohamed Bazoum. A tweet from the account of Niger’s presidency reported that members

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The independent manager working to fix the long-troubled water system in Mississippi’s capital city will also be assigned to oversee repairs to the city’s deteriorating sewer system, under a proposed order filed Wednesday by a federal judge. Officials from the U.S. Justice Department, the U.S.

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The announcement Wednesday that seven automakers will build a large North American electric vehicle charging network should pull people off the sidelines to at least consider switching from gas-powered vehicles. That’s how auto industry analysts see the move by General Motors, BMW, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Mercedes