Massachusetts troopers were charged with taking bribes to pass commercial drivers
By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Two current and two former Massachusetts State Police troopers were among six people charged…
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France’s new prime minister vows to defend farmers and restore authority in schools
By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s new prime minister is vowing to boost employment, restore authority in schools and…
Continue ReadingMilitary veteran who killed Iraqi civilian is ordered jailed on Capitol riot charges
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A military veteran who shot and killed a handcuffed civilian in Iraq nearly 20 years ago…
Continue ReadingEU envoy urges Kosovo and Serbia to step up normalization efforts before the bloc’s June elections
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — The European Union’s envoy for the Western Balkans has urged Kosovo and Serbia to push ahead with faltering normalization…
Continue ReadingSenators push for legalized sports gambling in Georgia without a constitutional amendment
By JEFF AMY Associated Press Another sports gambling bill is moving forward in Georgia. Supporters say they can legally set up betting under the…
Continue ReadingBiden says he’s decided on response to killing of 3 US troops, plans to attend dignified transfer
By AAMER MADHANI and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday indicated he had decided how to respond after…
Continue ReadingAndrew Tate loses his appeal to ease judicial restrictions as human trafficking case continues
Associated Press A Romanian court on Tuesday rejected an appeal by influencer Andrew Tate to ease judicial control measures imposed while the legal…
Continue ReadingWisconsin man gets life sentence in 2021 killings of 3 men whose bodies were found outside quarry
LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — A man charged in the fatal 2021 shootings of three men whose bodies were found outside a Wisconsin quarry has been sentenced…
Continue ReadingWhite House-hosted arts summit explores how to incorporate arts and humanities into problem-solving
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency will assign artists to treasured bodies of water in…
Continue ReadingRare whale found dead off Massachusetts may have been entangled, authorities say
By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press A rare whale found dead off Massachusetts shows potential evidence of injury from entanglement in fishing gear,…
Continue ReadingOfficial found it ‘strange’ that Michigan school shooter’s mom didn’t take him home over drawing
By ED WHITE Associated Press A Michigan school official told jurors that he had no grounds to search the backpack of a teenager before the boy killed…
Continue ReadingLegislative panel shoots down South Dakota bill to raise the age for marriage to 18
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Sixteen- and 17-year-olds call still wed in South Dakota after a legislative committee shot down an effort to raise the age of…
Continue ReadingOklahoma asks teachers to return up to $50,000 in bonuses the state says were paid in error
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Some Oklahoma educators are being forced to repay up to $50,000 in teacher recruitment bonuses…
Continue ReadingZimbabwe opposition figure gets suspended sentence after nearly 2 years in pretrial detention
By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A Zimbabwe opposition figure who spent nearly two years in pretrial detention is set be…
Continue ReadingWisconsin’s Democratic governor vetoes Republican map as another redistricting court fight looms
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers on Tuesday vetoed a redistricting proposal that the…
Continue ReadingHours of additional video show what officers did and said after fatal beating of Tyre Nichols
By ADRIAN SAINZ, JONATHAN MATTISE and TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The city of Memphis Tennessee has released about 21 more…
Continue ReadingAre insects drawn to light? New research shows it’s confusion, not fatal attraction
By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Like a moth to flame, many scientists and poets have long assumed that flying insects were…
Continue ReadingConsortium of Great Lakes universities and tech companies gets $15M to seek ways to clean wastewater
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The National Science Foundation has given a consortium of Great Lakes-area universities and tech companies $15 million to…
Continue ReadingTurkish parliament strips imprisoned opposition lawmaker of seat
ISTANBUL (AP) — The Turkish Parliament has stripped an imprisoned opposition lawmaker of his parliamentary status, defying a ruling made by the…
Continue ReadingGeorgia seaports handled a record number of automobiles in 2023 while container trade dropped 16%
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The Georgia Ports Authority says it handled a record number of automobiles on its docks last…
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