Michigan school shooter’s father wants a jury from outside the community
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — The father of a Michigan school shooter wants jurors from a different county to decide his involuntary manslaughter case. A…
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Lawsuits ask courts to overturn Virginia’s new policies on the treatment of transgender students
By DENISE LAVOIE AP Legal Affairs Writer RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The ACLU of Virginia is suing the state Department of Education to challenge…
Continue Reading11 cold-stunned sea turtles returned to Atlantic after rehabilitation in Florida
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Workers from Clearwater Marine Aquarium in Florida have released 11 cold-stunned Kemp’s ridley sea turtles back into…
Continue ReadingMicrosoft is making 4 exclusive Xbox video games available to rival consoles
By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Several exclusive Xbox games will be soon making their way to rival consoles, the…
Continue ReadingDelay tactics and quick trips: Takeaways from two Trump case hearings in New York and Georgia
By JILL COLVIN and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump ‘s unprecedented tangle of overlapping trials was on…
Continue ReadingA loophole got him a free New York hotel stay for five years. Then he claimed to own the building
By CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A man who succeeded in using a New York City housing law live rent-free in an iconic hotel has…
Continue ReadingQ&A: Vince Staples redirects offbeat impulses from familiar territory of rap to new Netflix series
By KRYSTA FAURIA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Although Vince Staples has been in the limelight for more than a decade, he still thinks fame…
Continue ReadingMan charged with beheading father carried photos of federal buildings, bomb plans, DA says
By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press The suburban Philadelphia man charged with decapitating his father and posting a video online in which he holds up…
Continue ReadingDelay of Senegal’s Feb. 25 presidential election is ruled illegal, leaving date uncertain
BY BABACAR DIONE AND CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s top election authority has voided the president’s…
Continue ReadingTruckers block Mexican highways to protest violent robberies
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Truckers are staging protests on busy highways outside of Mexico City to protest the wave of killings of drivers during highway…
Continue ReadingEndangered right whale floating dead off Georgia is rare species’ second fatality since January
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Government scientists say a critically endangered North Atlantic right whale has been found…
Continue ReadingIsrael is urging the top UN court to reject a new South African request on Gaza provisional orders
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Israel is urging the United Nations’ highest court to reject an urgent South…
Continue ReadingA migrant smuggling boat capsizes off Panama, leaving at least 5 people dead and 1 missing
PANAMA CITY (AP) — At least five migrants have died and the search continues for one more who is missing after a boat carrying more than two dozen…
Continue ReadingRecession has struck some of the world’s top economies. The US keeps defying expectations
By STAN CHOE and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — As some of the world’s biggest economies stumble into recession, the…
Continue ReadingPublic utilities regulator joins race for North Dakota’s single U.S. House seat
By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A longtime public utilities regulator in North Dakota has joined the state’s race for its…
Continue ReadingUS investigators visit homes of two Palestinian-American teens killed in the West Bank
By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The American embassy is investigating two shootings of Palestinian-American teenagers in the…
Continue ReadingBurning insulation causes DC to evacuate Metro station and suspend service on multiple lines
By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Authorities in D.C. have evacuated an underground Metro station and shut down parts of three…
Continue ReadingUS Justice Department sues over Tennessee law targeting HIV-positive people convicted of sex work
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department has sued the state of Tennessee over its decades-old…
Continue ReadingRussia has obtained a ‘troubling’ emerging anti-satellite weapon, the White House says
By AAMER MADHANI and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House publicly confirmed on Thursday that Russia has obtained a…
Continue ReadingManagement issues at Oregon’s Crater Lake prompt feds to consider terminating concession contract
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Years of management issues involving facility upkeep and staff at Oregon’s Crater Lake have prompted the federal…
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