Author: Juliet Linderman
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Key medical glove factories cutting staff 50% amid virus
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WASHINGTON • Malaysia’s medical glove factories, which make most of the world’s critical hand protection, are operating at half capacity just when they’re most needed, The Associated Press has learned. Health care workers snap gloves on as the first line of protection against catching COVID-19 from patients, and they’re crucial to protecting patients as well.…
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Claims: Migrant children molested in U.S.-funded foster care
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Editor’s note: This story is part of an ongoing joint investigation between The Associated Press and the PBS series “Frontline” on the treatment of migrant children, which includes an upcoming film. SANTA ANA, California • After local Guatemalan officials burned down an environmental activist’s home, he decided to leave his village behind and flee to the…
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Trump’s USDA moves to tighten restrictions on food stamps
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WASHINGTON • The Trump administration is setting out to do what this year’s farm bill didn’t: tighten work requirements for millions of Americans who receive federal food assistance. The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Thursday proposed a rule that would restrict the ability of states to exempt work-eligible adults from having to obtain steady employment…
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Ex-aide: Franks offered $5m to carry his child
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WASHINGTON — A former aide to Republican Rep. Trent Franks has told The Associated Press the congressman repeatedly pressed her to carry his child, at one point offering her $5 million to act as a surrogate mother. The eight-term lawmaker abruptly resigned Friday, bowing to an ultimatum from House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis. Ryan told…
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Sen. Franken back to work amid sexual misconduct allegations, says he doesn’t remember groping incidents
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WASHINGTON — Sen. Al Franken apologized Monday to “everyone who has counted on me to be a champion for women” as the Minnesota Democrat fought to bolster his support with his first Capitol public appearance since being drawn into a wave of sexual harassment accusations buffeting Congress. Franken spoke as lawmakers began returning from an…
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Franken apologizes to woman who says he kissed, groped her
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WASHINGTON — Minnesota Sen. Al Franken personally apologized to the woman who has accused him of forcibly kissing her and groping her during a 2006 USO tour, saying he remembers their encounter differently but is “ashamed that my actions ruined that experience for you.” In a guest appearance Friday on ABC’s “The View,” Leeann Tweeden…
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Female lawmakers allege harassment by colleagues in House
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WASHINGTON — For years, Republican Rep. Mary Bono endured the increasingly suggestive comments from a fellow lawmaker in the House. But when the congressman approached her on the House floor and told her he’d been thinking about her in the shower, she’d had enough. She confronted the man, who she said still serves in Congress,…
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Widow of workplace shooting victim says he feared co-worker
WILMINGTON, Del. — The widow of a man killed in a workplace shooting in Maryland said Thursday that her husband was so concerned about the gunman’s explosive temper that he brought it up in church prayer sessions. Bayarsaikhan Tudev was one of three people shot and killed Wednesday at a granite manufacturer in Edgewood, Maryland. …
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Suspect in Maryland office park shooting is apprehended
EDGEWOOD, Md. — A man with a lengthy criminal past who showed up for work at a countertop company on Wednesday and shot five of his co-workers has been arrested, authorities said. Three of them were killed and two critically wounded. Less than two hours later, Radee Labeeb Prince drove to a used car lot…