Judge denies bid to hold single trial for all 10 charged in psychiatric patient’s death
DINWIDDIE, Va. (AP) — A judge has ruled that seven sheriff’s deputies and three employees of a psychiatric hospital in Virginia cannot all be…
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Top Biden aide tells Chinese diplomat that US wants to ‘move beyond’ spy balloon
By AAMER MADHANI and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan told senior Chinese…
Continue ReadingRussian woman who left note on grave of Putin’s parents convicted amid dissent crackdown
A Russian court gave a two-year suspended sentence Thursday to a St. Petersburg woman who left a note on the grave of President Vladimir…
Continue ReadingAverage long-term US mortgage rate falls to 6.35% this week, lowest level in 5 weeks
By ALEX VEIGA and MELISSA WINDER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate fell this week to its lowest level in…
Continue ReadingUS authorities take down 13 Hezbollah-affiliated web domains
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — U.S. authorities say they have seized over a dozen website domains used by sanctioned Lebanese…
Continue ReadingWeekly US jobless claims highest since 2021, but companies avoid risk of being caught short-handed
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer The number of Americans filing for jobless claims last week rose to its highest level in a year-and-a-half, though the…
Continue ReadingUkraine pushes to extend wartime grain deal at talks with Russia, Turkey and U.N.
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) — Kyiv is seeking to extend the unprecedented wartime deal that allows grain to flow from Ukraine to countries in Africa, the…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court sides with ex-Cuomo aide, others convicted of corruption related to ‘Buffalo Billion’
By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has ruled for a onetime top aide to ex-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and for…
Continue ReadingRepublicans continue push to restrict teachings on race in South Carolina
By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Republicans are one step closer to restricting how…
Continue ReadingUnanimous Supreme Court gives transgender woman from Guatemala new chance to fight deportation
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a transgender Guatemalan woman who is fighting deportation on the grounds that she would…
Continue ReadingTimeline: Extradition of prime suspect in Natalee Holloway disappearance
LIMA, Peru (AP) — The prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance of American student Natalee Holloway on a Dutch Caribbean island is now facing…
Continue ReadingNew blood donation rules allow more gay men to give in US
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Gay and bisexual men in monogamous relationships can donate blood in the U.S. without…
Continue Reading9 railcars from Norfolk Southern train derail in Pennsylvania, no hazardous chemicals on board
NEW CASTLE, Pa. (AP) — Officials say nine railcars from a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed in Pennsylvania, with no hazardous chemicals on…
Continue ReadingUNICEF warns that aid shortage will push Afghanistan’s children further toward deadly malnutrition
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A U.N. agency is warning that critical food aid in Afghanistan is being handicapped by a lack of funding, as the country faces a…
Continue ReadingFor turning ‘mines to vines,’ founder of Roots of Peace wins World Food Prize
By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A California peace activist who has worked to remove land mines from war-torn regions…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court backs California law for more space for pigs. Producers predict pricier pork, bacon
By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday backed a California animal cruelty law that requires more space…
Continue ReadingFiguring out Texas: From guns to immigration, here’s how one state’s challenges echo the country’s
By JUAN A. LOZANO and TIM SULLIVAN Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Thirteen people dead in two mass shootings. Eight immigrants killed when an SUV…
Continue ReadingRussian Olympic Committee president hits out at IOC after top athletes excluded
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The president of the Russian Olympic Committee has indicated that the country could boycott qualifying competitions in…
Continue ReadingIn major climate step, EPA proposes 1st limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is proposing new limits on greenhouse gas emissions from coal- and…
Continue ReadingNew book on Bob Dylan will feature hundreds of rare images
NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of rare photos and other images from the archives of singer-songwriter Bob Dylan will be featured in “Bob Dylan: Mixing…
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