Texas questions rights of a fetus after a prison guard who had a stillborn baby sues
By JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — The state of Texas is questioning the legal rights of an “unborn child” in arguing against a…
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CLIMATE GLIMPSE: Here’s what you need to see and know today
By The Associated Press In Hawaii, firefighters were still working Friday to fully contain devastating wildfires that have killed at least 55 people.…
Continue ReadingSnake in a toilet: Slithering visitor to Arizona home camps out where homeowner least expects it
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Like a scene out of a horror movie, Michelle Lespron returned to her Tucson, Arizona, home to find a snake had set up camp in…
Continue ReadingAs flames swallowed Maui, survivors made harrowing escapes
By MATT SEDENSKY AP National Writer An immigrant cook building a new life. A widow preparing to say goodbye. A couple taking their wedding vows. All…
Continue ReadingCoroner’s office releases names of third person killed in I-81 bus crash in Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Authorities have released the name of the third person killed in a bus crash on a Pennsylvania interstate near the…
Continue ReadingAvian botulism detected at California’s resurgent Tulare Lake, raising concern for migrating birds
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Avian botulism has been detected at California’s resurgent Tulare Lake, raising concerns about potential die-offs…
Continue ReadingLawyer says suspect, charged with hate crime, may argue self-defense in dancer’s death
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A 17-year-old pleaded not guilty Friday to hate-motivated murder in a stabbing that followed a…
Continue ReadingThe origins of special counsels, their powers and what to expect in the Hunter Biden probe
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press The appointment of a special counsel to oversee the Justice Department’s probe of Hunter Biden is bringing…
Continue ReadingSalzburg Festival nearly sold out while others in classical music struggle to regain audience
By RONALD BLUM Associated Press SALZBURG, Austria (AP) — While many classical music institutions are struggling to regain audience, the Salzburg…
Continue ReadingThey lost everything in the Paradise fire. Now they’re reliving their grief as fires rage in Hawaii
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — As wildfires tear through the Hawaiian island of Maui, residents of a Northern California…
Continue ReadingQ-Pop: Peru’s social media phenomenon Lenin Tamayo fuses Quechua and K-pop
By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — What happens when you take Quechua, the most widely spoken Indigenous language in the…
Continue ReadingForensic audit into Lebanon’s central bank reveals misconduct and ‘illegitimate’ commissions
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A forensic audit into Lebanon’s central bank by a New York-based company has revealed yearslong…
Continue ReadingItaly gets back 266 antiquities from New York seizures after collector approaches Houston museum
ROME (AP) — Italy celebrated the return Friday of 266 antiquities from the United States, including Etruscan vases and ancient Roman coins and…
Continue ReadingWhat’s behind the tentative US-Iran agreement involving prisoners and frozen funds
By JON GAMBRELL and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States and Iran reached a tentative agreement this…
Continue ReadingAttorney general appoints a special counsel in Hunter Biden probe, deepening investigation
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed a special counsel Friday in…
Continue ReadingChild murderer run out of towns in 1990s faces new charges in 2 Texas killings
By ACACIA CORONADO ASSOCIATED PRESS AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas man who was convicted of killing an 8-year-old girl in the 1980s and then run out…
Continue ReadingKentucky school district rushes to fix bus route snarl that canceled classes and outraged parents
By BRUCE SCHREINER, DYLAN LOVAN and TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — An overly-ambitious redesign of bus routes for…
Continue ReadingAmazon founder Jeff Bezos buys home in Miami’s ‘billionaire bunker.’ Tom Brady will be his neighbor
MIAMI (AP) — Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, is buying an estate on an exclusive man-made barrier island in Miami known as “Billionaire…
Continue ReadingFormer Catholic priest admits to sexual misconduct with 11-year-old boy he took on beach vacation
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A former Catholic priest admits he committed acts of sexual misconduct with a child he met through his pastoral duties. Jamie…
Continue ReadingKenosha police arrested a Black man at Applebee’s. The actual suspects were in the bathroom
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, have launched an internal investigation after a video posted to social media appears to show an…
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