Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal judge has rejected Republican legislators’ calls to give counselors at Wisconsin’s youth prison more leeway in controlling inmates after a counselor was killed in a fight at the facility this summer. Lincoln Hills-Copper Lakes Schools has operated under a federal consent decree since 2018 that prohibits punitive
Continue ReadingSTERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. (AP) — Seven anti-abortion activists have been convicted of crimes related to blocking a health clinic in suburban Detroit in 2020. The government says the seven sat or stood in front of the entrance to a clinic in Sterling Heights so that patients and employees could not enter. The seven were found
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting Poland for top-level security and trade talks before heading to neighboring Ukraine, which is at war with India’s strategic partner, Russia. Modi will meet Poland’s prime minister and president for talks Thursday in Warsaw which are expected to focus on security, especially
Continue ReadingTOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas mother whose 2-year-old son fatally shot his 4-year-old sister has been sentenced to life in prison. Twenty-four-year-old Mariann Belair won’t be eligible for parole until she’s served 25 years under the sentence imposed Tuesday. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that jurors found her guilty in May of first-degree murder in
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy added 818,000 fewer jobs from April 2023 through March this year than were originally reported, the government said Wednesday. The revised total adds to evidence that the job market has been steadily slowing and likely reinforces the Federal Reserve’s plan to start cutting interest rates soon. The Labor Department
Continue ReadingArch Resources and Consol Energy are combining to form a single coal producer valued at more than $5 billion. Arch shareholders will get 1.326 shares of Consol common stock for each share of Arch they own. Consol shareholders will own about 55% of the new company — to be called Core Natural Resources — and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CAIRO (AP) — Key mediator Egypt expressed skepticism Wednesday about the proposal meant to bridge gaps in cease-fire talks between Israel and Hamas as more details emerged a day before negotiations were expected to resume in Cairo. The challenges around the so-called bridging proposal appeared to undermine the optimism for an imminent agreement
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PORTICELLO, Sicily (AP) — Divers searching the wreck of a superyacht that sank off Sicily found the bodies of five passengers Wednesday, leaving one still missing as questions intensified about why the vessel sank so quickly when a nearby sailboat remained largely unscathed. Rescue crews brought four body bags ashore at Porticello. Salvatore
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say they have rescued nearly 150 migrants trying to reach the country by sea in small boats over a 24-hour period, including one that had 115 people crammed into it. A coast guard statement says Wednesday the small vessel was located in distress Tuesday off the eastern Aegean Sea
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — After a relationship that spanned two decades, two engagements, two weddings and headlines too numerous to count, Jennifer Lopez has filed for divorce from Ben Affleck. The filing Tuesday in Los Angeles brought to an apparent end a celebrity coupling — or at least the second installment of it
Continue ReadingAP Tennis Writer How well do you know the U.S. Open? The year’s last Grand Slam tennis tournament begins Monday on the hard courts of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York. The AP has written a quiz to test your tennis knowledge. Who was the last player to win at
Continue ReadingAP Health Writers Federal officials affirmed this month that the pain people might feel when getting an IUD can be more than doctors’ promises of “just a pinch.” The local anesthetic lidocaine “might be useful for reducing patient pain” when inserting intrauterine devices, according to new guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and
Continue ReadingAP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — It’s the bane of many travelers: jet lag. Nobody wants to lose out because they’re too tired to enjoy the delights of their vacation spot. Here are some tips on how to handle jet lag, wherever you might end up. What is jet lag? Scientists define jet lag as
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By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — US job growth during much of the past year was significantly weaker than initially estimated, according to new data released Wednesday. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ preliminary annual benchmark review of employment data suggests that there were 818,000 fewer jobs in March of this year than were initially reported.
Continue ReadingBy Niamh Kennedy, CNN (CNN) — The family of Alain Delon, who died at the weekend aged 88, has denied the actor’s request for his dog to be euthanized and buried alongside him following outcry in France. Delon, an icon of French cinema known for his starring roles in “The Leopard” and “Our Story,” died
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By Barbie Latza Nadeau, Christian Edwards and Niamh Kennedy, CNN Porticello, Italy (CNN) — Italian authorities say a fifth body has been found in the search for those missing from the “Bayesian” superyacht, which sank off the coast of Sicily earlier in the week. The head of Sicily’s civil protection agency Salvatore Cocina told CNN
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By Amanda Musa and Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — Authorities have captured Joshua Zimmerman, a Mississippi inmate who escaped two months ago and barricaded himself in a Chicago restaurant where he had apparently found a job, the US Marshals Service said Wednesday. No other details were immediately released about Zimmerman’s capture, whether he was armed or
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s hard-line parliament has approved all members of reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian’s Cabinet, the first time in over two decades a leader has been able to get all of his officials through the body. All 19 officials won approval in an afternoon vote, the first time that’s happened in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Congo has recorded 1,030 of the 1,405 new mpox cases in Africa over the last week. The statistics provided Tuesday by the Africa Centers for Disease Control propelled health authorities to ask for desperately needed vaccines to help fight the disease’s “growing” threat on the continent. The
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after allegedly setting a house fire that killed a woman and three children in northern England. Police in West Yorkshire say the fire early Wednesday killed a 29-year-old woman, two girls and a boy. A 39-year-old man who was critically injured was arrested
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