Elephant hunting is legal again in Botswana
The nation of Botswana has lifted a ban on elephant hunting. The ban has been in place since 2014. The president of Botswana, Mokgweetsi Masisi, set up a committee in February to explore the possibility of lifting the ban. The committee came to the conclusion that the legal hunting of elephants would benefit the nation. The […]7 years ago
Mexicans buy fake cellphones to hand over in muggings
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Armed robberies have gotten so common aboard buses in Mexico City that commuters have come up with a clever if disheartening solution: Many are buying fake cellphones, to hand over to thieves instead of their real smartphones. Costing 300 to 500 pesos apiece — the equivalent of $15 to $25 — […]7 years ago
Democratic impeachment calls swell as McGahn defies subpoena
WASHINGTON (AP) — More Democrats are calling — and more loudly — for impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump after his latest defiance of Congress by blocking his former White House lawyer from testifying on Tuesday. A growing number of rank-and-file House Democrats, incensed by former counsel Don McGahn’s empty chair in the Judiciary Committee […]7 years ago
Hundreds protest abortion bans at Utah Capitol building
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Several hundred people gathered at the Utah State Capitol Tuesday afternoon to join a nationwide protest against abortion bans being passed around the country. “My body, my choice!” chants caught the attention of lawmakers and others. Parents with babies strapped to their chest and teenagers who left school early to attend the […]7 years ago
NFL owners to consider tweaking pass interference reviews
KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) — NFL owners meeting Wednesday will consider a proposal to refine the new rule that allows challenges involving pass interference, and may also announce locations to host upcoming drafts. Owners voted in March to allow interference calls or non-calls to be challenged by coaches and reviewed via replay as a one-year […]7 years ago
Project Recovery: Casey Scott and Dr. Matt answer your questions
Casey Scott and Dr. Matt Woolley decided that when they started the Project Recovery podcast it would be worth it if the podcast helped just one person. In this episode of Project Recovery, Casey and Dr. Matt share some of your letters and emails. People have written in to talk about how the show has […]7 years ago
Police to return property seized from San Francisco reporter
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A San Francisco journalist whose equipment was seized in a police raid will get back his property, a police attorney said Tuesday at a court hearing, but that did not resolve larger issues in the case that alarmed journalism advocates. Authorities have said the May 10 raids of freelancer Bryan Carmody’s […]7 years ago
Illinois not alerted to early clues in womb-cutting case
CHICAGO (AP) — Police and Illinois’ child welfare agency say staff at a Chicago-area hospital didn’t alert them after determining that a bloodied woman who arrived with a gravely ill newborn had not just given birth to the baby boy, as she claimed. The woman, Clarisa Figueroa, was charged more than three weeks later with killing […]7 years ago
Digital billboard catches fire in Times Square
NEW YORK (AP) — Firefighters have responded to the scene of digital billboard on fire in Times Square. Flames stated to shoot out of the LED billboard just after 3 p.m. Saturday. The Fire Department says no injuries have been reported and there was no damage to the building the sign is attached to. A […]7 years ago
Female lawmakers speak about rapes as abortion bills advance
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — For more than two decades, Nancy Mace did not speak publicly about her rape. In April, when she finally broke her silence, she chose the most public of forums — before her colleagues in South Carolina’s legislature. A bill was being debated that would ban all abortions after a fetal heartbeat […]7 years ago
Report shocks, angers some of Ohio State doc’s 177 victims
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Victims of a now-dead Ohio State team doctor are reacting with shock, grief and anger at investigative findings documenting a heinous pattern of sexual abuse that many of them say they experienced as young men and then worked for decades to forget. Their reactions follow the university’s release of a report […]7 years ago
Two dead in Utah County helicopter crash
Utah County – A helicopter crashed in the mountains above Alpine on Friday. The two persons who were on board were found deceased. Sgt. Spencer Cannon of the Utah County Sheriff’s Office received a call on Friday at about 4 p.m. about an overdue helicopter, according to KSL TV. The call to the sheriff’s office […]7 years ago
Pregnant Chicago woman slain, baby cut from her womb
CHICAGO (AP) — A pregnant woman who had gone to a Chicago home in response to a Facebook offer of free baby clothes was strangled and her baby cut from her womb, police and family members said. The newborn was in grave condition and not expected to survive, and three people were taken into custody, […]7 years ago
Project Recovery: Pro skateboarder Brandon Novak shares how perception saved his life
Actor and professional skateboarder Brandon Novak says he does everything all the way or not at all. This attitude of being fully engaged led him to the heights of fame within the world of skateboarding. And the rock-bottom lows of drug addiction. Early in his life, his skills on the skateboard rocketed him to a […]7 years ago
Medical examiner: Chokehold triggered Eric Garner’s death
NEW YORK (AP) — A medical examiner who performed an autopsy on Eric Garner says a police officer’s chokehold set into motion “a lethal sequence of events” that led to his death five years ago. Dr. Floriana Persechino detailed the findings in testimony Wednesday at New York Police Department Officer Daniel Pantaleo’s disciplinary trial. Persechino says hemorrhaging […]7 years ago
Alabama ban on nearly all abortions in GOP governor’s hands
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers voted to outlaw almost all abortions in the state, igniting a legal and political battle over what would be the most restrictive law in the country as conservatives aim to challenge the Supreme Court’s 1973 decision that legalized abortion nationwide. The legislation would make performing an abortion a felony […]7 years ago
Protestors oppose U.S. pressure on Poland to return property stolen during WWII
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Thousands of Polish nationalists marched to the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw Saturday, protesting that the U.S. is putting pressure on Poland to compensate Jews whose families lost property during the Holocaust. The protest took place amid a dramatic rise in anti-Semitic hate speech in public life in Poland and it appeared […]7 years ago
Man who reported girl missing arrested in her disappearance
HOUSTON (AP) — The man who reported 4-year-old Maleah Davis had been abducted from him last weekend was arrested near Houston Saturday in connection with her disappearance and police say they have found blood in his apartment linked to her. Darion Vence, who had lived with Maleah and her mother, was arrested without incident at […]7 years ago
Dennis Rodman accused of stealing from yoga studio
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — The owner of a Southern California yoga studio is accusing Dennis Rodman of helping three people steal more than $3,500 in merchandise from his business. Ali Shah says security cameras captured the former NBA star walking into Vibes Hot Yoga in Newport Beach on Tuesday with his alleged accomplices. Shah […]7 years ago
More ‘heartbeat’ abortion bans advancing in South, Midwest
If a new Mississippi law survives a court challenge, it will be nearly impossible for most pregnant women to get an abortion there. Or, potentially, in neighboring Louisiana. Or Alabama. Or Georgia. The Louisiana legislature is halfway toward passing a law — like the ones enacted in Mississippi and Georgia — that will ban abortions after a fetal heartbeat […]7 years ago
Self-impeach? Talk shifts toward Trump defiance of Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has introduced a new concept into the debate over President Donald Trump’s actions: “self-impeaching.” As Trump all but goads Democrats into impeachment proceedings , viewing the showdown as potentially valuable for his 2020 re-election campaign , Democrats are trying to showrestraint. Their investigations are both intensifying but also moving slowly as Democrats dig into the […]7 years ago
Uber, Lyft losses keep competitors at bay
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A fare war between Uber and Lyft has led to billions of dollars in losses for both ride-hailing companies as they fight for passengers and drivers. But in one way it has been good for investors who snatched up the newly public companies’ stock: The losses have scared off the competition, […]7 years ago
Landmark UN plastic waste pact gets approved but not by US
GENEVA (AP) — Nearly every country in the world has agreed upon a legally binding framework to reduce the pollution from plastic waste except for the United States, U.N. environmental officials say. An agreement on tracking thousands of types of plastic waste emerged Friday at the end of a two-week meeting of U.N.-backed conventions on […]7 years ago
