Biden’s diverse coalition of support risks fraying in 2024
By STEVE PEOPLES and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Sen. Joe Lieberman, the Connecticut Democrat-turned-Independent long…
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US readies second attempt at speedy border asylum screenings
By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — President Joe Biden scrapped expedited asylum screenings during his first month in office as…
Continue ReadingAmericans fault news media for dividing nation: AP-NORC poll
By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ask them about the impact the news media has on democracy, and Americans are likelier to say…
Continue ReadingLGBTQ+ lawmaker to GOP: ‘I’m literally trying to exist’
By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — State Sen. Shevrin Jones can often be seen at the Florida Capitol greeting staff…
Continue ReadingStock market today: Asia shares mixed on holiday mode trade
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mixed Tuesday with some markets closed or anticipating holidays and investors…
Continue ReadingPanthers oust record-setting Bruins 4-3 in OT in Game 7
By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Carter Verhaeghe scored the game-winner at 8:35 of overtime to lead the Florida Panthers to a 4-3…
Continue ReadingCurry scores playoff career-high 50 as Warriors down Kings
By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — With his big-game swagger on display for the world and that signature mouthpiece…
Continue ReadingBrazilian police probe deadly shooting on Indigenous land
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s federal police say they are investigating a shooting that killed one and wounded two Yanomami Indigenous people. The…
Continue ReadingOfficial: No life-threatening injuries in press box collapse
WAYNE, W.Va. (AP) — Authorities say the partial collapse of a press box at a middle school softball tournament in West Virginia sent nine people to…
Continue ReadingUS Army: Helicopters crashed in mountains, fair weather
Associated Press FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — Two U.S. Army helicopters that crashed last week in Alaska, killing three soldiers, collided over a…
Continue ReadingFirst Republic up in air as regulators juggle bank’s fate
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Regulators continued their search for a solution to First Republic Bank’s woes over the weekend…
Continue ReadingTim Scott sets May 22 announcement for 2024 presidential bid
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Sen. Tim Scott says he’s nearly ready to reveal his decision on entering the 2024…
Continue ReadingCardinals broadcaster, World Series champ Mike Shannon dies
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Mike Shannon, a two-time World Series winner and longtime St. Louis Cardinals broadcaster, has died. He was 83. The Cardinals said…
Continue ReadingMississippi River waters keep rising in Iowa and Illinois
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — People along the Mississippi River in southeast Iowa and northwest Illinois are warily watching rising water levels from the…
Continue ReadingFashion designer for Russian first ladies dies
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s most famous fashion designer, Vyacheslav Zaitsev, who dressed the country’s first ladies, has died at the age of 85. An…
Continue ReadingMan arrested after $3M worth of drugs shipped to restaurant
AUBURN, Maine (AP) — Employees of a Maine restaurant got a surprise when they opened a large wooden crate that they thought was a shipment of mugs…
Continue Reading9 injured by gunfire at South Carolina party now recovering
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say masked gunmen fired without warning into a crowd at a late night teen party at a South Carolina park over the…
Continue ReadingWidening manhunt for Texas gunman slowed by ‘zero leads’
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press CLEVELAND, Texas (AP) — A widening manhunt for a Texas gunman who fatally shot five neighbors continued coming…
Continue ReadingQuiet and parents’ touch help opioid users’ newborns: study
By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer Babies born to opioid users had shorter hospital stays and needed less medication when their care emphasized…
Continue ReadingShooting kills 2 men, injures 3rd victim in Seattle park
SEATTLE (AP) — Two men were killed and a third person was wounded during a shooting in a Seattle park Saturday night, police said. Police responded…
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