A 19-year-old was charged in the death of a fellow Mississippi college student
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Authorities say a 19-year-old has been arrested and charged with killing a fellow college student in Mississippi. Joshua…
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Kansas is poised to boost legislators’ pay by $28,000 in 2025, nearly doubling it
By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas is poised to nearly double its lawmakers’ pay in 2025 in hopes of attracting more…
Continue Reading‘Drop in the ocean’: UN-backed aid could soon enter Gaza from Egypt, but only at a trickle for now
By JAMEY KEATEN and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — U.N. officials and their partners are ramping up efforts to take advantage of a…
Continue ReadingMichigan Republican charged in false elector plot agrees to cooperation deal
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Attorney General’s office says a Michigan Republican accused of…
Continue ReadingMore than 300 are arrested in a Capitol Hill protest urging a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 300 people were arrested for illegally demonstrating and three people were charged with assaulting police after…
Continue ReadingBirds nesting in agricultural lands more vulnerable to extreme heat, study finds
By MELINA WALLING Associated Press Birds nesting in agricultural settings were significantly less likely to successfully raise their young during…
Continue ReadingWill Smith joins Jada Pinkett Smith at book talk, calls their relationship brutal and beautiful
BALTIMORE (AP) — Will Smith joined Jada Pinkett Smith on stage as she promoted her new memoir in her Baltimore hometown Wednesday night, pledging…
Continue ReadingFederal forecasters predict warm, wet US winter but less snow because of El Nino, climate change
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer The upcoming United States winter looks likely to be a bit low on snow and extreme cold outbreaks, with federal…
Continue ReadingWhile visiting wartime Israel, New York governor learns of her father’s sudden death back home
JERUSALEM (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s father has died while she was touring wartime Israel. The teary-eyed governor slipped a note…
Continue Reading14 cows killed, others survive truck rollover crash in Connecticut
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut officials say a tractor-trailer carrying 44 dairy cows crashed on a highway exit ramp, killing eight of the…
Continue ReadingNo gun, no car, no living witnesses against man charged in Tupac Shakur killing, defense lawyer says
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A lawyer speaking for the former Southern California street gang leader charged with killing Tupac…
Continue ReadingJournalists in Gaza wrestle with issues of survival in addition to getting stories out
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Journalists reporting in Gaza need to worry about basic survival for themselves and their families…
Continue ReadingTeen reaches $1.9 million settlement after officer shot him in gun battle with bank robbery suspect
CHICAGO (AP) — A teenager who was shot and wounded during a 2019 shootout between suburban Chicago police and a bank robbery suspect inside a music…
Continue ReadingFewer Californians are moving to Texas, but more are going to Florida and Arizona
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The number of former Californians who became Texans dropped slightly last year, but some of…
Continue ReadingDrones attack a US military base in southern Syria and there are minor injuries, US officials say
By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two U.S. officials tell The Associated Press that a military base in southern Syria where U.S.…
Continue ReadingAn alleged Darfur militia leader was merely ‘a pharmacist,’ defense lawyers tell a war crimes court
By MOLLY QUELL Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Defense lawyers have told the International Criminal Court that their client is not a…
Continue ReadingFeds OK natural gas pipeline expansion in Pacific Northwest over environmentalist protests
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Federal regulators on Thursday approved the expansion of a natural gas…
Continue ReadingBiden declares Israel and Ukraine support is vital for US security, will ask Congress for billions
By CHRIS MEGERIAN and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Declaring that U.S. leadership “holds the world together,” President…
Continue ReadingLacrosse at the Olympics gives Indigenous communities a chance to see their sport shine
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer Nearly 1,000 years after lacrosse was first played on fields that could sometimes stretch for miles across the…
Continue ReadingMTV cancels EMAs awards show in Paris, citing Israel-Hamas war
PARIS (AP) — The MTV Europe Music Awards canceled its ceremony next month, citing the Israel-Hamas War. The event had been scheduled for Paris on…
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