Iowa lawmakers send school bathroom bill to governor
By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Transgender students won’t be allowed to use a public school restroom in Iowa…
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Feds spend $2.4 million on cloud seeding for Colorado River
BRITTANY PETERSON Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation granted $2.4 million Thursday for cloud seeding in the Upper…
Continue ReadingAbortion ban injunction upheld by N. Dakota Supreme Court
By JAMES MacPHERSON and TRISHA AHMED Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Supreme Court has ruled that a state abortion ban will…
Continue ReadingUS Secretary of State Blinken visits Niger on Africa tour
By DALATOU MAMANE and KRISTA LARSON Associated Press NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is seeking to strengthen ties with…
Continue ReadingArgentines struggle to make ends meet amid 100% inflation
By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Jesica Fernández used to join seven family members every weekend for a large beef…
Continue ReadingCOVID-19 pill Paxlovid moves closer to full FDA approval
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Pfizer’s COVID-19 pill Paxlovid won another vote of confidence from U.S. health advisers…
Continue ReadingOfficials say 21 workers killed at coal mine in Colombia
By MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Rescue operations at a coal mine in central Colombia that collapsed earlier this week have…
Continue ReadingProposal to ban abortions at six weeks advances in Florida
By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A proposal that would ban abortions at six weeks is advancing in Florida, where…
Continue ReadingProsecutor: Some of the 6 missing women in Mexico found dead
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A prosecutor in Mexico says there is evidence that some of the six women who went missing on March 7 have been found dead.…
Continue ReadingPlanes in Florida close call were cleared to use same runway
By The Associated Press Federal investigators say an air traffic controller cleared a plane to take off from Sarasota, Florida, while an American…
Continue ReadingTop court ruling unleashes permit upheaval in Puerto Rico
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A ruling by Puerto Rico’s Supreme Court has thrown into limbo hundreds of thousands…
Continue ReadingTwo Baltimore police officers indicted on unrelated charges
By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Two veteran Baltimore police officers are facing criminal indictments stemming from separate and…
Continue ReadingNFL player armed in shooting but fired no shots: prosecutor
CINCINNATI (AP) — Authorities say Cincinnati Bengals running back Joe Mixon was armed with a legal weapon but did not fire the gun or do anything…
Continue ReadingUniversity agrees to $14M settlement in wrestler’s death
WILLIAMSBURG, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky university says it has agreed to a settlement of more than $14 million over the death of a student wrestler…
Continue ReadingExperts, banks look for ideas to stop next bank failure
By PAUL WISEMAN and KEN SWEET AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — The warning signs were all there. Silicon Valley Bank was expanding at a…
Continue ReadingKansas anti-ESG push slowed by debate over private investors
By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican lawmakers pushing to prevent Kansas from investing its funds using socially and…
Continue ReadingSerb leader says he won’t sign anything during Kosovo talks
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has said he won’t “sign anything” during European Union-mediated talks with the…
Continue ReadingChef Marcus Samuelsson elevates diversity of culinary world
By GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Marcus Samuelsson is keen on leading with intention. That focus is seared into the…
Continue ReadingYellen tells Congress US banking system ‘remains sound’
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A week after the second-largest bank collapse in U.S. history, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen…
Continue ReadingRussia OKs alternative civil service for mobilized believer
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A court in Russia has affirmed the right of a man mobilized to fight in Ukraine to…
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