9/11 victim’s remains identified nearly 23 years later as Long Island man
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The remains of a Long Island man killed at the World Trade Center on 9/11 have been identified…
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‘Stop Cop City’ attacks have caused costs to rise for Atlanta police training center, officials say
By R.J. RICO Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Officials say the longstanding and at times violent protests against Atlanta’s planned police and…
Continue ReadingAstronauts from Turkey, Sweden and Italy launch to space station on latest chartered flight
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX has launched Turkey’s first astronaut along with a Swede and Italian to…
Continue ReadingAs the youngest Israeli hostage turns 1, his family pleads for a deal to release more from Gaza
By MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Hundreds of people gathered in Tel Aviv to mark the first birthday of Kfir Bibas, the…
Continue ReadingGeorgia’s governor says more clean energy will be needed to fuel electric vehicle manufacturing
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is telling world business leaders that the state must increase its supply of…
Continue ReadingEx-governor candidate completes jail term for possession of images of child sexual abuse
ELLSWORTH, Maine (AP) — A wealthy attorney who twice ran for governor in Maine is out of jail after completing his sentence for possessing…
Continue ReadingJustice Department report details how the shooting at a school in Uvalde, Texas, unfolded
UVALDE, Texas (AP) — A scathing Justice Department report into law enforcement failures during the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde,…
Continue ReadingMexico and Chile ask International Criminal Court to investigate possible crimes in Gaza
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico and Chile have asked the International Criminal Court to investigate possible crimes against civilians in Gaza and the…
Continue ReadingNebraska Gov. Jim Pillen backs anti-LGBTQ bill and tax cuts in state of the state address
By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen covered everything from the state’s response to recent winter…
Continue ReadingDonkey cart loaded with explosives kills a police officer and critically injures 4 others in Kenya
By TOM ODULA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Authorities in Kenya say a donkey cart carrying a suspected improvised bomb has blown up at a…
Continue ReadingThree months after former reality TV star sentenced for fraud, her ex-boyfriend is also accused
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A former professional basketball player whose ex-girlfriend was sentenced to prison last year for fraud is now facing his own…
Continue ReadingA first-ever experiment shows how pigs might one day help people who have liver failure
By The Associated Press Surgeons externally attached a pig liver to a brain-dead human body and watched it successfully filter blood, a step toward…
Continue ReadingCourt upholds block on Texas law requiring school book vendors to provide sexual content ratings
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld a block on the enforcement of a Texas law requiring vendors…
Continue ReadingOnce protected by its remoteness, a sacred lake in Kyrgyzstan is threatened by change
By DIANA KRUZMAN Religion News Service BOKONBAYEVO, Kyrgyzstan (RNS) — On a crisp afternoon in November, Bakyt Choitonbaev picked his way along a…
Continue ReadingIcy winter blast gripping US blamed for deaths from coast to coast
By JONATHAN MATTISE, ADRIAN SAINZ and KRISTIN M. HALL Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A new layer of ice formed over parts of Tennessee on…
Continue ReadingThe federal debt tops $34 trillion and some in Congress want a commission to find ways to tackle it
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill to create a bipartisan commission that would tackle the nation’s soaring debt and make…
Continue ReadingMississippi has the highest rate of preventable deaths in the US, health official says
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s State Health Officer says even as the state…
Continue ReadingChris Stapleton, Foo Fighters, Queen Latifah to join The Rolling Stones at 2024 Jazz Fest
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Country music singer Chris Stapleton, Foo Fighters, Queen Latifah and New Orleans’ own Jon Batiste are among the star…
Continue ReadingCanadian world champion pole vaulter Shawn Barber dies at 29 from medical complications
By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer Shawn Barber, the Canadian pole vault record holder and 2015 world champion, has died from medical complications. He…
Continue ReadingLargest deep-sea coral reef to date is mapped by scientists off the US Atlantic coast
By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists have mapped the largest coral reef deep in the ocean, stretching hundreds of…
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