A rebuilt bronze Jackie Robinson statue will be unveiled 6 months after the original was stolen
WICHITA, Kan. — A rebuilt statue of Jackie Robinson in bronze will be welcomed home Monday by Little League players and former Major League Baseball All-Stars, just over six months after the original was destroyed by thieves. The original sculpture of the baseball icon resting a bat on his shoulder...
Frontier Airlines pilot arrested at Houston airport, forcing flight’s cancellation
HOUSTON — A Frontier Airlines flight that had been set to go from Houston to the Dallas area last week got canceled not because of weather, but because one of its pilots got arrested. The pilot, Seymour Walker, was arrested by officers around 4 p.m. Thursday before passengers began to...
Robert F. Kennedy in N.Y. court as he fights ballot-access suit claiming he doesn’t live in the state
ALBANY, N.Y. — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. arrived at a New York court Monday to fight a lawsuit alleging he falsely claimed to live in New York as he sought to get on the ballot in the state. Kennedy appeared and sat at his attorneys’ table during...
Colombia’s congress considers ban on Pablo Escobar souvenirs
BOGOTA, Colombia — Souvenirs depicting the late Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar could be banned in Colombia if legislators approve a bill introduced this week in the nation’s congress. The proposal is criticized by vendors who sell his merchandise to tourists from around the world, but backed by those who...
Pope Francis’ main adviser on clergy abuse, Cardinal Seán O’Malley, retires as archbishop of Boston
BOSTON — Pope Francis on Monday accepted the resignation of Cardinal Seán O’Malley as archbishop of Boston and named the current bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, Richard Henning, to replace him as leader of one of the most important Catholic archdioceses in the United States. The Vatican announcement didn’t mention...
Recreational marijuana sales in Ohio can start Tuesday at nearly 100 locations
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Recreational marijuana sales will begin across Ohio on Tuesday when the state issues its first operating certificates. Nearly 100 medical marijuana dispensaries will be able to begin sales immediately, although it’s not clear how many will be ready to open, the Division of Cannabis Control said Monday....
Microplastics are everywhere, but are they harming us?
NEW YORK — Microplastics have been found in the ocean and the air, in our food and water. They have been found in a wide range of body tissues, including the heart, liver, kidneys and even testicles. But are they actually harming you? Evidence suggests they might, but it’s limited...
TikTok agrees to withdraw rewards feature after EU raised concerns about potential online addiction
FRANKFURT, Germany — TikTok has agreed to withdraw a rewards feature that raised concerns about its potential to encourage excessive screen time, particularly among children, the European Union’s executive commission said Monday. It was the first resolution of an investigation under the 27-country EU’s sweeping Digital Services Act, which went...
Hezbollah says it launched a drone attack on northern Israel
The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah said it launched a drone attack early Monday on northern Israel that the Israeli military said wounded two Israeli troops. The violence came amid fears of an all-out regional war following the killings last week of a senior Hezbollah commander in Lebanon and Hamas’ top...
Bangladesh’s PM resigns and flees country as protesters storm her residence capping weeks of unrest
DHAKA, Bangladesh — Bangladesh’s prime minister resigned and fled the country Monday, after weeks of protests against a quota system for government jobs descended into violence and grew into a broader challenge to her 15-year rule. Thousands of demonstrators stormed her official residence, a day after nearly 100 died in...
Tropical Storm Debby hits Florida with floods, threat of record rain in Georgia and the CarolinasVideo
TAMPA, Fla. — Tropical Storm Debby slammed Florida on Monday with torrential rain and high winds, contributing to at least four deaths in the state and causing flooding before turning menacingly toward the Eastern Seaboard’s low-lying regions and threatened to flood some of America’s most historic Southern cities. Record-setting rain...
Viewing, funeral services set for 10-year-old killed in Donegal Township
A funeral will be held this week for a 10-year-old Donegal Township boy who was stabbed to death Thursday. Hunter Meyers was spending the night at 13-year-old James C. Campbell’s house in Donegal when, police said, James stabbed Hunter multiple times in the head. Hunter was found dead in a...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he left a dead bear in Central Park as a prank
WILMINGTON, Del. — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. once retrieved a bear that was killed by a motorist and left it in New York’s Central Park with a bicycle on top, sparking a mystery that consumed the city a decade ago. Kennedy describes the incident in a video...
Wind lofts bounce house in Maryland, killing 5-year-old, injuring another child
A 5-year-old boy was killed and another child injured after a wind gust lofted a bouncy house 15 to 20 feet into the air at a Maryland baseball game, carried it over a wall and dropped it onto the playing field, as children fell out. The tragedy happened just before...
Far-right chaos continues in U.K. with at least 100 arrested
Disorder and chaos spread across U.K. towns and cities through Sunday, with police arresting at least 100 after far-right protests became violent. Demonstrators in Rotherham, northern England, attacked police and targeted hotels Sunday, according to the Press Association. Videos on social media appeared to show demonstrators storming into a Holiday...
Judge in Trump’s federal election subversion case rejects defense effort to dismiss the prosecution
WASHINGTON — The federal judge presiding over the election subversion case against former President Donald Trump rejected Saturday a defense effort to dismiss the indictment on claims that he was prosecuted for vindictive and political purposes. The ruling from U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan is the first substantive order since...
Distraught Marc Fogel speaks from Russian prison after being left out of prisoner swap dealVideo
Marc Fogel is in a dark place after a multinational deal left him in a Russian prison while other Americans being held there came home. “It’s like I’m in a bottomless pit and it keeps getting worse,” Fogel said in a phone call with family and friends Saturday. TribLive was...
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy displays newly arrived F-16 fighter jets to combat Russia in the air
SOMEWHERE IN UKRAINE — Ukraine’s newly arrived F-16 fighter jets were put on display Sunday by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who said the planes will boost the country’s war effort against Russia. “These jets are in our sky and today you see them,” said Zelenskyy, standing in front of two of...
VP campaign launches ‘Republicans for Harris’ in push to win over GOP voters put off by Trump
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign on Sunday is launching “Republicans for Harris” as she looks to win over Republican voters put off by Donald Trump’s candidacy. The program will be a “campaign within a campaign,” according to Harris’ team, using well-known Republicans to activate their networks, with a...
Tropical Storm Debby strengthens into a Category 1 hurricane as it heads toward FloridaVideo
MIAMI — Tropical Storm Debby has strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane as it approaches Florida. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami said on Sunday evening that the storm has maximum sustained winds of 75 mph. The storm was located about 100 miles west southwest of Tampa and...
Man gets life sentence for killing his 3 young sons at their Ohio home
BATAVIA, Ohio — A man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in the shooting deaths of his three young sons at their Ohio home last year. A Clermont County judge sentenced Chad Doerman, 33, on Friday to three consecutive life terms after he pleaded...
Morning Roundup: No injuries in Elizabeth house fire
Here are a few news items for Sunday, Aug. 4: No injuries in Elizabeth fire No injuries were reported in an overnight fire in Elizabeth, emergency officials said. First responders were called to the 200 block of Ross Street shortly after 1:30 a.m. for a house fire. An Allegheny County...
Here’s how a pro-Trump, Elon Musk-backed super PAC is getting Pa. voters’ personal info
A pro-Donald Trump super PAC funded by billionaire Elon Musk is collecting battleground state voters’ personal information through an ad pretending to help them register to vote. CNBC.com reported Friday that Musk’s America PAC is running an online ad that shows a young man scrolling through his cellphone while lying...
‘I’m asking you as president’: Marc Fogel’s mother appeals to Biden to bring her son home
A hint of despair has turned into a wave of determination. Malphine Fogel is on a crusade to get her son home. And arguably for the first time since Marc Fogel was detained in Russia three years ago, the federal government is taking notice, at least publicly. Malphine Fogel, at...
Favre challenges a judge’s order that blocked his lead attorney in Mississippi welfare lawsuit
JACKSON, Miss. — Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre says a Mississippi judge improperly blocked his lead attorney from representing him in a state civil lawsuit that seeks to recover misspent welfare money. Using another of his attorneys, Favre filed an appeal Thursday asking the Mississippi Supreme Court to overturn the...
