Seattle police chief dismissed from top job amid discrimination, harassment lawsuits
SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle’s embattled police chief has been dismissed, Mayor Bruce Harrel said Wednesday. Harrell said at a news conference that he…
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Disneyland performers’ vote to unionize is certified by federal labor officials
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Federal labor officials have certified an election to create a union for character and parade performers at Disneyland in…
Continue ReadingArgentina women’s soccer players understand why teammates quit amid dispute, but wish they’d stayed
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Players on Argentina’s women’s squad say they understand why four teammates quit amid a dispute with the…
Continue ReadingRepublican blocks confirmation of first Native American federal judge for Montana
Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Republican Sen. Steve Daines has blocked a Biden administration judicial nominee who would have been…
Continue ReadingMichigan willing to spend millions to restore Flint properties ripped up by pipe replacement
By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The state of Michigan says it’s willing to step in and oversee property repairs at 1,900 homes in…
Continue ReadingAt Sen. Bob Menendez’s bribery trial, prosecutors highlight his wife’s desperate finances
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors at Sen. Bob Menendez’s bribery trial have showed jurors hundreds of texts,…
Continue ReadingThe US-built pier in Gaza broke apart. Here’s how we got here and what might be next
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A string of security, logistical and weather problems has battered the plan to deliver…
Continue ReadingCharges reduced against 3 facing prosecution in man’s death during admission to psychiatric hosptial
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Second-degree murder charges against two sheriff’s deputies and a hospital worker have been reduced to involuntary…
Continue ReadingTexas Democrat who joined GOP in supporting ban on gender-affirming care for minors loses primary
By SEAN MURPHY and ANDREW DEMILLO Associated Press A four-term Democratic incumbent in Houston has been ousted in a statehouse primary race that…
Continue ReadingMcDonald’s says $18 Big Mac meal was an ‘exception’ and news reports overstated its price increases
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer McDonald’s is fighting back against media reports it says have exaggerated its price increases. In a post on…
Continue ReadingMassachusetts fugitive dubbed the ‘bad breath rapist’ captured in California after 16 years at large
DANVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a fugitive dubbed the “bad breath rapist” has been arrested in the San Francisco Bay Area more than 16…
Continue ReadingNorth Korea fires missile barrage toward its eastern waters days after failed satellite launch
By KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has fired a barrage of ballistic missiles toward its…
Continue ReadingWest Virginia’s first ombudsman for state’s heavily burdened foster care system resigns
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The first ombudsman of West Virginia’s heavily burdened foster care system has…
Continue ReadingAuthorities arrest man allegedly running ‘likely world’s largest ever’ cybercrime botnet
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An international law enforcement team has arrested a Chinese national and disrupted a major botnet that…
Continue ReadingTo recuse or refuse? A look at Supreme Court justices’ decisions on whether to step aside in cases
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In declining to step aside from two high-profile Supreme Court cases, Justice Samuel Alito on…
Continue ReadingElection board member in Georgia’s Fulton County abstains from certifying primary election
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The election board in Georgia’s largest county has voted to certify its May 21 election results. But…
Continue ReadingMedical pot user who lost job after drug test takes case over unemployment to Vermont Supreme Court
By LISA RATHKE Associated Press MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont man who lost his job after he said a random drug test showed he’d used…
Continue ReadingLouisiana chemical plant threatens to shut down if EPA emissions deadline isn’t relaxed
By MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press Denka Performance Elastomer in Louisiana threatened to shut down if the Biden administration doesn’t give…
Continue ReadingLess than 2% of philanthropic giving goes to women and girls. Can Melinda French Gates change that?
By THALIA BEATY Associated Press Melinda French Gates ‘ has a long history of supporting the women’s movement, but it’s her new eye-popping…
Continue ReadingNew Jersey police union calls for ‘real consequences’ for drunk, rowdy teens after boardwalk unrest
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s statewide police union is calling for what it calls “real…
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