How inflatable costumes ballooned at anti-Trump rallies due to a Portland protester’s frog outfit
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Seth Todd was wearing an inflatable frog costume while protesting outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Building in Portland, Oregon, when a federal officer unleashed a torrent of chemical spray directly into
Alabama to execute man for 1993 murder in state’s latest nitrogen gas execution
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama inmate convicted of killing a man over a drug debt was set to be executed Thursday evening in the state’s latest death sentence carried out with nitrogen gas. Anthony Boyd, 54,
Federal agents sent to San Francisco area and mayor says it’s meant to incite ‘chaos and violence’
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard said Wednesday it is providing a base of operations for U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents in the San Francisco area as part of its effort to support federal
White House uses USDA funds to open offices during shutdown
The administration is tapping into the Commodity Credit Corporation, an agency within the Agriculture Department, to reopen key offices nationwide that help farmers and ranchers access federal aid. The USDA says about 2,100 Farm Service Agency offices
NYC mayoral candidates clash bitterly during final debate
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s mayoral candidates clashed bitterly during their final debate Wednesday evening, as Democrat Zohran Mamdani tried to maintain his lead and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa cast him as out
Former world chess champion may face discipline for unproven claims about Daniel Naroditsky
Chess’s international governing body said Wednesday it’s considering disciplinary action against a former Russian world champion who persistently leveled unproven cheating allegations at Daniel Naroditsky in the year leading up to the American grandmaster’s death. The Charlotte
Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada will double its non-US exports as Canadians can’t rely on US
TORONTO (AP) — Prime Minister Mark Carney set a goal for Canada to double its non-U.S. exports in the next decade, saying American tariffs are causing a chill in investment. Carney, who will release his government’s budget
Families describe deaths, violence in Alabama prisons as they push for change
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Chase Mathis told prison guards he was being threatened by other inmates and feared for his life. But within hours of being moved to an adjacent prison, he was dead. Mathis died June
NCAA allows college athletes to bet on professional sports starting Nov. 1
The NCAA approved a rule change on Wednesday that will allow athletes and athletic department staff members to bet on professional sports. Two weeks after the Division I cabinet approved the change, Division II and III management
Former Chicago gang leader asks Pritzker for clemency following Trump pardon
CHICAGO (AP) — One of Chicago’s most infamous gang leaders asked Gov. JB Pritzker for clemency Wednesday after winning a pardon from President Donald Trump earlier this spring, arguing that he had been “lost in an enduring
