Mississippi lawmakers stop effort to take over Jackson water
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi lawmakers are forfeiting an effort to create a state-dominated board to…
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Heat takes toll as Iditarod mushers trek across Alaska
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Mushers and their dogs in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race face plenty of variables in…
Continue ReadingNew atmospheric river storm pushes into California
By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The first in a new series of atmospheric rivers has pushed into California and forecasters warn…
Continue ReadingColorado Democrats to bolster haven against abortion bans
By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Colorado lawmakers are looking to strengthen the state’s role as a safe haven…
Continue ReadingKansas nears ban on transgender athletes in women’s sports
By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Republican-controlled Kansas Legislature has given final approval to a ban on transgender…
Continue ReadingNew Trump book features letters from foreign leaders, celebs
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump will release a new book next month that features letters from…
Continue ReadingSplit verdict for ex-Fox execs in soccer rights bribe case
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former Fox executive has been convicted of paying tens of millions of dollars in bribes to…
Continue ReadingKim supervises N. Korean troops simulating attack on South
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised a live-fire artillery drill simulating an…
Continue ReadingNo verdict this week on death penalty in NY bike-path attack
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors have deliberated about five hours in the death penalty phase of a man convicted of…
Continue ReadingHouse GOP votes to overturn Biden rule on water protections
By MATTHEW DALY and MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Thursday voted to overturn the Biden administration’s…
Continue ReadingFamily, police attend funeral for slain Chicago officer
CHICAGO (AP) — Dozens of law enforcement officers attended a funeral service for the first Chicago police officer killed in the line of duty in…
Continue ReadingNo verdict yet in trial of XXXTentacion’s accused killers
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Jury deliberations in the trial of three men accused of murdering rising rap star XXXTentacion will be entering a…
Continue ReadingMultiple dead in Jehovah’s Witness hall shooting in Germany
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Shots were fired inside a building used by Jehovah’s Witnesses in the northern German city of…
Continue ReadingPolice: Extremists kill 25 fishermen in northeast Nigeria
By HARUNA UMAR and CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Local authorities say that Islamic extremist rebels have killed 25…
Continue ReadingIowa athletics department to cover full race bias settlement
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A race discrimination lawsuit filed against the University of Iowa by former football players will be settled using funds…
Continue ReadingEx-Biden aide agrees to House interview on classified docs
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A former executive assistant to President Joe Biden is set to testify about Biden’s…
Continue ReadingJudge with key role in recall fight had signed petition
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A judge who recently approved a court settlement lowering the number of signatures needed on a recall petition against New…
Continue ReadingPresident Biden to visit Canada this month
By CHRIS MEGERIAN and ROB GILLIES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will visit Canada for the first time since taking office,…
Continue ReadingLa Nina is gone. These were the deadly storms during its run
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer La Nina seemed to treat Louisiana and the rest of the Southeast United States like a punching bag. Its…
Continue ReadingEurope dissolves Iran trade system that never took off
BERLIN (AP) — European countries say they have decided to dissolve a system that was conceived in 2019 to enable trade with Iran and protect…
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