Stalled gun bill advances in Texas after new mass shootings
By ACACIA CORONADO and JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A bill in Texas that would raise the purchase age of AR-style rifles has…
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2 set for trial in shooting at FedEx driver in Mississippi
BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (AP) — A trial date has been set for two white men in Mississippi who are accused of chasing and shooting at a Black FedEx driver…
Continue ReadingComedian Hannah Gadsby returns with a stand-up ‘love letter’
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Hannah Gadsby’s new Netflix special illustrates a different side of the comedian that…
Continue ReadingBills’ Hamlin will put the millions raised into his charity
By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin will use the $10 million given to online fundraising campaigns…
Continue ReadingChaos? Kumbaya? How the debt limit standoff might end
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Just how does this debt limit standoff end? Plenty of scenarios are being publicly and privately…
Continue ReadingTennessee governor schedules special session to address guns
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has announced that he will call lawmakers back on August 21…
Continue ReadingIllinois moves toward gender inclusivity as others move away
By CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois lawmakers passed a trio of bills that would update existing laws to be…
Continue ReadingBanks report tougher credit standards in wake of failures
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A Federal Reserve report shows that banks raised their lending standards for business…
Continue ReadingIndigenous missing person cases get researchers’ attention
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico task force charged with addressing missing person cases involving…
Continue ReadingColorado woman gets life for killing 11-year-old stepson
By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A woman convicted of killing her 11-year-old stepson in Colorado and dumping his body over a…
Continue ReadingBarbara Kingsolver, Hernan Diaz win fiction Pulitzer Prizes
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Pulitzer Prize for fiction was awarded Monday to two class-conscious novels: “Demon…
Continue ReadingShell: Fire that reignited at Texas plant is extinguished
By JUAN LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Shell says a fire at its Houston area petrochemical plant is finally extinguished. Crews had been…
Continue ReadingVermont bans owning, running paramilitary training camps
By LISA RATHKE Associated Press Vermont on Monday made it a crime to own or operate paramilitary training camps in the state after Republican Gov.…
Continue ReadingAccused ‘ghost candidate’ faces campaign finance charges
BUENA VENTURA LAKES, Fla. (AP) — A former city commissioner in central Florida accused of being a “ghost” candidate in a 2022 county commission…
Continue ReadingSee more about the 2023 Pulitzer winners in journalism, arts
By The Associated Press The Pulitzer Prizes recognizing the best of journalism and the arts in 2022 were announced Monday. The Associated Press will…
Continue ReadingMexican president to hold call with Biden on immigration
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president says he will talk with U.S. President Joe Biden by telephone on Tuesday about immigration and the…
Continue ReadingSenegal’s opposition leader gets suspended jail sentence
By BABACAR DIONE Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s main opposition leader has been given a six-month suspended prison sentence by…
Continue ReadingUS agency plans deeper study of sea turtles, dredging threat
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A U.S. agency is agreeing to participate in an in-depth study on whether dredging a Georgia…
Continue ReadingUkraine, Sudan conflicts fuel alarming surge in tuberculosis
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Top U.N. officials and health industry leaders are trying to tackle an alarming surge in…
Continue ReadingNorth Dakota governor signs law protecting tribal adoptions
By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America North Dakota’s Republican Gov. Doug Burgum has signed a law that protects tribal cultures by…
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