U.S./World category, Page 1230
Detainee on hunger strike details force-feeding
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has confirmed there are now nine men — up from six earlier this week — being force-fed under court order in a detention center in El Paso. One of the hunger strikers, a 22-year-old man from India who called The Associated Press on Friday, described...
Boy, 4, finds gun and shoots pregnant mom in the face
SEATTLE — A 4-year-old boy in a Washington state apartment found a loaded gun under a mattress and used it to shoot his pregnant mother in the face, authorities said Sunday. The 27-year-old woman and her boyfriend were watching television in bed Saturday when their son found the gun between...
Pope Francis in United Arab Emirates for historic trip
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Pope Francis landed Sunday in Abu Dhabi on the first-ever papal trip to the Arabian Peninsula, where he is seeking to turn a page in Christian-Muslim relations while ministering to an unusual, thriving Catholic community. Francis earlier Sunday called for the urgent observation of...
Grammy-nominated rapper 21 Savage in U.S. immigration custody
ATLANTA — Grammy-nominated rapper 21 Savage was taken into federal immigration custody early Sunday, authorities said. The artist, whose given name is Sha Yaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, was arrested in a targeted operation in the Atlanta area involving local and federal law enforcement officers, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman Bryan...
Kansas judge calls children the ‘aggressor’ in sex with 67-year-old man
Can children ages 13 and 14 years old be the aggressors in a sexual encounter with a 67-year-old man? A Leavenworth County, Kan., judge said he thought so when he reduced the prison sentence for a man who paid for sex with young girls he solicited on the internet. District...
Trump: NFL people thankful he signed criminal justice bill
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump said “a lot of people” from the NFL have been calling and thanking him for signing legislation addressing concerns with the criminal justice system. Trump also said during an interview broadcast Sunday that he and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell have set aside...
Trump expecting Patriots to capture 6th Super Bowl trophy
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump expects the New England Patriots to win a sixth Super Bowl trophy Sunday. He calls quarterback Tom Brady and head coach Bill Belichick the best ever and says the New Orleans Saints were victims of a “terrible” call that possibly kept them...
Changed Supreme Court weighing Louisiana abortion clinic law
WASHINGTON — The outcome of a fight over a Louisiana law regulating abortion providers could signal whether a fortified conservative majority on the Supreme Court is willing to cut back on abortion rights. The high court is expected to decide in the next few days whether the state can begin...
Virginia governor digs in, says he wasn’t in racist photo
RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s insistence that no, on further consideration, that’s not him in the racist photo that appeared on his 1984 medical school yearbook page did nothing to quell the clamor from his own party Sunday for him to resign. In fact, the Democrat’s stunning about-face...
MMA fighter wanted in killings captured after escaping van
CONROE, Texas — An MMA fighter suspected of killing two people, including an ex-girlfriend, was captured Sunday after escaping from a prisoner transport van in Texas, authorities said. Cedric Marks was taken into custody after a nine-hour manhunt involving multiple law enforcement agencies, Conroe police Lt. Scott Spencer said in...
1 deputy killed, another wounded in 12-hour standoff in Ohio
CINCINNATI — A sheriff’s deputy was shot and killed during a 12-hour standoff at an apartment complex in Ohio that left another deputy wounded and a suspect in custody, authorities said Sunday. Capt. Jeff Sellars of the Clermont County Sheriff’s Office said officers responded about 7 p.m. Saturday to the...
Trump says he wouldn’t steer son Barron toward football
PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump says he wouldn’t steer son Barron toward football, saying it’s “a dangerous sport,” but also wouldn’t stand in the way if the soccer-playing 12-year-old wanted to put on pads. The NFL fan tells CBS’ “Face the Nation” in an interview taped before the...
Protesters pushed back at New York federal jail where power went out
NEW YORK — Some demonstrators protesting the lack of heat and electricity at a federal detention center in New York City attempted to enter the facility Sunday, and witnesses said guards drove them back with pushes, shoves and pepper spray. A reporter and photographer for The Associated Press were at...
TSA officer jumps to his death at Orlando airport
ORLANDO, Fla. — An officer from the Transportation Security Administration jumped to his death from a balcony inside Florida’s busiest airport Saturday, creating panic that brought some security checkpoints to a halt for hours and caused serious delays. Panicked passengers rushed past checkpoints leading to about half of the gates...
Hashtag stirs debate over role of Christian schools in U.S.
NEW YORK — For their supporters, the thousands of Christian schools across America are literally a blessing — a place where children can learn in accordance with biblical teachings, untainted by the secular norms of public schools. To critics, many of these Christian schools venture too often into indoctrination, with...
Parents of 2 Parkland victims want Pulitzer for local paper
PASADENA, Calif. — Two parents who lost daughters in last year’s Parkland, Florida, school shooting are calling for their local newspaper to win the Pulitzer Prize, saying the South Florida Sun Sentinel has stayed on the story to demand accountability long after the national media left. The parents, Ryan Petty...
Judge: Companion of late gorilla Koko must go back to zoo
CINCINNATI — A male silverback gorilla loaned to a California group in 1991 as a possible mate for Koko, the gorilla who astounded the world by learning sign language, must be returned to a zoo in Cincinnati, a federal judge in San Francisco ruled Friday. Judge Richard Seeborg’s ruling said...
New Mexico ceremony marks ‘horrible’ discovery of bodies
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The notes are written on paper tags, tributes to the nine women, two teenage girls and unborn child found buried 10 years ago atop a New Mexico mesa. One bears a stick-figure angel and a message from a woman who says the victims watch over her. Another...
Lawyers: New York City inmates stuck in freezing cells
NEW YORK — Hundreds of inmates at a federal jail in New York City have spent days in cold, dark cells amid frigid weather and without access to visitors or email, attorneys for the inmates said Friday. Lawyers from the Federal Defenders office said there’s been limited electricity, heat and...
Lawyer: Suspect in 5 killings wanted to say ‘I’m sorry’
WARSAW, Va. — A man charged with killing his parents and three others in Louisiana drove to Virginia to try to hug and kiss two aunts and a grandmother goodbye, his court-appointed attorney in Virginia said Friday. Dakota Theriot declined to fight extradition back to Louisiana, and authorities flew him...
Big storm sets sights on California, evacuations ordered
SAN FRANCISCO — A powerful storm bearing down on California on Friday was expected to produce heavy rainfall, damaging winds, localized stream flooding and heavy snow in the Sierra Nevada, forecasters said. Evacuations were ordered or recommended in advance for residents of some of the many areas stripped bare by...
Judge in Roger Stone case says she’s considering gag order
WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Friday cautioned longtime Donald Trump confidant Roger Stone not to treat the charges against him like a public relations campaign or book tour, and said she may issue a gag order in the case. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson said she had already...
Man gets 48-year sentence after fatal argument over popcorn
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A man who got in an argument with his cousin over popcorn and struck him in the head with a baseball bat has been sentenced to 48 years in prison for manslaughter. The Montgomery Advertiser reports 29-year-old Richard Wilson was sentenced Thursday in Johnny Waits’ 2016 death....
Palestinians, Israeli troops clash in West Bank, Gaza
JERUSALEM — Palestinian protesters and Israeli troops skirmished Friday as hundreds demonstrated against violence by Jewish settlers in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and thousands more against a crippling Israeli-Egyptian blockade in the militant Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. In Gaza, mass demonstrations along the perimeter fence with Israel have been a weekly...
Whole Foods recalls 365 Everyday Value brand tortilla chips in U.S., Canada
Whole Foods Market has recalled 365 Everyday Value White Corn Tortilla Chips, the FDA said Friday. The chips were recalled and removed from Whole Foods Market shelves because the product might contain undeclared milk that was not listed on the product label. “People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity...
