Republicans want to reprimand Rep. Maxine Waters for police protest remarks
WASHINGTON — House Republicans are rallying around efforts to try to reprimand Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters of California for comments she made over the weekend encouraging protesters awaiting a verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin. If Chauvin, who is standing trial for the death of...
Suspect in Wisconsin bar shooting that killed 3 identifiedVideo
KENOSHA, Wis. — The man in custody in connection with a shooting at a southeastern Wisconsin tavern that left three men dead and three others injured was involved in a fight at the bar before coming back with a handgun and opening fire, authorities said Monday. Rakayo Alandis Vinson, 24,...
Walgreens pharmacy distributes saline, not vaccine, to 22 in North Carolina
RALEIGH, N.C. — A Walgreens pharmacy in a North Carolina town gave a small number of people an injection of saline instead of a covid-19 vaccine last month, the company said Monday. Erin Loverher, a Walgreens spokesperson, said 22 people at one location were affected by the mix-up on March...
Leaders of Proud Boys ordered jailed on Capitol riot charges
A federal judge on Monday ordered two leaders of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group to be arrested and jailed while awaiting trial on charges they planned and coordinated an attack on the U.S. Capitol to stop Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s electoral victory. Joseph Biggs and Ethan Nordean...
Cuba’s Communist Party chooses Miguel Díaz-Canel as leader
HAVANA — In many ways, Cuba’s new maximum leader is nothing like those who have governed the island for the past six decades. Miguel Díaz-Canel was never a guerrilla fighter and was for only a few years, like all Cubans of his generation, a soldier. He rose peacefully and diligently...
Supreme Court rejects lingering Pa. 2020 election challenge case
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday said it will not hear a case out of Pennsylvania related to the 2020 election, a dispute that had lingered while similar election challenges had already been rejected by the justices. The high court directed a lower court to dismiss the case as...
EU estimates 150,000 Russian troops near Ukraine’s borders
BRUSSELS — The European Union’s foreign policy chief has estimated that more than 150,000 Russian troops have already amassed for the biggest military buildup ever near Ukraine’s borders and that it will only take “a spark” to set off a confrontation. Josep Borrell also said Monday that the condition of...
Florida Gov. DeSantis signs controversial ‘anti-riot’ bill into law
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Florida’s controversial “anti-riot” bill into law on Monday, a measure that vastly increases law enforcement’s powers to crack down on civil unrest. The bill, which passed mostly along partisan lines, has been criticized by Democrats and civil rights groups as unconstitutional for infringing on the First...
U.S. sends team to probe fatal Tesla crash with no driver
DETROIT — Federal safety regulators have sent a team to investigate the fatal crash of a Tesla in a Houston suburb in which local authorities say no one was behind the wheel. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Monday it has sent a Special Crash Investigation team to Spring,...
Insurer to pay $8M to Black man paralyzed by Iowa officer
IOWA CITY, Iowa — An insurance company for the City of Cedar Rapids will pay $8 million to a Black motorist who was paralyzed after a white police officer shot him during a 2016 traffic stop, both sides announced Monday. The payout will settle a long-running lawsuit brought by Jerime...
Prosecutor: FedEx shooter didn’t have ‘red flag’ hearing
INDIANAPOLIS — A former FedEx employee who shot and killed eight people at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis never appeared before a judge for a hearing under Indiana’s “red flag” law, even after his mother called police last year to say her son might commit “suicide by cop,” a prosecutor...
Oregon gun storage law would be among toughest in U.S.
SALEM, Ore. — A proposed gun storage law that would be among the toughest in the U.S. is headed for a vote Monday in the Oregon Legislature, with backers saying it will save lives and opponents contending it could lead to deaths. Hundreds of people have testified about the measure,...
4/20 munchies? Gobbleritos on the menu at Mad Mex
You’ve heard of Christmas in July. How about Thanksgiving in April? Mad Mex, the regional restaurant with 12 locations in the Pittsburgh region, will be selling its signature Gobbleritos on Tuesday. The Gobblerito is among the biggest burritos crafted at Mad Mex, the flagship of Big Burrito Restaurant Group, and...
UN experts slam U.K. report for repackaging ‘racist tropes’
LONDON — A body of experts that advises the United Nations on human rights concerns has slammed a widely criticized British government-backed report that concluded there was no systemic racism in the country. The U.N. Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent said Monday that it found it...
74-year-old man dies while skydiving in Monroe County
A 74-year-old man was killed in a skydiving accident in Monroe County on Sunday morning. Ed Harney, of Paramus, N.J., was found dead in a wooded area in Smithfield Township, near East Stroudsburg, WNEP is reporting. According to reports, Harney’s parachute opened, but it got separated from him during his...
India’s capital to lock down amid explosive coronavirus surgeVideo
NEW DELHI — New Delhi imposed a weeklong lockdown Monday night to prevent the collapse of the Indian capital’s health system, which authorities said had been pushed to its limit amid an explosive surge in coronavirus cases. In scenes familiar from surges elsewhere, ambulances catapulted from one hospital to another,...
NASA’s Mars helicopter takes flight, 1st for another planet
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s experimental Mars helicopter rose from the dusty red surface into the thin air Monday, achieving the first powered, controlled flight on another planet. The triumph was hailed as a Wright Brothers moment. The mini 4-pound (1.8-kilogram) copter named Ingenuity, in fact, carried a bit of...
Officials: Hunger-striking Navalny to go to prison hospital
MOSCOW — Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is in the third week of a hunger strike, will be admitted to a hospital in another prison, the Russian state penitentiary service said Monday, after the politician’s doctor said he could be near death. The prison service, FSIN, also said that...
Maryland’s Ocean City seeks to shush the boardwalk a little
OCEAN CITY, Md. — The Town of Ocean City is considering a new noise ordinance this week to tighten up on loud music and shouting on its iconic boardwalk. The town council will take up discussion at its meeting Monday on the proposal, which limits noise from speakers, radios, or...
U.S. warns Russia of ‘consequences’ if Putin critic Alexei Navalny diesVideo
The United States warned Russia of “consequences” if jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny dies, deepening the conflict over the dissident who has already survived an alleged assassination attempt and is now engaged in the third week of a hunger strike. Navalny’s supporters on Sunday called for demonstrations across Russia on...
New conservative group would save ‘Anglo-Saxon’ traditions
WASHINGTON — Hard-right House Republicans on Friday were discussing forming an America First Caucus, which one document described as championing “Anglo-Saxon political traditions” and warning that mass immigration was putting the “unique identity” of the U.S. at risk. The Associated Press obtained a copy of the paper, which was first...
Half of U.S. adults have received at least one covid-19 shotVideo
WASHINGTON — Half of all adults in the U.S. have received at least one covid-19 shot, the government announced Sunday, marking another milestone in the nation’s largest-ever vaccination campaign but leaving more work to do to persuade skeptical Americans to roll up their sleeves. Almost 130 million people 18 or...
Michigan governor says covid-19 infections could be droppingVideo
LANSING, Mich. — After leading the nation’s covid-19 daily case rate for weeks, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Sunday that Michigan could be seeing a drop in infections. Whitmer has extended a pandemic order that limits business capacity and requires masks in public, but the Democrat has avoided further restrictions in...
There’s a new, extra-potent meth invading metro Detroit — and it’s more deadly
DETROIT — A new, extra-potent methamphetamine is growing increasingly popular in Michigan and — unlike past iterations of the highly addictive stimulant — more of it’s showing up in urban areas including metro Detroit, law enforcement officials said. Adding to the level of danger associated with the drug: evidence it’s...
Sunbury woman convicted of lying to police in child death case
SUNBURY — A central Pennsylvania jury has convicted a woman of lying to investigators in the 2019 beating death of a 3-year-old girl in which her son faces charges. The (Sunbury) Daily Item reports that 51-year-old Christy Willis of Sunbury proclaimed “I am innocent” while being led out of the...
