Justices weigh effort to balance Washington state’s tax code
By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — An effort to balance what is considered the nation’s most regressive state tax code comes…
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Tennessee says pair gave incorrect execution drug testimony
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee officials have conceded that two of the people most responsible for…
Continue ReadingMonterey Park, an Asian cultural hub, shaken by shooting
By TERRY TANG and DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press MONTEREY PARK, Calif. (AP) — For decades, Monterey Park has been a haven for Asian immigrants…
Continue ReadingAustralia Day focuses on Black recognition in constitution
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australians marked the 235th anniversary of British colonization Thursday with a public…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: What is an Australian Black Voice to Parliament?
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australians expect to vote this year in a referendum that would enshrine in the…
Continue ReadingSlotkin preps Senate run after winning tough reelection bid
By THOMAS BEAUMONT and JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich.. (AP) — Just three months ago, Rep. Elissa Slotkin was one of the most…
Continue ReadingHow classified documents became a schoolgirl’s show-and-tell
By CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — On a winter’s day in 1984, a briefcase stuffed with classified government documents…
Continue ReadingUS economy slowed but still grew at 2.9% rate last quarter
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy expanded at a 2.9% annual pace from October through December, ending 2022…
Continue ReadingBoeing to be arraigned in court over two Max jet crashes
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Boeing representatives and relatives of some of the passengers killed in two crashes of…
Continue ReadingShallow 5.5 quake sets off rockslides in southwest China
BEIJING (AP) — Rescuers were heading to the site of a magnitude 5.5 earthquake in a region of southwestern China at the base of the Tibetan plateau…
Continue ReadingTesla will invest $3.6B in Nevada truck factory expansion
By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press SPARKS, Nev. (AP) — Tesla says it intends to invest $3.6 billion to expand manufacturing capabilities in Nevada…
Continue ReadingCuba picks 5 MLB affiliated players for World Classic
HAVANA (AP) — Cubans signed with Major League Baseball organizations and other foreign clubs will for the first time join domestic stars on the…
Continue Reading4 with Russian flags kicked out of Australian Open by police
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Four people were kicked out of the Australian Open after displaying Russian flags — which have been banned from…
Continue Reading‘Unimaginable:’ 2 children dead, infant hospitalized
DUXBURY, Mass. (AP) — A 32-year-old mother in Massachusetts is expected to be charged in the killing of her two children and the injuring of her…
Continue ReadingElle King settles in Nashville as a mom and country singer
By KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Singer Elle King’s rock music has always been banjo-based so her decision…
Continue ReadingMyanmar opium cultivation surged 33% amid violence, UN finds
By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The United Nations says the production of opium in Myanmar has flourished since the military’s…
Continue ReadingUN envoy hopes UN will OK force for Haiti to combat gangs
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. special envoy for Haiti says she heard “caution” from the United States and…
Continue ReadingYemen and Lebanon sites added to UNESCO endangered list
By JACK B. JEFFERY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — UNESCO has added one of Yemen’s ancient kingdoms and a Lebanese modernist concrete fair park to…
Continue ReadingDems vote to give states more time on new primary calendar
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Democratic National Committee panel voted Wednesday to give New Hampshire and Georgia more…
Continue ReadingReport: Grow house hid unregistered weed plants during audit
By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A marijuana cultivation and production house near Las Vegas lost its license Tuesday after auditors…
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