Washington lawmakers hear testimony on 7 abortion bills
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Abortion rights proposals have been front and center in Olympia, Washington, this week as state lawmakers heard hours of…
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Top UN woman urges Muslims: Move Taliban into 21st century
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The highest-ranking woman at the United Nations says she used everything in her…
Continue ReadingUS investigating December flight cancellations at Southwest
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — The federal government is investigating whether Southwest Airlines knowingly scheduling more…
Continue ReadingFreed after 20 years, Hawaii man reflects on case, future
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — On Ian Schweitzer’s first morning of freedom Wednesday, he woke up in a hotel…
Continue ReadingCalifornia judge orders release of footage of Pelosi attack
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Footage of the attack on former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband will be…
Continue ReadingJury deliberations in NYC bike path killings hit early snag
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors in the trial of a man charged with killing eight people along a Manhattan bike path…
Continue ReadingChief defends delay telling public of mass shooter at-large
By STEFANIE DAZIO, AMY TAXIN and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press MONTEREY PARK, Calif. (AP) — The police chief in the California city where 20 people…
Continue ReadingQuestions persist on source of George Santos campaign funds
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Of all the questions swirling around U.S. Rep. George Santos, one of the most serious has been…
Continue ReadingPassion for dance drew many of those slain to ballroom
By JAMIE STENGLE, DEEPA BHARATH and CHRISTOPHER WEBER LOS ANGELES (AP) — Among the 11 people killed when a gunman opened fire during a Lunar New…
Continue ReadingMinnesota woman pleads guilty to leaving newborn to die
RED WING, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota woman has admitted to leaving her newborn baby to die on the banks of the Mississippi River in 2003.…
Continue Reading‘Aryan Circle’ members imprisoned for trying to kill inmate
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Two people who were allegedly members of a white supremacist prison gang were sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison for…
Continue ReadingIllinois man charged in Planned Parenthood clinic fire
By CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America CHICAGO (AP) — A central Illinois man has been charged with setting fire to a Planned…
Continue ReadingIllegal border crossings plunge among Cubans, Nicaraguans
By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration says U.S. authorities have seen a 97% decline in illegal border…
Continue ReadingAsteroid coming exceedingly close to Earth, but will miss
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An asteroid the size of a delivery truck will whip past Earth on Thursday night, one…
Continue ReadingDonald Trump to be allowed back on Facebook after 2-year ban
By BARBARA ORTUTAY and JILL COLVIN The Associated Press Facebook parent Meta said Wednesday it will restore former President Donald Trump ‘s…
Continue ReadingAlex Murdaugh’s murder trial starts with cellphones, bullets
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press After 19 months of speculation, prosecutors finally laid out their evidence Wednesday that Alex Murdaugh killed…
Continue ReadingMan suspected in Florida serial rapes convicted in attack
MIAMI (AP) — A man suspected of being the “pillowcase rapist” in connection with a string of South Florida rapes back in the 1980s has been…
Continue ReadingOregon primate research facility under scrutiny after deaths
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A state lawmaker in Oregon is using thousands of pages of redacted documents he sought for…
Continue ReadingCrusading judge tests boundaries of free speech in Brazil
By MAURICIO SAVARESE and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — With his athletic build and bald head, Brazilian Supreme Court Justice…
Continue ReadingHouse commends Iranian protesters in bipartisan vote
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. House is showing its support for protesters in Iran. Lawmakers overwhelmingly…
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