By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has advanced a $280 billion bill designed to boost the U.S. semiconductor industry and accelerate high-tech research. Backers of the measure say it will be critical to the economy in coming decades. The legislation is now on a glidepath to final passage in the Senate,
Continue ReadingBy DAVE KOLPACK Associated Press FARGO, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s only abortion clinic is preparing for what could be its final day of performing procedures, with a trigger ban due to take effect Thursday that will likely force patients to travel hundreds of miles to receive care pending the clinic’s relocation across the border
Continue ReadingBy KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Visa says its fiscal third quarter profits rose 32% from a year earlier, helped by yet another double-digit rise in the amount of money processed on its credit and debit card network. The payment processing company said Tuesday it earned a profit of $3.41 billion,
Continue ReadingSAN RAFAEL, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California burglar returned to the scene of the crime this weekend after he forgot his keys inside a doughnut company’s corporate office. Police say the thief stole some petty cash from Johnny Doughnuts’ office in the San Francisco Bay Area on Saturday night. In another twist, he also
Continue ReadingBy Kylie Atwood, Jennifer Hansler and Michael Conte, CNN The family of an American sentenced to 14 years at a hard labor camp in Russia fears that he has been given what amounts to a “a death sentence” and is calling on the Biden administration to designate him as wrongfully detained, which would trigger formal
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler and Devan Cole, CNN US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with the family of slain Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh at the State Department on Tuesday. “The Secretary is deeply appreciative of the opportunity to meet with Shireen’s family,” State Department spokesperson Ned Price said at a briefing, noting that
Continue ReadingBy DAVE CAMPBELL AP Pro Football Writer EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Harrison Smith is the longest-tenured player on the Minnesota Vikings. He’s one of the oldest safeties in the NFL and turned 33 earlier this year. The six-time Pro Bowl pick clearly does not feel that old. He caught himself recently telling an acquaintance he
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Italy striker Gianluca Scamacca has joined West Ham from Sassoulo for a reported fee of 30 million pounds ($36 million) as the Premier League club finally brought in some help and competition for Michail Antonio up front. The 23-year-old Scamacca has signed a five-year deal with the option of a further 12
Continue ReadingBy DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press OXNARD, Calif. (AP) — Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones defended Mike McCarthy following an offseason of speculation about the coach’s future. At a news conference prior to the start of training camp, Jones said McCarthy was brought back for a third season leading the team because he
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer, CNN Former acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller told the House select committee investigating the Capitol Hill insurrection that former President Donald Trump never gave him a formal order to have 10,000 troops ready to be deployed to the Capitol on January 6, 2021, according to new video of Miller’s deposition released by
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju and Alex Rogers, CNN It was just three days into Republican Rep. Peter Meijer’s term when a pro-Trump mob ransacked the Capitol. A week later, the freshman voted to impeach Trump. Now, that vote could end his House career. A week before his primary, Republicans in Michigan and Washington say that Meijer’s
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A regional Planned Parenthood organization has filed a third lawsuit over Idaho’s anti-abortion laws and the latest targets the state’s ban on abortions for pregnancies beyond six weeks of gestation. Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawaii, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky was joined by family medicine Dr. Caitlin Gustafson
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A regional Planned Parenthood organization has filed a third lawsuit over Idaho’s anti-abortion laws and the latest targets the state’s ban on abortions for pregnancies beyond six weeks of gestation. Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawaii, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky was joined by family medicine Dr. Caitlin Gustafson
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN The recent announcement that both the series “Desus & Mero” and the partnership between the two co-hosts is no more was met on the internet with the type of grieving usually reserved for a celebrity death. It’s understandable given what The Kid Mero, Desus Nice and their beloved show —
Continue ReadingLITCHFIELD PARK, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Cardinals have placed receiver Marquise Brown on the NFL’s active/non-football injury list because of a hamstring issue. The Cardinals acquired Brown and a third-round pick in a draft-day trade with the Baltimore Ravens, who received the No. 23 overall pick in return. Arizona hopes Brown can partially offset
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN Business Twitter has set a date for its shareholders to vote to approve its $44 billion acquisition deal by Elon Musk, despite the company’s ongoing legal battle with the billionaire Tesla CEO over the deal. The company on Tuesday sent shareholders a letter saying it would hold a virtual special meeting
Continue ReadingBy ANITA SNOW Associated Press It was a stunning image: Pope Francis briefly wearing a full Indigenous headdress, its rows of soft white feathers fastened in place by a colorful, beaded headband after he apologized for the Catholic Church’s role in Canada’s “disastrous” residential school system for Indigenous children. Chief Wilton Littlechild, a residential school
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — Star linebacker Roquan Smith and defensive end Robert Quinn are on time for the Chicago Bears’ first training camp under general manager Ryan Poles and coach Matt Eberflus. Whether they’ll choose to participate when practices begin Wednesday remains to be seen. The Bears could
Continue ReadingBy LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer Two new studies provide more evidence that the coronavirus pandemic originated in a Wuhan, China market where live animals were sold – further bolstering the theory that the virus emerged in the wild rather than escaping from a Chinese lab. The research, published online Tuesday by the journal Science,
Continue ReadingBy KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — More than 20 Republican attorneys general have filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration over a Department of Agriculture school meal program that prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. The challenge claims that the federal government is attempting to force states and schools
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