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DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 21, 2022--

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PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia man suspected of killing three men in two apparently random ambush-style shootings in recent weeks was arrested Thursday morning during a raid on his West Oak Lane home, police said Friday.

Reigning series champion Alex Palou arrived in Toronto for this weekend's IndyCar race with two different teams laying claim to him for next season. There's his current team, Chip Ganassi Racing, which said Tuesday it exercised a team option to keep the 25-year-old Spaniard in one of its seats next season. Then there’s Arrow McLaren SP, which posted on social media shortly after Ganassi’s announcement that it had agreed to a deal with Palou for 2023. The 25-year-old from Spain said on social media he did not plan to remain with Ganassi next season, but he declined to discuss the specifics of his contract before a practice session at Exhibition Place.

North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley says the email account of former attorney general Wayne Stenehjem was deleted after he died and the account and former Chief Deputy Attorney General Troy Seibel was deleted after he resigned. Wrigley calls the move concerning but not illegal. Democratic House Majority Leader Josh Boschee said the issue shows the need for “some sort of statute or policy to make sure we protect the integrity” of emails by state officials. Wrigley said Stenehjem’s account was deleted by an employee in January, at Siebel’s direction. Seibel’s account was deleted in May, two months after Seibel quit. Seibel tells. The Bismarck Tribune reports that the revelation came to light after Wrigley responded to an open records request.

The watchdog for the Department of Homeland Security has briefed all nine members of the House committee investigating the U.S. Capitol attack about a report that found the Secret Service deleted texts from around Jan. 6. That is according to two people familiar with the matter who spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity to discuss the private briefing. The closed-door briefing Friday comes days after the office sent a letter to members of Congress stating that Secret Service agents erased messages between Jan. 5 and Jan. 6, 2021. A spokesman for the Secret Service immediately objected to the letter and says the agency has been complying with the investigation.

The flagship school of North Carolina’s university system announced Friday that it has reached a settlement with the journalist who ultimately shunned the school in an extended dispute over tenure to join a historically Black university. News outlets report the chairman of the Board of Trustees at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill said the settlement with Nikole Hannah-Jones was for less than $75,000 and was approved by school Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz. David Boliek said the settlement reached by the university was to resolve the possibility of legal action.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 15, 2022--

Guatemala has repatriated its first victim from the failed smuggling attempt that left 53 migrants from Mexico and Central America dead last month in San Antonio, Texas. The body of 13-year-old Pascual Melvin Guachiac Sipac arrived around midday Friday in Guatemala’s capital. Twenty-one Guatemalans were among the migrants who died after being abandoned in a tractor-trailer June 27 in sweltering heat. The boy’s family was on hand to receive the casket at the capital’s airport. Guachiac Sipac was an Indigenous Quiche who spoke little Spanish, but had set out nonetheless with his cousin for the United States, both hoping to work and help their families.

North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley says an investigation into potential fraud by people who gathered signatures for a failed ballot initiative to term-limit state lawmakers will be referred to a county prosecutor for possible charges. Wrigley says the investigation would be handed over to Ward County next week. Secretary of State Al Jaeger in March said a review found numerous violations, including signatures “likely forged” in the presence of a notary public. The review also found petition workers were paid bonuses based on their production, and many signatures came from residents of other states.

NEW YORK & SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 15, 2022--

Utah is asking a judge to dismiss a legal challenge to its ban on transgender kids who want to compete in youth sports. Attorneys for the state argued this week that two unnamed transgender girls lack standing to challenge the law in court, in part becase they haven't been harmed by it. They allege one girl would be academically ineligible to compete in volleyball this upcoming fall regardless of the ban and say another won't be eligible to try out for high school girls' swimming until next year. Challenges to Utah’s ban parallel other cases in states such as Idaho, West Virginia and Indiana.

Biden: US peacekeepers to depart Red Sea isle of Tiran by end of year, sign of Saudi Arabia-Israel normalization.

Biden says he raised Khashoggi murder with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed, was 'direct' on human rights issues.

A wayward dolphin has been swimming in a Connecticut river after making its way upstream from Long Island Sound. The dolphin was first spotted Thursday morning by fishermen along the Thames River, jumping around near the Norwich Marina. Eventually, the animal rescue team at Mystic Aquarium was notified. They have been monitoring the situation along with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The ocean mammal was spotted in the same area again on Friday morning. The aquarium’s animal rescue technician says they are hopeful the animal will make its way back to the sound without needing to be rescued.

NEW YORK — Rachel Uchitel is hoping that some day she will not be known as Tiger Woods’ mistress.

A nuclear waste treatment plant in eastern Idaho designed to treat 900,000 gallons of sodium-bearing, radioactive waste that has had numerous setbacks appears to be making  progress. The U.S. Department of Energy this week says that the Integrated Waste Treatment Unit at the department's 890-square-mile site that includes the Idaho National Laboratory recently treated more than 100,000 gallons of simulant over seven weeks. The department plans additional testing and then a shutdown to make sure the plant is ready for radioactive waste. The department says increasing amounts of radioactive waste will be mixed with simulant when the plant is fully operational. The department didn't give a timeline.

It was launched as the new president’s ambitious plan for rebuilding America. President Joe Biden's $4 trillion federal investment in infrastructure and families not only would build roads and bridges but provide support for health care, child care, college costs unseen in generations. And it was almost instantly shunned by Sen. Joe Manchin. The conservative West Virginia Democrat said the proposals were too costly, too much. This week, after more than 15 months of breathtaking political pivots, Manchin has reduced Biden’s big ideas for a sweeping investment to just two: Reducing the costs of prescription drugs and shoring up the subsidies some families receive to buy health insurance.

Two neglected tigers rescued from a long-shuttered roadside Oklahoma tourist attraction are starting new lives more than 1,000 miles away at California’s Oakland Zoo after receiving much-needed medical treatment. The female tigers who are now named Lola and Mia were rescued in June from the Oklahoma site that was closed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for multiple animal safety and welfare violations. A concerned citizen alerted the Oakland Zoo that there were underfed big cats still living in small cages at the shuttered roadside zoo without proper care. The animals are receiving medical care and regaining their strength before they move to Oakland Zoo’s newly remodeled tiger exhibit.

PHILADELPHIA — Young people caught up in the juvenile justice system are too often punished for being poor, saddled with paying excessive restitution that leaves them broke and leaves their victims out of luck, too, a new report says.

At least $14 million has been raised through multiple sources for the victims and survivors of the May 24 mass shooting at a Texas elementary school. But because of the complexities involved in distributing such money, families aren't expected to receive it until November. This has frustrated those in need, who have been getting confusing information from local officials. In the meantime, GoFundMe pages and donations from organizations including the Uvalde Volunteer Fire Department have filled in. For some, it's not enough.

LOS ANGELES — "Rust" script supervisor Mamie Mitchell has been dealt a blow in her case against producers of the low-budget western on whose set cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed in 2021.

President Joe Biden has blocked a freight railroad strike that would disrupt shipments of all kinds of goods for at least 60 days by naming a board of arbitrators to intervene in the contract dispute. The move announced Friday will keep 115,000 rail workers on the job while the arbitrators develop a set of contract recommendations for both sides to consider. A new round of negotiations is expected after those recommendations are issued. If the railroads and their 12 unions can't agree on a contract within the next 60 days, Congress would likely step in to prevent a strike by voting to impose terms or taking other action.

A dispute over a gender-neutral bathroom has endangered Peru’s plan to host the next gathering of the Organization of American States’ top decision-making body. Peru’s congress is dominated by social conservatives and it has voted to deny authorization for the scheduled Oct. 5-7 OAS General Assembly. It is supposed to bring together foreign ministers from across the hemisphere under the theme: “Together against inequality and discrimination.” The OAS had requested at least one gender-neutral bathroom be available. Peru’s Foreign Minister César Landa issued an appeal on Twitter Friday urging lawmakers to reconsider. He said the action “seriously damages the international image of Peru."

Biden tells Dems to pass trimmed economic package demanded by Sen. Manchin, lauding its proposed health care savings.

Contrary to social media rumors, Drake was not arrested in Sweden Thursday night.

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County is already in the grips of a coronavirus surge fueled by the omicron subvariant BA.5, but yet another worrisome strain that’s causing concern in India has also been found locally.

Officials say a man has been arrested in Texas in connection with the Southern California slayings of four women decades ago. Seventy-six-year-old Billy Ray Richardson was arrested Thursday by detectives from the Los Angeles and suburban Inglewood police departments with the assistance of officers from Fort Worth, Texas. Los Angeles police say Richardson was charged by prosecutors with four counts of first-degree murder with the special circumstance of multiple murder and murder in the commission of rape. It was not immediately known if Richardson has an attorney to comment on his behalf. He was in custody in Texas on Thursday awaiting extradition to Los Angeles.

Sri Lanka’s opposition leader, who will seek the presidency next week, is vowing to “listen to the people” who are struggling through the island nation’s worst economic crisis. He also says he will hold accountable the president who fled under pressure from protesters. In an interview Friday with The Associated Press, Sajith Premadasa said that if he wins the election in parliament, he would ensure that “an elective dictatorship never, ever occurs” in Sri Lanka. The former president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, slipped away aboard a military plane Wednesday before arriving in Singapore. His resignation was officially announced Friday.

Mississippi's attorney general has no plan to prosecute the white woman whose accusation set off the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till nearly 70 years ago. Michelle Williams is the chief of staff for Attorney General Lynn Fitch. Williams told The Associated Press on Friday that “there’s no new evidence to open the case back up" against Carolyn Bryant Donham. Williams also says Fitch’s office has not been in contact with the local Leflore County prosecutor who would handle any case. The Justice Department previously investigated without filing charges and closed the case. The department ended its most recent investigation in December.

If elected president, Sri Lankan opposition leader vows to 'listen to the people' and hold former president accountable.

ATLANTA — Sesame Street’s Elmo, who is 3½, recently got his COVID-19 vaccine.

Democratic Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul has raised nearly $860,000 over the first half of the year and has more than $1.9 million cash on hand for his reelection bid this fall. Kaul’s fundraising reported Friday was nearly double that of one of his Republican rivals. Former state Rep. Adam Jarchow said he raised more than $445,000 over the first six months of the year. Jarchow, of Balsam Lake, had about $208,000 cash on hand. Other Republicans running, Fond du Lac County District Attorney Eric Toney and Chippewa Falls attorney Karen Mueller, had not yet filed their reports which were due by midnight Friday.

Liza, a 4-year-old girl with Down syndrome, was en route to see a speech therapist with her mother in central Ukraine when a Russian missile rained down from the sky. She never made it to the appointment. Now the images that tell the story of her life and its end are touching hearts worldwide. Liza, wearing a blue denim jacket with flowers, was among 23 people killed in Thursday’s missile strike in Vinnytsia. Her mother, Iryna Dmytrieva, was among the dozens injured. Shortly before the explosion, Dmytrieva had posted a video on social media showing her daughter happily walking through the city. After the missile strike, Ukraine’s emergency services shared photos showing her body next to her blood-stained stroller. The video and photos have gone viral.

While thrilled to have signed two-time Stanley Cup champion Ondrej Palat in free agency, Devils general manager Tom Fitzgerald briefly felt star attraction Johnny Gaudreau would be returning to New Jersey. It didn’t work out that way. “Johnny Hockey” chose the Columbus Blue Jackets over his home state and the Devils gobbled up Palat hours later with a five-year, $30 million contract. Speaking Fitzgerald says he has no regrets discussing opening days of free agency. He put his best offer on the table in front of Gaudreau and felt good about it. Gaudreau opted to take a little more from Columbus.

The company that makes some of the world’s most iconic board games including Scrabble, Monopoly, and Clue is developing a new one based on Wordle, the obsessively popular digital word-guessing game. Hasbro Inc. and Wordle owner The New York Times announced Thursday that Wordle: The Party Game will be available for purchase in North America in October. In the free online version, players get six tries to guess a five-letter word. The drawback is that it can only be played once per day. The board game will give players the opportunity to play against others, and play as much as they want.

Democrat Beto O’Rourke has raised nearly $32 million in his bid for Texas governor during the first half of 2022. That's more than Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and a haul that puts their race on track to smash spending records in November’s midterm elections. The new figures released Friday put the two-term governor in the rare position of finding himself outraised, although his campaign has raised more than $30 million since the beginning of the year. The narrowing gap underlines O’Rourke’s durability as a fundraising powerhouse and how money is pouring into high-profile governor’s races even as inflation and President Joe Biden’s sagging approval creates strong headwinds for Democrats with voters.

Britain’s Prince Harry will address the U.N. General Assembly at its annual celebration of Nelson Madela International Day. South Africa's U.N. Mission said Friday he's expected to speak about the legacy of the South African anti-apartheid leader who spent 27 years in prison and became his country’s first Black leader. General Assembly spokesperson Paulina Kubiak officially announced the program for Monday's Nelson Mandela International Day, with Harry giving the keynote and participants including assembly president Abdulla Shahid, U.N. Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, New York Mayor Eric Adams and Guinea’s Foreign Minister Morissanda Kouaté.

The U.S. Justice Department has opened an investigation into the Maryland State Police to determine if the agency engaged in racially discriminatory hiring and promotion practices. Friday's announcement from federal prosecutors follows a series of complaints from Black troopers about harassment and mistreatment by fellow white officers. Those concerns had drawn the attention of a Maryland state legislator last year. According to a news release, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and Maryland State Police Superintendent Col. Woodrow W. Jones III have been informed and pledged cooperation with the investigation. Hogan’s office also says the state has committed funds to increase diversity and strengthen recruitment.

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