Mother fatally shot by neighbor after dispute over playing children, sheriff says
OCALA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida mother was fatally shot through the front door of her neighbor’s home while her 9-year-old son stood next to her, a…
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Too many people in NYC are stopped, searched and frisked illegally, federal monitor says
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s reliance on the tactic known as “stop and frisk” as part of a…
Continue ReadingCanadian province of Quebec looks for international support to fight wildfires
MONTREAL (AP) — Quebec is looking internationally for support as it struggles to battle more than 160 forest fires and federal officials warned…
Continue ReadingVictims plan to sue sheriff for failing to get red flag order against Colorado Springs club shooter
DENVER (AP) — Some victims of the mass shooting at a gay club in Colorado Springs last year plan to sue authorities for not trying to block the…
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Approval for Idaho phosphate mine reversed after judge rules US didn’t assess prairie bird impact
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press A federal judge has yanked approval for a phosphate mining project in southeastern Idaho, saying federal land…
Continue ReadingIs Outlook down? Thousands of users report problems with Microsoft’s email platform
The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of Microsoft Outlook users reported issues with accessing and using the email platform Monday…
Continue ReadingLawyer says Rep. George Santos would go to jail to keep identities of bond cosigners secret
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Rep. George Santos’ lawyer said Monday the indicted New York Republican would risk going to…
Continue ReadingCommission: Florida judge should be reprimanded for conduct during Parkland school shooting trial
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida judge who oversaw the penalty trial of Parkland school shooter Nikolas…
Continue ReadingSonic boom heard over Washington is a rare sound with a rich history
By BEN FINLEY Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — People living in and around the nation’s capital experienced a rare, if startling, sound: A…
Continue ReadingDemolition company vows repairs after a blast of air during an implosion damaged nearby homes
SPRINGDALE, Pa. (AP) — A blast of air and dust from the implosion of two smokestacks at a shuttered coal-fired power plant in western Pennsylvania…
Continue ReadingLouisiana Senate passes bill banning gender-affirming care for transgender youths
By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A controversial bill — that at one point had been presumed dead — banning…
Continue ReadingChinese ex-official’s wife says alleged repatriation pressure turned her life in US ‘upside-down’
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The wife of a former Chinese official has told a U.S. court about finding an ominous note on the…
Continue ReadingDozens of dangerous rail crossings will be eliminated with $570 million in grants
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Biden administration is handing out more than $570 million in grants to help eliminate…
Continue ReadingLoss of oxygen in cabin may have led to Virginia plane crash, experts say
By DENISE LAVOIE and BEN FINLEY Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Aviation experts are citing a loss of oxygen as a possible theory for why an…
Continue ReadingAmount of warming triggering carbon dioxide in air hits new peak, growing at near-record fast rate
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer The cause of global warming is showing no signs of slowing as heat-trapping carbon dioxide in Earth’s…
Continue ReadingYoung, wild and free: Wolverine spotted in California for only second time in last 100 years
BISHOP, Calif. (AP) — A wolverine was spotted three times last month in the eastern Sierra Nevada, a rare occurrence for an animal that’s…
Continue ReadingOklahoma school board approves what would be the 1st taxpayer-funded religious school in US
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A state school board in Oklahoma voted Monday to approve what would be the first publicly…
Continue ReadingFormer FBI agent Robert Hanssen, who was convicted of spying for Russia, dies in prison
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert Hanssen, a former FBI agent who took more than $1.4 million in cash and diamonds to…
Continue ReadingAnna Shay, fan favorite on ‘Bling Empire,’ dead at 62
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anna Shay, an heiress, philanthropist and breakout star of the Netflix reality series “Bling Empire,” has died at 62. Shay…
Continue ReadingChildren rescued from burning car while mom was shoplifting, police say
OVIEDO, Fla. (AP) — Police say shoppers at a Florida mall managed to pull two children out of a burning car after their mother left them alone…
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