California weighs how to improve outcomes for Black students
By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Legislature is weighing a proposal by Gov. Gavin…
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Man agrees to plead guilty in Basquiat artwork fraud scheme
By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former Los Angeles auctioneer has agreed to plead guilty in a cross-country art fraud…
Continue ReadingNorth Dakota governor signs trans athlete bans into law
By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America North Dakota’s Republican Gov. Doug Burgum has signed two transgender athlete bans into law.…
Continue ReadingProud Boys had ‘no objective’ on Jan. 6, defendant testifies
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A former leader in the Proud Boys has taken the witness stand to fight seditious…
Continue ReadingFox attorneys in libel case reveal dual roles for Murdoch
By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Attorneys defending Fox in a defamation case related to false claims about the 2020…
Continue ReadingLawsuit seeks to uphold closing California’s last nuke plant
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — An environmental group is suing to block efforts to extend federal operating licenses for…
Continue ReadingUrologist accused of patient sex abuse, including of minors
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York-area doctor has been charged with the yearslong sexual abuse of multiple patients,…
Continue ReadingUS, Panama and Colombia aim to stop Darien Gap migration
By KATHIA MARTÍNEZ Associated Press PANAMA CITY (AP) — The United States, Panama and Colombia announced Tuesday that they will launch a 60-day…
Continue ReadingWhat we know so far on the leaked Pentagon documents
By TARA COPP and NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s been less than a week since news of highly classified military documents…
Continue ReadingIndustrial fire prompts evacuation order in Indiana city
RICHMOND, Ind. (AP) — Authorities urged people to evacuate Tuesday near a large industrial fire in an Indiana city near the Ohio border that sent…
Continue Reading3 hurt in floor collapse in Savannah’s 1899 US courthouse
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Three construction workers were injured Tuesday when part of an upper floor collapsed inside…
Continue ReadingArizona court upholds clergy privilege in child abuse case
By MICHAEL REZENDES and JASON DEAREN Associated Press The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints can…
Continue ReadingTribes want US protection for areas next to the Grand Canyon
By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Tribal leaders in Arizona say they hope to persuade the Biden administration to create protections…
Continue ReadingSteve Murdock, Texas scholar who headed Census Bureau, dies
HOUSTON (AP) — Steve Murdock, a former state demographer of Texas who served one year as the director of the U.S. Census Bureau, during which he…
Continue ReadingBiden aide, Saudi prince see ‘progress’ toward Yemen war end
By AAMER MADHANI and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan spoke by phone with Saudi…
Continue ReadingUS floats options to reduce water pulled from Colorado River
By KEN RITTER and SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press BOULDER CITY, Nev. (AP) — The Biden administration has evaluated how seven Western states that…
Continue ReadingWoman charged after flight diverted to Kansas City
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A woman is facing federal charges after she allegedly created a disturbance that forced a fight to be diverted to Kansas…
Continue ReadingACLU sues North Carolina over harsher riot punishments
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A prominent civil rights group has filed a federal lawsuit…
Continue ReadingBlinken names ex-NSC official to be new State Dept spokesman
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken has chosen an ex-National Security Council communications…
Continue ReadingPuerto Rico declares state of emergency on coastal erosion
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s governor has declared a state of emergency to fight worsening coastal…
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