Senate confirms highest-ranking Muslim in government after earlier GOP blockade
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has confirmed the highest-ranking Muslim official in the U.S. government.…
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Mexico charges migrant in detention center fire that killed 40
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A federal judge in Mexico has charged another Venezuelan migrant for his alleged role in the March blaze at a Mexican detention…
Continue ReadingFugitive suspect in 1984 Florida killing arrested 39 years later in California
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a man wanted in the 1984 killing of a Florida woman has been arrested nearly four decades later. The…
Continue ReadingJury returns $63M verdict after finding Chevron covered up toxic pit on California land
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — A California jury has returned a $63 million verdict against Chevron after finding the oil giant covered up a toxic…
Continue ReadingCalifornia’s Newsom pushes constitutional amendment to tighten gun access amid 2024 campaign
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing an amendment to the United States Constitution…
Continue ReadingFBI arrests Texas businessman linked to impeachment of state Attorney General Ken Paxton
By JAKE BLEIBERG and PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The FBI on Thursday arrested a businessman at the center of the scandal…
Continue ReadingUtah man sues Alaska troopers, says his job offer was yanked after revealing HIV status
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A Salt Lake City man has filed a lawsuit, saying his job offer to become an Alaska State…
Continue ReadingElevated walkway collapses in Texas beach city, injuring dozens
SURFSIDE BEACH, Texas (AP) — Nearly two dozen teenagers from a summer camp were injured when an elevated walkway collapsed Thursday in a beachside…
Continue ReadingLawsuit seeking new congressional lines for NY could have national political implications
By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Lawyers seeking redrawn congressional lines in New York argued before a state appeals court in…
Continue ReadingGM’s electric vehicles will gain access to Tesla’s vast charging network
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Electric vehicles made by General Motors will be able to use much of Tesla’s extensive charging…
Continue ReadingDeSantis recruiters eyed Catholic church for migrant flights that bishop calls ‘reprehensible’
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ recruiters set their sights on Sacred…
Continue ReadingSmoke from wildfires, a fact of life in the West, catch outdoor workers off guard in the East
By ALEXANDRA OLSON and WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — The hazardous haze from Canada’s wildfires is taking its…
Continue ReadingHow ‘The Flash,’ many years in the works and beset by turmoil, finally reached the finish line
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer There were many stressful things about making “The Flash” and getting it to theaters. It was shot in the middle of…
Continue ReadingBipartisan deal reached to save Milwaukee from bankruptcy
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican lawmakers and Democratic Gov. Tony Evers have reached a bipartisan deal to provide…
Continue ReadingUS suspends all food aid for millions in Ethiopia after investigation finds ‘widespread’ theft
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United States Agency for International Development says it has suspended all food aid to Ethiopia after an internal…
Continue ReadingSecond lawsuit filed in death of Illinois mom during Florida parasailing trip
By KATHLEEN FOODY and TERESA CRAWFORD Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The family of an Illinois woman killed in a 2022 parasailing crash in the…
Continue ReadingOklahoma City man finds swastika cut into grass in front of his home
By KEN MILLER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma City man who found a swastika cut into the grass in front of his home says he…
Continue ReadingEx-owner of Vegas apartment where 6 died in fire pleads not guilty to manslaughter, negligence
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The former owner of a downtown Las Vegas apartment building where six people died and 13 were hurt…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court rules for nursing home patient’s family, declines to limit civil rights lawsuits
By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has ruled for the family of a nursing home resident with dementia that had…
Continue ReadingIn unusual orca sighting, tour spots at least 20 killer whales off San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Roughly two dozen killer whales were spotted last month off the coast of San Francisco in an uncommonly large grouping of…
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