Biden seeks to show stability in bid to avert banking chaos
By SEUNG MIN KIM and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In 2016, Vice President Joe Biden warned against efforts to unravel banking…
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For Asian Americans, Yeoh, Quan’s Oscar wins are theirs too
By TERRY TANG Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Edward Dion Fariñas watches the Academy Awards every year but the Filipino American didn’t…
Continue ReadingAbortion pill hearing made public after transparency concern
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge is set to hear arguments in a lawsuit that poses a threat to the nationwide…
Continue ReadingGOP leader ‘pausing’ social media after liking LGBTQ posts
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Lt. Gov. Randy McNally announced Monday that he is “pausing” all social…
Continue ReadingTexas Republicans propose state immigration police force
By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — GOP lawmakers in Texas are proposing legislation that would make it a state felony to…
Continue ReadingMcConnell released from hospital, headed to inpatient rehab
By MARY CLARE JALONICK and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell was released from the hospital…
Continue ReadingHBO’s ‘The Last of Us’ season finale draws in a series high
By KARENA PHAN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — “The Last of Us” fans set another rating record for the season one finale of the…
Continue ReadingJurors see cellphone data of XXXTentacion’s accused killers
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Jurors in the trial of three men accused of murdering rising rap star XXXTentacion…
Continue ReadingAbortion-rights proposal moves a step closer to Ohio ballot
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Backers of a proposal to enshrine abortion rights in the Ohio Constitution can begin collecting the more than 413,000 voter…
Continue ReadingFBI: 50 items stolen from museums in 5 states returned
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Federal authorities say dozens of artifacts stolen in the 1970s from museums in several states, dating back as far as the…
Continue ReadingNetanyahu allies in Israel plow ahead on legal overhaul
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli parliament on Monday advanced a bill that would make it harder to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the…
Continue Reading10 more people charged in $250M federal food program fraud
By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Ten more people have been charged in connection with a scheme to steal more…
Continue ReadingDeSantis sets execution for ‘ninja killer’ in 1989 murders
By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A man convicted of a 1989 double slaying in Florida for which he was dubbed the…
Continue Reading‘Fosbury Flop’ high jumper Dick Fosbury dies at 76
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer Dick Fosbury, the lanky leaper who revamped the technical discipline of high jump and won an Olympic gold medal…
Continue ReadingNew England, upstate New York, bracing for winter storm
By WILSON RING Associated Press Parts of the Northeast are bracing for a powerful winter storm that could dump heavy, wet snow and unleash strong…
Continue ReadingOne loser in ‘Everything Everywhere’ romp: Oscar bait
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Daniel Kwan was accepting one of the many awards for “Everything Everywhere All at Once”…
Continue ReadingKiska, last captive orca in Canada, has died at Marineland
TORONTO (AP) — A killer whale at Marineland and the last captive orca in Canada, who has swam alone in her tank for more than a decade, has died.…
Continue ReadingDivided jury means no death penalty for NYC bike path killer
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A split among jurors means there will be no death penalty for an Islamic extremist who…
Continue ReadingIllinois enacts mandatory paid leave ‘for any reason’
By CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois will become one of three states to require employers to offer paid…
Continue ReadingFlood problems grow as new storm moves into California
By HAVEN DALEY and JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press WATSONVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Crews rushed to repair a levee break on a storm-swollen river in…
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