Town where child cancer rose blasts deal over polluted site
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — A proposed settlement between New Jersey and the current owner of a notoriously polluted…
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NYC bike path killer convicted, could face the death penalty
By LARRY NEUMEISTER and BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An Islamic extremist who killed eight people with a speeding truck in a…
Continue ReadingColorado baker loses appeal over transgender birthday cake
By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The Colorado baker who won a partial U.S. Supreme Court victory after refusing to make a gay…
Continue ReadingCalifornia winter storms boost water allocations for cities
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Weeks of historic rainfall in California won’t be enough to end a severe drought, but…
Continue ReadingGrand jury gets case of July 4 shooting suspect’s father
By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois prosecutors have told a judge they are presenting evidence to a grand jury for a…
Continue ReadingUS moves to protect Minnesota wilderness from planned mine
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Biden administration has moved to protect the pristine Boundary Waters Canoe Area…
Continue ReadingJury rejects lawsuit filed by family of teen killed by cop
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal jury has found that a white Ohio police officer did not violate a Black teenager’s civil rights when he shot and…
Continue ReadingHow Alex Murdaugh came to face trial for murder of wife, son
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press Alex Murdaugh is standing trial for the killings of his wife and son at their hunting estate in June 2021 —…
Continue ReadingGrand jury probes faulty Goodyear recreational vehicle tires
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — A federal grand jury in Los Angeles is gathering evidence in a criminal investigation of Goodyear…
Continue ReadingFormer U.S. leaders asked to re-check for classified docs
By COLLEEN LONG and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Archives has asked former U.S. presidents and vice presidents to…
Continue ReadingEx-Florida police officers accused of beating homeless man
MIAMI (AP) — Two former South Florida police officers turned themselves in to face felony charges over the beating of a homeless man who had been…
Continue ReadingAbortion front and center in Wisconsin Supreme Court race
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A liberal judge running in a pivotal race to determine majority control of the Wisconsin…
Continue ReadingColorado lawmakers look to AI to detect wildfires earlier
By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — A year after the most destructive wildfire in the state’s history scorched…
Continue ReadingFDA declines to regulate CBD; calls on Congress for fix
By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer The Food and Drug Administration says there are too many unknowns about CBD products to regulate them as foods or…
Continue ReadingNASA marks 20 years since space shuttle Columbia disaster
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA is marking the 20th anniversary of the space shuttle Columbia tragedy with…
Continue ReadingHaitian police rebels protest is paralyzing Port-au-Prince
PIERRE RICHARD LUXAMA and MEGAN JANETSKY The Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Outraged rebel police officers are protesting in the…
Continue ReadingMissouri Senate GOP backs bills on transgender children
By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The leader of Missouri’s state Senate says Republican senators are unified…
Continue ReadingCourt orders Detroit museum to hold onto disputed van Gogh
DETROIT (AP) — A federal appeals court has ordered a Detroit museum to hold onto an 1888 painting by Vincent van Gogh amid a Brazilian…
Continue ReadingIntl judges reopen Philippines ‘war on drugs’ investigation
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — International Criminal Court judges have cleared the way for the court’s…
Continue ReadingUS expands sanctions on Russia’s ‘brutal’ Wagner Group
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is expanding sanctions against Russia’s Wagner Group and…
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