Many of the upcoming celebrations and holidays honoring the late farmworker labor leader César Chavez are being renamed, postponed or completely canceled in the wake of allegations that he sexually abused women and girls while at the helm of the United Farm Workers Union. Labor rights activist Dolores Huerta revealed this week she was among […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi is allowing an ousted interim federal prosecutor to continue overseeing cases in Wisconsin with a new title in what’s becoming a familiar move in federal judicial districts across the nation as Democrats in the U.S. Senate delay confirmation votes on President Donald Trump’s appointees. Bondi appointed […]
A coalition of firefighters and volunteers entered their seventh day Wednesday of battling wildfires in western and central Nebraska — including one that is the largest in state history — that have scorched a massive area of range and grassland and killed one person. “What’s different today is the wind will be less — still, […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche went to Capitol Hill on Wednesday to try to quell bipartisan frustration over the Justice Department’s handling of millions of files related to Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking investigation. The country’s top federal law enforcement officials were providing a closed-door briefing to members […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers appear far from ending a funding lapse at the Department of Homeland Security even as the president’s nominee to run the department, Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma, pleaded with colleagues Wednesday to resolve the impasse. Democrats, for more than a month, have been refusing to fund certain agencies within the […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The national debt surpassed a record $39 trillion on Wednesday, a milestone that comes just weeks into the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran. The unprecedented figure highlights competing administration priorities, from passing a massive tax law and boosting defense spending and immigration enforcement to chipping away at the debt itself — the latter […]
Scenes of airport security lines spilling out of terminals may be adding a new layer of stress for travelers as the busy spring break season unfolds. Some airports have seen wait times stretch well past an hour. In recent days, passengers reported waiting up to two hours in line at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, while […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An investigation is underway after two crew members of a tugboat were killed and two others were harmed in what the Coast Guard described Wednesday as a “confined space incident” aboard a barge moored in southeast Alaska. A news release from the agency provided limited details about what happened to the […]
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The FBI said Wednesday that a suspicious package found outside a gate at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa earlier this week contained “possible energetic materials.” An analysis of the material has not been completed, the FBI Tampa said in a statement posted on social media Wednesday afternoon. The FBI […]
Mari Younger cherished her life in West Maui. She worked hard at her career in the restaurant industry and was proudly self-sufficient, happily living in the same condo for 11 years, lovingly doting on her cat, Stella. Then came a health emergency that forced her to leave her physically demanding work. Shortly after, fire destroyed […]
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Attorneys are drawing on statements from a handwritten manuscript by the late mobster James “Whitey” Bulger in an effort to overturn a former FBI agent’s murder conviction, saying the crime boss’s own words show that the agent was framed. Lawyers for former FBI agent John Connolly filed a motion in […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman opened the hearing with a provocative dare: Say it to my face. Sen. Rand Paul, the Republican from Kentucky, has made clear he has little regard for President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security, fellow Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin. He says he’ll vote against him. Their […]
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The rapper Mystikal, who received multiple Grammy nominations in the early 2000s, pleaded guilty Tuesday to raping a woman at his Louisiana home nearly four years ago, according to court records. The 55-year-old performer, whose given name is Michael Lawrence Tyler, pleaded guilty to third-degree rape in an Ascension Parish […]
NEW YORK (AP) — JPMorgan Chase said Wednesday that will start building wealth advising services that help athletes who come into money as a result of their talents make that money work for them a long time. The initiative is not aimed just at ultrawealthy athletes of legend. The initiative is aimed at athletes across […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City police officer who works security at the mayor’s residence and City Hall has been suspended after the department says he shot a man in the head while off duty, police said Wednesday. Police said the shooting happened around 9 p.m. Monday in the Bronx after the officer […]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — When Colin Dorgan takes the ice Wednesday to compete in the Rhode Island Division 2 boys’ state championship, three seats will be noticeably empty in the crowded arena. The high school senior’s mother, brother and grandfather should be there to celebrate one of the most exciting moments in his hockey career, […]
DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. (AP) — President Donald Trump paid his respects at a military base in Delaware where the remains of six U.S. service members were returned to their families. The solemn ceremony, known as a dignified transfer, marked the second time the president has attended the ritual since the start of the […]
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania regulators asked an administrative law judge on Wednesday to make a gas utility pay $2.6 million in civil penalties for a chocolate factory explosion three years ago that killed seven workers and sent flames shooting into the air. The Public Utility Commission filed a formal complaint against the UGI Utilities […]
MARCY, N.Y. (AP) — A drone flew over the grounds of an upstate New York prison after midnight and released a package containing knives, a cellphone, bandannas, hair clippers and a green leafy substance between two dormitories, officials said Wednesday. The package was quickly recovered by staff after the drone was detected flying above the […]
ATLANTA (AP) — It seemed like the stars had aligned for Republicans to get rid of their biggest targets — Georgia’s touch screen voting machines. But the complicated reality of changing voting systems has gotten in the way, despite the ascent of 2020 election deniers into influential places in state government and the second Donald […]
Labor rights leader Dolores Huerta says she was sexually abused by César Chavez amid reported allegations of abuse by others during his tenure as president of The United Farm Workers union. On Wednesday, an investigation by the New York Times found that Chavez, groomed and sexually abused young girls who worked in the movement, including […]
VILLA RICA, Ga. (AP) — Shaquille O’Neal is offering to pay for the funeral of a 12-year-old Georgia girl who died a few days after she collapsed following a fight after school. The former NBA superstar said he doesn’t want the family of Jada Smith to deal with the financial burden of a funeral while […]
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — About 2,400 Kaiser Permanente mental health professionals were striking Wednesday in Northern California over concerns that the health care giant is replacing therapists with artificial intelligence. Kaiser says the union claim is false and AI will not replace human assessment or make care decisions for patients. Facilities are open, the company […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Luigi Mangione’s lawyers asked a judge on Wednesday to postpone his federal trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson until early next year and said they will seek to have his state murder trial delayed until September. In a letter to U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnett, Mangione’s lawyers said […]
