New York governor backs suspension of ‘right to shelter’ as migrant influx strains city
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is supporting the city’s effort to suspend a unique legal…
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Florida citrus forecast improves over last year when hurricanes hit state
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s citrus production is expected to improve in the upcoming season compared to last year when twin hurricanes…
Continue ReadingOrsted puts up $100M guarantee that it will build New Jersey’s first offshore wind farm by 2025
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press OCEAN CITY, N.J. (AP) — The Danish wind energy company Orsted has put up a $100 million guarantee that it will…
Continue ReadingPlaywright Theresa Rebeck is busy in NYC this fall, with plays uptown and on Broadway
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — If you’re ever tempted to offer playwright Theresa Rebeck an idea for a new play, maybe…
Continue ReadingWarming and habitat loss shrink pollinator numbers. That may hit coffee, cocoa crops hard in future
BY SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer A new study finds that changes in the climate and land use are combining to dramatically shrink the numbers of…
Continue ReadingWhite House poised to announce winners of competition to produce hydrogen fuel
By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The White House is poised to announce the winners of a $7 billion federal competition to…
Continue ReadingPennsylvania counties tell governor, lawmakers it’s too late to move 2024’s primary election date
By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Counties in Pennsylvania are telling Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro and lawmakers that…
Continue Reading$1.765 billion Powerball jackpot goes to a player who bought a ticket in a California mountain town
By MARCIO SANCHEZ and JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press FRAZIER PARK, Calif. (AP) — A liquor store in a tiny California mountain town reverberated with…
Continue ReadingScientists count huge melts in many protective Antarctic ice shelves. Trillions of tons of ice lost.
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Four dozen Antarctic ice shelves have shrunk by at least 30% since 1997 and 28 of those have lost more than half…
Continue ReadingNTSB chair says new locomotive camera rule is flawed because it excludes freight railroads
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Passenger railroads nationwide will now be required to install video recorders inside their…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials order brief evacuation of about 10,000 people after reported gas pipeline explosion
MIDDLETON, Idaho (AP) — Authorities briefly ordered evacuations for most of the town of Middleton, Idaho, after they said a gas pipeline exploded…
Continue ReadingSam Bankman-Fried’s lawyer fails to hurt credibility of the government’s star witness at fraud trial
By KEN SWEET The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyer did little to dent the credibility of the government’s key…
Continue ReadingWith funding for Kansas schools higher, the attorney general wants to close their lawsuit
By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ Republican attorney general has asked the state’s highest court to reward the…
Continue ReadingPentagon’s ‘FrankenSAM’ program cobbles together air defense weapons for Ukraine
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The Pentagon calls it FrankenSAM. It’s a project that cobbles together air defense…
Continue ReadingIndigenous leader of Guatemalan protests says they are defending democracy after election
By SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — One of the leaders of the nationwide protests that have paralyzed much of Guatemalan…
Continue ReadingSan Francisco man, 31, identified as driver who rammed vehicle into Chinese consulate
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A 31-year-old San Francisco man has been identified as the driver who was shot and killed by police after crashing a car into…
Continue ReadingA possible Israeli ground war looms in Gaza. What weapons are wielded by those involved?
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli ground offensive in the Gaza Strip would further escalate the war raging since Hamas…
Continue ReadingSen. Menendez is accused of being an unregistered agent of Egypt’s government in updated indictment
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey was charged Thursday with conspiring for years to act as…
Continue ReadingDon’t mess with this mama bear: Grazer easily wins popular Fat Bear Contest at Alaska national park
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — When it comes to packing on the pounds to survive an Alaska winter, this year’s…
Continue ReadingIntense shelling has displaced 70,000 people in northwest Syria, UN agencies warn
By OMAR ALBAM Associated Press DANA, Syria (AP) — United Nations humanitarian officials have sounded an alarm over a humanitarian crisis in…
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