SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s Republican secretary of state is breaking with her party and endorsing the Democrat running for the office, saying “the integrity, stability, and professionalism of this office is at stake.” Secretary of State Monae Johnson lost the nomination at the state GOP
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A long-running legal fight over Missouri’s congressional map took another turn Monday when a federal appeals panel ruled in favor of new districts backed by President Donald Trump, even though the U.S. Supreme Court has blocked those districts from being used in the Novemb
Five pro-Palestinian demonstrators whose trial earlier this year over a 2024 protest at Stanford University ended in a mistrial will have their charges dismissed if they complete community service and pay restitution, prosecutors said Monday. The defendants — one current and four former Stanford stu
BOSTON (AP) — A lawyer for Lindsay Clancy is asking a judge to investigate the conduct of the lone juror who wanted to convict the Massachusetts mother of murder in the deaths of her three young children. In a motion filed Friday but made public Monday, Clancy’s lawyer asked the court to question ju
By Andrew Hay Sept 21 (Reuters) – Two pilots died when their helicopter crashed on Sunday afternoon while dropping water on a wildfire in California’s Yosemite National Park, authorities said on Monday. Greg King, with contract firm Precision, was one of the pilots who died, according to a statement
Sept 21 (Reuters) – The US Department of Energy on Monday said it selected 21 projects for up to $99 million in funding to advance geothermal energy development, a source of around-the-clock power that has attracted growing interest from investors and energy companies. • The projects will receive up
By Jody Godoy and Chris Sanders WASHINGTON, Sept 21 (Reuters) – Critics swiftly decried a California-driven settlement with Paramount Skydance that cleared the way for its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery, saying it will hurt competition in Hollywood, failed to protect jobs and lack
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — The attorney for a North Carolina girl accused of helping two teens who carried out a deadly attack on a San Diego mosque says prosecutors haven’t provided enough information to allow him to defend his client. Sarah Santiago, 17, is charged as an adult with three counts of
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Sept 21 (Reuters) – A man was convicted by a jury of attempted murder in the late 2023 shooting of three Palestinian American students in Vermont, two of whom were wounded and one was left paralyzed from the waist down, prosecutors said on Monday. Jason Eaton was found
HOUSTON, Sept 21 (Reuters) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Monday barred the state’s environmental agency from issuing new permits for data centers until regulators complete a massive audit of the energy-hungry facilities seeking to connect to the Texas electrical grid. The Republican governor’s dir
Damaged communications lines at a key air traffic control facility in Philadelphia had been repaired, allowing airports across the U.S. Northeast to resume operations after hours of disruptions, the nation’s transportation secretary said Monday evening. Hundreds of flights were canceled, including m
Sept 21 (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump has scaled back regulations meant to protect endangered wildlife as part of a broader push to reduce permitting obstacles for energy, mining, agriculture and other development. The 50-year-old Endangered Species Act is credited with helping to save the
Two helicopter pilots were killed when their aircraft crashed Sunday afternoon while conducting water drops on a wildfire at Yosemite National Park, officials say. The pilots were the only people on board and were employed by the contract aircraft company Precision. One of the pilots was Greg King,
Burlington, Vt. (AP) — A jury on Monday convicted a Vermont man of attempted murder in the shootings of three Palestinian college students who were walking near his home, rejecting an insanity defense rooted in his claims that he was acting on orders from U.S. and Israeli intelligence agencies. Jaso
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON, Sept 21 (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve will likely need to hike interest rates further to lower inflation resulting from strong demand as well as a commodity price shock that has moved beyond oil, St. Louis Fed President Alberto Musalem said on Monday, adding that it
CHICAGO (AP) — Twelve states and Hollywood writers challenging Paramount’s buyout of Warner Bros. Discovery agreed to settle their lawsuits on Monday, effectively paving the way for the $81 billion mega merger to cross the finish line, with some new commitments from the company. The blockbuster deal
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Venezuelan man shot by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer was in custody Monday at an ICE detention center in Texas after he was released from a hospital with a bullet still lodged in his back, according to a spokesperson for the man’s attorney. Wilber Rafael G
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding thousands of detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, an unannounced move that has made it far more difficult for lawyers and relatives to find them, according to current and former officials fa
NEW YORK (AP) — The Gates Foundation is convening Anthropic, Google, OpenAI Foundation and dozens of other organizations to help make artificial intelligence more accessible in underrepresented languages. The partners — 60 in total, according to Monday’s announcement — include frontier AI labs, corp
WASHINGTON (AP) — A top Federal Reserve official said Monday that the renewal of combat in the Middle East in August was a key reason she supported raising borrowing costs last week, when she also penciled in a second rate hike for later this year. Susan Collins, president of the Federal Reserve Ban
NEW YORK (AP) — When professional home organizer Britnee Tanner visits her clients, she often spots extra reusable bags buried under the kitchen sink or stuffed in a corner of the pantry. “They just are sneaky,” said Tanner, who lives in Salt Lake City. “I purchased a handful of these and then someh
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Sept 21 (Reuters) – A government watchdog report on Monday shows communications between US air traffic controllers and commercial airplanes are “incredibly insecure” and the Federal Aviation Administration must take steps to address threats, Senator Ron Wyden said. Th
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Susan Gonzalez plans to pay off her credit card now that she no longer needs to pay taxes on the dollar bills that she stashes away at the end of long shifts pouring beers and mixing cocktails in a smoky sports bar. Thanks to President Donald Trump, “there’s more money in our pocket
WASHINGTON (AP) — Before taking over the sprawling Justice Department investigation into foes of President Donald Trump, Joe diGenova decried the lack of progress in bringing indictments. Five months later, diGenova has left his position without charging a single case, clouding the future of an inve
By Anthony Deutsch and Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE, Sept 21 (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump’s administration is preparing sanctions against the International Criminal Court as part of a campaign to dismantle the institution created to prosecute people accused of the world’s most heinous c
NEW YORK (AP) — CNN, MS NOW and Politico on Monday sued President Donald Trump’s administration after they were barred from covering the White House over the weekend, saying the selective ban was “a blatant violation” of the First Amendment. The administration’s announcement of the bans Friday and t
PASS CHRISTIAN, Miss. (AP) — Muddy, sweat-soaked and occasionally bloody, the dedicated staff at a Mississippi wildlife center are drill sergeants. And their soldiers? Baby raccoons. Welcome to raccoon boot camp, where the goal is to help sick or injured animals learn to survive in the south Mississ
Sept 21 (Reuters) – Presley Gerber, the son of supermodel Cindy Crawford, died on Sunday aged 27. The Los Angeles Medical Examiner in its report indicated that he died in a rehabilitation facility. It did not provide a cause of death. Gerber was the eldest child of Crawford and businessman Rande Ger
A man serving 130 years in prison for killing two teen girls in Indiana is asking an appeals court to overturn his convictions, saying that he confessed while he was having a psychological crisis and was unfairly barred from arguing at trial that the girls were killed by unknown participants in a pa
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Presley Gerber, the son of supermodel Cindy Crawford and businessman Rande Gerber, died on Sunday at age 27, a family representative said. Gerber died at a rehab facility, according to online records of the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner. The death was confirmed by Allie Jenk
