Clemency rejected for man scheduled to be 1st person executed in Georgia in more than 4 years
By JEFF MARTIN Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s parole board has rejected clemency for a man set to die Wednesday night in the…
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Judges limit North Carolina child support law requirement in IVF case involving same-sex couple
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s intermediate-level appeals court has reversed a local…
Continue ReadingMaker of Jeep, Dodge and Ram vehicles to follow California’s strict emissions standards
By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A major automaker made a deal with California to cut greenhouse gas…
Continue ReadingA teen weighing 70 pounds turned up at a hospital badly injured. Four family members are charged
By HANNAH FINGERHUT and JIM SALTER Associated Press ZEARING, Iowa (AP) — Four members of a rural Iowa family are accused of abducting and abusing…
Continue ReadingTrump asks Supreme Court to dismiss case charging him with plotting to overturn 2020 election
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for Donald Trump urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to dismiss an indictment…
Continue ReadingSouth Carolina to remove toxic waste from historic World War II aircraft carrier
By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina officials are preparing to remove over 1.2 million…
Continue ReadingMichigan will become the last US state to decriminalize surrogacy contracts
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan lawmakers have given approval to a nine-bill package that will make the state…
Continue ReadingA teenager faces a new felony charge over the shooting at the Chiefs’ Super Bowl celebration
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Juvenile authorities say a 16-year-old boy is facing a new felony charge from the mass shooting at the Kansas City…
Continue ReadingCaitlin Clark behind increased betting interest in women’s college basketball
By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Caitlin Clark’s audacious logo 3-pointers and record-breaking accomplishments have driven…
Continue ReadingA Nebraska lawmaker faces backlash for invoking a colleague’s name in a graphic account of rape
By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska lawmaker is facing calls for his resignation after reading a graphic account of…
Continue ReadingNorth Carolina appeals court upholds ruling that kept Confederate monument in place
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina appeals court has ruled in a case involving a Confederate monument…
Continue ReadingChicago sues gunmaker Glock over conversions to machine guns
CHICAGO (AP) — The city of Chicago has sued Glock Inc., alleging the handgun manufacturer is facilitating the proliferation of illegal machine guns…
Continue ReadingTurkish warplanes strike Kurdish militant positions in Iraq after attack kills soldier, wounds 4
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s defense ministry says its warplanes have carried out a new round of airstrikes targeting Kurdish militants in…
Continue Reading2 Vermont communities devastated by summer flooding seek $3.5M to elevate homes for victims
By LISA RATHKE Associated Press MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Two of the Vermont communities hardest hit by the catastrophic summer flooding have put in…
Continue ReadingEx-girlfriend of actor Jonathan Majors files civil suit accusing him of escalating abuse, defamation
By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press The former girlfriend of actor Jonathan Majors’ is suing him on civil allegations including assault, battery,…
Continue ReadingMarch Madness: Long before Duquesne spent 47 years in anonymity, a progressive approach led to glory
By WILL GRAVES AP National Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Duquesne’s return to the NCAA tournament for the first time in 47 years is putting a…
Continue ReadingLast suspect in Philadelphia bus stop shooting that wounded 8 is captured in Virginia
By BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The last of four suspects in a bus stop shooting of eight Philadelphia high school…
Continue ReadingUSA Basketball learns its groupings for the Paris Olympics. Tough draws await the men and women
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer USA Basketball’s men’s team will see Serbia and South Sudan in two of its three group-stage games at the…
Continue ReadingTop former US generals say failures of Biden administration in planning drove chaotic fall of Kabul
By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The top two U.S. generals who oversaw the evacuation of Afghanistan as it fell to the Taliban in…
Continue ReadingSouth Carolina’s governor marks new gun law with ceremonial bill signing
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Gov, Henry McMaster has held a ceremony marking a new law allowing any…
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