Month: November 2023

By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds says it “feels good to get in the game” after endorsing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for president. Reynolds made the decision this week after seven months of hosting Republican presidential candidates in Iowa. The Republican governor’s decision to weigh in breaks

By JOSH BOAK and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says it’s started 40,000 construction projects since the passage of major infrastructure legislation two years ago. And President Joe Biden’s team is seeking to make the case that continued progress could depend on keeping him in the White House after 2024.

Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York is requiring state health officials to develop an outreach program to educate the public on the harmful impacts of medically unnecessary treatments performed on young children born intersex. The measure was signed into law on Wednesday by Governor Kathy Hochul and aims to bring awareness to people

By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A jury has rejected an insanity defense for a man convicted of shooting and wounding a bishop and assaulting the bride and groom at a church wedding ceremony in New Hampshire. Forty-one-year-old Dale Holloway, who acted as his own attorney, pleaded not guilty to the charges

By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press SHENGJIN, Albania (AP) — Some in the Western Balkans country saw it as reciprocation when the leaders of Albania and Italy announced a contentious agreement earlier this week to jointly process some asylum applications of migrants arriving by sea. Italy had welcomed thousands of Albanians fleeing poverty after the fall

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The contentious debate over a new FBI headquarters is intensifying. Bureau Director Christopher Wray said he’s concerned about a “potential conflict of interest” in the site selection. The White House defends the process as “fair and transparent.” But a senator says there’s a clear need for a

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israeli troops have pushed into Gaza City along a key coastal road on the Mediterranean Sea as part of their war on Hamas, according to satellite images from earlier this week analyzed on Thursday by The Associated Press. Monday’s images from Planet Labs PBC

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Once again, U.S. labor unions are flexing their muscles in the national spotlight. In Hollywood, the actors union reached a tentative deal with major studios late Wednesday to end a months-long strike. Las Vegas hotel workers also scored breakthough agreements with Caesars Entertainment and MGM

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The proportion of U.S. kindergartners exempted from school vaccination requirements has hit its highest level ever, 3%, U.S. health officials said Thursday. More parents are questioning routine childhood vaccinations that they used to automatically accept, an effect of the political schism that emerged during the

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press SMITHS STATION, Ala. (AP) — After the 2019 suicide of a local teenager, small-town mayor and pastor F.L. “Bubba” Copeland helped students place roadside signs in his Alabama community to try to reach others who might be hurting. “You are worthy of love.” “Don’t give up.” “You matter.” Those were