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    June 21, 2017 - 9:37 pm

    Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment at 9:20 p.m. EDT

    OFFICER INJURED-AIRPORT-THE LATEST Latest: Canadian accused of stabbing cop appears in court FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A Canadian man accused of stabbing a police officer at the airport in Flint, Michigan, has appeared in federal court. Amor Ftouhi heard the charge against him Wednesday and will get a...
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    June 19, 2017 - 10:18 am

    Prominent Turkish journalists on trial over failed coup

    ISTANBUL (AP) — The trial started on Monday of 17 people, mostly journalists, accused of links to last year's failed coup attempt in Turkey, amid heightened concerns for press freedoms. The defendants include prominent journalist Nazli Ilicak, former newspaper chief editor Ahmet Altan and his...
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    June 02, 2017 - 11:00 pm

    Journalists from across Georgia honored at annual contest

    JEKYLL ISLAND, Ga. (AP) — A south Georgia newspaper won a prestigious award for upholding principles of the First Amendment, and journalists across the state were honored in several categories in the Georgia Press Association's Better Newspaper Contest. The awards were announced Friday evening in...
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    Republican Greg Gianforte prepares to go onstage at a hotel ballroom to thank supporters after winning Montana's sole congressional seat Thursday, May 25, 2017, in Bozeman, Mont. In his speech, Gianforte apologized for a altercation at his campaign headquarters with a reporter on the eve of the special election. The altercation led to a misdemeanor assault citation. (AP Photo/Bobby Caina Calvan)
    May 26, 2017 - 1:48 am

    The Latest: Democrat concedes to Gianforte in Montana race

    BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — The Latest on the misdemeanor assault case against Greg Gianforte, a Republican candidate for a Montana congressional seat in a special election Thursday. (all times local): 11:15 p.m. Democrat Rob Quist conceded the contest for Montana's lone seat in the U.S. House late...
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    FILE - In this March 6, 2017 file photo technology entrepreneur Greg Gianforte speaks to Republican delegates before a candidate forum in Helena, Mont. Gianforte won Montana's only U.S. House seat on Thursday, May 25, despite being charged a day earlier with assault after witnesses said he grabbed a reporter by the neck and threw him to the ground. (AP Photo/Matt Volz, File)
    May 26, 2017 - 1:12 am

    The Latest: Gianforte apologizes to reporter after winning

    BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — The Latest on the misdemeanor assault case against Greg Gianforte, a Republican candidate for a Montana congressional seat in a special election Thursday. (all times local): 10:55 p.m. Newly elected Republican congressman Greg Gianforte apologized to the reporter he's charged...
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    Republican candidate for Montana's only U.S. House seat, Greg Gianforte, sits in a vehicle near a Discovery Drive building Wednesday, May 24, 2017, in Bozeman, Mont. A reporter said Gianforte "body-slammed" him Wednesday, the day before the special election. (Freddy Monares/Bozeman Daily Chronicle via AP)
    May 25, 2017 - 4:10 pm

    Media watchers blame hostility toward reporters on Trump

    The case of a Montana congressional candidate accused of body-slamming a reporter is being blamed by some media watchers on a wave of hostility toward journalists that President Donald Trump helped generate. "It definitely started before Trump, but he definitely exacerbated it," said Kelly McBride...
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    Republican candidate for Montana's only U.S. House seat, Greg Gianforte, sits in a vehicle near a Discovery Drive building Wednesday, May 24, 2017, in Bozeman, Mont. A reporter said Gianforte "body-slammed" him Wednesday, the day before the special election. (Freddy Monares/Bozeman Daily Chronicle via AP)
    May 25, 2017 - 2:46 am

    GOP candidate charged with misdemeanor assault of reporter

    BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — Thursday's nationally-watched election for Montana's sole congressional seat got a last-minute twist when the Republican candidate, Greg Gianforte, was charged with misdemeanor assault for grabbing a reporter by the neck and throwing him to the ground. Gallatin County Sheriff...
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    FILE - In this March 6, 2017, file photo, Greg Gianforte, right, receives congratulations from a supporter in Helena, Mont. Montana voters are heading to the polls Thursday, May 25, 2017, to decide a nationally watched congressional election amid uncertainty in Washington over President Donald Trump's agenda and his handling of the country's affairs. (AP Photo/Matt Volz, File)
    May 25, 2017 - 1:38 am

    GOP candidate charged with misdemeanor assault of reporter

    BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — The Republican candidate for Montana's sole congressional seat was charged with misdemeanor assault Wednesday night after witnesses told police Greg Gianforte grabbed a reporter by the neck and slammed him to the ground the night before polls close in the nationally-watched...
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    FILE - In this March 6, 2017, file photo, Greg Gianforte, right, receives congratulations from a supporter in Helena, Mont. Montana voters are heading to the polls Thursday, May 25, 2017, to decide a nationally watched congressional election amid uncertainty in Washington over President Donald Trump's agenda and his handling of the country's affairs. (AP Photo/Matt Volz, File)
    May 25, 2017 - 1:14 am

    GOP candidate charged with misdemeanor assault of reporter

    BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — The Republican candidate for Montana's sole congressional seat was charged with misdemeanor assault Wednesday night after witnesses told police Greg Gianforte grabbed a reporter by the neck and slammed him to the ground the night before polls close in the nationally-watched...
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    May 20, 2017 - 9:38 am

    Critical Turkish newspaper publishes blank issue in protest

    ISTANBUL (AP) — A Turkish opposition paper has published a "May 19 Press Freedom Special Edition," left blank in protest of detentions of some staff members. Saturday's edition of the Sozcu newspaper carried empty columns with writers' names and also left the weather blank. It was a response to...
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