Michigan State suspends coach Mel Tucker after allegations he sexually harassed a rape survivor (apnews.com)
Body cam shows prolific federal drug prosecutor offering cops business card in DUI crash arrest (apnews.com)
When police arrived at his house to investigate a hit-and-run, Joseph Ruddy, one of the nation’s most prolific federal narcotics prosecutors, looked so drunk he could barely stand up straight, leaning on the tailgate of his pickup to keep his balance....
Italian ex-premier says French missile downed an airliner in 1980 by accident in bid to kill Gadhafi (apnews.com)
As Israel pushes punitive demolitions, family of 13-year-old Palestinian attacker to lose its home (apnews.com)
Earlier this year, 13-year-old Mohammed Zalabani boarded a bus at an Israeli army checkpoint in the Shuafat refugee camp and lunged at an Israeli police officer with a kitchen knife.
Top prosecutors back compensation for those sickened by US nuclear weapons testing (apnews.com)
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez and 13 other top prosecutors from around the U.S. are throwing their support behind efforts to compensate people sickened by exposure to radiation during nuclear weapons testing....
APNews: Parenting advice YouTuber Ruby Franke charged with aggravated child abuse of 2 of her 6 children (apnews.com)
Amazon CEO says 'it’s probably not going to work out' for employees who defy return-to-office policy (apnews.com)
Rail whistleblowers fired for voicing safety concerns despite efforts to end practice of retaliation (apnews.com)
Teenager wearing a helmet and bulletproof vest randomly stabs 5 people at a cafe in Turkey (apnews.com)
A teenager wearing a helmet and bulletproof vest randomly stabbed five people at an open-air cafe in northwest Turkey before being detained by police, officials and media reports said Tuesday....
Google loses massive antitrust case over search dominance | AP News (apnews.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/18320872
Frontier Airlines pilot arrested at Houston airport, forcing flight's cancellation (apnews.com)
A Frontier Airlines flight that had been set to go from Houston to the Dallas area last week got canceled not because of weather, but because one of its pilots got arrested....
About half of US state AGs went on France trip sponsored by group with lobbyist and corporate funds (apnews.com)
About half the U.S. state attorneys general traveled to France in a trip cosponsored by a group mostly funded by companies, including some under scrutiny of the top state lawyers....
US warns a famine in Sudan is on pace to be the deadliest in decades as the world looks elsewhere (apnews.com)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The newly confirmed famine at one of the sprawling camps for war-displaced people in Sudan’s Darfur region is growing uncontrolled as the country’s combatants block aid, and it threatens to grow bigger and deadlier than the world’s last major famine 13 years ago, U.S. officials warned on Friday....
Venezuela’s Maduro asks top court to audit the presidential election, but observers cry foul (apnews.com)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Nicolás Maduro on Wednesday asked Venezuela’s high court to conduct an audit of the presidential election after opposition leaders disputed his claim of victory, drawing criticism from foreign observers who said the court is too close to the government to produce an independent review....
China is restricting export of drones that can be used for military purposes and some drone features (apnews.com)
cross-posted from: lemm.ee/post/38508922
Some Ohio residents can now get $25,000 for injuries in $600 million train derailment settlement (apnews.com)
People who live near East Palestine, Ohio, can now get $25,000 apiece for any injuries they sustained after last year’s Norfolk Southern freight train derailment on top of whatever money they get for property damage as part of the $600 million class-action settlement....
California man defends his home as wildfires push devastation and spread smoke across US West (apnews.com)
In the small forest community of Cohasset, Ron Ward watched as flames hundreds of feet high from California’s deadly Park Fire approached his family ranch....
With DUI-related ejection from Army, deputy who killed Massey should have raised flags, experts say (apnews.com)
The Illinois sheriff’s deputy charged in the shooting death of Sonya Massey was kicked out of the Army for the first of two drunken driving convictions in which he had a weapon in his car, authorities said, but that didn’t stop multiple law enforcement agencies from giving him a badge....
Italy and China sign a 3-year action plan as Italian leader Meloni tries to reset relations (apnews.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/18504861
G20 finance ministers agree to work toward effectively taxing the super-rich (apnews.com)
In a reversal, Georgia now says districts can use state funding to teach AP Black studies classes (apnews.com)
Georgia state Superintendent Richard Woods said Wednesday that the state will pay for districts to teach a new Advanced Placement course in African American Studies, a day after he said districts could only teach the course using local funds....
Hunter Biden seeks dismissal of tax and gun cases (apnews.com)
The Ukrainian army pulls out from another eastern village as Russia smashes defensive positions (apnews.com)
Ukraine’s army has pulled out from the village of Urozhaine in the eastern Donetsk region, an official said Thursday, surrendering another front-line position as Russian forces blast Ukrainian defenses in a relentless onslaught....
Ex-Trump adviser Peter Navarro is released from prison and is headed to Milwaukee to address the RNC (apnews.com)
Former Trump White House official Peter Navarro was released from prison on Wednesday after completing his sentence for a contempt of Congress conviction and is expected to speak hours later at the Republican National Convention....
New deal establishes a hotline Chinese and Philippine presidents can use to stop clashes at sea (apnews.com)
