Japan gets ready to shoot down N. Korea spy satellite debris
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s defense chief has ordered troops to activate missile interceptors and get ready to shoot…
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Police: 8 people, including girl, wounded in 2 DC shootings
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two shootings in Washington, D.C., on Friday night resulted in eight people, including a young girl, suffering injuries, the…
Continue ReadingMexico migrant camp tents torched across border from Texas
By VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press MATAMOROS, Mexico (AP) — Witnesses say makeshift tents were deliberately set ablaze in a large camp of…
Continue ReadingWhat’s next for abortion pill after Supreme Court’s order
By MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Nothing will change for now. That’s what the Supreme Court said Friday…
Continue ReadingExtreme weather is nearly universal experience: AP-NORC poll
By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An overwhelming majority of people in the United States say they have recently experienced…
Continue ReadingNew wave of GOP candidates poised to join 2024 campaign
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The opening phase of the Republican presidential primary has largely centered on the escalating…
Continue ReadingTennessee Legislature wraps up; will reconvene on gun reform
By JONATHAN MATTISE and TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee lawmakers finished their annual legislative session…
Continue ReadingSculptures, artifacts returned to Peru in LA ceremony
By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The United States has returned several Peruvian antiquities, including the intricate…
Continue ReadingHouse Republicans, Manhattan DA end fight over Trump inquiry
By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg agreed Friday to let Republicans…
Continue ReadingMan with gun in custody after standoff near Mall of America
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — Police say a man with a shotgun was taken into custody after a standoff in a parking lot at the Mall of America. The…
Continue ReadingU.S. Marine gets 12 years for cross-border drug smuggling
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A former Marine who for years helped smuggle drugs from Mexico into the United States and even tried to get a song written to…
Continue ReadingHaaland defends Willow, says US won’t end oil drilling
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Interior Secretary Deb Haaland defended her department’s approval of the contentious…
Continue ReadingTexas man indicted for alleged threat to kill US Rep. Waters
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal grand jury in Los Angeles has indicted a Houston man for allegedly calling the office of California U.S. Rep. Maxine…
Continue ReadingTribes seek invitation to Rio Grande water commission
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A commission that oversees how the Rio Grande is managed and shared among three…
Continue ReadingAlabama education director ousted over book’s stance on race
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Friday announced she replaced her director of early childhood…
Continue ReadingActing head of Federal Aviation Administration is leaving
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer The acting head of the Federal Aviation Administration is leaving this summer, putting pressure on the White House…
Continue ReadingChile’s plan for state control in lithium dismays business
By EVA VERGARA and DANIEL POLITI Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — The Chilean government’s newly announced plan to have the state take a…
Continue ReadingAtlanta trans woman Koko Da Doll, documentary subject, slain
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Koko Da Doll, an Atlanta woman who gained notice in a documentary about transgender Black women and the…
Continue ReadingWhat Supreme Court action on abortion means for patients
By LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer The Supreme Court’s action on a drug used in medication abortions may leave many women wondering what it means…
Continue ReadingMinnesota officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright to be freed
By STEVE KARNOWSKI and JIM SALTER Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A white former police officer convicted of manslaughter after mistaking her…
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