New Tennessee law allows police officers in private schools
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has signed a law allowing private schools to contract with law…
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Cleanup begins after fiery Minnesota ethanol derailment
By JOSH FUNK Associated Press Workers have started removing contaminated soil and damaged railcars left behind after Thursday’s fiery train…
Continue ReadingGOP donor convicted in Minnesota sex trafficking trial
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A formerly well-connected Republican donor has been convicted of recruiting teenage girls for sex. A federal grand jury on…
Continue ReadingMug shot as a political boost? Some politicians have tried
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A celebrity and insatiable publicity hound long before he was president, Donald Trump has been…
Continue ReadingExperts say Mexico military holding info on missing students
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A group of international experts investigating the 2014 disappearance of 43 students in southern Mexico says Mexico’s military…
Continue ReadingGet it while it’s hot: New Mexico boosts chile production
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico produced more than 53,000 tons of its most famous crop during the last…
Continue ReadingTo conserve, Nevada may try to buy back groundwater rights
By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Lawmakers in Nevada are considering a bill to allow the state to buy…
Continue ReadingMexico’s president visits city where fire killed 39 migrants
By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president is visiting the border city of Ciudad Juarez, where 39 men died in…
Continue ReadingRussia clashes with US over tactical nukes for Belarus
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia and the U.S. have clashed in the United Nations over Moscow’s plans to deploy…
Continue ReadingMourners gather for 1st Nashville school shooting funeral
By TRAVIS LOLLER and HOLLY MEYER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Family and friends of Evelyn Dieckhaus, one of three children who were…
Continue ReadingFomer US intel director’s daughter gets 35 years for murder
ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) — The daughter of former U.S. intelligence director John Negroponte has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for fatally…
Continue ReadingTransgender Day of Visibility rallies held amid backlash
By WILSON RING Associated Press MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Thousands of people rallied across the country Friday as part of a Transgender Day of…
Continue ReadingNew this week: Brooke Shields, ‘Grease’ prequel and NF album
By The Associated Press This week’s new entertainment releases include an album from Michigan rapper NF, a two-part documentary about Brooke…
Continue ReadingAlex Murdugh to be kept in protective custody in prison
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina prison officials have decided to keep former attorney and convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh in a special…
Continue ReadingJudge: Dominion defamation case against Fox will go to trial
By RANDALL CHASE and DAVID BAUDER Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Delaware judge’s ruling Friday set the stage for a dramatic…
Continue Reading2 men get 220-year terms in Indianapolis for killing 4
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Two men convicted of murder and other charges in the fatal Indianapolis shootings of three young men and a young woman have…
Continue ReadingUS boosts anti-China Pacific push with embassy in Vanuatu
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says it will open an embassy in the South Pacific island nation of…
Continue ReadingRomania: Andrew Tate’s detention replaced with house arrest
By STEPHEN McGRATH AND VADIM GHIRDA Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Andrew Tate, the divisive internet personality who has spent months…
Continue ReadingUS Marine’s adoption of Afghan war orphan voided
By CLAIRE GALOFARO, JULIET LINDERMAN and MARTHA MENDOZA CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — In a highly unusual ruling, a state court judge on Thursday…
Continue ReadingFlorida teen debuts trans visibility film as bans spread
By LAURA BARGFELD Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A Florida teenager has documented how it feels to be young and transgender for a…
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