Retired Arizona prisons boss sentenced to probation over armed 2022 standoff with police
By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Former Arizona Corrections Director Charles Ryan has been sentenced to probation for his…
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Texas A&M to close Qatar campus as school’s board notes instability in Middle East as factor
By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M University will close its 20-year-old campus in Qatar by 2028. University board…
Continue ReadingMoore’s hire at Michigan gives advocates hope that Black coaches at bluebloods can become the norm
By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer Tyrone Willingham retired back in 2008, yet he has seen just a few Black men receive the kind of elite opportunity he…
Continue ReadingToby Keith wrote all kinds of country songs. His legacy might be post-9/11 American anger
By BEN FINLEY Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Toby Keith’s songs accomplished, for some, what great art is intended to: They sustained…
Continue ReadingProsecutors dismiss charges against Louisiana troopers who bragged of beating a Black motorist
By JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press Louisiana prosecutors have quietly dismissed charges against state police troopers who were recorded beating a Black…
Continue ReadingMan convicted in Italy for 2007 Meredith Kercher murder is under surveillance over abuse claims
ROME (AP) — A Rome court has ordered that the man convicted in the 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher and freed three years ago be…
Continue ReadingDrug possession charge against rapper Kodak Black dismissed in Florida
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A drug possession charge against South Florida rapper Kodak Black was dismissed Friday, two months after an arrest,…
Continue ReadingOcean system that moves heat gets closer to collapse, which could cause weather chaos, study says
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer An abrupt shutdown of Atlantic Ocean currents that could put large parts of Europe in a deep freeze is looking a…
Continue ReadingInvestigators focus on suspect in Philadelphia area fire and shooting that left 6 dead, 2 hurt
By MARYCLAIRE DALE and MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Investigators looking into a fire outside Philadelphia that left family…
Continue ReadingFormer Mets GM Billy Eppler suspended through World Series for fabricating injuries
By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Former New York Mets general manager Billy Eppler was suspended through the 2024 World Series on…
Continue Reading200-foot radio station tower stolen without a trace in Alabama, silencing small town’s voice
JASPER, Ala. (AP) — A radio station manager says the theft of its giant tower has silenced what used to be the voice of a small Alabama town and…
Continue ReadingHarris slams ‘politically motivated’ report as Biden to name task force to protect classified docs
By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday slammed the report by a Justice Department…
Continue ReadingRepublican’s resignation shifts power back to Democrats in Pennsylvania House ahead of election
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The resignation of a Republican lawmaker in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives has put the balance of power back to…
Continue ReadingThe wife of a famed Tennessee sheriff died in a 1967 unsolved shooting. Agents just exhumed her body
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities have exhumed the body of the wife of a famed former Tennessee sheriff more than a half-century after she was…
Continue ReadingFrom 200K to 1.5M people: Startling images show war’s impact on a small area of Gaza
By JON GAMBRELL AND PHIL HOLM Associated Press Israel has identified the southern Gaza city of Rafah as the next target in its military offensive…
Continue ReadingISU defends its decision to give Russians bronze medal from Beijing Olympics after doping case
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer The governing body that oversees figure skating has defended its decision to award the bronze medal from the 2022…
Continue ReadingDNC files federal complaint alleging RFK Jr.’s super PAC is working too closely with his campaign
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic National Committee has filed a complaint with the Federal Elections Commission,…
Continue ReadingBean dips, enchiladas and taco kits are among new recalled items linked to listeria outbreak
By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer More foods are being recalled in the wake of a deadly outbreak of listeria food poisoning. They include things that…
Continue ReadingLeaders of Serbia and Kosovo spar at the UN over the latter’s ban of the Serbian dinar
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Serbia’s president has accused Kosovo’s government at a heated U.N. meeting of…
Continue ReadingVirginia lawmakers limit public comment and tell folks taking the mic to ‘make it quick’
By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s part-time Legislature moves at a quick clip. And its lawmakers expect the same…
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