Iowa lawmakers address immigration, religious freedom and taxes in 2024 session
By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa lawmakers have wrapped up the General Assembly’s four-month session that…
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Satellite photos suggest Iran air defense radar struck in Isfahan during apparent Israeli attack
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Satellite photos taken Monday suggest an apparent Israeli retaliatory strike targeting…
Continue ReadingJury deliberating in Iraq Abu Ghraib prison abuse civil case; contractor casts blame on Army
BY MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A lawyer for a military contractor being sued by three survivors of the notorious Abu…
Continue ReadingChinese generosity in lead-up to cleared doping tests reflects its growing influence on WADA
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer In the two years before the World Anti-Doping Agency cleared 23 Chinese swimmers of doping allegations, that…
Continue ReadingThe fatal shooting of an Ohio officer during a training exercise being probed as a possible homicide
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The fatal shooting of an Ohio officer during a training exercise at a state corrections department facility this month is…
Continue ReadingTrump’s $175 million bond in New York civil fraud judgment case is settled with cash promise
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York state lawyers and an attorney for former President Donald Trump have settled their…
Continue ReadingChildren of Flint water crisis make change as young environmental and health activists
By TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press Their childhood memories are vivid: warnings against drinking or cooking with tap water, enduring long lines for…
Continue ReadingReview of UN agency helping Palestinian refugees found Israel did not express concern about staff
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — An independent review of the neutrality of the U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees…
Continue ReadingNo charges yet in weekend crash that killed 2 siblings at Michigan birthday party
BERLIN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Investigators in Michigan need more time to collect information before charges are filed in the deaths of two young…
Continue ReadingDriver arrested for drug driving after plowing through classroom wall in Liverpool
LONDON (AP) — A driver who plowed through the wall of a Liverpool classroom shortly before the start of school has been arrested on suspicion of…
Continue ReadingCalifornia reject bill to crackdown on how utilities spend customers’ money
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A crackdown on how California utilities spend customers’ money has failed to pass the…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court denies request by Arizona candidates seeking to ban electronic vote tabulators
By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to consider a request by Republican U.S. Senate candidate…
Continue ReadingNearly 100 Belarus political prisoners have severe medical problems, rights group says
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A human rights group says that nearly 100 political prisoners in Belarus who were incarcerated in a severe crackdown on…
Continue ReadingThe EU ratchets up pressure on TikTok’s new rewards app over risks to kids, warns of suspension
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — The European Union is demanding TikTok provide more information about a new app that pays users to…
Continue ReadingCelebrity handbag designer sentenced to 18 months in prison for smuggling crocodile handbags
By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A leading fashion designer whose accessories were used by celebrities from Britney Spears to the…
Continue ReadingImagine Dragons’ Dan Reynolds talks new album ‘Loom’ — ‘Heavy concepts but playful at the same time’
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The ambiguity of Imagine Dragons’ next album starts from the cover. Two figures stand…
Continue ReadingEuropean Space Agency adds 5 new astronauts in only fourth class since 1978. Over 20,000 applied
By DAVID McHUGH Associated Press COLOGNE, Germany (AP) — For the past year, five fit, academically superior men and women have been spun in…
Continue ReadingDiver pinned under water by an alligator figured he had choice: Lose his arm or lose his life
GOOSE CREEK, S.C. (AP) — Out of air and pinned by an alligator to the bottom of the Cooper River in South Carolina, Will Georgitis decided his only…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court will decide whether Trump is immune from federal prosecution. Here’s what’s next
By ERIC TUCKER, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is hearing arguments this week with…
Continue ReadingRussia convicts the spokesperson for Facebook owner Meta in a swift trial in absentia
By The Associated Press An independent Russian news site has reported that a court in Russia convicted the spokesperson of U.S. technology company…
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