After 40 nights of U2 at the Sphere, Phish’s Trey Anastasio talks about taking over
By JOSH CORNFIELD Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Phish has been performing to thousands of dedicated fans for decades and prides itself on never…
Continue ReadingAP National News
OJ Simpson has been cremated, estate attorney in Las Vegas says. No public memorial is planned
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — O.J. Simpson’s lawyer in Las Vegas says the former football star and celebrity criminal…
Continue ReadingMan sentenced to 47 years to life for kidnapping 9-year-old girl from upstate New York park
By MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America BALLSTON SPA, N.Y. (AP) — A man was sentenced Wednesday to 47 years to life in prison for…
Continue ReadingKentucky lawmaker says he wants to renew efforts targeting diversity initiatives at colleges
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press A Republican lawmaker says he plans to mount another effort to limit diversity, equity and inclusion practices at…
Continue Reading9 are facing charges in what police in Canada say is the biggest gold theft in the country’s history
By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Police said nine people are facing charges in what authorities are calling the biggest gold theft in…
Continue ReadingPentagon leaders press Congress for Ukraine funding, saying battlefield situation is dire
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukraine and Israel both desperately need the military weapons that are being held up by…
Continue ReadingJudges orders Pennsylvania agency to produce inspection records related to chocolate plant blast
By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press Pennsylvania utility regulators must turn over inspection records to the National Transportation Safety Board as…
Continue ReadingNorth Carolina university committee swiftly passes policy change that could cut diversity staff
By MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Diversity, equity and inclusion staff members’ jobs in North Carolina’s public…
Continue ReadingUber is helping investigators look into account that sent driver to Ohio home where she was killed
By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press The ride-hailing company Uber says it’s banned an account that sent a driver to the Ohio home where an…
Continue ReadingA flyer at a camp in Mexico urges US-bound migrants to vote for Biden. Its origins are suspect
By VALERIE GONZALEZ and ALI SWENSON Associated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A humanitarian organization in northeastern Mexico is saying it did not…
Continue ReadingHow many ballerinas can dance on tiptoes in one place? A world record 353 at New York’s Plaza Hotel
NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of young dancers in white tutus and tightly coiffed hair gathered in New York’s Plaza Hotel on Wednesday to break…
Continue ReadingBelarus’ parliament votes to leave Europe’s conventional forces treaty already abandoned by Russia
By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The Belarusian parliament has voted to suspend the country’s participation in the…
Continue ReadingEl Salvador’s Bukele releases father of soccer player from prison after son’s plea on social media
Associated Press SAN SALVADOR (AP) — El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele has released the father of a Salvadoran soccer player from prison after…
Continue ReadingTsunami alert after a volcano in Indonesia has several big eruptions and thousands are told to leave
By EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities issued a tsunami alert Wednesday after eruptions at Ruang…
Continue ReadingSouth Carolina making progress to get more women in General Assembly and leadership roles
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Progress is being made in getting more women into leadership positions in South Carolina.…
Continue ReadingA vehicle backfiring startled a circus elephant into a Montana street. She still performed Tuesday
By AMY BETH HANSON The Associated Press The sound of a vehicle backfiring spooked a circus elephant while she was getting a pre-show bath in Butte,…
Continue ReadingCorrection: Missing Women-Oklahoma story
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — In a story published April 17, 2024, about two missing Kansas women found dead in Oklahoma, The Associated Press erroneously…
Continue ReadingKansas’ higher ed board is considering an anti-DEI policy as legislators press for a law
By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The board overseeing higher education in Kansas is considering banning state universities…
Continue ReadingThe U.N. rights chief says eastern Congo’s escalating violence is being forgotten by the world
By RUTH ALONGA Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — The U.N. human rights chief says the world is forgetting the escalating violence in eastern…
Continue ReadingLab chief faces sentencing in Michigan 12 years after fatal US meningitis outbreak
By ED WHITE Associated Press HOWELL, Mich. (AP) — The head of a specialty pharmacy will be sentenced in Michigan for 11 deaths more than a decade…
Continue Reading