Against all odds, Mexico’s endangered vaquita porpoise is hanging on in Gulf of California
By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Against all odds, the remaining handful of Mexico’s endangered vaquita porpoises are…
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North Carolina lawmakers approve sports and horse-race gambling, bill now heading to governor
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina legislation to authorize statewide and regulate sports and horse-race…
Continue ReadingBiden vetoes bill to cancel student debt relief
By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has vetoed legislation that would have canceled his plan to forgive…
Continue ReadingUN investigators compiling evidence on chemical weapons use by Islamic State extremists in Iraq
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. investigators are compiling evidence on the development and use of chemical weapons…
Continue ReadingIn Celine Song’s soulful ‘Past Lives,’ a triangle of love, identity and destiny
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Writer-director Celine Song’s “Past Lives” is both an uncommonly grounded love story and…
Continue ReadingNewer heart transplant method could allow more patients a chance at lifesaving surgery
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Most transplanted hearts are from donors who are brain dead, but new research shows a…
Continue ReadingRichard Snyder, ‘warrior-king’ of publishing who presided over rise of Simon & Schuster, dead at 90
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Richard Snyder, a visionary and imperious executive at Simon & Schuster who in bold-faced…
Continue ReadingUtah district’s Bible ban spurs protest by parents, Republicans
By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Republican lawmakers rallied with more than one hundred Bible-toting parents and children at…
Continue ReadingFlorida player Brandon Montour streaks home for birth of child between Stanley Cup Final games
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Brandon Montour of the Florida Panthers left and returned between games of the Stanley Cup…
Continue ReadingHouse GOP seeks tighter voting rules in DC, which Democrats warn is model for national restrictions
By AYANNA ALEXANDER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans who control the U.S. House of Representatives are making a pitch to overhaul how…
Continue ReadingGOP conservatives shutter House to protest McCarthy-Biden debt deal, setting up next budget brawl
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — In fallout from the debt ceiling deal, Speaker Kevin McCarthy is suddenly…
Continue ReadingEx-Florida State football player acquitted in fatal shooting
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A South Florida jury agreed Wednesday that a former Florida State football player acted in self-defense when he…
Continue ReadingWide disagreement reigns in trial of deputy accused of not stopping Parkland killer
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Opening statements are underway in the trial of a former Florida sheriff’s…
Continue ReadingBelarus’ leader pardons woman arrested with her dissident journalist boyfriend in plane incident
By The Associated Press The president of Belarus has pardoned the girlfriend of a dissident journalist arrested in 2021 after being pulled off a…
Continue ReadingIndiana middle school shooter who wounded teacher, student in 2018 will remain in custody
ANDERSON, Ind. (AP) — A judge has ordered a former student who opened fire at an Indiana middle school in 2018, wounding another student and a…
Continue ReadingJustice Jackson reports flowers from Oprah, designer clothing as Thomas delays filing disclosure
By MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson disclosed Wednesday that she received a $1,200…
Continue ReadingMLB, WNBA postpone games due to smoke from Canadian wildfires
By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball has postponed games in New York and Philadelphia on Wednesday night…
Continue Reading‘The Righteous,’ an opera set among American Southwest church communities, to premiere in 2024
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The Santa Fe Opera will present the world premiere of “The Righteous” by composer Gregory Spears with a libretto by…
Continue ReadingThe Iron Sheik, charismatic former pro wrestling villain and Twitter personality, dies at 81
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press The Iron Sheik, a former pro wrestler who relished playing a burly, bombastic villain in 1980s battles with some of…
Continue ReadingLA Times announces 74 job cuts due to economic challenges
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Times says it is cutting 74 jobs due to economic challenges as the newspaper strives to transform itself into a…
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