Sen. Cory Booker questions US prison labor policies, calls for change
By MARGIE MASON and ROBIN McDOWELL Associated Press Sen. Cory Booker says prisoners should be learning professional skills that help prepare them for…
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Resigned to a fate of constant displacement, India’s river islanders return home in between floods
By ANUPAM NATH Associated Press MORIGAON, India (AP) — Yaad Ali is dreading the rainy season’s arrival this year. The 56-year-old farmer from…
Continue ReadingRangers recover the body of a Japanese climber who died on North America’s tallest peak
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Rangers have recovered the body of a Japanese man who died after an apparent fall while climbing North America’s tallest…
Continue ReadingDefrocked in 2004 for same-sex relationship, a faithful Methodist is reinstated as pastor
By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer Twenty years ago, Beth Stroud was defrocked as a United Methodist Church pastor after telling her Philadelphia…
Continue ReadingOscar-winning composer of ‘Finding Neverland’ music, Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, dies at age 71
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish composer Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, who won a 2005 Oscar for the movie “Finding Neverland,” has died at age 71.…
Continue ReadingDetroit could be without Black representation in Congress again with top candidate off the ballot
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — U.S. House candidate Adam Hollier will be left off Michigan’s August primary…
Continue ReadingNicaraguan police are monitoring the brother of President Daniel Ortega
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Nicaragua’s National Police appear to confirm that retired Gen. Humberto Ortega, brother of President Daniel Ortega, has been…
Continue ReadingPetrochemical company fined more than $30 million for 2019 explosions near Houston
BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) — A Texas petrochemical company has pleaded guilty to a violation of the Clean Air Act and agreed to pay more than $30 million…
Continue ReadingHead of FEMA tours deadly storm damage in Houston area as more residents get power back
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency has toured the Houston area to assess the…
Continue ReadingConcussion replacements added for Copa America under the pink substitution pass system
LUQUE, Paraguay (AP) — Coaches at the Copa America will be able to make a 6th and extra substitution in cases of suspected head trauma or…
Continue ReadingLouisiana lawmakers advance bill to reclassify abortion drugs, worrying doctors
By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana lawmakers have advanced a bill that would reclassify two abortion-inducing drugs,…
Continue ReadingTrump’s lawyers rested their case after calling just 2 witnesses. Experts say that’s not unusual
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s legal team rested its case Tuesday in his hush money trial after calling just…
Continue ReadingNew cars in California could alert drivers for breaking the speed limit
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A bill before California lawmakers would require new cars sold in the state in coming years…
Continue ReadingHawaii officials stress preparedness despite below-normal central Pacific hurricane season outlook
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Forecasters say this year’s hurricane season for waters around Hawaii will likely…
Continue ReadingFamily says Alaska photographer killed in moose attack knew the risks, died doing what he loved
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The family of an Alaska man who was fatally attacked by a moose said the amateur…
Continue ReadingEx-Washington state police officer acquitted in Black man’s death files claims alleging defamation
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — One of the Washington state police officers cleared of criminal charges in the 2020 death of Manuel Ellis — a Black man who…
Continue ReadingEffort to ID thousands of bones found in Indiana pushes late businessman’s presumed victims to 13
By RICK CALLAHAN Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A coroner says a renewed effort to identify thousands of bones found at the Indiana estate of…
Continue ReadingDemocrats propose ban on officials receiving payments from foreign governments after Trump probe
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats have introduced legislation that would prohibit U.S. officials from accepting money,…
Continue ReadingJailed Guatemalan journalist to AP: ‘I can defend myself, because I am innocent’
By SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — José Rubén Zamora has spent nearly two years locked in a dark 16- by 13-foot cell in…
Continue ReadingDelaware lawmakers OK bill enabling board of political appointees to oversee hospital budgets
By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — The Delaware House has given final approval to a bill aimed at curtailing the increase in…
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