Ex-Raider Ruggs taking plea deal, prison in fatal DUI crash
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Ex-Las Vegas Raiders player Henry Ruggs told a judge Tuesday he will admit that he drove drunk at…
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Debt deadline: White House meeting set, but no solution yet
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing the risk of a government default as soon as June 1, President Joe Biden has invited the top…
Continue ReadingNo charges for ex-officer who hit Tyre Nichols with stun gun
MEMPHIS, Tenn.. (AP) — A former Memphis police officer who hit Tyre Nichols with a stun gun during a traffic stop that preceded Nichols’ brutal…
Continue ReadingGreece looks to Vienna for new boost on Parthenon Sculptures
By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS and KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Museums in Austria and Greece are discussing the potential…
Continue ReadingShot fired at Memphis TV station; suspect in nearby business
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Memphis television station says a shot was fired at its building, but no one was wounded. WHBQ, the Fox affiliate in…
Continue Reading2 fatal stabbings, 1 attempt rattle California college town
DAVIS, Calif. (AP) — Residents of a Northern California university town are on edge after three people were stabbed within a week, including two…
Continue Reading‘La Bohème’ in space returns to Paris, 6 years after uproar
By RONALD BLUM Associated Press Claus Guth’s controversial staging of Puccini’s “La Bohème,” set on a spaceship and a planet’s…
Continue ReadingApple, Google partner to combat creepy tracking tactics
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple and Google are teaming up to thwart unwanted tracking through Bluetooth devices that were created to help people find…
Continue ReadingNo cancer risk found at nuclear bases so far, Air Force says
By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force says a review of a Montana nuclear missile base where an unusual number of troops…
Continue ReadingBank stocks continue to fall following First Republic demise
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Regulators have barely written the epitaph for First Republic Bank, but investors on Wall Street…
Continue ReadingEx-Maine governor hopeful to plead guilty in child porn case
By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A wealthy attorney who came close to being elected governor of Maine in 2010 is expected to…
Continue ReadingWisconsin Supreme Court won’t order ivermectin use for COVID
By HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press/Report for America MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The conservative-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled a hospital…
Continue ReadingUS tracking balloon over Pacific; not China’s, not a threat
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Defense Department and the Federal Aviation Administration have been tracking a balloon…
Continue ReadingVermont allows out-of-staters to use assisted suicide law
By LISA RATHKE Associated Press Vermont on Tuesday became the first state in the country to change its medically assisted suicide law to allow…
Continue ReadingU.S. hands Cyprus ancient artifacts, some 4,000 years old
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The United States has returned some 80 ancient artifacts to Cyprus. The Mediterranean island nation’s Department of…
Continue ReadingState senator makes shirtless vote during Zoom meeting
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota state senator is getting social media attention after casting what should have been a routine vote at a legislative…
Continue ReadingGunfire in parking lot at after-prom party injures 4
PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) — Police say four young people were injured by gunfire at an after-prom party in western Kentucky. A statement from the Paducah…
Continue ReadingBiden sending 1,500 troops for Mexico border migrant surge
By COLLEEN LONG, AAMER MADHANI and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration will send 1,500 active-duty troops to the…
Continue ReadingOpponents make last-ditch effort to stop French pension law
By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Opponents of a law that would raise the retirement age in France from 62 to 64 are making last-ditch…
Continue ReadingRussian defense chief wants wartime missile output doubled
By DAVID RISING Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s defense chief is urging a state company to double its missile output, as a…
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