Colleagues demand justice for environmentalist slain near Mexico City
By MARIA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Academics and colleagues are demanding an investigation into the killing of Mexican researcher…
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Maine bill proposing one of country’s least restrictive abortion laws narrowly clears House vote
By DAVID SHARP Associated Press A proposal to expand access to abortions narrowly passed in the Maine House, clearing the first legislative hurdle…
Continue ReadingPlanned Parenthood, Emily’s List and NARAL-Pro Choice America endorse Joe Biden in 2024 race
By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Three top reproductive rights groups are endorsing President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala…
Continue Reading3M reaches $10.3 billion settlement over contamination of water systems with ‘forever chemicals’
By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Chemical manufacturer 3M Co. will pay at least $10.3 billion to settle lawsuits…
Continue ReadingArizona Republican election official sues Kari Lake for defamation
By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A top Republican election official in Arizona filed a defamation lawsuit Thursday against…
Continue ReadingVictor Wembanyama is the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft, with expectations of stardom
By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Victor Wembanyama was the presumed No. 1 pick for months, the rare certainty in an NBA draft…
Continue ReadingUN says Somali faces a `dire hunger emergency’ but aid has been cut to millions over lack of funding
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Somalia’s “dire hunger emergency” is spiraling upward with one-third of the…
Continue ReadingWife of pilot in fatal sub implosion descended from couple who died on Titanic, report says
NEW YORK (AP) — The wife of the man who was piloting the submersible when it imploded during this week’s dive to the the Titanic wreckage site is…
Continue ReadingBrazil’s president offers to try to win release of bishop imprisoned in Nicaragua
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva offered Thursday to help try to gain the release of a Roman Catholic bishop…
Continue Reading2.5M Genworth policyholders and 769K retired California workers and beneficiaries affected by hack
By SOPHIE AUSTIN and FRANK BAJAK Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The country’s largest public pension fund says the personal…
Continue Reading‘Rust’ weapons supervisor charged with dumping drugs on day of Alec Baldwin shooting
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer The weapons supervisor charged with involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of a cinematographer on…
Continue ReadingUS safety agency to require automatic emergency braking on heavy trucks and buses
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The government’s traffic safety agency says it will require that heavy trucks and buses…
Continue ReadingIndia’s Modi brings comedy game to big White House dinner in his honor
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi brought his comedy game to…
Continue ReadingA Titanic expert, an adventurer, a CEO, and a father and son were killed in Titan’s implosion
By MARK PRATT Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A renowned Titanic expert, a world record-holding adventurer and two members of one of Pakistan’s…
Continue ReadingTennessee Republican lawmakers receive mail with ‘white powder substance’
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and JONATHAN MATTISE NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A lockdown on a Tennessee’s legislative office building in Nashville has been…
Continue ReadingMexico’s top court again overrules president on electoral reform
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Supreme Court has overturned yet another set of electoral law changes favored by President Andrés Manuel López…
Continue Reading8 Mexican army soldiers arrested in 2014 disappearances of 43 students
By MARIA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexican military official confirmed Thursday that eight soldiers have been detained and taken…
Continue ReadingCongressional report says there’s an extremely high risk Temu’s supply chains have forced labor
By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A Congressional report published Thursday offered a blistering critique of popular Chinese…
Continue ReadingBrazilian is sentenced to 27 years in prison for killing ex-girlfriend in Australia
By DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A federal court has sentenced Brazilian engineer Mário Marcelo Santoro to 27 years in…
Continue ReadingUN puts Russian forces on blacklist for killing children and attacking schools in Ukraine
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations put Russian forces on its annual blacklist of countries that violate…
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