New Mexico may curb paramilitaries near southern US border
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Legislators in New Mexico are advancing legislation to rein in paramilitary patrols that have…
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Author Ian Falconer of ‘Olivia’ books for children dies
NORWALK, Conn. (AP) — Author and illustrator Ian Woodward Falconer, known for his “Olivia” book series for children, has died. Falconer’s…
Continue ReadingThai man gets 2-year term for calendar said to mock king
BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai man has been sentenced to two years in prison for selling calendars featuring satirical cartoons of yellow ducks that a court…
Continue ReadingUS to relax COVID testing rules for travelers from China
By AAMER MADHANI and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is preparing to relax COVID-19 testing restrictions…
Continue Reading4 Kentucky GOP governor candidates make pitches in TV debate
By BRUCE SCHREINER and DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Four of the candidates running in Kentucky’s Republican…
Continue ReadingSchool safety concerns aired after California fatal stabbing
SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California school district heard community concerns about campus safety in the wake of a fatal stabbing at a…
Continue ReadingSafety agency opens probe of Norfolk Southern rail accidents
By JOSH FUNK and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Federal investigators are opening a wide-ranging investigation into one of the…
Continue ReadingTexas inmate executed for killing wife and her daughter
By JUAN A. LOZANO and MICHAEL GRACZYK Associated Press HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Texas has executed an inmate for fatally stabbing his estranged…
Continue ReadingMcClellan becomes 1st Black woman for Virginia in Congress
By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Jennifer McClellan has been sworn into the U.S. House, becoming the first Black woman…
Continue ReadingExecution delayed for death row inmate who cut out his eyes
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Next month’s scheduled execution of a Texas death row inmate whose attorneys say gouged out…
Continue ReadingFox chair Murdoch says 2020 election was fair: court filings
By DAVID BAUDER and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Fox Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch said under oath that he believes the 2020…
Continue ReadingOfficials: Planes collide over Florida lake, at least 1 dead
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say two small planes collided in midair over a central Florida lake, and at least one person is dead. The…
Continue ReadingWhen Hollywood needs a movie villain, the tech bro answers
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “A toast to the disruptors,” Edward Norton’s tech billionaire says in Rian Johnson’s…
Continue ReadingAppeals court restores promoter’s lawsuit against FIFA
By LARRY NEUMEISTER and RONALD BLUM Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court says a promoter’s lawsuit against FIFA and the…
Continue ReadingElon Musk apologizes after mocking laid-off Twitter employee
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — If you’re not told you are fired, are you really fired? At Twitter, probably.…
Continue ReadingUS judge strikes down Missouri gun law as unconstitutional
By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri law banning local police from enforcing federal gun laws is…
Continue ReadingTyre Nichols probe: 7 from Memphis police fired, 1 retired
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A seventh Memphis Police Department employee was fired and another retired who was…
Continue ReadingVikings’ Osborn helped pull man from burning car in Texas
By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Pro Football Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Vikings wide receiver K.J. Osborn said he was in the “right place at the…
Continue ReadingNew Mexico Legislature votes to block local abortion bans
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — An initiative that would shore up abortion access in New Mexico amid a flurry of local…
Continue ReadingArkansas Senate OKs bathroom bill that critics call extreme
By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A bill that would criminalize transgender people using restrooms that match their…
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