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North Carolina appeals court upholds ruling that kept Confederate monument in place 03/19/2024 06:49pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) ��� A North Carolina appeals court ruled Tuesday that local leaders who refused calls to remove a Confederate monument from outside a county courthouse acted in a constitutional manner and kept in place the statue at its longtime location in accordance with state law. The three-ju ATF agent injured in shootout at home of Little Rock, Arkansas, airport executive director 03/19/2024 06:24pm • LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) ��� Federal agents were involved in a shootout early Tuesday as they tried to serve a search warrant at the Little Rock home of the person who leads the Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport, authorities confirmed. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives sa A teenager faces a new felony charge over the shooting at the Chiefs' Super Bowl celebration 03/19/2024 06:08pm • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) ��� A 16-year-old boy is facing a new felony charge over the mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs��� Super Bowl celebration that killed one person and wounded almost two dozen others, local juvenile authorities said Tuesday. Authorities said the teenager was arraigned Tuesda Chicago sues gunmaker Glock over conversions to machine guns 03/19/2024 05:29pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� The city of Chicago sued Glock Inc. on Tuesday, alleging the handgun manufacturer is facilitating the proliferation of illegal machine guns that can fire as many as 1,200 rounds per minute on the streets of the city. The lawsuit alleges Glock unreasonably endangers Chicagoans by man Brazil's Bolsonaro is indicted for 1st time over alleged falsification of his vaccination status 03/19/2024 05:21pm • SAO PAULO (AP) ��� Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was formally accused Tuesday of falsifying his COVID-19 vaccination status, marking the first indictment for the embattled far-right leader, with more allegations potentially in store. The federal police indictment released by the Supreme Brother of Michigan Rep. Dan Kildee killed by family member, sheriff says 03/19/2024 05:09pm • VIENNA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) ��� The brother of a Michigan congressman was shot and killed early Tuesday by a family member after a confrontation at the victim's home, authorities said. Tim Kildee was shot in Vienna Township, north of Flint, after getting into a ���yelling match��� with his 27-year-o Ex-girlfriend of actor Jonathan Majors files civil suit accusing him of escalating abuse, defamation 03/19/2024 04:53pm • Jonathan Majors' former girlfriend sued him Tuesday on civil allegations including assault, battery, defamation and infliction of emotional distress, three months after the actor was convicted in a criminal trial of assaulting her in New York City. Grace Jabbari, a 31-year-old British dancer, filed South Carolina's governor marks new gun law with ceremonial bill signing 03/19/2024 04:10pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) ��� South Carolina Gov, Henry McMaster held a ceremony Tuesday to spotlight a new law allowing any adult who can legally own a gun to carry the weapon openly without a permit. McMaster signed the bill into law 12 days ago as soon as it hit his desk, allowing open carry before the Sergeant faulted for actions before Maine mass shooting is running for sheriff 03/19/2024 03:10pm • PORTLAND, Maine (AP) ��� A Maine sergeant who has been criticized by an investigatory panel for his handling of a report about a man who later carried out a mass shooting is running for sheriff, state records show. Sgt. Aaron Skolfield of the Sagadahoc County Sheriff���s Office is running as a Repub New York Mayor Adams says 1993 sexual assault allegation detailed in new lawsuit 'did not happen' 03/19/2024 03:01pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� In his first public comments since a former colleague sued him for sexual assault, New York City Mayor Eric Adams vehemently denied the allegations, insisting he did not remember ever meeting the woman who says he attacked her in a parked car more than three decades ago. Adams, a D The first 'cyberflasher' is convicted under England's new law and gets more than 5 years in prison 03/19/2024 02:26pm • LONDON (AP) ��� England's first convicted cyberflasher was sentenced Tuesday to 5 1/2 years in prison after sending unsolicited photos of his genitals to a teenage girl and a woman. Nicholas Hawkes, 39, a convicted sex offender, was the first person in England and Wales convicted of violating the On Divided Supreme Court lifts pause on Texas law that gives police powers to arrest migrants on illegal-entry charges 03/19/2024 02:21pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Divided Supreme Court lifts pause on Texas law that gives police powers to arrest migrants on illegal-entry charges. A team to choose Haiti's next leader takes shape as gang violence engulfs the Caribbean nation 03/19/2024 02:15pm • GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) ��� Caribbean leaders said Tuesday that all groups and political parties except one have submitted nominees for a transitional presidential council charged with selecting an interim prime minister for Haiti, which remains engulfed in gang violence. The original nine-member co Police confirm a blanket found during search for missing Wisconsin boy belongs to the 3-year-old 03/19/2024 10:58am • TWO RIVERS, Wis. (AP) ��� Wisconsin police searching for a 3-year-old boy who vanished last month said they have confirmed that a blanket found during their ongoing search belongs to the missing youngster. The red and white plaid blanket belonging to Elijah Vue was found ���earlier in this investiga Trump is making the Jan. 6 attack a cornerstone of his bid for the White House 03/19/2024 10:24am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Republican Donald Trump has launched his general election campaign not merely rewriting the history of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, but positioning the violent siege and its failed attempt to overturn the 2020 election as a cornerstone of his bid to return to the White House