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- + At 15, he is defending his home and parenting his sister. One young man’s struggle to stay in school
- + Chicago and other US cities struggle to house asylum-seekers as winter weather hits
- + Vaping by high school students dropped this year, says US report 43 mins ago
- + A former Memphis officer pleads guilty to state and federal charges in Tyre Nichols’ death A former Memphis police officer has changed his plea to guilty in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, becoming the first of five officers charged to reverse cours
- + Auto strike settlements will raise costs for Detroit’s Big 3. Will they be able to raise prices? From generous pay and benefits to stronger job security, the United Auto Workers union won significant concessions in tentative settlements that have ended
- + The woman accused of killing pro cyclist Mo Wilson tracked her on a fitness app, prosecutors say
- + Freedom Under Fire: 5 takeaways from AP’s series on rising tension between guns and American liberty
- + Two pastors worry for their congregants’ safety. Are more guns the answer or the problem?
- + The mayors of five big cities seek a meeting with Biden about how to better manage arriving migrants
- + Ex-cop who fired into Breonna Taylor’s apartment in flawed, fatal raid goes on trial again
- + Maine mass shooter had numerous run-ins with authorities, showed warning signs long before shooting Authorities in Maine spent Monday continuing to piece together the events that led to the worst mass shooting in the state’s history.
- + Matthew Perry, Emmy-nominated ‘Friends’ star, dead at 54
- + US consumers keep spending despite high prices and their own gloomy outlook. Can it last?
- + UAW escalates strike against lone holdout GM after landing tentative pacts with Stellantis and Ford
- + Maine police were alerted weeks ago about shooter’s threats
- + Residents of Maine gather to pray and reflect, days after a mass shooting left 18 people dead The Rev. Daniel Greenleaf the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Lewiston began services by saying how great it was to be able to finally pray together after
- + The Trump era has changed the politics of local elections in Georgia, a pivotal 2024 battleground
- + UAW and Stellantis reach tentative contract deal as union adds strike at Tennessee GM factory
- + EPA to strengthen lead protections in drinking water after multiple crises, including Flint
- + Recycling center in Maine where body of mass killing suspect body found had been searched before The residents of Lewiston, Maine, are embarking on a path to healing after a man suspected of killing 18 people earlier this week was found dead.
- + When a man began shooting in Maine, some froze while others ran. Now they’re left with questions
- + Syphilis and other STDs are on the rise. States lost millions of dollars to fight and treat them
- + Autoworkers reach a deal with Ford, a breakthrough toward ending strikes against Detroit automakers
- + Fire, other ravages jeopardize California’s prized forests
- + A suspect in the fatal shooting of 18 in Maine is still at large. Residents are sheltering in place LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Authorities carried out a massive search Thursday for a U.S. Army reservist who they say killed 18 people and wounded 13 at a bow
- + Democrats’ divisions on Israel-Hamas war boil over in Michigan as Detroit-area Muslims feel betrayed
- + The number of military suicides dipped in 2022 as the Pentagon works on new prevention programs
- + Off-duty pilot said ‘I’m not OK’ before trying to cut engines midflight, charging documents say New court documents say an off-duty airline pilot who tried to cut the engines on a flight in midair told police he had been struggling with depression.
- + International terror defendants face longer prison terms than domestic counterparts, new study finds
- + Judge reinstates murder charge against Philadelphia police officer in fatal shooting of motorist
- + Sam Bankman-Fried plans to testify at his New York fraud trial, his lawyer says
- + Toll rises to 8 dead, 63 hurt from Louisiana interstate pileup blamed on dense fog, marsh fire smoke
- + An off-duty pilot is accused of trying to shut down the engines of a Horizon Air jet in midflight An off-duty pilot riding in the cockpit of a Horizon Air passenger jet tried to shut down the engines in midflight.
- + 40 years after bombing that killed Americans in Beirut, US troops again deploy east of Mediterranean
- + A new RSV shot for infants is in short supply
- + Detroit police say they’ve identified several people of interest in synagogue president’s killing
- + Even with carbon emissions cuts, a key part of Antarctica is doomed to slow collapse, study says
- + UAW’s confrontational leader makes gains in strike talks, but some wonder: Has he reached too far?
- + Police say there’s no evidence of a hate crime in the killing of a Detroit synagogue leader
- + This procedure is banned in the US. Why is it a hot topic in fight over Ohio’s abortion amendment? Anti-abortion groups seeking to build opposition to a reproductive rights measure in Ohio are messaging heavily around a term for an abortion procedure t
- + Man living in woods convicted of murder in shooting deaths of retired New Hampshire couple
- + Company bosses and workers grapple with the fallout of speaking up about the Israel-Hamas war
- + A police dog attacked a Black trucker on his knees. An Ohio city is dealing with the aftermath
- + Swift bests Scorsese at box office, but ‘Killers of the Flower Moon” opens strongly 29 mins ago
- + Manhunt continues for Nashville police chief’s son suspected in shooting of 2 Tennessee officers Police in Tennessee were searching Sunday for the estranged son of Nashville’s police chief as the suspect in the shooting of two police officers outside
- + Houston’s next mayor has big city problems to fix. Familiar faces want the job
- + Evacuees live nomadic life after Maui wildfire as housing shortage intensifies and tourists return
- + The father of American teenage hostage freed by Hamas says she is ‘doing very good’ The father of freed American teenage hostage Natalie Raanan says she’s doing well after her release Friday by Hamas.
- + A slain Maryland judge presided over the divorce case of man identified as a suspect in his killing
- + After 189 bodies were found in Colorado funeral home, evidence suggests families received fake ashes
- + At Donald Trump’s civil trial, appraiser recalls Eric Trump’s ‘lofty’ views on property value
- + Sidney Powell vowed to ‘release the Kraken’ to help Donald Trump. She may now testify against him Her guilty plea culminates a three-year journey in which she pursued baseless and often outlandish theories in the weeks before a mob of Trump supporter
- + So-called toddler milks are unregulated and unnecessary, a major pediatrician group says
- + Republicans warn many Gaza refugees could be headed for the U.S. Here’s why that’s unlikely Former President Donald Trump and other top Republicans are issuing increasingly urgent calls for the U.S. to seal its borders against a potential mass exodus
- + Hurricanes are now twice as likely to zip from minor to whopper than decades ago, study says
- + The trees arrived with Polynesian voyagers. After Maui wildfire, there’s a chance to restore them
- + The government secures a $9 million settlement with Ameris Bank over alleged redlining in Florida
- + Sidney Powell pleads guilty in case over efforts to overturn Trump’s Georgia loss
- + Broken rail caused fatal Colorado train derailment that collapsed bridge, early findings show
- + Illinois boy killed in alleged hate crime remembered as kind, playful as suspect appears in court A 6-year-old Palestinian American boy who authorities allege was stabbed 26 times by his landlord in response to escalating right-wing rhetoric in the Israe
- + Prime suspect admits to Natalee Holloway’s 2005 murder in Aruba, gets plea deal in extortion case
- + Ex-Michigan gubernatorial candidate sentenced to 2 months behind bars for Capitol riot role
- + Major solar panel plant opens in US amid backdrop of industry worries about low-priced Asian imports
- + Lawyers and judge hash out juror questions for Powell and Chesebro trial in Georgia election case Lawyers for Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro have met with prosecutors and the judge overseeing the case to hash out what will be asked on a lengthy quest
- + Mourners in heavily Palestinian Chicago suburb remember Muslim boy killed as kind and energetic
- + War between Israel and Hamas raises fears about rising US hostility 45 mins ago
- + Schools near a Maui wildfire burn zone are reopening. Parents wrestle with whether to send kids back
- + Settlement over Trump family separations at the border limits future separations for 8 years
- + FBI report: Violent crime decreases to pre-pandemic levels, but property crime is on the rise
- + Drug used in diabetes treatment Mounjaro helped dieters shed 60 pounds, study finds
- + Fear and confusion mark key moments of Lahaina residents’ 911 calls during deadly wildfire
- + ‘Barbenheimer’ was a boon to movie theaters and a headache for many workers. So they’re unionizing
- + Kaiser Permanente reaches a tentative deal with health care worker unions after a recent strike
- + Black student disciplined over hairstyle hopes to ‘start being a kid again’ For more than a month, Darryl George, a Black high school student in Texas, spent each school day sitting by himself in punishment over his hairstyle. 20 mins ago
- + US oil production hits all-time high, conflicting with efforts to cut heat-trapping pollution 23 mins ago
- + Hollywood studios break off strike talks with actors, who slam ‘bullying tactics’
- + While the news industry struggles, college students are supplying some memorable journalism
- + $1.765 billion Powerball jackpot goes to lucky lottery player in California
- + For Indigenous people, solar eclipse often about reverence and tradition, not revelry
- + Social Security benefits will increase by 3.2% in 2024 as inflation moderates The acting Social Security commissioner says a 3.2% increase in benefits next year “will help millions of people keep up with expenses.”
- + ACT test scores for US students drop to new 30-year low
- + US Border Patrol has released thousands of migrants on San Diego’s streets, taxing charities
- + Rep. Santos faces new charges he stole donor IDs, made unauthorized charges to their credit cards A new indictment charges U.S. Rep. George Santos with stealing the identities of donors to his campaign and then using their credit cards to ring up tens of
- + Some Israelis abroad desperately try to head home — to join reserve military units, or just to help
- + How Trump’s MAGA movement helped a 29-year-old activist become a millionaire
- + More states are teaching financial literacy. It could pay off for students struggling with math More states are requiring personal finance education before students graduate from high school. The surge comes as educators are scrambling to bolster student
- + Judge upholds most serious charges in deadly arrest of Black driver Ronald Greene
- + ‘Ring of fire’ solar eclipse will slice across Americas on Saturday with millions along path
- + California governor vetoes bill to make free condoms available for high school students, citing cost
- + Schools’ pandemic spending boosted tech companies. Did it help US students?
- + Native Americans celebrate their histories and cultures on Indigenous Peoples Day 53 mins ago
- + 1 killed and 8 wounded in shooting at Pennsylvania community center party
- + Toddlers with developmental delays are missing out on help they need. It can hurt them long term American babies and toddlers with disabilities are entitled to publicly funded therapies known as Early Intervention, since all U.S. states and territories a
- + Clergy burnout is a growing concern in polarized churches. A summit offers coping strategies
- + Impeachments and forced removals from office emerge as partisan weapons in the states Impeachments are supposed to be for crimes committed in office while recalls are intended to remove elected officials suspected of corruption or gross negligence.
- + The Marines are moving gradually and sometimes reluctantly to integrate women and men in boot camp
- + Some GOP candidates propose acts of war against Mexico to stop fentanyl. Experts say that won’t work
- + Drop boxes have become key to election conspiracy theories. Two Democrats just fueled those claims
- + Witnesses to FBI hunt for Civil War gold describe heavily loaded armored truck, signs of a night dig
- + Powerball jackpot is up to $1.4 billion after 33 drawings without a winner An estimated $1.4 billion Powerball jackpot that has been growing since July is about to be on the line.
- + Judge denies Texas inmate’s request to stop execution over claims that fire damaged injection drugs
- + Trump lawyers seek dismissal of DC federal election subversion case, arguing presidential immunity
- + What is Indigenous Peoples Day? A day of celebration, protest and reclaiming history
- + Biden administration is resuming deportation flights for Venezuelan migrants as arrivals grow
- + $1.4 billion Powerball prize is a combination of interest rates, sales, math — and luck The upcoming $1.4 billion Powerball jackpot is the world’s fifth-largest lottery prize due to higher interest rates, long odds, fewer ticket sales per drawing, an
- + Biden says he couldn’t divert funds for miles of a US-Mexico border wall, but doesn’t think it works 27 mins ago
- + Vice President Harris among scheduled speakers at memorial for Dianne Feinstein in San Francisco
- + Rep. George Santos’ former campaign treasurer will plead guilty to a federal felony, prosecutors say Prosecutors say congressman George Santos’ ex-campaign treasurer will plead guilty to an unspecified felony in connection with the federal investigat
- + Police identify 2 suspects in shooting that claimed life of baby delivered after mother shot on bus
- + Man with handgun seeking governor arrested in Wisconsin Capitol, returns with assault rifle
- + Study finds more people are moving into high flood zones, increasing risk of water disasters A new study finds that far more people are in harm’s way as they move into high flood zones around the world.
- + Lahaina residents deliver petition asking Hawaii governor to delay tourism reopening
- + Thousands of US health care workers go on strike in multiple states over wages and staff shortages
- + 5 people were wounded in a shooting after a homecoming event at Morgan State University in Baltimore
- + New York City moves to suspend ‘right to shelter’ as migrant influx continues 15 mins ago
- + Jury hears Manuel Ellis’ last words at trial of Washington officers accused in the Black man’s death
- + McCarthy ouster vote ahead as he confronts GOP critics but says he won’t cut a deal with Democrats
- + Biden says that all 10 drugs targeted for the first Medicare price negotiations will participate
- + Michigan school shooter’s parents cleared to stand trial on involuntary manslaughter charges The Michigan Supreme Court has turned down an appeal and cleared the way for the parents of the Oxford High School shooter to face trial on involuntary manslau
- + A suspect who left a ransom note also gave police a clue to cracking the case — his fingerprints
- + Forced kiss claim leads to ‘helplessness’ for accuser who turned to Olympics abuse-fighting agency
- + Few Americans say conservatives can speak freely on college campuses, an AP-NORC/UChicago poll shows
- + Attorney General Garland says in interview he’d resign if Biden asked him to take action on Trump
- + Trump campaigns before thousands in friendly blue-collar, eastern Iowa, touting trade, farm policy
- + A riled Trump sounds off outside NY fraud trial that accuses him of lying about wealth Trump appeared voluntarily Monday at the courthouse. The case has high stakes for the Republican, who built his political career on his fame as a billionaire real esta
- + Connecticut enacts its most sweeping gun control law since the Sandy Hook shooting Connecticut’s most wide-ranging gun control measure since the 2013 law enacted after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting is taking effect.
- + When Kula needed water to stop wildfire, it got a trickle. Many other US cities are also vulnerable
- + Jimmy Carter turns 99 at home with Rosalynn and other family as tributes come from around the world
- + The Supreme Court’s new term starts Monday. Here’s what you need to know
- + California governor rejects bill to give unemployment checks to striking workers
- + Anti-abortion groups are at odds on strategies ahead of Ohio vote. It could be a preview for 2024
- + Dianne Feinstein was at the center of a key LGBTQ+ moment. She’s being lauded as an evolving ally
- + McCarthy’s last-ditch plan to keep the government open collapses, making a shutdown almost certain
- + Rejected by US courts, Onondaga Nation take centuries-old land rights case to international panel
- + New California law raises minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 per hour, among nation’s highest
- + Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, an advocate for liberal priorities, dies at age 90 Feinstein was a passionate advocate for liberal priorities important to her state -- including environmental protection, reproductive rights and gun contro
- + New York City area under state of emergency after storms flood subways, strand people in cars
- + What to know and what’s next for Travis King, the American soldier who ran into North Korea
- + Colleges should step up their diversity efforts after affirmative action ruling, the government says 32 mins ago
- + New rule will cut federal money to college programs that leave grads with high debt, low pay
- + McCarthy rejects Senate spending bill while scrambling for a House plan that averts a shutdown House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is digging in on his refusal to take up Senate legislation designed to keep the federal government fully running beyond midnight S
- + Man wanted in killing of Baltimore tech entrepreneur Pava LaPere is arrested, police say
- + The American soldier who bolted into North Korea 2 months ago has returned to the US
- + What to know about Elijah McClain’s death and the criminal trial of two officers
- + Leaf-peeping influencers are clogging a Vermont backroad. The town is closing it
- + First of thousands of Lahaina residents return to homes destroyed by deadly wildfire The first of thousands of residents who lost their homes in the wildfire that destroyed the Hawaii town of Lahaina have returned to their devastated properties.
- + Democratic Sen. Menendez rejects calls to resign and says cash found in home was not bribe proceeds
- + Screenwriters wait to learn terms of deal with Hollywood studios to end historic strike
- + After summer’s extreme weather, more Americans see climate change as a culprit, AP-NORC poll shows
- + Science paints a new picture of the ancient past, when we mixed and mated with other kinds of humans
- + Weakening Ophelia still poses a risk of coastal flooding and heavy rain in some parts of the US
- + With temporary status for Venezuelans, the Biden administration turns to a familiar tool
- + The federal government is headed into a shutdown. What does it mean, who’s hit and what’s next?
- + A Black student was suspended for his hairstyle. Now his family is suing Texas officials
- + Auto workers still have room to expand their strike against car makers. But they also face risks Even after escalating its strike against Detroit automakers, the United Auto Workers union still has plenty of leverage in its effort to force the companies
- + Meet Lachlan Murdoch, soon to be the new power behind Fox News and the Murdoch empire
- + Hollis Watkins, who was jailed multiple times for challenging segregation in Mississippi, dies at 82
- + 3rd Republican presidential debate is set for Nov. 8 in Miami, with the strictest qualifications yet
- + Judge overseeing case to remove Trump from ballot agrees to order banning threats and intimidation
- + After a lull, asylum-seekers adapt to US immigration changes and again overwhelm border agents After a dip in illegal crossings that followed policy changes in May, the Biden administration is again on its heels as more asylum-seekers cross the U.S. bord
- + US education chief considers new ways to discourage college admissions preference for kids of alumni
- + 911 call shows bizarre circumstances of F-35 ejection: ‘Not sure where the airplane is,’ pilot says
- + Lahaina residents brace for what they’ll find as they return to devastated properties in burn zone
- + Appeals court takes up transgender health coverage case likely headed to Supreme Court
- + The US is allowing hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans in the country to work legally The Biden administration says it’s granting temporary legal status to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans already in the country.
- + Texas AG Ken Paxton attacks rivals, doesn’t rule out US Senate run in first remarks since acquittal
- + A grandmother seeks justice for Native Americans after thousands of unsolved deaths and disappearances
- + Outdated headline sparks vicious online hate campaign directed at Las Vegas newspaper
- + Testimony begins in officers’ trial over death of Elijah McClain, who was put in neck hold, sedated
- + Challenges to library books continue at record pace in 2023, American Library Association reports 35 mins ago
- + A Batman researcher said ‘gay’ in a talk to schoolkids. When asked to censor himself, he quit
- + Inside the delicate art of maintaining America’s aging nuclear weapons The U.S. will spend more than $750 billion over the next decade to overhaul nearly every part of its nuclear defenses and replace systems that in some cases are more than 50 years o
- + This is what it’s like to maintain the US nuclear arsenal
- + Democrats retain narrow control of Pennsylvania House after special election
- + Baylor settles years-long federal lawsuit in sexual assault scandal that rocked Baptist school
- + ‘El Chapo’ son Ovidio Guzmán López pleads not guilty to US drug and money laundering charges
- + Hunter Biden sues the IRS over tax disclosures after agent testimony before Congress
- + A suspect has been arrested in the ambush killing of a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy
- + Officials find debris from F-35 fighter jet that crashed in South Carolina after pilot ejected The crash site for a stealth fighter jet that went missing during the weekend after its pilot ejected has been located in rural South Carolina after the milita
- + Rural hospitals are closing maternity wards. People are seeking options to give birth closer to home
- + A Supreme Court redistricting ruling gave hope to Black voters. They’re still waiting for new maps
- + A Black student was suspended for his hairstyle. The school says it wasn’t discrimination The same week his state outlawed racial discrimination based on hairstyles, a Black high school student in Texas was suspended because school officials say his dr
- + Tens of thousands march to kick off climate summit, demanding end to warming-causing fossil fuels
- + Search on for a missing Marine Corps fighter jet in South Carolina after pilot safely ejects
- + Biden backs labor and likes electric vehicles, 2 things that clash at the core of the UAW strike
- + Special UN summit, protests, week of talk turn up heat on fossil fuels and global warming
- + Atlantic storm Lee delivers high winds and rain before forecasters call off warnings in some areas Atlantic storm Lee made landfall at near-hurricane strength, bringing destructive winds, rough surf and torrential rains to New England and Maritime Canada
- + Republican Texas AG Ken Paxton is acquitted of 16 corruption charges at historic impeachment trial
- + Armed man accused of impersonating officer detained at Kennedy campaign event in LA
- + Biden sending aides to Detroit to address autoworkers strike, says ‘record profits’ should be shared
- + Uncertain and afraid: Florida’s immigrants grapple with a disrupted reality under new law
- + Hunter Biden is indicted on federal firearm-purchasing charges after plea deal fails
- + Millions under storm watches and warnings as Hurricane Lee bears down on New England and Canada Millions of people are under storm watches and warnings as Hurricane Lee churns towards shore, bearing down on New England and eastern Canada with heavy winds
- + The Texas Senate is deliberating at Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial
- + Trial begins in Elijah McClain death, which sparked outrage over racial injustice in policing
- + Hurricane Lee to strike weather-worn New England after heavy rain, flooding and tornadoes
- + How hard will Hurricane Lee hit New England? The cold North Atlantic may decide that
- + Thousands sign up to experience magic mushrooms as Oregon’s novel psilocybin experiment takes off
- + Firefighters fear the toxic chemicals in their gear could be contributing to rising cancer cases
- + New England has been hit by a likely tornado. Hurricane Lee is up next A hurricane watch is in place for portions of Maine, while a large area of coastal New England is under a tropical storm watch as Hurricane Lee is expected to reach the region later t
- + Federal judge again declares that DACA is illegal with issue likely to be decided by Supreme Court
- + Ken Paxton’s defense is set to begin in the Texas Attorney General’s impeachment trial
- + At the University of North Carolina, two shootings 30 years apart show how much has changed
- + Americans can now get an updated COVID-19 vaccine
- + At impeachment, lawyer recounts Texas AG Ken Paxton supervising his investigation into FBI and judge
- + Drew Barrymore dropped as National Book Awards host after her talk show resumes during strike
- + Escaped Pennsylvania inmate still believed to be within specific perimeter, police say Authorities have reiterated that escaped murderer Danelo Souza Cavalcante is believed to be within a perimeter in a rural stretch of southeastern Pennsylvania after he
- + 5 former officers charged with federal civil rights violations in Tyre Nichols beating death
- + California lawmakers approve the nation’s most sweeping emissions disclosure rules for big business
- + US approves updated COVID vaccines to rev up protection this fall
- + Cash bail disproportionately impacts communities of color. Illinois is the first state to abolish it
- + The US marks 22 years since 9/11 with tributes and tears, from ground zero to Alaska Bells tolled at ground zero and solemn tributes unfolded across the country as Americans looked back on the horror and legacy of 9/11.
- + US sets record for billion-dollar weather disasters in a year — and there’s still 4 months to go
- + End may be in sight for Phoenix’s historic heat wave of 110-degree-plus weather
- + Hawaii volcano Kilauea erupts after nearly two months of quiet
- + Lahaina’s fire-stricken Filipino residents are key to tourism and local culture. Will they stay?
- + GOP threat to impeach a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice is driven by fear of losing legislative edge
- + Group sues after New Mexico governor suspends right to carry guns in Albuquerque in public
- + Artificial intelligence technology behind ChatGPT was built in Iowa — with a lot of water
- + As Jacksonville shooting victims are eulogized, advocates call attention to anti-Black hate crimes The motivations of a shooter who recently targeted and killed Black people in Jacksonville, Florida, have revived concerns about the threat of hate violenc
- + Phoenix has set another heat record by hitting 110 degrees on 54 days this year
- + Police announce 2 more confirmed sightings of escaped murderer on the run in Pennsylvania
- + New Mexico governor issues order suspending the right to carry firearms in public across Albuquerque New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has issued an emergency public health order temporarily suspending the right to carry firearms in public across Al
- + The number of people missing following devastating Maui wildfires has dropped to 66, governor says
- + Hurricane Lee is charting a new course in weather and could signal more monster storms
- + Neymar breaks Pele’s Brazil goal-scoring record in 5-1 win in South American World Cup qualifying
- + Judge says civil trial over Trump’s real estate boasts could last three months
- + As more children die from fentanyl, some prosecutors are charging their parents with murder
- + What to know about Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial so far, and what’s ahead
- + Fugitive killer eludes Pennsylvania police for eighth day as wary residents keep a watchful eye
- + Texas heat brings the state’s power grid closest it has been to outages since 2021 winter storm
- + Trump White House official Navarro convicted of contempt after defying House Jan. 6 subpoena The verdict came after a short trial for Navarro, who served as a White House trade adviser under President Donald Trump and later promoted the Republican’s ba
- + Biden administration cancels remaining oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic Refuge
- + Prosecutors seeking new indictment for Hunter Biden before end of September
- + Pennsylvania murderer escaped by scaling a wall topped with razor wire, prison official says
- + A judge orders Texas to move a floating barrier that’s used to deter migrants between US and Mexico
- + Presidential centers issue joint statement calling out the fragile state of US democracy Concern for U.S. democracy has prompted the entities supporting 13 presidential libraries dating back to Herbert Hoover to call for a recommitment to the country’s
- + No longer stranded, tens of thousands clean up and head home after Burning Man floods
- + Proud Boys’ Enrique Tarrio gets record 22 years in prison for Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy
- + The AP Interview: Harris says Trump can’t be spared accountability for Jan. 6
- + Democrat Amo could be 1st person of color to represent Rhode Island in Congress after primary win
- + Blinken visits Kyiv in show of support for Ukraine’s efforts to push out Russia’s forces U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has arrived in Kyiv on an unannounced visit, hours after Russia launched its first missile attack in a week against the U
- + UAW’s clash with Big 3 automakers shows off a more confrontational union as strike deadline looms
- + Burning Man revelers begin exodus after flooding left tens of thousands stranded in Nevada desert Partygoers stranded for days at a counterculture festival by a late summer storm were allowed to start leaving Monday afternoon after muddy roads dried up e
- + The next presidential campaign is coming into focus. It might look a lot like the last one
- + First lady Jill Biden tests positive for COVID-19, but President Biden’s results negative so far
- + Conservative book ban push fuels library exodus from national association that stands up for books 18 mins ago
- + Burning Man flooding strands tens of thousands at Nevada site; authorities are investigating 1 death
- + Florida fishing village Horseshoe Beach hopes to maintain its charm after being walloped by Idalia The remote fishing village of Horseshoe Beach, Florida, took much of the pounding from Hurricane Idalia when it struck as a Category 3 storm last week.
- + Minnesota prison reaches resolution with inmates who refused to return to their cells in heat wave
- + In the pivotal South Carolina primary, Republican candidates search for a path against Donald Trump
- + Biden and Trump are keeping relatively light campaign schedules as their rivals rack up the stops
- + Bill Richardson, a former governor and UN ambassador who worked to free detained Americans, dies Bill Richardson, a two-term Democratic governor of New Mexico and a U.S. ambassador to the United Nations who dedicated his post-political career to working
- + 2 people charged with looting as residents worry about burglaries following Hurricane Idalia
- + Texas AG Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial is in the hands of Republicans who have been by his side
- + Children hit hardest by the pandemic are now the big kids at school. Many still need reading help
- + More than a meal: Restaurant-based programs feed seniors’ social lives
- + Maui fire missing list falls slightly to 385. Governor had indicated it would be below 100
- + After Maui’s wildfires, thousands brace for long process of restoring safe water service
- + No power and nowhere to stay as rural Florida starts recovering from Hurricane Idalia Hurricane Idalia’s fast track over a sparsely populated region means Florida’s insurance industry isn’t expected to take nearly the hit it has with previous storm
- + How Florida’s capital city was spared more damage from Hurricane Idalia
- + Election workers have gotten death threats and warnings they will be lynched, the US government says
- + Smugglers are steering migrants into the remote Arizona desert, posing new Border Patrol challenges
- + Texas high court allows law banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors to take effect
- + Visual artists fight back against AI companies for repurposing their work
- + Ex-Catholic Cardinal McCarrick, age 93, found unfit to stand trial on teen sex abuse charges
- + Tropical Storm Idalia descends on North Carolina after pounding Florida, Georgia and South Carolina Tropical Storm Idalia is barreling through the Carolinas on its way to the Atlantic Ocean after leaving a trail of flooding and devastation throughout the
- + After Jacksonville shootings, historically Black colleges address security concerns, remain vigilant
- + University of North Carolina students rally for gun safety after fatal shooting of faculty member
- + Category 4 Hurricane Idalia projected to hit Florida with ‘catastrophic’ storm surge Hurricane Idalia strengthened to a dangerous Category 4 storm Wednesday morning as it steams toward Florida’s Big Bend region and threatens to unleash life-threate
- + Hurricane Idalia menaces Florida’s Big Bend, the ‘Nature Coast’ far from tourist attractions
- + Unclear how many in Lahaina lost lives as Hawaii authorities near the end of their search for dead
- + What makes Idalia so potent? It’s feeding on intensely warm water that acts like rocket fuel
- + University of North Carolina graduate student left building right after killing adviser, police say
- + California sues district that requires parents be notified if their kids change gender ID
- + Idalia strengthens to a hurricane, dangerous storm surges are forecast for Florida’s Gulf Coast
- + HBCU president lauds students, officer for stopping Jacksonville killer before racist store attack The president of the historically Black institution in Jacksonville, Florida, says a campus security officer tipped off by observant students likely stoppe
- + The Jacksonville shooter killed a devoted dad, a beloved mom and a teen helping support his family
- + Biden is ‘old,’ Trump is ‘corrupt': AP-NORC poll has ominous signs for both in possible 2024 rematch Old. Confused. Corrupt. Dishonest. Those are among the top terms Americans use when they’re asked to describe President Joe Biden and former Pres
- + DeSantis cancels SC campaign travel, returns to Florida facing tropical storm and shooting aftermath
- + Texas takeover raises back-to-school anxiety for Houston students, parents and teachers
- + Jacksonville killings refocus attention on the city’s racist past and the struggle to move on
- + Tropical Storm Idalia is expected to become a hurricane and move toward Florida, forecasters say
- + White shooter kills 3 Black people in Florida hate crime as Washington celebrates King’s dream Jacksonville’s sheriff says a white gunman who killed three people at a Dollar General store Saturday was racially motivated and hated Black people. Sherif
- + A white man fatally shoots 3 Black people at a Florida store in a hate crime, then kills himself
- + Bare electrical wire and leaning poles on Maui were possible cause of deadly fires
- + Hawaii’s cherished notion of family, the ohana, endures in tragedy’s aftermath
- + 3 US Marines killed, 20 injured in an aircraft crash in Australia during a training exercise
- + A father describes rushing his 7-month-old to safety during a California biker bar shooting
- + Schoolkids in 8 states can now eat free school meals, advocates urge Congress for nationwide policy
- + In Iowa and elsewhere, bans on LGBTQ+ ‘conversion therapy’ become a conservative target
- + New crew for the space station launches with 4 astronauts from 4 countries Four astronauts from four countries are rocketing toward the International Space Station. It is NASA’s most multinational crew yet, representing the U.S., Denmark, Japan and Rus
- + Visitors to Lincoln Memorial say America has its flaws but see gains made since March on Washington
- + Maui County sues power company, saying utility did not turn off electricity during deadly wildfires
- + One image, one face, one American moment: The Donald Trump mug shot When the camera shutter blinked inside a jail in downtown Atlanta on Thursday, it both created and documented a tiny inflection point in American life.
- + Mug shot of Donald Trump shows scowling former president during speedy booking at Atlanta jail
- + Dozens of Trump supporters cheer him on as former president turns himself in at Georgia jail
- + Gunfire at a California biker bar kills 4 people, including the shooter, and wounds 5 more
- + Vivek Ramaswamy takes center stage, plus other key moments from first Republican debate
- + Hopeful signs of an economic ‘soft landing’ emerge in Jackson Hole as Fed meets with world watching
- + Bans on diverse board books? Young kids need to see their families represented, experts say
- + In deadly Maui fires, many had no warning and no way out. Those who dodged barricades survived
- + At March on Washington’s 60th anniversary, leaders seek energy of original movement for civil rights
- + MLK’s dream for America is one of the stars of the 60th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington
- + California mountain and desert towns dig out of the mud from 1st tropical storm in 84 years Crews worked to dig roads, buildings and care home residents out of the mud across a wide swath of Southwestern U.S. desert Monday, after the first tropical storm
- + UPS workers approve 5-year contract, capping contentious negotiations that threatened deliveries
- + Biden says federal government will help Maui ‘for as long as it takes’ to recover from wildfire
- + Maui confronts the challenge of finding more than 800 missing people after the deadly wildfires
- + Fake Arizona rehab centers scam Native Americans far from home, officials warn during investigations 29 mins ago
- + How a mix of natural and human-caused factors cooked up Tropical Storm Hilary’s soggy mess
- + Where do the 2024 presidential candidates stand on abortion? Take a look
- + Trump says he will skip GOP presidential primary debates
- + Sweltering temperatures bring misery to large portion of central US, setting heat records
- + Southern California prepares for more floods as Tropical Storm Hilary soaks from coast to desert The first tropical storm to hit Southern California in 84 years, Hilary brought intensifying rain to the region, with some mountain and desert areas seeing m
- + Maui water is unsafe even with filters, one of the lessons learned from fires in California
- + Record-setting temperatures forecast in Dallas as scorching heat wave continues to bake the US
- + A raid on a Kansas newspaper likely broke the law, experts say. But which one?
- + As Maui rebuilds, residents reckon with tourism’s role in their recovery
- + Georgia made it easier for parents to challenge school library books. Almost no one has done so
- + Maui town ravaged by fire will ‘rise again,’ Hawaii governor says of long recovery ahead
- + Proud Boy on house arrest in Jan. 6 case disappears ahead of sentencing
- + Snags persist, but overall improvement for Kentucky district restarting classes after busing fiasco
- + Georgia Medicaid program with work requirement off to slow start even as thousands lose coverage Public health advocates say Georgia appears to be doing little to promote its new Medicaid plan or enroll people in it.
- + Lolita the orca dies at Miami Seaquarium after half-century in captivity
- + Millions of old analog photos are sitting in storage. Digitizing them can unlock countless memories
- + Emergency services chief on Maui resigns. He faced criticism for not activating sirens during fire The head of the Maui Emergency Management Agency has resigned after facing criticism for not activating disaster sirens during last week’s deadly wildfir
- + Hilary rapidly grows to Category 4 hurricane off Mexico and could bring heavy rain to US Southwest
- + Agreement central to a public dispute between Michael Oher and the Tuohys is being questioned
- + Southern Baptist leader resigns from top administrative post for lying on his resume about schooling
- + Texas woman accused of threatening to kill judge overseeing Trump election case and a congresswoman A Texas woman has been charged with threatening to kill the federal judge overseeing the criminal case against former President Donald Trump in Washington
- + Maui fire survivors are confronting huge mental health hurdles, many while still living in shelters
- + Hawaii governor vows to block land grabs as fire-ravaged Maui rebuilds
- + McCarthy floats stopgap funding to prevent a government shutdown at the end of next month
- + Veto overridden: Ban on gender-affirming care for minors takes effect in North Carolina
- + A family of four, a beloved uncle and his best friend. These are some of the lives lost in Maui
- + Videos put scrutiny on downed power lines as possible cause of deadly Maui wildfires
- + Death toll from devastating Maui fire reaches 106, as county begins identifying victims
- + Americans are divided along party lines over Trump’s actions in election cases, AP-NORC poll shows 17 mins ago
- + Number of dead from Maui wildfires reaches 99, as governor warns there could be scores more
- + They were alone in a fight to survive. Maui residents had moments to make life-or-death choices
- + A central Kansas police force sparked a firestorm by raiding a newspaper and the publisher’s home
- + NYC outdoor dining sheds were a celebrated pandemic-era innovation. Now, there’s a new set of rules
- + ‘Barbie’ has legs: Greta Gerwig’s film tops box office again and gives industry a midsummer surge
- + 5 people, including a child, are dead after an explosion destroys 3 homes and damages 12 others
- + As Maui rescue continues, families and faith leaders cling to hope but tackle reality of loss For scores of families still hoping to reunite with loved ones, it was not yet time to give up, even as Hawaii authorities predict that more remains would be fo
- + Hawaii churches offer prayers for the dead and the missing after devastating Maui wildfires
- + Lahaina residents worry a rebuilt Maui town could slip into the hands of affluent outsiders
- + Hawaii wildfires. Follow live updates
- + Alabama riverfront brawl videos spark a cultural moment about race, solidarity and justice
- + They lost everything in the Paradise fire. Now they’re reliving their grief as fires rage in Hawaii
- + In deadly Maui wildfires, communication failed. Chaos overtook Lahaina along with the flames
- + Searching for the missing on Maui, some wait in agony to make contact. And then the phone rings.
- + Attorney general appoints a special counsel in Hunter Biden probe, deepening investigation
- + Death toll rises to 80 in Maui wildfires as survivors begin returning to communities in ruins Maui County says the number of confirmed deaths from the Maui wildfires has increased to 80, while police say a new fire burning on the Hawaii island of Maui tr
- + As flames swallowed Maui, survivors made harrowing escapes
- + Two years after fall of Kabul, tens of thousands of Afghans languish in limbo waiting for US visas
- + Millions of kids are missing weeks of school as attendance tanks across the US
- + ‘Nothing left': Future unclear for Hawaii residents who lost it all in fire
- + Maui residents had little warning before flames overtook their town. At least 55 people died Maui residents who made desperate escapes from flames, some on foot, asked why Hawaii’s famous emergency warning system didn’t alert them as fires raced towa
- + California regulators approve an expansion of citywide robotaxi service in San Francisco
- + Hawaii wildfires burn through a historic town on Maui and kill at least 36 people Wildfires, whipped by strong winds from Hurricane Dora passing far to the south, took the island of Maui by surprise, leaving behind burned-out cars on once busy streets an
- + What’s driving Maui’s devastating fires, and how climate change is fueling those conditions
- + Special counsel got a search warrant for Twitter to turn over info on Trump’s account, documents say
- + Utah man suspected of threatening President Joe Biden shot and killed as FBI served warrant
- + Virginia prison officials won’t divulge complaints about facility where inmate died
- + Trump vows to keep talking about criminal cases despite prosecutors pushing for protective order
- + Hawaii wildfires burn homes and force evacuations, while strong winds complicate the fight
- + A Mega Millions player in Florida wins $1.58 billion jackpot, the third largest prize in US history
- + Mississippi GOP Gov. Tate Reeves will face Democrat Brandon Presley in the November election
- + Voters in Ohio reject GOP-backed proposal that would have made it tougher to protect abortion rights While abortion was not directly on the special election ballot, the result marks the latest setback for Republicans in a conservative-leaning state who f
- + An Ohio election that revolves around abortion rights is fueled by national groups and money
- + Glacial dam outburst in Alaska’s capital erodes riverbanks, destroys at least 2 buildings
- + Bursting ice dam in Alaska highlights risks of glacial flooding around the globe
- + Powerful storm kills 2 people and leaves 1.1 million without power in eastern US At least two people have died, thousands of U.S. flights have been canceled and more than 1 million have lost power as destructively strong storms moved through the eastern
- + A judge called an FBI operative a ‘villain.’ Ruling comes too late for 2 convicted in terror sting
- + The EPA’s ambitious plan to cut auto emissions to slow climate change runs into skepticism
- + Attacks at US medical centers show why health care is one of the nation’s most violent fields
- + Social media influencer Kai Cenat faces charges of inciting riot after thousands cause mayhem in NYC
- + Indictment ignored, Trump barely a mention, as GOP candidates pitch Iowa voters to challenge him
- + Attorneys for Pence and Trump clash over what Trump told his vice president ahead of Jan. 6 Donald Trump’s defense attorney says the former president never asked Mike Pence to overturn the 2020 election.
- + Crammed with tourists, Alaska’s capital wonders what will happen as its magnificent glacier recedes
- + Racist abuse by Mississippi officers reveals a culture of misconduct, residents say
- + Rosenwald Schools helped educate Black students in segregated South. Could a national park follow?
- + Ukrainians move to North Dakota for oil field jobs to help families facing war back home
- + Cost of federal census recounts push growing towns to do it themselves
- + A judge has ruled Texas’ abortion ban is too restrictive for women with pregnancy complications A Texas judge says the state’s abortion ban has proven too restrictive for women with pregnancy complications and must allow exceptions without the risk o
- + Armed man who tried to enter a Jewish school in Tennessee fired at a contractor, police say
- + Thousands overwhelm New York’s Union Square for streamer giveaway, tossing chairs and pounding cars
- + Vermont’s flood-wracked capital city ponders a rebuild with one eye on climate change
- + Appeals court allows Biden asylum restrictions to temporarily stay in place as case plays out An appeals court is allowing a rule restricting asylum at the southern border to temporarily stay in place in a major win for the Biden administration.
- + After helping prevent extinctions for 50 years, the Endangered Species Act itself may be in peril
- + Congressional delegation to tour blood-stained halls where Parkland school massacre happened
- + Another harrowing escape puts attention on open prostitution market along Seattle’s Aurora Avenue
- + Both expelled members of ‘Tennessee Three’ win back their state House seats
- + Climate change made July hotter for almost every human on Earth
- + Woman’s escape from cinder block cell likely spared others from similar ‘nightmare,’ FBI says
- + Waves grow up to 13 feet tall in California as Earth warms, research finds
- + Pittsburgh synagogue gunman will be sentenced to death for the nation’s deadliest antisemitic attack
- + Trump is due to face a judge in DC over charges he tried to overturn the 2020 presidential election Donald Trump is due in federal court in Washington, D.C., to answer charges he sought to overturn his 2020 presidential election loss.
- + Progress made against massive California-Nevada wildfire but flames may burn iconic Joshua trees
- + A test case challenging election results in Texas’ biggest county follows a post-Trump playbook
- + Trump allies in Michigan charged with felonies involving voting machines, illegal ‘testing’
- + Trump indicted for efforts to overturn 2020 election and block transfer of power Donald Trump has been indicted on felony charges for working to overturn the results of the 2020 election in the run-up to the violent riot by his supporters at the U.S.
- + Chatbots sometimes make things up. Not everyone thinks AI’s hallucination problem is fixable
- + Phoenix has ended 31-day streak of highs at or above 110 degrees as rains ease a Southwest heat wave
- + Here’s how hot and extreme the summer has been, and it’s only halfway over
- + Jill Biden says exercise including spin classes and jogging helps her find ‘inner strength’ Jill Biden says exercise helps her find “inner strength.” The first lady attends spin classes when she’s on the road. She rides a bicycle near her Delaw
- + Idaho mom Lori Vallow Daybell sentenced in deaths of 2 children and her romantic rival
- + Anchorage homeless face cold and bears. A plan to offer one-way airfare out reveals a bigger crisis
- + Record heat waves illuminate plight of poorest Americans who suffer without air conditioning
- + As work begins on the largest US dam removal project, tribes look to a future of growth
- + Customers want instant gratification. Workers say it’s pushing them to the brink
- + July keeps sizzling as Phoenix hits another 110-degree day and wildfires spread in California Phoenix sizzled through its 31st consecutive day of at least 110 degrees Fahrenheit and other parts of the country grappled Sunday with record temperatures afte
- + Appellate court rules that Missouri man with schizophrenia can be executed after all
- + Pig cooling pads and weather forecasts for cows are high-tech ways to make meat in a warming world
- + Judge blocks Arkansas law allowing librarians to be criminally charged over ‘harmful’ materials
- + Tom Durden, Georgia DA who ordered takeover of stalled Ahmaud Arbery investigation, dies at 66
- + Biden openly acknowledges 7th grandchild, the daughter of son Hunter and an Arkansas woman
- + Colorado officer who put suspect in car hit by train found guilty of reckless endangerment
- + Montana train derailment report renews calls for automated systems to detect track problems The NTSB is renewing its calls for major freight railroads to equip every locomotive with automated track inspection devices that it believes could have prevented
- + Schools lost track of homeless kids during the pandemic. Many face a steep path to recovery
- + Homeless struggle to stay safe from record high temperatures in blistering Phoenix
- + Mounting job vacancies push state and local governments into a wage war for workers
- + Trump accused of asking staffer to delete camera footage in Florida classified documents case
- + Trump says his lawyers have met with prosecutors ahead of possible 2020 election indictment
- + Ocean currents vital for distributing heat could collapse by midcentury, study says
- + 7 more people have died amid record highs in Arizona’s most populous county. Here’s what to know
- + How many transgender and intersex people live in the US? Anti-LGBTQ+ laws will impact millions
- + Hunter Biden’s plea deal on hold after federal judge raises concerns over the terms of the agreement The plea deal in Hunter Biden’s criminal case unraveled during a court hearing Wednesday after a federal judge raised concerns about the terms of the
- + Elon Musk wants to turn tweets into ‘X’s’. But changing language is not quite so simple
- + A judge blocks limits on asylum at US-Mexico border but gives Biden administration time to appeal
- + Education Department opens investigation into Harvard’s legacy admissions
- + Putting a floating barrier in the Rio Grande to stop migrants is new. The idea isn’t.
- + ‘It was like a heartbeat': Residents at a loss after newspaper shutters in declining coal county
- + Abortion messaging roils debate over Ohio ballot initiative. Backers said it wasn’t about that
- + An Arizona woman died after her power was cut over a $51 debt. That forced utilities to change
- + Carlee Russell confesses she was not kidnapped and apologizes to those who were searching for her
- + Legal dispute facing Texan ‘Sassy Trucker’ in Dubai shows the limits of speech in UAE
- + Texas is using disaster declarations to install buoys and razor wire on the US-Mexico border Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has escalated measures to keep migrants from entering the US. The Republican is pushing legal boundaries along the border with Mexico to i
- + After decades of delays and broken promises, coal miners hail rule to slow rise of black lung
- + Gene therapy eyedrops restored a boy’s sight. Similar treatments could help millions
- + One year old, US climate law is already turbocharging clean energy technology
- + Oui, oui: Jill Biden is in Paris to mark the US return to the UN’s educational and scientific agency
- + Scholarships have helped displaced Afghan students find homes on university campuses across the US
- + The fight over Alabama’s congressional redistricting now shifts back to federal court The fight over Alabama’s congressional map is shifting back to federal court after Republican lawmakers declined to create a second majority-Black congressional dis
- + Biden will establish a national monument honoring Emmett Till, the Black teen lynched in Mississippi
- + Mega Millions jackpot grows to $820 million with a possible cash payout of $422 million
- + Sick of hearing about record heat? Scientists say those numbers paint the story of a warming world
- + Alabama lawmakers refuse to create 2nd majority-Black congressional district
- + Body of girl found in river believed to be that of 2-year-old lost in Pennsylvania flash flood
- + North Dakota officer killed in Fargo ambush is to be laid to rest Saturday in Minnesota
- + He came face to face with an alleged serial killer. 12 years later, his tip helped crack the case
- + Man with thousands of bullets and a grenade attacked police, killing officer. What was his plan?
- + Northeast floods devastate ‘heartbroken’ farmers as months of labor and crops are swept away
- + In a nod to Oppenheimer’s legacy, US officials vow to prioritize cleanup at nuclear lab
- + The US and North Korea have no diplomatic ties — but they still have ways to talk about US soldier The United States and reclusive North Korea have no diplomatic ties — but they still have ways to reach each other.
- + Solar panels on water canals seem like a no-brainer. So why aren’t they widespread?
- + Texas women denied abortions give emotional accounts in court, ask judge to clarify law
- + Police cast doubt on Carlee Russell’s kidnapping claim after reporting toddler on an Alabama highway
- + Tornado damages Pfizer plant in North Carolina as scorching heat and floods sock other parts of US A tornado has heavily damaged a major Pfizer pharmaceutical plant in North Carolina — the latest in a string of extreme weather events plaguing the U.S.
- + American soldier’s dash into North Korea leaves family members wondering why
- + Judge upholds the $5 million jury verdict against Trump in a writer’s sex abuse and defamation case
- + Biden’s White House is taking on corporate mergers, landlord junk fees and food prices
- + Michigan charges 16 fake electors for Donald Trump with election law and forgery felonies
- + Phoenix scorches at 110 for 19th straight day, breaking big US city records in global heat wave The extreme heat scorching Phoenix set a record Tuesday, the 19th consecutive day temperatures hit at least 110 degrees Fahrenheit in a summer of suffering th
- + Texas heat wave has inmates’ families worried about lack of air conditioning in state’s prisons
- + Mothers hope for answers as authorities announce ‘person of interest’ in deaths of 4 women in Oregon
- + California’s Death Valley sizzles as brutal heat wave continues
- + Heavy rains swamp Northeast again as flash flooding claims at least 5 lives in Pennsylvania Heavy rains are pounding an already saturated Northeast for the second time in a week, spurring another round of flash flooding, canceled airline flights and powe
- + Long Island serial killings arrest brings both pain and relief to victims’ families
- + Diversify or die: San Francisco’s downtown is a wake-up call for other cities
- + Washington legal pot farms get back to work after pesticide concerns halted operations
- + Authorities search for man suspected of killing 4 people in Georgia
- + US Southwest swelters under dangerous heat wave, with new records on track A dangerous heat wave is threatening a wide swath of the Southwest with potentially deadly temperatures in the triple digits.
- + Powerball prize grows to $900 million after no jackpot winner drawn
- + Officer killed and 2 police injured in shooting that also left suspect dead on a North Dakota street Police in North Dakota say one officer has died and two others have been critically injured in a shooting on a busy street in Fargo that also killed the
- + Long Island serial killer probe not over after architect is charged in 3 of 11 deaths
- + Vegas could break heat record as tens of millions across US endure scorching temperatures
- + Mega Millions jackpot grows to $640 million, among highest in lottery game’s history
- + Vermont starts long road to recovery from historic floods, helped by army of volunteers
- + How DOJ made different death penalty decisions in the Pittsburgh synagogue and Texas mall massacres
- + Biden making $20 billion available from ‘green bank’ for clean energy projects 51 mins ago
- + IRS says it collected $38 million from more than 175 high-income tax delinquents 57 mins ago
- + US sets a grim milestone with new record for the deadliest six months of mass killings
- + Americans are widely pessimistic about democracy in the United States, an AP-NORC poll finds A new poll finds that only about 1 in 10 U.S. adults give high ratings to the way democracy is working in the United States or how well it represents the interes
- + Most populous US states and city ask for census corrections over misplaced ship and missed students
- + Tornado touches down near Chicago’s O’Hare airport, disrupting hundreds of flights The National Weather Service says a tornado touched down near Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport prompting passengers to take shelter and disrupting hundreds o
- + Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten released from prison a half-century after grisly killings
- + The Manson ‘family': A look at key players and victims in the cult leader’s killings
- + Northern lights might be visible this week, but most of the US won’t see them
- + Rescuers brace for more rain as relentless storms flood Northeast, Vermont hit hard
- + Inside the AP’s investigation into the ethics practices of the Supreme Court justices
- + Book sales, a lure for money and more takeaways from the AP investigation into Supreme Court ethics 56 mins ago
- + Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor’s staff prodded colleges and libraries to buy her books For colleges and libraries seeking a big name for a guest lecturer, few come bigger than Sonia Sotomayor, the Supreme Court justice who rose from poverty in the Bro
- + Justices teach when the Supreme Court isn’t in session. It can double as an all-expenses-paid trip
- + Gunman on scooter charged with murder, attempted murder, for series of New York City shootings New York City police say a Brooklyn man accused of killing an 86-year-old and injuring three other men in a series of shootings while riding a scooter in New Y
- + Accused Philadelphia shooter may have begun his spree nearly two days earlier than police thought
- + Deputies accused a Texas sheriff of corruption and dysfunction. Then came the mass shooting
- + Decades after the dangers of lead became clear, some cities are leaving lead pipe in the ground
- + Judge dismisses lawsuit seeking reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
- + Cities have long made plans for extreme heat. Are they enough in a warming world?
- + Here’s why there is still so much lead pipe in Chicago
- + Gunman on scooter shoots randomly in NYC, police say, killing an 87-year-old and wounding 3 others
- + Texas prepares to deploy Rio Grande buoys in governor’s latest effort to curb border crossings
- + Leslie Van Houten, follower of cult leader Charles Manson, is one big step closer to freedom
- + Climate change ratchets up the stress on farmworkers on the front lines of a warming Earth
- + An Afghan man who spent years helping US forces in Afghanistan is shot and killed in Washington An Afghan immigrant who’d worked as an interpreter for the U.S. military in Afghanistan was shot and killed this week in the United States.
- + Rudy Giuliani should be disbarred for pursuing Trump’s false election claims, a review panel says
- + Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi has full FDA approval now and that means Medicare will pay for it U.S. officials have granted full approval to a closely watched Alzheimer’s drug for patients with early stages of the disease.
- + US set to destroy its last chemical weapons, closing a deadly chapter dating to World War I
- + White gunman to be sentenced for killing 23 people in a racist Walmart attack in a Texas border city
- + US Forest Service and historically Black colleges unite to boost diversity in wildland firefighting
- + Asian Americans feel particularly targeted by new laws criminalizing those who assist voters
- + Relatives of El Paso Walmart shooting victims seek justice, saying they’re down but not out
- + Tuesday set an unofficial record for the hottest day on Earth. Wednesday may break it. The planet’s temperature spiked on Tuesday to its hottest day in at least 44 years and likely much longer.
- + Gun violence claims lives at gatherings over the July Fourth holiday
- + Philadelphia suspect left a will and was acting agitated days before shootings, prosecutors say
- + Father of the bride and teen who tried to save friend among 5 killed in Philadelphia shooting
- + Tijuana, reliant on the Colorado River, faces a water crisis
- + He was the CIA whiz kid in ‘Charlie Wilson’s War.’ His new book offers advice for the US in Ukraine
- + Ransomware criminals are dumping kids’ private files online after school hacks
- + Judge limits Biden administration in working with social media companies
- + Baltimore samaritan who bandaged a shooting victim from block party says ‘All they know is guns’
- + ThunderShirts, dance parties and anxiety meds can help ease dogs’ July Fourth dread
- + Activists spurred by affirmative action ruling challenge legacy admissions at Harvard A civil rights legal group is challenging legacy admissions at Harvard University, saying the practice discriminates against students of color by giving an unfair boost
- + In a polarized US, how to define a patriot increasingly depends on who’s being asked
- + Legitimacy of ‘customer’ in Supreme Court gay rights case raises ethical and legal flags
- + Baltimore block party shooting victims include more than a dozen minors, police say
- + July Fourth fireworks dazzle us, and often injure us. Here’s why they’re a huge part of the holiday.
- + Fanfare, golf and boos have marked July Fourth for US presidents. Zachary Taylor’s was the worst
- + The aftermath of mass shootings infiltrates every corner of survivors’ lives
- + The wait for US passports is creating travel purgatory and snarling summer plans A much-feared backup of U.S. passport applications has snarled summer plans for would-be travelers around the world.
- + Moms for Liberty’s focus on school races nationwide sets up political clash with teachers unions
- + The Supreme Court just issued its biggest rulings of the year. Here’s what you need to know.
- + A heat wave is scorching America’s southern half as the Fourth of July holiday approaches
- + It’s almost time to resume student loan payments. What happens if you don’t?
- + Affirmative action for white people? Legacy college admissions come under renewed scrutiny
- + Shooting in France shows US is not alone in struggles with racism, police brutality
- + As if air travel isn’t hard enough, 5G wireless signals could disrupt flights starting this weekend
- + Affirmative action is out in higher education. What comes next for college admissions? Colleges across the country will be forced to stop considering race in admissions under Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling, ending affirmative action policies that date
- + Georgia launches Medicaid expansion in closely watched test of work requirements
- + Gatherings combining Pride and Juneteenth give Black LGBTQ+ people a refuge where they can celebrate
- + Deputy acquitted of all charges for failing to act during deadly Parkland school shooting
- + Arizona city holds 10-year remembrance for 19 firefighters who died in the Yarnell Hill Fire
- + Deadly germ behind infant formula shortage joins CDC watchlist of bad bugs 44 mins ago
- + In affirmative action and student loan cases, advocates fear losses for racial equality
- + Ex-chemical safety agency chief misused $90K on trips, renovations and other expenses, watchdog says
- + Jury says health clinic in Montana Superfund town submitted 337 false asbestos claims
- + The heat wave blamed for 13 deaths in Texas so far spreads eastward
- + Expect a hot, smoky summer in much of America. Here’s why you’d better get used to it Forecasters say the only break much of America can hope for anytime soon from eye-watering dangerous smoke from fire-struck Canada is brief bouts of shirt-soaking s
- + Police release body camera video of an officer killing the gunman who killed 8 at a Texas mall
- + Human remains have likely been recovered from the Titan submersible wreckage, US Coast Guard says
- + Haze over Great Lakes region reminds US residents that Canadian wildfires persist The haze of unhealthy air that settled over the Great Lakes region Tuesday reminded U.S. residents from the Midwest to the Northeast and as far south as Kentucky to brace f
- + The hazy future for caregiver payments expanded during the pandemic worries families
- + Trump wants to keep ‘communists’ and ‘Marxists’ out of the US. Here’s what the law says
- + EPA retreats on Louisiana investigations that alleged Black people lived amid higher cancer risk
- + Supreme Court rejects novel legislative theory but leaves a door open for 2024 election challenges
- + Misconduct by federal jail guards led to Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide, Justice Department watchdog says
- + Killing of 3 relatives, including couple marking 50th wedding anniversary, rattles Boston suburb
- + U.S. arrests 4 Mexican nationals in 2022 deaths of 53 migrants found trapped in hot tractor trailer 33 mins ago
- + States clamp down on freight trains, fearing derailments and federal gridlock
- + Power couple Zooey Zephyr and Erin Reed are spreading hope to fellow transgender people
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