Ellen Ash Peters, first female chief justice of Connecticut Supreme Court, dies at 94
By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Ellen Ash Peters, the first woman to serve as Connecticut’s chief justice, has died. She…
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After 40 years in Park City, Sundance exploring options for 2027 film festival and beyond
By LINDSEY BAHR and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — The Sundance Film Festival may not always call Park City, Utah, home.…
Continue ReadingRepublican AGs attack Biden’s EPA for pursuing environmental discrimination cases
By MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Twenty-three Republican attorneys general are attacking the Biden administration’s…
Continue ReadingLawmakers vote down bill that would allow some Alabama death row inmates to be resentenced
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers on Wednesday rejected a bill that would provide new sentences for about…
Continue ReadingVermont farms are still recovering from flooding as they enter the growing season
By LISA RATHKE Associated Press BERLIN, Vt. (AP) — Hundreds of Vermont farms are still recovering from July’s catastrophic flooding and other…
Continue ReadingMississippi legislators won’t smooth the path this year to restore voting rights after some felonies
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Civil rights advocates say Mississippi needs to simplify the process of restoring…
Continue ReadingSkeletal remains found at home in Illinois identified as those of woman missing since 2008
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say skeletal remains found at a house in Springfield have been identified as those of a woman who vanished in…
Continue ReadingAppeals court leaves temporary hold on New Jersey’s county line primary ballot design in place
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A federal appeals court has affirmed a lower court’s decision to order New Jersey Democrats scrap a ballot design widely…
Continue ReadingLockdown lifts at Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota after report of a single gunshot
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — A lockdown prompted by a report of a gunshot at the Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota has lifted. Security…
Continue ReadingAir National Guard changes in Alaska could affect national security, civilian rescues, staffers say
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Air National Guard flew 159 civilian search-and-rescue missions last year in…
Continue ReadingSouth Carolina coach Dawn Staley gushes over congratulations from Queen B
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina coach Dawn Staley has gotten plenty of prominent congratulations since winning her third national title…
Continue ReadingAbu Ghraib military contractor warned bosses of abuses 2 weeks after arriving, testimony reveals
By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A civilian contractor sent to work as an interrogator at Iraq’s infamous Abu Ghraib…
Continue ReadingKentucky spokeswoman: School is ‘distressed’ to hear of alleged sexual misconduct by ex-swim coach
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky spokeswoman says the school is “distressed to hear disturbing allegations” of sexual assault by former…
Continue ReadingUS probe of Hondas that can activate emergency braking for no reason moves closer to a recall
DETROIT (AP) — A U.S. government investigation into unexpected automatic braking involving nearly 3 million Hondas is a step closer to a recall.…
Continue ReadingCloning makes three: Two more endangered ferrets are gene copies of critter frozen in 1980s
By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says two more black-footed ferrets have been cloned from…
Continue ReadingDespite security risks, plans to open Paris Olympics on River Seine remain unchanged and on track
By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — The question of holding the Paris Games opening ceremony on the Seine River loomed large as…
Continue ReadingNCAA allows transfers to be immediately eligible, no matter how many times they’ve switched schools
By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Sports Writer NCAA athletes will be immediately eligible to play no matter how many times they transfer — as long as…
Continue ReadingTip leads to arrest in cold case killing of off-duty DC police officer in Baltimore
BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore prosecutors have announced the arrest of a man in the cold case homicide of an off-duty Washington, D.C., police officer…
Continue ReadingUS reimposes oil sanctions on Venezuela as hopes for a fair presidential election fades
By JOSHUA GOODMAN and REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The Biden administration has reimposed crushing oil sanctions on Venezuela…
Continue ReadingAn NPR editor who wrote a critical essay on the company has resigned after being suspended
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A National Public Radio editor who wrote a critical essay saying that his company had become…
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