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Judge finds cases against 5 in Gov. Whitmer plot can move forward
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Prosecutors provided enough evidence to move toward trial for five Michigan men accused of plotting to kidnap the state’s governor, a federal judge ruled Friday in Grand Rapids. A two-day preliminary hearing this week featured testimony by one of the FBI agents who ran the investigation,...
Thousands arrive in Hawaii on 1st day pre-travel testing
About 8,000 people landed in Hawaii on the first day of a pre-travel testing program that allowed travelers to come to the islands without quarantining for two weeks if they could produce a negative coronavirus test. Angela Margos was among the first passengers in San Francisco to get on a...
France: Teacher decapitated, suspect shot dead by police
A history teacher who opened a discussion with students on caricatures of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad was beheaded in a French street on Friday and police have shot dead the suspected killer, authorities said. The French anti-terrorism prosecutor opened an investigation for murder with a suspected terrorist motive, the prosecutor’s office...
U.K. says EU trade talks ‘over’ after EU says they’ll continue
LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Friday that the U.K. must prepare for a no-deal break with the European Union unless there is a “fundamental” change of position from the bloc, as the two sides swapped blame for failing to strike a deal with just weeks until the...
3 men die, 1 injured at Florida motorcycle club shooting
ORLANDO, Fla. — Three men died and one man was injured in an early Friday shooting sparked by a confrontation at a Florida warehouse used by a motorcycle club, officials said. The Orange County Sheriff’s office says deputies are looking for suspects who may have fled the area in Orlando,...
Cops: Cleveland teen fatally shoots mom’s fiance in domestic dispute
CLEVELAND — A 13-year-old boy shot and killed his mother’s fiance as the man argued with other children inside a Cleveland home, authorities said. The shooting occurred around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday. Authorities have not said what spurred the argument in the home or how many people were involved, but they...
Thai PM rejects calls to resign, faces renewed protests
BANGKOK — Thailand’s prime minister rejected calls for his resignation Friday, while his government failed to stop student-led protesters from rallying again in the capital in defiance of a strict state of emergency. More than 1,000 protesters gathered in torrential monsoon rains to push their core demands, including that Prime...
Twitter changes hacked content rules after Biden story furor
Twitter said late Thursday it was changing its policy on hacked content after an outcry about its handling of an unverified political story that prompted cries of censorship from the right. The social media company will no longer remove hacked material unless it’s directly shared by hackers or those working...
AP-NORC poll: Voters see the nation as fundamentally divided
NEW YORK — The overwhelming majority of voters believe the nation is deeply divided over its most important values, and many have doubts about the health of the democracy itself. And supporters of President Donald Trump and Joe Biden alike think the opposing candidate will make things even worse if...
Colorado man described as neo-Nazi pleads guilty in synagogue plot
DENVER — A man described by U.S. prosecutors as a neo-Nazi and white supremacist pleaded guilty on Thursday to a hate crime for plotting to bomb a historic Colorado synagogue last year. Richard Holzer, 28, pleaded guilty to attempting to stop people from exercising their religion with an explosive or...
Man shot by 3-year-old daughter in car; passenger charged
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A man has been charged in connection with the fatal shooting of a father by his 3-year-old daughter in a car in Memphis. Court documents said Allante Jones, 26, has been charged with reckless homicide and unlawful possession of a weapon in the death of Jerome Smith...
DOJ charges Texas billionaire in $2 billion tax fraud scheme
SAN FRANCISCO — Federal prosecutors charged Texas billionaire Robert Brockman on Thursday with a $2 billion tax fraud scheme in what they say is the largest such case against an American. Department of Justice officials said at a news conference that Brockman, 79, hid capital gains income over 20 years...
Watch Live: Confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett
After the two days of questioning, the Senate Judiciary panel is scheduled to start considering the nomination Thursday morning. The meeting, which is a procedural formality, will be held ahead of a panel of law experts and advocates who will testify for and against Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett’s...
Senate Judiciary sets Oct. 22 vote on Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination
WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee convened Thursday and set an Oct. 22 vote on Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination as Republicans race to confirm President Donald Trump’s pick before the Nov. 3 election. The session is without Barrett after two long days of public testimony in which she...
Postal Service agrees to reverse service changes
HELENA, Mont. — The U.S. Postal Service agreed Wednesday to reverse changes that slowed mail service nationwide, settling a lawsuit filed by Montana Gov. Steve Bullock during a pandemic that is expected to force many more people to vote by mail. The lawsuit filed against Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and...
Jury finds Nebraska woman guilty of dismembering Tinder date
LEXINGTON, Neb.— A jury found a woman guilty Wednesday of the killing another woman who disappeared after a Tinder date and whose dismembered remains were later found in trash bags along rural Nebraska roads. Jurors took less than four hours to find Bailey Boswell, 26, guilty of first-degree murder, conspiracy...
Fierce wind fans Rockies wildfires, new evacuations orderedVideo
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Strong wind fanned two Rocky Mountain wildfires Wednesday, prompting new evacuation orders as one of them spread toward communities that lie outside Rocky Mountain National Park. Cool autumn weather had been helping firefighters in their efforts to quell the Mullen Fire in southeastern Wyoming and northern Colorado...
California braces for renewed fire threat from windy weather
SAN FRANCISCO — Dry, windy weather posed an extreme wildfire risk Wednesday in Northern California, where massive blazes already have destroyed hundreds of homes and killed or injured dozens of people. The National Weather Service issued a red-flag warning for extreme fire danger from 5 a.m. through Friday morning. With...
White woman charged in racist NYC run-in made a 2nd 911 call
NEW YORK — Amy Cooper, the white woman charged with filing a false police report for calling 911 during a dispute with a Black man in New York’s Central Park in May, made a second, previously unreported call in which she falsely claimed the man had “tried to assault her,”...
Earth breaks September heat record, may reach warmest year
Earth sweltered to a record hot September last month, with U.S. climate officials saying there’s nearly a two-to-one chance that 2020 will end up as the globe’s hottest year on record. Boosted by human-caused climate change, global temperatures averaged 60.75 degrees (15.97 Celsius) last month, edging out 2015 and 2016...
Cottonelle issues recall on flushable wipes because of possible bacteria contamination
Kimberly-Clark has issued a recall of its Cottonelle Flushable Wipes and Cottonelle GentlePlus Flushable Wipes because they may be contaminated with bacteria. The wipes were made between Feb. 7 and Sept. 14. According to the Cottonelle website, the wipes may be contaminated with “a bacterium (Pluralibacter gergoviae) which naturally occurs...
Attacks by suspected jihadists kill 22 in central Mali
BAMAKO, Mali — Suspected Islamic extremists have carried out a series of attacks in central Mali killing at least 22 people, a spokesman for Mali’s defense minister said Wednesday. The attacks were the deadliest in Mali since an Aug. 18 military coup overthrew the country’s democratically elected president. Ten civilians...
Pope apologizes for keeping distance as virus cases spike
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis apologized to the faithful Wednesday for not being able to greet them and shake their hands as Italy posted a record spike in coronavirus infections that is threatening to once again spiral out of control. Instead of wading into the crowd to embrace the sick...
St. Louis couple who waved guns at protest plead not guilty
ST. LOUIS — A St. Louis couple celebrated in some circles and vilified in others for waving guns at protesters marching on their private street pleaded not guilty to two felony charges at a brief hearing Wednesday. Mark and Patricia McCloskey, who are both attorneys in their early 60s, were...
Federal judge extends Virginia voter registration deadline
RICHMOND, Va. — A federal judge has extended the deadline for registering to vote in Virginia by 48 hours after the state’s online voter registration system went down because of an accidentally severed cable. Wednesday’s order by U.S. District Judge John A. Gibney Jr. in Richmond is an effort to...
