Lawyer: 6-year-old who shot teacher has ‘acute disability’
By BEN FINLEY Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The family of a 6-year-old boy who shot and wounded his teacher in Virginia said Thursday that…
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Fed’s Brainard backs smaller hikes, saying inflation easing
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Vice Chair Lael Brainard noted Thursday that recent reports show high…
Continue ReadingAnswers sought in killings of 2 Honduran environmentalists
By MARLON GONZÁLEZ Associated Press TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — The family of one of two environmental activists killed in a rural part of…
Continue ReadingDetroit museum ‘blameless’ in van Gogh dispute, judge says
By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A judge heard arguments Thursday over control of a 1888 painting by Vincent van Gogh and said he hoped…
Continue ReadingPublic memorial planned for Parkland school school victims
By FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A nonprofit organization in Florida is planning a public memorial dedicated to the…
Continue ReadingHarvard changes course, offers fellowship to rights activist
By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Harvard University has announced it plans to offer a fellowship to a leading human rights activist…
Continue ReadingReligious leaders sue to block Missouri’s abortion ban
By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A group of religious leaders who support abortion rights has filed a lawsuit challenging…
Continue ReadingMan sues Denver archdiocese over abuse by convicted priest
By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A man who says he was repeatedly sexually abused as a teen by his Catholic priest more than two…
Continue ReadingBy the numbers: President Biden at the two-year mark
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden notches two years in office on Friday. That represents 730 days since his…
Continue ReadingCyprus protests portrayal as safe haven for Russian money
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’s finance minister says the country has frozen about 1.5 billion euros ($1.6 billion) in Russian-linked…
Continue ReadingColombia extradites to US brother of powerful left lawmaker
By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Colombia has extradited to the U.S. on narcotics charges the brother of a powerful leftist senator…
Continue ReadingSay cheese! Galactic photo shoot captures 3 billion stars
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A galactic photo shoot has captured more than 3 billion stars and galaxies in one of…
Continue ReadingSoccer player Anton Walkes, 25, dies in Florida boat crash
MIAMI (AP) — Professional soccer player Anton Walkes has died from injuries he sustained in a boat crash off the coast of Miami, authorities said…
Continue ReadingJan. 6 defendant convicted on separate weapons charges
By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A jury has convicted a Navy reservist from Virginia accused of storming the Capitol on…
Continue Reading‘Help’: Colombia rescues sailor adrift in Caribbean 24 days
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The Colombian navy rescued a man from Dominica who says he survived 24 days adrift in the Caribbean on a sailboat by eating…
Continue ReadingLoss of tiny organisms hurts ocean, fishing, scientists say
By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The warming of the waters off the East Coast has come at an invisible, but very steep…
Continue ReadingUK police investigate disappearance of couple with newborn
LONDON (AP) — The father of a British woman who has been missing for two weeks with her partner and newborn baby appealed Thursday for her to…
Continue ReadingAlec Baldwin to be charged with manslaughter in set shooting
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Actor Alec Baldwin and a weapons specialist will be charged with involuntary manslaughter in…
Continue ReadingFeds send $930 million to curb ‘crisis’ of US West wildfires
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration on Thursday will announce $930 million for reducing wildfire…
Continue ReadingColorado girl, 13, arrested after 100 mph highway chase
KEARNEY, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska state troopers arrested a 13-year-old driver from Colorado after a chase that topped 100 mph along an interstate…
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