Cheating on your spouse is a crime in New York. The 1907 law may finally be repealed
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — For more than a century, it has been a crime to cheat on your spouse in New York. But…
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Investigators find at least 5 burned bodies near northern Mexican city of Monterrey
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Investigators in the northern Mexico border state of Nuevo Leon say they have found at least five burned bodies in a vehicle on…
Continue ReadingMilei’s first 100 days: Argentines struggle to make ends meet as support for president remains high
By DÉBORA REY Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Sergio Gómez, a store owner in Buenos Aires, spends his days behind an empty…
Continue ReadingWith police departments facing a hiring crisis, some policies are being loosened to find more cadets
By BROOKE SCHULTZ Associated Press/Report for America PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Police Department is seeing success in more recruits…
Continue ReadingBird flu is decimating seal colonies. Scientists don’t know how to stop it
By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Avian influenza is killing tens of thousands of seals and sea lions in different corners…
Continue ReadingTrial starts for Arizona border rancher charged with killing migrant on his property
By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona rancher has gone on trial in the fatal shooting of a migrant on his property near Mexico.…
Continue ReadingMore than 100 iconic cherry trees in Washington are being cut down. So long, Stumpy
By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The sun is setting on Stumpy, the gnarled old cherry tree that has become a social media…
Continue ReadingTrump’s social media company approved to go public, potentially netting former president billions
By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is returning to the stock market, and the former president stands to…
Continue ReadingDrought, heat and mismanagement make getting fresh water an increasingly tough task
By The Associated Press As the world warms from human-caused climate change, fresh water for drinking, cooking and cleaning is becoming harder to get…
Continue ReadingVietnam’s president resigns in latest twist of anti-graft campaign shaking its fast-growing economy
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Vietnam’s president has resigned as the ruling communist party in the latest episode…
Continue ReadingState Farm discontinuing 72,000 home policies in California in latest blow to state insurance market
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Insurance giant State Farm says it will discontinue coverage for 72,000 houses and apartments in California starting this…
Continue Reading$3 billion deal with the UK gets Australia closer to having a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines
By KEIRAN SMITH Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — Australia is set to provide $3 billion to British industry to support the construction of…
Continue ReadingLack of buses keeps Los Angeles jail inmates from court appearances and contributes to overcrowding
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Up to one-third of the 12,000 inmates in Los Angeles County jails can’t get to their court appearances because of a shortage…
Continue ReadingLorrie Moore wins National Book Critics Circle award for fiction, Judy Blume also honored
NEW YORK (AP) — Lorrie Moore won the prize for fiction on Thursday, while Judy Blume and her longtime ally in the fight against book bans, the…
Continue ReadingHouse GOP sues in bid to force Justice Department lawyers to testify as part of impeachment inquiry
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press House Republicans have filed a lawsuit seeking to force two Justice Department lawyers to testify about the…
Continue ReadingAlabama woman who faked kidnapping pleads guilty to false reporting
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama woman who claimed she was abducted after stopping her car to check on a wandering toddler pleaded guilty on…
Continue ReadingFrance’s president pounds a punching bag on camera, and Europe notices
By LAURIE KELLMAN and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The teeth clench. The brow furrows. The bicep bulges. In moody black and white,…
Continue ReadingTrump’s invite to major donors prioritizes the committee paying his legal bills over the RNC
By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump and his Republican allies are well behind President Joe Biden and Democrats on…
Continue ReadingBiden and Trump ask voters if they’re ‘better off’ than they were 4 years ago. It’s complicated
By ZEKE MILLER and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — “Are you better off today than you were four years ago?” Rarely have…
Continue ReadingNo charges to be filed in fight involving Oklahoma nonbinary teen Nex Benedict, prosecutor says
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — No criminal charges will be filed against the Oklahoma teens involved in a high school…
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