Miami Beach is breaking up with spring break — or at least trying to
By DAVID FISCHER Associated Press MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Miami Beach is trying to break up with spring break, but it’s not yet clear…
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Nashville cleared the runway for an emergency. Pilot said ‘I’m too far away’
By JONATHAN MATTISE and TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The pilot of a single-engine plane that crashed near downtown…
Continue ReadingPhilippine and Chinese vessels collide in disputed South China Sea and 4 Filipino crew are injured
By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Chinese and Philippine coast guard vessels have collided in the disputed South China Sea,…
Continue ReadingCalifornia man is first in the US to be charged with smuggling greenhouse gases, prosecutors say
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Southern California man was arrested on suspicion of smuggling refrigerants into the U.S. from Mexico. Federal prosecutors said…
Continue ReadingSierra blizzard provides ammo for critics of US Postal Service plan to downsize mail hub in Nevada
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A U.S. Postal Service plan to downsize a regional mail hub in Reno and move package and letter processing to Sacramento,…
Continue ReadingTaylor Swift steals the show at an Asian summit as Singapore defends exclusive Eras Tour stop
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Taylor Swift stole the show at an Asian summit Tuesday when Singapore’s leader…
Continue ReadingNorth Korea threatens to take military moves in response to US-South Korean drills
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea called the ongoing South Korean-U.S. military drills a plot to invade the…
Continue ReadingRegulatory costs account for half of the price of new condos in Hawaii, university report finds
By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A University of Hawaii report says regulatory costs account for more than half of the price of a…
Continue ReadingChina raises defense budget by 7.2% as it pushes for global heft and regional tensions continue
By HUIZHONG WU and CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China is increasing its defense budget by 7.2% this year, similar to last…
Continue ReadingImmigration judges union, a frequent critic, is told to get approval before speaking publicly
By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — A 53-year-old union of immigration judges has been ordered to get supervisor approval to speak…
Continue ReadingThe man sought in New York in the fatal bludgeoning at a hotel won’t waive extradition from Arizona
By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The man sought in New York in the fatal bludgeoning of a woman at a hotel last month said in an…
Continue ReadingAmmo supplier says he provided no live rounds in fatal shooting of cinematographer by Alec Baldwin
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — An ammunition supplier testified at trial Monday that he only provided inert dummy rounds to…
Continue ReadingChina sets an economic growth target of around 5% but acknowledges it will not be easy to achieve
By KEN MORITSUGU and ELAINE KURTENBACH Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China aims to achieve 5% economic growth this year, Premier Li Qiang said…
Continue ReadingNevada Democratic US Sen. Jacky Rosen, at union hall rally, makes reelection bid official
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen has announced that she has officially filed for reelection in a presidential battleground state that…
Continue ReadingTeenager dead, 4 other people wounded in shooting at Philadelphia bus stop, police say
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police say a teenager was killed and four other people have been wounded in a shooting at a north Philadelphia bus stop. The…
Continue ReadingOregon lawmakers voted to recriminalize drugs. The bill’s future is now in the governor’s hands
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The future of an Oregon bill that would roll back the state’s first-in-the-nation drug…
Continue ReadingDonald Trump’s lawyers fight DA’s request for a gag order in his hush-money criminal case
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyers are warning that a gag order sought by New York prosecutors ahead of…
Continue Reading5-time Iditarod champion Dallas Seavey kills and guts a moose that got entangled with his dog team
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A veteran musher had to kill a moose after it injured his dog shortly after the start of…
Continue ReadingNebraska’s Legislature and executive branches stake competing claims on state agency oversight
By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Legislature has found itself locked in a battle with Republican Gov. Jim…
Continue ReadingFormer Twitter executives sue Elon Musk over firings, seek more than $128 million in severance
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Former senior executives of Twitter are suing Elon Musk and X Corp., saying they are entitled to a total of…
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