Mexican president blames the US for bloodshed in Sinaloa as cartel violence surges

CULIACAN, Mexico (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador blamed the United States in part on Thursday for the surge in cartel violence terrorizing the northern state of Sinaloa which has left at least 30 people dead in the past week. Two warring factions of the...

Kentucky sheriff charged in killing of judge at courthouse

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A judge in a rural Kentucky county was shot and killed in his courthouse chambers Thursday, and the local sheriff was charged with murder, police said. The preliminary investigation indicates Letcher County Sheriff Shawn M. Stines shot District Judge Kevin...

Pro-Palestinian protestor wearing keffiyeh charged with violating New York county’s face mask ban

EAST MEADOW, N.Y. (AP) — A pro-Palestinian protestor wearing a keffiyeh scarf has been charged with violating a suburban New York City county’s new law banning face masks in public, reviving fears from opponents that the statute is being used to diminish free speech rights. ...

Kentucky sheriff charged with murder of judge who was fatally shot in his courthouse chambers

South Carolina Supreme Court rejects claim inmate didn't kill clerk and refuses to stop execution

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Supreme Court has again refused to stop the execution of inmate Freddie Owens who is set to die Friday by lethal injection. The justices ruled Thursday that a sworn statement from a friend whose testimony helped convict Owens and who now...

Police say 1 person has been killed and another seriously wounded in a stabbing in Rotterdam

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — One person was killed and another seriously wounded in a stabbing incident late Thursday in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam, police said. Police arrested a suspect who was also injured. Police spokesman Wessel Stolle said officers were investigating...

Attempted prison escape in Honduras leaves 2 inmates dead and 3 injured

MEXICO CITY (AP) — An attempted prison break early Thursday in Honduras left two inmates dead and three injured, authorities said. The Latin American country has long been plagued by gang violence and overcrowded prisons. According to officials, a total of 72 prisoners took part...

Illinois' top court says odor of burnt marijuana isn't enough to search car

CAMBRIDGE, Ill. (AP) — An odor of burnt marijuana doesn't justify a search of a car without a warrant in Illinois, the state Supreme Court said Thursday. The court affirmed lower court rulings that threw out evidence of a small amount of marijuana discovered during a traffic stop...

Families of Oxford shooting victims lose appeal over school's liability for tragedy

DETROIT (AP) — The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the Oxford school district on Thursday in a lawsuit that seeks to hold employees partly responsible for a shooting that killed four students and wounded others in 2021. The court, in a 3-0 opinion, said lawyers for the...

Inmates stab correctional officers at a Massachusetts prison

LANCASTER, Mass. (AP) — Two correctional officers were stabbed by inmates at a maximum-security prison in Massachusetts, and three others were injured as they responded, a spokesperson said. The five officers at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Lancaster were taken to...