States set to enact new laws on guns, pornography, taxes and even fuzzy dice
By DAVID A. LIEB and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Fuzzy dice finally will be free to dangle in Illinois. Starting Monday, police there no longer…
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Afghan refugee in Oregon training flight crash that killed 3 ignored instructor’s advice, NTSB says
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A former Afghan Air Force pilot training for a commercial license in Oregon ignored his flight instructor’s advice to…
Continue ReadingMore than 100 anglers rescued from an ice chunk that broke free on a Minnesota river
RED LAKE, Minnesota (AP) — More than 100 people stranded while fishing on an ice chunk that broke free on a Minnesota river were rescued Friday,…
Continue ReadingBollywood celebrates rocking year, riding high on action flicks, unbridled masculinity and misogyny
By VINEETA DEEPAK Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Bollywood has made a financial comeback this year worthy of one of its traditional…
Continue ReadingNew York governor vetoes change to wrongful death statute, nixing damages for emotional suffering
By MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has again vetoed legislation that would have…
Continue ReadingNorth Dakota lawmaker’s district GOP echoes call on him to resign after slurs to police in DUI stop
By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Local Republican Party leaders of a North Dakota lawmaker’s own district joined calls on…
Continue ReadingGoogle settles $5 billion privacy lawsuit over tracking people using ‘incognito mode’
By The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google has agreed to settle a $5 billion privacy lawsuit alleging that it spied on people who used the…
Continue ReadingCargo ship carrying lithium ion batteries ordered to continue to Alaska despite a fire in cargo hold
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A cargo vessel carrying lithium-ion batteries has been ordered to continue to Alaska after a fire was reported in its…
Continue ReadingA 14-year-old boy is arrested on suspicion of killing parents, wounding sister in California attack
A 14-year-old California boy who told police an intruder attacked his family has been arrested on suspicion of killing his parents and severely…
Continue ReadingJudge allows lawsuit that challenges Idaho’s broad abortion ban to move forward
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press An Idaho judge on Friday denied a request by the state’s top legal chief to throw out a lawsuit seeking to…
Continue ReadingProsecutors say there’s no need for a second trial of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A second trial of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried on charges not in the cryptocurrency fraud…
Continue ReadingOakland, California, officer killed while answering burglary call; shooter being sought, police say
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — An Oakland, California, police officer was shot and killed Friday while answering a report of a burglary at a marijuana…
Continue ReadingShirley Bassey and Ridley Scott are among hundreds awarded in UK’s New Year Honors list
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Singer Shirley Bassey, director Ridley Scott and Mary Earps, the goalkeeper for England’s…
Continue ReadingJail call recording shows risk to witnesses in Tupac Shakur killing case, Las Vegas prosecutors say
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Prosecutors are telling a Nevada judge that witnesses may be at risk in the case of a former Los…
Continue ReadingJudge blocks most of an Iowa law banning some school library books and discussion of LGBTQ+ issues
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked key parts of an Iowa law that bans some books from school libraries and…
Continue ReadingEmbezzlement of Oregon weekly newspaper’s funds forces it to lay off entire staff and halt print
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon weekly newspaper has had to lay off its entire staff and halt print after 40 years…
Continue ReadingCourt in Canadian province blocks new laws against public use of illegal substances
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The Supreme Court of the Canadian province of British Columbia on Friday blocked new provincial laws against…
Continue ReadingGuest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio; former Trump White House staffers Alyssa Farah Griffin, Cassidy Hutchinson…
Continue ReadingMissing teenager found in man’s bedroom under trap door
STANFORD, Ky. (AP) — Police in Kentucky found a missing 16-year-old North Carolina girl under a trap door in the bedroom of a 34-year-old man after…
Continue ReadingTrump’s lawyers say he may testify at January trial over defamation damages in sex abuse case
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump say he may testify at a mid-January civil trial set…
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