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Tsunami threat widens to parts of Indonesia and Palau after earthquake off southern Philippines Source link

ATLANTA — ATLANTA (AP) — The superintendent of Georgia’s third-largest school district has been indicted on federal charges alleging he ran a kickback scheme and stole money from his previous employer, a smaller school district in suburban Chicago. A federal grand jury in Chicago on Wednesday indicted Devon Horton, currently superintendent of the 93,000-student DeKalb … Read more

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — A region more accustomed to baking heat than soggy weather is about to get soaked, raising the risk of flash floods that can surprise — and kill — in minutes. Downgraded from a powerful hurricane, Tropical Storm Priscilla has lost its punch in the eastern Pacific … Read more

PHOENIX — PHOENIX (AP) — The sheriff’s office for metro Phoenix spent millions of dollars budgeted for compliance costs in a racial profiling case over Joe Arpaio’s immigration crackdowns on things that had little or nothing to do with a court-ordered overhaul of the agency, according to an expert’s report. The report released Wednesday criticized … Read more

AUSTIN, Texas — AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas court’s pause of the execution of Robert Roberson just days before he was set to die is likely to raise new arguments and scrutiny over cases that rely on the medical science and evidence in a diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome. Roberson would have been the … Read more

New Orleans jail escapee Derrick Groves, who spent nearly five months on the run before being recaptured in Georgia, agreed to be returned to Louisiana during an appearance before a Fulton County magistrate judge NEW ORLEANS — NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans jail escapee Derrick Groves, who spent nearly five months on the run … Read more

PHILADELPHIA — PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A ship parade streamed up and down the Delaware River beside Philadelphia on Thursday to kick off a celebration of the 250th birthdays of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. Among the ships that took part were the USS Lassen, the USS Billings and the USS Cooperstown. A military flyover … Read more

NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — A New Jersey businessman who testified against former Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife at separate bribery trials won’t go to prison, after a judge credited him at his sentencing Thursday for showing honesty on the witness stand and sincere remorse. Jose Uribe was sentenced in Manhattan … Read more

Tropical Storm Raymond, the third system now off the coast of Mexico, forms in the eastern Pacific Ocean Source link

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Florida city of St. Petersburg, long a bastion of LGBTQ+ rights and mindful of its racially segregated past, is considering approval of two flags recognizing those issues after Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered similar street murals erased because of supposedly political messages. The St. Petersburg … Read more