Alaska carbon plan: Boost state coffers without cutting oil
By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Oil-dependent Alaska has long sought ways to fatten its coffers and move away from the…
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El Salvador extends special powers in fight against gangs
By MARCOS ALEMÁN Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador’s congress approved President Nayib Bukele’s request to extend…
Continue ReadingBill to set annual remembrance for Marshall plane crash
By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia lawmakers have given final passage to a bill that will set aside a day each…
Continue ReadingOregon joins debate over police education requirements
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Amid a renewed nationwide focus on police qualifications following the fatal…
Continue ReadingBally regional sport networks’ parent misses payments
CHESAPEAKE, Va. (AP) — The financially troubled parent company of regional sports networks that own the broadcast rights to 42 U.S. professional…
Continue ReadingBolivian hospitals under strain as dengue kills dozens
Associated Press LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Hospitals in Bolivia’s Santa Cruz region are struggling to keep up with an outbreak of dengue that has…
Continue ReadingVirginia competes with Maryland to land new FBI headquarters
By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s political leaders are making their case for moving the FBI headquarters to…
Continue ReadingFeds preparing for trials in Breonna Taylor police killing
By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Lawyers are set to discuss the federal case against a former Kentucky police officer who…
Continue Reading‘Our own dynasty’: Kansas City fetes latest Super Bowl win
By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs stars Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce vowed to thousands of fans…
Continue ReadingHarsh cold forecast for parts of Arizona, New Mexico. Nevada
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A winter storm warning was in effect through Wednesday evening for much of northern Arizona and New Mexico, with the…
Continue ReadingWhat’s a legal slap? Slap fight league regulators weigh in
By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — The state commission that regulates slap fighting — in which opponents take turns striking…
Continue ReadingJane Fonda to attend Vienna Opera Ball with 90-year-old date
VIENNA (AP) — American actor Jane Fonda said Wednesday she accepted an Austrian building tycoon’s invitation to attend the Vienna Opera Ball…
Continue ReadingMinnesota to host 1st World Cup XC ski event in US since ’01
By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer U.S. Ski & Snowboard announced that Minnesota will host a World Cup cross country ski event next February, giving…
Continue ReadingSkinny robot documents forces eroding Doomsday Glacier
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Scientists got their first up-close look at what’s eating away part of Antarctica’s Thwaites ice shelf,…
Continue ReadingKey developments in the aftermath of Turkey, Syria quakes
By SARAH EL DEEB, ZEYNEP BILGINSOY and ANDREW WILKS Associated Press ANTAKYA, Turkey (AP) — The earthquakes that killed more than 39,000 people in…
Continue ReadingFAA head defends safety of US air travel after close calls
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer The head of the Federal Aviation Administration is defending the safety of air travel as he answers questions…
Continue ReadingChina faces grilling in review of key rights by UN committee
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — China has come in for a grilling over its human rights record as a two-day hearing opened at the…
Continue ReadingRio’s first all-female samba school prepares defiant parade
By ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — As Carnival approaches in Rio de Janeiro, members of samba schools perfect their…
Continue ReadingArizona interstate reopens after deadly crash, leak
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The main freeway in southern Arizona reopened in both directions Wednesday evening and officials said people living southeast…
Continue ReadingAt 25, Backyard Bird Count shows power of ‘citizen science’
By JULIA RUBIN Associated Press It’s a given that when the Great Backyard Bird Count begins Friday, Steve and Janet Kistler of Hart County,…
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