Half of US states join GOP lawsuits challenging new EPA rule on deadly soot pollution
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Twenty-five Republican-led states have joined lawsuits challenging a new Biden administration…
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Missouri governor offers ‘deepest sympathy’ after reducing former Chiefs assistant’s DWI sentence
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has offered his “deepest sympathy” to the family of a 5-year-old girl who was seriously…
Continue ReadingSen. Katie Britt will stride onto the national stage to deliver GOP’s State of the Union response
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — After only a year in the Senate, Katie Britt of Alabama is wielding her influence and…
Continue ReadingJury picked in trial of 2nd parent charged in Michigan school shooting
By ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A jury has been seated in the trial of a man whose son killed four students at a Michigan school…
Continue ReadingPressure grows on Israel to open more aid routes into Gaza by land and sea as hunger worsens
By TIA GOLDENBERG and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Efforts to get desperately needed humanitarian aid to war-wracked…
Continue ReadingIndiana lawmakers in standoff on antisemitism bill following changes sought by critics of Israel
By ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Disagreements among Indiana lawmakers could stop passage of a bill aiming to address…
Continue ReadingHouse Republicans invite Hunter Biden and former associates for a public hearing in mid-March
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans have invited Hunter Biden and his former business associates to appear at a…
Continue ReadingMourners honor Liza who fled Belarus to Warsaw for a new life but was raped and died in a hospital
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Mourners in Poland have paid tribute to a young Belarusian woman who died after being…
Continue ReadingMicrosoft engineer sounds alarm on AI image-generator to US officials and company’s board
By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer A Microsoft engineer is sounding alarms about offensive and harmful imagery he says is too easily made by…
Continue ReadingSocial media outages hurt small businesses — so it’s important to have a backup plan
By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — To businesses that rely on social media platforms for advertising, client communication or…
Continue ReadingTexas man arrested in alleged scam attempt against disgraced former congressman George Santos
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Texas man has been arrested on accusations he schemed to dupe disgraced former congressman…
Continue ReadingPanel says New York, Maryland and maybe California could offer internet gambling soon
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — With Rhode Island this week becoming the seventh U.S. state to launch internet gambling, industry…
Continue Reading‘Rust’ armorer convicted of involuntary manslaughter in fatal shooting by Alec Baldwin on movie set
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A jury convicted a movie weapons supervisor of involuntary manslaughter Wednesday in the fatal…
Continue ReadingNorth Carolina’s Mark Harris gets a second chance to go to Congress after absentee ballot scandal
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press The Rev. Mark Harris has won the Republican nomination for a U.S. House seat in North Carolina, giving the pastor…
Continue ReadingNo video voyeurism charge for ousted Florida GOP chair, previously cleared in rape case
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Prosecutors say the ousted former chair of the Republican Party of Florida will not face a video voyeurism charge for…
Continue ReadingFew Americans want US more involved in current wars in Ukraine and Gaza, AP-NORC poll finds
By FARNOUSH AMIRI and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As the U.S. navigates involvement in the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, few…
Continue ReadingVienna Philharmonic, once an all-male ensemble, now has 24 female musicians
By RONALD BLUM Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A male bastion from its founding in 1842 until 1997, the Vienna Philharmonic has 24 female players…
Continue ReadingWorkers expressed concern over bowed beams, structural issues before Idaho hangar collapse killed 3
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Workers had expressed concerns about bending or bowed beams and structural issues before a steel airport hangar under…
Continue ReadingNew attacks by IS-linked group in Mozambique leave over 70 children missing. Thousands have fled
By TOM GOULD and GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A surge of new attacks by an Islamic State-affiliated group in…
Continue ReadingA Polish soldier injured during a training exercise has died, raising the death toll to 2
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish military authorities say that a soldier seriously injured during a training exercise has died. The death raises the…
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