Author: Associated Press

Jimmy Carter, the 39th US president, has died at 100

By BILL BARROW and ALEX SANZ Associated Press

ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, endured humbling defeat after one tumultuous term and then redefined life after the White House as a global humanitarian, has died. He was 100 years old. The longest-lived American president died on Sunday, more than a year after…

Trump asks Supreme Court to delay TikTok ban so he can weigh in after he takes office

President-elect Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Friday to pause the potential TikTok ban from going into effect until his administration can pursue a “political resolution” to the issue. The request came as TikTok and the Biden administration filed opposing briefs to the court, in which the company argued the court should strike down a law that could ban…

Azerbaijani airliner crashes in Kazakhstan, killing 38 with 29 survivors, officials say

By KATIE MARIE DAVIES and DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press

An Azerbaijani airliner with 67 people onboard crashed Wednesday near the Kazakhstani city of Aktau, killing 38 people and leaving 29 survivors, a Kazakh official said. Deputy Prime Minister Kanat Bozumbaev disclosed the figures while meeting with Azerbaijani officials, the Russian news agency Interfax reported. The Embraer 190 was en route from the Azerbaijani capital of Baku to the Russian…

Kentucky attorney general finds no requirement to use tax dollars to pay for inmate gender surgeries

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky is under no legal requirement to use taxpayer money to cover the costs of gender-affirming surgeries for people incarcerated in state prisons, Attorney General Russell Coleman said Thursday. The state’s corrections department requested the opinion from the state’s Republican attorney general as the agency amends its administrative regulations regarding medical care for people in prison….

Suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing faces new federal murder charges with his return to New York

NEW YORK (AP) — The suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO was whisked back to New York by helicopter Thursday to face new federal charges of murder and stalking, escalating the case after his earlier indictment on state charges. Luigi Mangione agreed to go return to New York after a morning court appearance in Pennsylvania, where he was arrested…

Police chief says motive for Wisconsin school shooting was a ‘combination of factors’

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The motive for a shooting that killed a teacher and a student and wounded others at a Wisconsin school appears to be a “combination of factors,” a police chief said Tuesday as he appealed to the public to share what they might know about the 15-year-old girl who attacked a study hall before shooting herself. Madison…

3 dead, others injured in a shooting at a private Christian school in Wisconsin

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A student opened fire at a private Christian school Monday morning in Wisconsin, killing two people in the final week before Christmas break. The shooter also died, police said. Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes offered no details about the victims but said other people were wounded at Abundant Life Christian School, a K-12 school with about…

Kentucky governor unveils paid leave plan for state workers with a new child or serious illness

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky plans to provide state employees with paid time off so they can bond with a new child or deal with a serious medical situation, Gov. Andy Beshear said Thursday. The added benefit will give state executive branch workers up to six weeks of paid leave, available in three intervals during an employee’s career, the governor…

Country star Morgan Wallen sentenced in chair-throwing case

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country music star Morgan Wallen on Thursday pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts of reckless endangerment for throwing a chair from the rooftop of a six-story bar in Nashville and nearly hitting two police officers with it. Wallen, who appeared in court alongside his attorney, was sentenced to spend seven days in a DUI education center…