By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A federal grand jury indicted the leader of the Black Lives Matter movement in Oklahoma City over allegations that millions of dollars in grant funds were improperly spent on international trips, groceries and personal real estate, ...
By GABRIELA AOUN ANGUEIRA Associated Press A meeting by a council appointed by President Donald Trump that was meant to announce recommended reforms to the Federal Emergency Management Agency was abruptly canceled Thursday, according to a person familiar with the matter and a separate ...
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly two dozen House Republicans joined Democrats Thursday to pass a bill that would restore collective bargaining rights for hundreds of thousands of federal employees, an attempt to overturn an executive order that President ...
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and DORANY PINEDA Associated Press The Trump administration is expanding its crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion by ordering national parks to purge their gift shops of items it deems objectionable. The Interior Department said in a memo last month that ...
By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Conservation groups and an Iñupiat-aligned group sued Thursday to overturn the recent approval of an exploratory drilling program in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, saying it was improperly analyzed by the federal government ...
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (AP) — The commission that oversees public television in Arkansas voted Thursday to sever ties with PBS, making it the first state to end its contract with the broadcast giant that provides popular television programs such as "Sesame Street," "Nova" and "Antiques ...
By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee executed Harold Wayne Nichols by lethal injection Thursday in Nashville for the 1988 rape and murder of Karen Pulley, a 20-year-old student at Chattanooga State Community College. Nichols, 64, had confessed to killing ...
By JOHN O'CONNOR Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Chicago Police Department knew that Officer Carlos Baker was reckless and posed a threat to his partner, Krystal Rivera, before Baker fatally shot her last summer while the pair attempted to apprehend a suspect with a gun, a ...
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — Defense attorneys and prosecutors selected the jury Thursday that will decide whether a Wisconsin judge accused of helping a Mexican immigrant dodge federal officers committed a crime. Federal prosecutors charged Milwaukee County ...
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Thursday rejected legislation to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits, essentially guaranteeing that millions of Americans will see a steep rise in costs at the beginning of the year. As Republicans and Democrats ...
NEW YORK (AP) — A Hollywood director was convicted Thursday on charges that he scammed Netflix out of $11 million for a show that never materialized, while he instead used the cash for lavish purchases that included several Rolls-Royces, a Ferrari and about $1 million in mattresses and luxury ...
By MATT BROWN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Thursday dismissed an effort to impeach President Donald Trump brought by Democratic Rep. Al Green of Texas, the second time this year that the Democrat's efforts to launch impeachment proceedings have been turned aside. The ...
By DAVE COLLINS, MATT O'BRIEN and BARBARA ORTUTAY Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The heirs of an 83-year-old Connecticut woman are suing ChatGPT maker OpenAI and its business partner Microsoft for wrongful death, alleging that the artificial intelligence chatbot intensified her ...
By CLAIRE RAFFORD/Mirror Indy Mirror Indy Arneetrice Lane was determined to finish college this time. She'd previously taken classes at Indiana Wesleyan University and Ivy Tech Community College, but didn't graduate from either. Neither school felt right for her. But when she enrolled at ...
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday linked the seizure of an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela to the Trump administration's counterdrug efforts in Latin America as tensions escalate with the government of President Nicolás ...
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The father of two Kentucky State University students charged with murder in an on-campus shooting that killed one student and critically injured another was ordered held on $1 million cash bond Thursday. Jacob Lee Bard appeared by video from jail during the brief ...
By JOSH FUNK and MARK VANCLEAVE Associated Press RANDOLPH, Minn. (AP) — When Donald Trump promised new tariffs while running for president, Gene Stehly worried that trade disputes would jeopardize his international sales of corn, soybeans and wheat. A little more than a year later, ...
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch faces a March court hearing to determine whether he's competent to stand trial on sex trafficking charges after being hospitalized in recent months for dementia and Alzheimer's symptoms. If he's ...
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission on Thursday approved licenses for dispensaries, a key step to making medical marijuana available in the state after years of delay. Commission Chairman Rex Vaughn estimated the products will ...
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press SHAKOPEE, Minn. (AP) — Mike Lindell, the fervent supporter of President Donald Trump known to TV viewers as the "MyPillow Guy," officially entered the race for Minnesota governor Thursday in hopes of winning the Republican nomination to challenge ...